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Israel-Palestine-Jordan
Elite Hamas "Iran" Battalion Wiped Out
2009-01-16
Palestinian sources reported Thursday that the "Iranian Unit" of Hamas, members of the group's military wing trained by the Iranian Revolutionary Guard, had been destroyed.

According to the sources, most of the unit's members were killed in fighting in the Zeytun neighborhood, where they had been deployed by the military leadership of Hamas.

The unit numbered approximately 100 men who had traveled to Iran and Hezbollah camps, mostly in the Beka'a Valley, where they were trained in infantry fighting tactics. The militants were also trained in the use of anti-tank missiles, the detonation of explosives, among other skills
Posted by:Thraimble Chons2590

#35  Iran demanding that they fight; yes that would explain it. Out of character otherwise. How better than to throw into the grinder Iran's own troops, the better for Hamas to say, "we tried your way, now give us more money next time".
Posted by: gromky   2009-01-16 19:51  

#34  "There have been no Hamasniks in the streets since the start of the campaign."

Kinda tough for some of these people to wrap their poor, feeble brains around the concept that the Juice are their liberators.
Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305   2009-01-16 19:10  

#33  From another report:

Two captured terrorists interviewed by Maariv/NRG say that Hamas was not expecting Israel's response to the escalation in missile attacks on Israeli targets that preceded Operation Cast Lead. One of them, a 52-year-old victim of a premature detonation who had already done time in an Israeli jail, said, "Hamas took a gamble. We thought, at worst Israel will come and do something from the air - something superficial. They'll come in and go out. We never thought that we would reach the point where fear will swallow the heart and the feet will want to flee. You [Israel] are fighting like you fought in '48. What got into you all of a sudden?"

The second terrorist, a 21-year-old, said Hamas brought order to Gaza, but also brought fear. He noted that it was dangerous in Gaza for non-Hamas members, citing an instance of his being beaten and another in which he saw a friend killed when he went to get gas. "Now they're all gone," he said. "There have been no Hamasniks in the streets since the start of the campaign."


Awwwwwwwwww - da' poor babeez....
Posted by: Barbara Skolaut   2009-01-16 19:00  

#32  Allah Ackbar Allen's Snack Bar, Tiny. ;-p
Posted by: Barbara Skolaut   2009-01-16 18:52  

#31  The 'Snack' photo is too oblique for me. But it's been a long day.
Posted by: Tiny Thusomp9318   2009-01-16 18:33  

#30  I'm glad the IDF helped the Hamas units achieve their hearts desire - martyrdom. Win-win if you ask me. More of the same please.
Posted by: DMFD   2009-01-16 18:21  

#29  Photobucket
Posted by: Sonny Ebbeamp1305   2009-01-16 14:51  

#28  "The 7th Flying Carpet Batallion"

They died with their curly-toed slippers on....
Posted by: Black Charlie Crusosing8494   2009-01-16 12:18  

#27  NS, knowing the culture, same thing.
Posted by: Andy Ulusoque aka Broadhead6   2009-01-16 12:07  

#26  Rest in pieces.
Posted by: gorb   2009-01-16 11:33  

#25  When I glanced at the headline before coffee I thought it said effete, not elite.
Posted by: Nimble Spemble   2009-01-16 11:15  

#24  but i thought only civilians were being killed
Posted by: rabid whitetail   2009-01-16 10:58  

#23  A company minus. (CO-)
Posted by: Andy Ulusoque aka Broadhead6   2009-01-16 10:50  

#22  gromky nailed it. Smells like taqiyah to me.
Posted by: lotp   2009-01-16 10:47  

#21  The American trained units in Iraq are proving to be an exception to the rule though.

That worries me sometimes. Though it would worry me more in Afghanistan.
Posted by: KBK   2009-01-16 10:46  

#20  Yay! More martyr posters. Gaza economic activity picks up 50%.
Posted by: ed   2009-01-16 10:26  

#19  I take it that The "IRAN" battalion (company, brigade, whatever) is what passed for the varsity on the other side. Their best laid to rest.

It nice to remind the teeming throngs of wannabees that NOBODY has their back; and the hanger-ons that there is NOTHING to hang on to.
Posted by: Minister of funny walks   2009-01-16 10:10  

#18  An elite Arab unit is about as well trained as a second world recruit right out of basic training.

The American trained units in Iraq are proving to be an exception to the rule though.
Posted by: DarthVader   2009-01-16 10:04  

#17  Gaza: Where the Elite Meet to Delete.
Posted by: Grunter   2009-01-16 10:00  

#16  Another "elite" Arab unit? "Elite" must mean something else over there.
Posted by: tu3031   2009-01-16 09:49  

#15  The terms "Elite" and "Special" oftentimes have their downsides. Better to blend in and remain nameless.
Posted by: Besoeker   2009-01-16 09:43  

#14  Hmmm, flaming hoops. Suppose you dug a really deep, deep hole right on the Gaza border, surrounded it with flaming hoops and just sat back and watched.
Posted by: SteveS   2009-01-16 09:01  

#13  Yes, Virginia, "there is a Santa Claus".
Posted by: hammerhead   2009-01-16 08:57  

#12  If the Joooos would fight using flaming hoops, the Brave Lions of Paleo Islam would just jump right through, like in their training
Posted by: Frank G   2009-01-16 08:08  

#11  I just read another article last night that discussed iran threatening to pull the plug on weapons and money if they quit fighting. Maybe the HamAss leadership is getting a little desperate.
Maybe they thought they were on some kind of glorious suicide mission or something.
Posted by: bigjim-ky   2009-01-16 07:56  

#10  Nice work, IDF.
Posted by: Mike   2009-01-16 07:54  

#9   Destroyed? It's not like Hamas to fight to the last man. Why would they stand and fight instead of running away and hiding in a hospital?

You can plan for it.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2009-01-16 05:01  

#8  Graveyard sounds the right term now.
Posted by: Bright Pebbles   2009-01-16 04:01  

#7  Destroyed? It's not like Hamas to fight to the last man. Why would they stand and fight instead of running away and hiding in a hospital?
Posted by: gromky   2009-01-16 03:16  

#6  More like a company than a battalion, and a small company at that. But a battalion sounds better for propaganda. They could have called it a brigade even.
Posted by: buwaya   2009-01-16 02:19  

#5  
Posted by: GolfBravoUSMC   2009-01-16 01:50  

#4  Apparently those little plastic keys they got from the Iranians are defective.
Posted by: gorb   2009-01-16 01:19  

#3  With 100 effectives, wouldn't it be closer to a reinforced rifle company than a battalion?

Posted by: badanov   2009-01-16 00:49  

#2  Awwwwwwwwww.

Ain't that just too bad.



NOT!

Say hello to your buddy Sad-ass in HELL, ya' losers.
Posted by: Barbara Skolaut   2009-01-16 00:27  

#1  Apparently they were not trained well enough in infantry...
Posted by: Zebulon Thrains9999   2009-01-16 00:21  

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