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Israel-Palestine-Jordan
Johnston captors warm Hamas
2007-07-02
The captors of BBC correspondent Alan Johnston said on Sunday they have prepared 30 100, I mean 500, and Morgan Fairchild booby-trapped cars that will be used against Hamas militiamen if they try to release the journalist by force. Johnston is being held by members of the notorious Dughmush clan in the Sabra neighborhood of Gaza City. The captors, headed by Mumtaz Dughmush, call themselves the Army of Islam.
Oh, the brave, brave lions!
And an original name. They're prob'ly using an Arabic version of Fred's name generator.
Mumtaz, Killer of the Kuffarim9111
I'm not sure I could live with myself after being kidnapped by someone named Mumtaz Dogmush. Then again, Johnston may not have to.
Members of the clan accused Hamas of kidnapping and killing one of their sons on Saturday night. They identified the victim as Ahmed Dughmush, 28. The clan said his bullet-riddled body was discovered in Gaza City shortly after he was kidnapped from the street by members of Hamas's paramilitary Executive Force.
Hamas was sending a message, were they?
"Ahmed was a Fatah member who was working for the Palestinian Authority before the Hamas coup in the Gaza Strip," said a member of the clan. "He was executed by the Hamas murderers less than an hour after he was kidnapped."
And? Seems sensible to me. In fact, the most sensible thing you could do is to initiate attacks against Hamas leaders before they get you.
He said that Hamas was trying to drag the Dughmush clan into a confrontation in order to release Johnston. "Hamas thinks that by executing and terrorizing us they will achieve their goals," he added. "But they are mistaken."
'I will fight to the last of my cousins but not my sons!"
Another clan member threatened to kill Johnston if Hamas tried to release him by force. "We have prepared 30 bobby-trapped cars for them," he said.

Hamas militiamen have been surrounding the compound where the clan lives for the past two weeks. Hamas officials said it was only a matter of time before their men raided the compound to release the journalist. They described Mumtaz Dughmush as a "big thug" who is using Islam as a cover for his criminal activities.
How can you tell? Experience?
Posted by:Brett

#8  the other day someone here noted that Mumtaz Dughmush sounds like a thug name invented by J.K. Rowling. I neglected to comment: brilliant! lol
Posted by: Frank G   2007-07-02 19:47  

#7  Seems I stepped in some dogmush just yesterday. and it stunk also.
Posted by: USN, Ret.   2007-07-02 13:30  

#6  I exasperatedly lost interest in the plight of Alan Johnston when the universal whine went up from the LLL's

"But he's on THEIR SIDE!"

The same Liberal nitwits who claim that al-Beeb is "Biased on both sides"
Posted by: Admiral Allan Ackbar   2007-07-02 12:09  

#5  "Hamas thinks that by executing and terrorizing us they will achieve their goals," he added. "But they are mistaken."


So what you're saying is that terrorists can't win as long as you refuse to be terrorized by them. Thanks for making that clear!
Posted by: WhitecollarRedneck   2007-07-02 11:57  

#4  Would you believe it?
Posted by: Maxwell Smart   2007-07-02 11:54  

#3  Mumtaz Dughmush

Doesn't he post here?
Posted by: Jack is Back!   2007-07-02 11:35  

#2  Hamas officials said it was only a matter of time before their men raided the compound to release the journalist.

Oh, we await breathlessly...
Posted by: tu3031   2007-07-02 08:58  

#1  They described Mumtaz Dughmush as a "big thug" who is using Islam as a cover for his criminal activities

Pretty deep insight.
Okay, not that deep. That description fits about 99% of Gazans, Hamas inclusive.
Posted by: twobyfour   2007-07-02 02:53  

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