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2006-01-30 Israel-Palestine-Jordan

Hamas supremo plans triumphant return to Palestinian Territories

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Posted by Dan Darling 2006-01-30 04:20|| || Front Page|| [11134 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Once Mr. Mashaal enters the Territories, he comes within reach of Israel's missiles. No wonder the spokeswoman expressed helplessness to keep him out; "Come into my parlour, said the spider to the fly."

Posted by trailing wife 2006-01-30 07:07|| 2006-01-30 07:07|| Front Page Top

#2 I don't think these mooks realize what they have done to themselves. When all the cheering and hppy bullets die down they are going to find that they are quite alone in the world. Alone and broke, because hamas isn't going to recognize Israel, and they sure as hell aren't going to disarm.

Posted by bigjim-ky 2006-01-30 08:25|| 2006-01-30 08:25|| Front Page Top

#3 "When all the cheering and hppy bullets die down they are going to find that they are quite alone in the world."
Did you forget God?
He will be taking care of Hamas, watching over them, defending them and providing them with all the financial resources they need. Finally, He will exterminate that zionist den at the time of His choosing.

Posted by Truth has come.com 2006-01-30 10:29|| 2006-01-30 10:29|| Front Page Top

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Posted by Pappy 2006-01-30 10:57|| 2006-01-30 10:57|| Front Page Top

#5 ok truthy, lets see allan work, it is put up or shut up.

Posted by djohn66 2006-01-30 11:06|| 2006-01-30 11:06|| Front Page Top

#6 Oh, God will be "taking care" of Hamas all right! LOL

Speaking of which, what do you think of the job God is doing "taking care" of the Jordanians and Egyptians who now wish to be thought of as "Palestinians"? Apparently God wants to rub their noses in Israel's success. Go figure!

Posted by ryuge 2006-01-30 11:31|| 2006-01-30 11:31|| Front Page Top

#7 Isaiah 14

Posted by The Lord 2006-01-30 11:38|| 2006-01-30 11:38|| Front Page Top

#8 God?

How many divisions does HE have?

Posted by mojo">mojo 2006-01-30 12:10|| 2006-01-30 12:10|| Front Page Top

#9 So if Mashal meets a hellfire welcome, it was because Allan willed it. I'm OK with that logic

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2006-01-30 12:51|| 2006-01-30 12:51|| Front Page Top

#10 I recognise the snarky takeoff on the comment "How many Divisions does the Pope have"
(Good shot)
But that's exactly what we're fighting right now those "Supposedly" god's (Allah's) divisions.

Posted by Redneck Jim 2006-01-30 13:02|| 2006-01-30 13:02|| Front Page Top

#11 Mashal surely realizes hes less safe in Gaza then in Damascus, but he has to go back, cause if he dont, the local Hamas people can gain too much power, and make him less relevant, other than as bagman for Assad.

The MSM and the naive are focusing soley on Israel vs Pals, as usual. Some of y'all RBers have gone to the next level, and are analyzing Hamas vs Fatah, and storing up popcorn.

But the next level of analysis is Hamas vs Hamas, and Fatah vs Fatah, which may be the most intense conflict in the coming weeks, even as the other two continue.

Posted by liberalhawk 2006-01-30 13:16|| 2006-01-30 13:16|| Front Page Top

#12 I know, Jim. And damned poor divisions they are. Badly led, too.

Ok, so you're hip to Nappy quotes. Place this one:

"I could carve a better man from a banana."

Posted by mojo">mojo 2006-01-30 13:47|| 2006-01-30 13:47|| Front Page Top

#13 the fact that Mashal is still alive after all these years plus some other stuff makes me think that he is double or triple or quadruple agent.

One of the other hints here is that he has strongly pushed Hamas to curtail itty bitty terrorism strikes and go for big terror strikes; while this was doable prior to the fence, big terror strikes are much harder now and Hamas has wasted a lot of its best men on such things.

I think that's part of the reason why Israel has a relatively cool-it attitude on this fellow.

Posted by mhw 2006-01-30 14:18|| 2006-01-30 14:18|| Front Page Top

#14 Nice to see that Mashal has both posterboys for the Hamas Corporate Retirement Program right behind him. Just look for the little red dot to be sure you've got the genuine article.

I give him two weeks or less in Gaza.

Posted by Zenster 2006-01-30 15:13|| 2006-01-30 15:13|| Front Page Top

#15 Mae West? mojo?

Posted by 6 2006-01-30 16:39|| 2006-01-30 16:39|| Front Page Top

#16 Teddy Roosevelt, I think, but I can't remember who he was talking about.

Posted by lotp 2006-01-30 16:47|| 2006-01-30 16:47|| Front Page Top

#17 Ah, found it:

when Oliver Wendell Holmes, an eminent Bostonian, refused to uphold his prosecution of the Northern Securities Company, ... T.R. raged in the White House that night: "I could carve out of a banana a man with more back bone than that."

Posted by lotp 2006-01-30 16:49|| 2006-01-30 16:49|| Front Page Top

#18 Nice find Lotp. I just knew Massachusetts held at least a few redeaming qualities.

Posted by Besoeker 2006-01-30 16:53|| 2006-01-30 16:53|| Front Page Top

#19 Now, why would the EU be helping in his return?

Because everyone could live in Happyland?

Posted by Captain America 2006-01-30 17:11|| 2006-01-30 17:11|| Front Page Top

#20 Gaza is a problem. It's too narrow for a good ARCLIGHT box. An ARCLIGHT strike with a full cell (3 Buffs) covers an area 2.5 miles wide and 12.5 miles long. The kill zone is 5.5 miles either side of the strike, and 2.5 miles before and after. Gaza is from 4.4 to 7.9 miles wide. We'd have to waste an awful lot of weaponry, or fly in trail formation instead of spread. Of course, that may allow us to do the entire 20 miles of Gaza in a single strike, but we'd have to warn the Israelis beforehand to pull back from the border - by about five miles. The "collateral damage" would be too great. Too bad we don't have a half-dozen battleships capable of tossing volkswagen-size shells into Gaza every 17 seconds any more. I'm beginning to believe the only good Palestinian is a dead Palestinian. It's not like the other Arabs can't replace them in a year or two - just not in Gaza or the West Bank.

Posted by Old Patriot">Old Patriot 2006-01-30 19:24|| http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/]">[http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/] 2006-01-30 19:24|| Front Page Top

#21 "...the Palestinian newspaper Al Quds said that the EU was lobbying the United States, which was in turn appealing to Israel not to block Mr Mashal's repatriation."
Repatriation, as in returning to one's land, as in "ashes to ashes and dust to dust." Gaza is becoming amazingly target-rich.

Posted by Darrell 2006-01-30 21:24|| 2006-01-30 21:24|| Front Page Top

#22 OP - such a dreamer....LOL

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2006-01-30 21:53|| 2006-01-30 21:53|| Front Page Top

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