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| Hamas bans masks, except when killing Joooooos |
| 2007-06-16 |
| In their first order since seizing control of the Gaza Strip, Hamas Islamists banned gunmen from wearing masks — unless they are shooting at Israel. The masks have become commonplace in the Gaza Strip during weeks of factional fighting between the ruling Hamas movement and President Mahmoud Abbas's secular Fatah faction. Both sides wore the masks to hide their identities. “A decision was taken last night to prevent (people from wearing) masks,” Khaled Abu Hilal, a spokesman for the Hamas-controlled Interior Ministry, said. Hamas made one exception, for |
| Posted by:Gary and the Samoyeds |
| #2 “Wearing masks should only be near the borders and in fighting the Zionist enemy, not in the streets and near people's homes,” Brilliant idea, Hamas! That'll make it easy for Yossi and Moshe to aim when people come wandering near the security fence and the border crossings. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2007-06-16 17:48 |
| #1 Suddenly people who wear masks make you feel unsafe, do they? Irony is forever lost upon these cretins, I swear. How are you Palestinians gonna look like Fearsome Terrorists™ without your masks? You'll look just like any other two-bit thug without a job. Which is to say, like Palestinians. |
| Posted by: Zenster 2007-06-16 15:34 |