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Quotes by Hamas Leader Abdel Aziz Rantisi
Associated Press ^ | Sat Apr 17, 4:02 PM ET | Associated Press

Posted on 04/17/2004 11:58:58 PM PDT by dila813

Quotes by Hamas Leader Abdel Aziz Rantisi Sat Apr 17, 4:02 PM ET

By The Associated Press

Recent quotes from Hamas leader Abdel Aziz Rantisi, who was assassinated Saturday by Israel.

AFP Slideshow: Mideast Conflict

"We knew that Bush is the enemy of God, the enemy of Islam and Muslims. America declared war against God. Sharon declared war against God and God declared war against America, Bush and Sharon. ... The war of God continues against them, and I can see the victory coming up from the land of Palestine by the hand of Hamas." — Last month, after the United States vetoed an United Nations (news - web sites) Security Council resoultion condemning Israel for assassinating Hamas founder Sheik Ahmed Yassin.

"We will be unified in the trenches of resistance. We will not surrender, we will never surrender to Israeli terror." — Last month, after being selected Hamas leader in Gaza after Yassin was killed.

"Yassin is a man in a nation, and a nation in a man. And the retaliation of this nation will be of the size of this man. ... You will see deeds not words." — Last month, after Yassin's assassination.

"We will all die one day. Nothing will change. If by Apache or by cardiac arrest, I prefer Apache." — Last month, after Yassin's assassination

_ "This operation, whoever is behind it, is a natural reaction for the bloody aggression against our people." — Last September, after deadly suicide bombings at a bus stop crowded with Israeli soldiers near Rishon Letzion and five hours later at a Jerusalem nightspot.

"They think that targeting leaders will stop Jihad (holy war). They are mistaken. ... All of us in Hamas from top to bottom are looking to become like Abu Shanab." — Last August, after Israel killed Yassin aide Ismail Abu Shanab.

"The word cease-fire is not in our dictionary. ... Resistance will continue until we uproot them from our homeland." — Last June, as Egypt tried to work out a truce.

"The Zionists will pay an expensive price for all of their crimes." — Last June, from his hospital bed after a deadly bus bombing in Jerusalem that followed Israel's attempt to kill him.


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Anyone who thinks this guy wasn't going to kill Americans is a nut job
1 posted on 04/17/2004 11:58:59 PM PDT by dila813
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To: dila813
But MY favorite is his "last" quote:

"What in Allah's name it THAT!!!!!"

Awww the poor terrorist - he fall down and go BOOM!
2 posted on 04/18/2004 12:05:40 AM PDT by clee1 (Where's the beef???)
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To: clee1
MY favorite is his "last" quote:

"What in Allah's name it THAT!!!!!"

LOL... too perfect. There IS justice in this world.
3 posted on 04/18/2004 12:08:04 AM PDT by Betaille ("Show them no mercy, for none shall be shown to you")
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To: dila813
"We will all die one day. Nothing will change. If by Apache or by cardiac arrest, I prefer Apache."

He got his wish, any other takers?

4 posted on 04/18/2004 12:11:32 AM PDT by endthematrix (To enter my lane you must use your turn signal!)
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To: dila813
More enemy propaganda spread by the Associated Press.

Can you imagine a US press agency publishing--without condemnation--quotes of Hitler during WWII?
5 posted on 04/18/2004 12:15:17 AM PDT by SpyGuy
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To: SpyGuy
It's not as if these quotes made him look good.
6 posted on 04/18/2004 12:29:42 AM PDT by The KG9 Kid (Semper Fi)
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To: The KG9 Kid
They don't, but they also serve to make nellies more nervous, especially out of the context that Hamas has been snorting death threats at Israel for years and this is nothing new.
7 posted on 04/18/2004 12:31:49 AM PDT by The Red Zone
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To: dila813
If by Apache or by cardiac arrest, I prefer Apache." — Last month, after Yassin's assassination

Good call. Was he in the over-under pool here on FR? .... Yes, I know we had a thread with guesses about the date, what I want to know is if he participated (in guessing... he obviously participated in the action). And is there a special mention if a target correctly picks the mode of elimination?

/john

8 posted on 04/18/2004 1:00:03 AM PDT by JRandomFreeper (Soy el jefe de la cocina. No discuta con mí.)
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To: dila813
"We knew that Bush is the enemy of God, the enemy of Islam and Muslims. America declared war against God. Sharon declared war against God and God declared war against America, Bush and Sharon. ... The war of God continues against them, and I can see the victory coming up from the land of Palestine by the hand of Hamas."

A man who praises bus bombings that blow-up women and children, lectures us on God.
He will be missed.

9 posted on 04/18/2004 2:22:44 AM PDT by Jorge
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To: dila813
"They think that targeting leaders will stop Jihad (holy war). They are mistaken. ... All of us in Hamas from top to bottom are looking to become like Abu Shanab." ? Last August, after Israel killed Yassin aide Ismail Abu Shanab.


Ask and ye shall recieve. Everyone else: take a number your turn will come up soon.
10 posted on 04/18/2004 2:43:25 AM PDT by Sapper26
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To: dila813
"We knew that Bush is the enemy of God, the enemy of Islam and Muslims. America declared war against God. Sharon declared war against God and God declared war against America, Bush and Sharon. ... The war of God continues against them,,,"



Mighty weak god that the muslims follow, huh? They better give up on him.

