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Al-Qassam brigades raid Israeli settlements, bomb Israeli military vehicles
2006-07-03
(KUNA) -- Izzidine Al-Qassam brigades the military wing of the Hamas movement announced its responsibility for bombing two Israeli military vehicles near Gaza's International Airport south east of Rafah, south of the Gaza Strip. The brigades said in a separate statement issued today that they planted a bomb 100 kilometers [sic!] inside the airport which exploded when an Israeli military vehicle passed. Another group of its fighters launched a Yaseen missile at another Israeli military vehicle stationed in the airport area in Rafah.

Al-Qassam brigades also announced its responsibility for raiding the Israeli Nahal Oz settlement with a Qassam missile. The brigades said in its statement today that a group of its fighters were able to raid the Nahal Oz settlement with a locally made Qassam missile.

Meanwhile, Al-Aqsa brigades, the military wing of the Fatah movement claimed responsibility today for launching an Aqsa-3 missile at a military Israeli location at Gaza's International Airport. The brigades promised in its statement to continue its fight in all the Palestinian occupied lands.
Posted by:Fred

#5  Too bad we didn't sell the one of our old battleships to Israel. They could have parked one of those offshore.

God knows what sort of improvements they would have made to it by now.
Posted by: CrazyFool   2006-07-03 20:25  

#4  How do you say "incoming" in Arabic? Until there is nobody left.

From seeth to splat and everything is flat.
Posted by: john   2006-07-03 19:44  

#3  It's situations like this where a battleship would be perfect. Park it 12-15 miles off the coast, and hit targets at will. A group of hamass at the intersection? No problem - one 16-inch shell would take care of it, the intersection, and most of the buildings adjacent to it. Need stronger persuasion? Send a salvo of 9 6-ton shells into a street, all detonating more or less simultaneously. Instant canal. Massed seething? An airburst 500 feet overhead to give them a reason to disperse. Lower 100 feet every minute they don't.

We try too hard to make war "nice". War isn't "nice". War is hell. The purpose is to make the other side give up. You can't do that without making it very, VERY nasty for him.
Posted by: Old Patriot   2006-07-03 14:15  

#2  The picture is perfect.
Posted by: Whiskey Mike   2006-07-03 07:15  

#1  "Raided with a Qassam missle"

I've never heard the language used in quite that way before.
Posted by: trailing wife   2006-07-03 06:24  

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