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2005-01-26 Israel-Palestine

Palestinian forces prevent mortar attack on Israel, seize weapons

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Posted by Steve White 2005-01-26 12:06:29 AM|| || Front Page|| [2 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 the forces confiscated the weapons and the cell left
Must have had them surrounded.

Posted by Spot 2005-01-26 8:50:53 AM|| 2005-01-26 8:50:53 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 so far, so good.

Yes, detaining the militants WOULD be too far for the ever cautious Abbas.

Posted by Liberalhawk 2005-01-26 9:44:50 AM|| 2005-01-26 9:44:50 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 Not a bad thing. At least the mortars were not fired.

Posted by Rightwing 2005-01-26 9:46:36 AM|| 2005-01-26 9:46:36 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 At least the mortars were not fired

yet

Posted by Frank G 2005-01-26 9:56:15 AM|| 2005-01-26 9:56:15 AM|| Front Page Top

#5 I can imagine the heated argument..."Dammit Salim, there's no way you can hit the settlement from this far away! You need to move closer!" "Listen Muammar, I was firing mortars at the Jews back when you wore that diaper on your ass, not your head, so don't tell me I'm too far away." "So that's how you want to be? Well, I'm confiscating your mortar, and tomorrow my colleagues and I will set it up right on the border, so get lost."

Posted by Captain Pedantic 2005-01-26 10:32:19 AM|| 2005-01-26 10:32:19 AM|| Front Page Top

#6 they came across the "militants" and said:

Not yet, my friend, not yet. You'll have your chance. allah akhbar

Posted by PlanetDan 2005-01-26 11:09:32 AM|| 2005-01-26 11:09:32 AM|| Front Page Top

#7 I agree with lh and rw. We need Abbas to stay alive and for Palestinian policemen to have the confidence that they can do their jobs without being attacked by crowds or their family members being terrorized. Arafat and his corrupt thugs have used poverty and hatred to set the Palestinians on such a wrong course for so many years, that this situation cannot be corrected overnight.

I think we need to look at this incident as a glass of water half-full not as a glass have empty.

Posted by 2xstandard 2005-01-26 11:57:47 AM|| 2005-01-26 11:57:47 AM|| Front Page Top

#8 You gotta be frickin' kidding me. Do you know how long it takes to set up a mortar tube? Not long. And they only had 3 shells? How long to fire them, would you guess? A minute or two? In fact, what this shows is that the "police men" knew exactly what was going to happen and when. They show up, talk to the guys who were setting up the tube (probably "cops" themselves) and say that they can't be doing that during the honeymoon.

OTOH, maybe this means that the cops are really going to use the fact that they know who perpetrates these attacks to try and stop them.
Possible propoganda, or a possible first step. Given the track record, I'm not holding my breath.

Posted by Mark E. 2005-01-26 3:38:21 PM|| 2005-01-26 3:38:21 PM|| Front Page Top

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