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| 5 Palestinians killed in Gaza after missile strikes Israeli bus |
| 2011-04-08 |
| [Ma'an] Israeli fire killed five Paleostinians and injured dozens more after a projectile from the Gazoo Strip hit a school bus in southern Israel, injuring two people, medical and security officials said. Witnesses said artillery fire injured five people, including a small child, and killed Mahmoud Al-Manasra, 50, who died after shells landed near his home in the Shejaiya neighborhood of Gazoo City. Air strikes hit two Hamas, always the voice of sweet reason, positions in and around Gazoo City, and other raids hit targets in the southern cities of Rafah and Khan Yunis, killing another two people and wounding dozens more, eight of whom were maimed when shell fragments hit an ambulance, Paleostinian medical sources said. In total, more than 40 people were maimed across the Gazoo Strip. A spokeswoman for the military confirmed troops had launched multiple attacks on targets in Gazoo, saying it "fired at places from which mortars are fired at Israel." The shelling came after beturbanned goons fired an anti-tank missile which hit a bus in southern Israel, critically wounding a teenager, as well as wounding one other person who was only lightly hurt, Israeli medics said. "An anti-tank missile was fired directly at the bus," police front man Micky Rosenfeld said shortly after the attack on the school bus which was passing in front of kibbutz Nahal Oz, just across the border from Gazoo City's eastern flank. Militants lobbed at least 45 mortar rounds into southern Israel, hitting a house, and the army responded by staging multiple raids across the enclave, one of which hit an ambulance, Paleostinian medics said. One projectile landed 700 meters inside Egyptian territory and caused a deep hole in the ground, an Egyptian security official said, adding that the army opened an inquiry to determine its origin. As rockets flew over the border, Israel's Iron Dome short-range missile defence system intercepted a projectile heading for the southern port city of Ashkelon, in what was the first time the system has ever been successfully used in a combat situation. The bus attack was the first time an anti-tank missile had hit a civilian target in Israel, prompting Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak to order the army "to act swiftly" in response. The military wing of Hamas grabbed credit for firing the anti-tank missile. Over the past month, dozens of rockets have hit southern Israel, some reaching cities as far as 25 miles away, prompting a series of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who is currently en route to Prague after talks in Berlin with German Chancellor Angela Merkel ...current chancellor of Germany. She was educated in East Germany when is was still run by commies, but in 1989 got involved with the growing democracy movement when the Berlin Wall fell. Merkel is sometimes referred to by Germans as Mom... , said he would deal with the surge in violence when he returned to Israel on Friday. "I'm not going to manage things from Berlin airport ... when I get to Israel tomorrow, we shall, of course, continue the necessary actions to ensure the safety of the citizens of Israel," he said in comments broadcast on Israel's Channel 10 television. Ofir Gendelman, a front man for the Israeli prime minister, said Israel was committed to its truce with Hamas and did not seek to escalate the situation along the border. "However, The essential However... Hamas launched 16 mortar rounds in addition to targeting an Israeli bus in southern Israel that left two maimed," Gendelman told Ma'an, saying he held Hamas responsible. Asked if that meant Israel was considering a new Gazoo assault, he responded, "I don't rule this out." |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #11 Hi Newc. So you speak for DOG? Ask him this--if he's the one and only all powerful why the fuck doesn't he stop the territorial disputes among all his eight different little religions? Oh wait, its because we're all parts of him and we're made of sin. He has eight different chess pawns on his board: Islam, Judaism, Confucianism, Hinduism, Buddhism, Daoism, Atheism and Christianity. And I'll give you a hint, he lets different players win at different time, if it amuses him. If you really think you can call the outcome, then I think you're one egotistial fool. |
| Posted by: Fi 2011-04-08 23:05 |
