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| Slain Hamas minister was key figure in '07 Gaza coup |
| 2009-01-16 |
| Hamas Interior Minister Said Siam, killed in an Israeli airstrike Thursday, was one of the Islamic militant group's top five leaders in Gaza and a key figure in its violent takeover of the territory in 2007. The 50-year-old Siam was in his brother's house in a Gaza City suburb when an Israeli warplane dropped a huge bomb, flattening the building and leaving a deep crater in the sandy ground. Siam's brother and the brother's family were also killed. Hamas TV showed footage of Siam's body, wrapped in a bloodied white shroud. Siam was the second of Hamas' top five to be assassinated during Israel's 20-day-old offensive, aimed at halting Hamas rocket fire on southern Israel. The offensive has killed nearly 1,100 Palestinians and 13 Israelis, but Hamas has yet to agree to an Egyptian cease-fire offer. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #4 There was a body? Methinks it was just a bloodied shroud. |
| Posted by: rhodesiafever 2009-01-16 18:40 |
| #3 UN employee, union hack, Hamas terrorist. It's the Gaza hat trick... You left out "now dead", tu. He's a "martyr" now, so he's "special". Kinda like short-bus special. |
| Posted by: Old Patriot 2009-01-16 11:06 |
| #2 Born in 1959 in Gaza's Shati refugee camp, he worked as a math and science teacher at local United Nations-run schools. He joined Hamas in the 1980s, one of its earliest members. Siam quickly assumed leadership of the local teacher's union. UN employee, union hack, Hamas terrorist. It's the Gaza hat trick... |
| Posted by: tu3031 2009-01-16 09:56 |
| #1 And now he can become a key figure in the scandal surrounding the shortage of virgins. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2009-01-16 04:35 |