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| First US targeted assassination in Gaza pre-empts next Al Qaeda offensive |
| 2010-11-06 |
| DEBKA A missile fired from an American warship in the Mediterranean hit the car in which Muhammad Jamal A-Namnam, 27, was driving in the heart of Gaza City Wednesday, Nov. 3 and killed him, debkafile's exclusive counter-terror sources report. Namnam was an operational commander of the Army of Islam, Al-Qaeda's Palestinian cell in the Gaza Strip. He was on a mission on behalf of Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula – AQAP to plan, organize and execute the next wave of terrorist attacks on US targets after last week's air package bomb plot. Well, that either damn good shooting or...bullshit. According to our sources, the Palestinian cell members were planning to infiltrate northern Sinai from the Gaza strip over the coming weekend and strike American personnel serving with the Multinational Force and Observers Organization – MFO, which is under American command and is stationed at North Camp, El Gorah, 37 kilometers southeast of El-Arish. In a coordinated operation, Al Qaeda fighters hiding up in the mountains of central Sinai were to have attacked US Marines and Air Force troops stationed at the South Camp in Naama Bay, Sharm el Sheikh. |
| Posted by:Whique Hupaling1769 |
| #10 Well, that either damn good shooting or...bullshit. well, not really. Someone put a "GPS/homing device" on his car. For it to be that accurate from a ship. |
| Posted by: Dinah Kanser 2010-11-06 14:24 |
| #9 A couple of links for the MNF in North Camp: Link here And here |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2010-11-06 13:33 |
| #8 The thought that crossed my mind would be that the Navy would want a field test of an air dropped SDB II prototype, so it could get some data back to Raytheon. Projected to be like the SDB, at 250lbs, there might be a way to "light load" it, with still far more than enough for a car. The reason for SDB II is specifically to nail moving targets. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2010-11-06 09:58 |
| #7 If true (doubtful), it'd be a nice down-payment on the Cole Payback Plan. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2010-11-06 09:40 |
| #6 Are IDF installed car bombs an option in these newly imported vehicles? |
| Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2010-11-06 06:45 |
| #5 I suppose any kind of flying projectile can be called a "missile". Will a MK 75 76mm/3-inch gun do single shots? |
| Posted by: Scooter McGruder 2010-11-06 06:16 |
| #4 That's gotta suck. So near and yet so far. |
| Posted by: gorb 2010-11-06 05:50 |
| #3 There wass some more if you clicked through. "Hamas security sources in Gaza now suspect that Israel had its own reasons for permitting new cars to be imported to the Gaza Strip for the first time in two years, knowing that they would be commandeered for the personal use of the chiefs of armed organizations, including Namnam." |
| Posted by: kojack 2010-11-06 04:17 |
| #2 So they nailed him with, what, a Harpoon? Nah. Need a UAV overhead to provide guidance anyway. |
| Posted by: gromky 2010-11-06 00:31 |
| #1 This would assume the US Warship (or asset) would have had munitions small enough to just take out a car with precision. If true, good job. |
| Posted by: penguin 2010-11-06 00:21 |