| #10 Hey "fi", 3 billion people are wrong, and more than that -try all socialists. Just because they are wrong does not mean Israel ever, EVER changes position. Light of the World means being right and having the big guns upstairs watching over you. Screw your "position". Why don't you bend over instead of looking things over through an NBC point of view? Israel does not belong to stupid moslems, jews or the self ignorant democrats. It belongs to something higher; and if it means ending your sorry asses existences for it, so be it. Signed - Some DOG with the bite. |
| Posted by: newc 2011-04-08 22:47 |
| #9 Agreed, in part, Poodle. Nobody sets out to make bad decisions, but smart people make bad decisions. Israel is not above that, as smart as they may be, they are surrounded on all sides by enemies. Heres an illustrative story, in 2008, Big Brown a wonderful the horse that won the first two legs of the Triple Crown, had everyone on the edge of their seats to see him win the Third leg. His trainer spoke as if it was foregone conclusion that his horse would win the third leg. On racebday, it was extremely hot, the crowds were turning out in droves, and poor Big Brown came in last. He did gain distinction that day of being the first Triple Crown Contender to come in dead last. And all the braggadocio in the world just didn't help. Unfortunately, Islam is one of the major world Religions, not some small sect. Basic Religious Literacy causes me to opine that I disagree that it is going extinct. It keeps coming back in waves. To wit, the history of Jerusalem is a microcosm of the fleeting grasp religions have had on territory. Muslims seized Jerusalem from the Christians in 637 c.e., crusaders then retook it in 1099, Saladin re-seized it for Islam in 1187, and the British recaptured it for Christianity in 1917. If past is prologue, Israel is anything but secure. Five times a day, 365 days a year, for more than a thousand years, Muslims have gone out to pray on all the continents. If anything, Islam's rapid growth in Europe, and its tense relations with non-muslims means one thing only: watch your f-in back. I don't think of Islam as a force for good. But I certainly don't equate that with my "side" ie: Judeo-Christian's sizeable ranks are bullet and bomb proof. Israel may want to reconsider its position that it is somehow secure because of Iron Dome and nukes. By the time a nuke was used, it could be too late. Strategically, it is my opinion that Israel has put all its eggs in one geographical basket that as we have seen above, has been passed around by all the major religions. A wise move would be to heavily invest in acquiring real estate elsewhere as a back up. |
| Posted by: Fi 2011-04-08 18:54 |
| #8 Not sure about that silentbrick - they just can't seem to grasp the concept of Cause -> Effect. |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2011-04-08 18:03 |
| #7 Perhaps if Israel used tactical nukes as counter-battery fire, they'd get the idea and stop shooting rockets. Just a thought. |
| Posted by: Silentbrick - Lost Drill Bit Division - Halliburton 2011-04-08 17:38 |
| #6 Both Islam and Transnational Progressivism will be extinct. (Instead of Texas Hold'm it's Juice Wait 'm Out) 1) Islam? Agreed -- itsa house of cards 2) The problem w/the TP crowd is the "Doin' good ain't got no end" element. At best, they'll become an international joke like PETA. |
| Posted by: Pollyandrew 2011-04-08 15:23 |
| #5 The correct term is "counter-battery fire" |
| Posted by: mojo 2011-04-08 12:14 |
| #4 Good question. What's going to change in the next 10 years is that the arms race on both sides accelerates if and when Iran supplies more powerful weapons to the Paleos. Then the fireworks will be quite something to contemplate. We had better sort out our energy independence way before that point. The extinction of Islam and Nuttyism will take a bit longer. The Aztecs aren't around to practice their blood-thirsty religion anymore, so that gives me hope for Islam's fate. |
| Posted by: Shereter Poodle9774 2011-04-08 12:02 |
| #3 What is going to change in five, ten, or fifty or one hundred years at this rate? Both Islam and Transnational Progressivism will be extinct. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2011-04-08 02:39 |
| #2 Pre-mortum analysis: What does Israel and Palestine expect to achieve as each continues to do the same back forth skirmish crap over and over? This is something that no head of state answers satisfactorily, honestly and for the long term future. What is going to change in five, ten, or fifty or one hundred years at this rate? |
| Posted by: Fi 2011-04-08 01:26 |
| #1 Witnesses said artillery fire About damn time. |
| Posted by: Zebulon Thranter9685 2011-04-08 01:10 |