I bet he doesn't even follow through with that promise of 72 virgins to XXXX.
11 posted on 04/18/2004 3:58:55 AM PDT by RonHolzwarth
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To: dila813
You forgot to add "OWWWW!!!"
12 posted on 04/18/2004 4:43:43 AM PDT by AppyPappy (If You're Not A Part Of The Solution, There's Good Money To Be Made In Prolonging The Problem.)
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To: dila813; dennisw; SJackson; MeekOneGOP; Salem; Prime Choice; counterpunch; Vets_Husband_and_Wife; ..
Who is (was) Abdel Aziz Rantisi - and why is (was) he saying all those crazy thing?

Ping.

"They think that targeting leaders will stop Jihad (holy war). They are mistaken. ... All of us in Hamas from top to bottom are looking to become like Abu Shanab." — Last August, after Israel killed Yassin aide Ismail Abu Shanab.


13 posted on 04/18/2004 4:49:10 AM PDT by Happy2BMe (U.S.A. - - United We Stand - - Divided We Fall - - Support Our Troops - - Vote BUSH)
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To: dila813; Diogenesis; dennisw; SJackson; MeekOneGOP

Hamas leader Abdel Aziz al-Rantissi listens to his bodyguard Akram Nassar (L) in this file photo taken March 24, 2004. Abdel Aziz al-Rantissi was killed in an Israeli airstrike in Gaza on April 18, 2004 drawing a threat of 100 revenge attacks from the militant Palestinian group rocked by another major blow before a planned U.S.-backed pullout from Gaza.

Palestinians carry the body of the late Hamas leader Abdel Aziz Rantisi, bottom left, through the streets during his funeral in Gaza City, early Sunday, April 18, 2004. Rantisi and two bodyguards were killed in an Israeli missle attack on the car they were driving in Saturday in Gaza City. Iraqi flag is seen at center amidst a sea of green Hamas flags.

Palestinian militants from Hamas chant slogans against the U.S. and Israel during a demonstration at the Ain al-Hilweh refugee camp in south Lebanon April 18, 2004. Thousands of Palestinian in refugees camp in Lebanon protest on Sunday over the killing of Rantissi by Israel.

Students from al-Azhar university in Cairo hold their hands out to symbolize the swords of Islam during a demonstration to protest the assassination of Hamas leader Abdel-Aziz al-Rantissi April 18, 2004. Rantissi was killed less than a month after Israel assassinated Hamas founder Sheik Ahmed Yassin.

Egyptian students of Al- Azhar university, the highest Islamic Sunni institution, burn American, British and Israeli flags as they flash the Quran demonstrating against Israel's assassination of Abdel Aziz Rantisi, the Hamas leader, Sunday, April 18, 2004 in Cairo. Rantisi and two bodyguards were killed in an Israeli missile attack on the car they were driving in Saturday in Gaza City. Arabic slogans on the black lables reads as 'steadfastness'.

An elderly Palestinian supporter of the Islamic militant group Hamas holds a pistol and a copy of the Quran, the Islamic holy book, during a march against the killing by Israel of Hamas leader Abdel Aziz Rantisi in the West Bank City of Nablus Sunday April 18, 2004. Israel assassinated Rantisi in a missile strike on his car on Saturday, part of its declared campaign to wipe out the Islamic militant group's leadership ahead of a planned Israeli withdrawal from the Gaza Strip.

Women Hamas supporters hold pictures of assassinated Hamas leader Abdel-Aziz al-Rantissi as they attend a demonstration supporting Hamas in the West Bank city of Nablus April 18, 2004.

Tens of thousands of mourners packed the streets of Gaza City during the funeral of Hamas leader Abdel Aziz al-Rantissi April 18, 2004.The Hamas military wing pledged '100 retaliations' for Rantissi, a 56-year-old firebrand who was the second Hamas leader Israel killed in Gaza in less than a month. Sheikh Ahmed Yassin died in a missile attack on March 22.

The body of the late Hamas leader Abdel Aziz Rantisi is carried from his house before being taken through the streets during his funeral in Gaza City, early Sunday, April 18, 2004. Rantisi and two bodyguards were killed in an Israeli missile attack on the car they were driving in Saturday in Gaza City.

People watch as the body of the late Hamas leader Abdel Aziz Rantisi is carried through the streets during his funeral in Gaza City, early Sunday, April 18, 2004. Rantisi and two bodyguards were killed in an Israeli missile attack on the car they were driving in Saturday in Gaza City.

Palestinians reach to touch the body of the late Hamas leader Abdel Aziz Rantisi as he is carried through the streets during his funeral in Gaza City, early Sunday, April 18, 2004. Rantisi and two bodyguards were killed in an Israeli missile attack on the car they were driving in Saturday in Gaza City.

A Palestinian kisses the face of Abdelaziz Rantissi in the morgue of al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City.

Palestinian relatives of Hamas leader Dr. Abdel Aziz Rantisi gather around his body in the morgue at Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, early Sunday, April 18, 2004. Rantisi and two bodyguards were killed in an Israeli missile attack on the car they were driving in Saturday in Gaza City.

14 posted on 04/18/2004 5:08:18 AM PDT by Happy2BMe (U.S.A. - - United We Stand - - Divided We Fall - - Support Our Troops - - Vote BUSH)
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To: dila813
Actually it's good that these quotes are stated! It shows him for what he was. A terrorist, a man that lived by the sword, embraced violence and hid behind decency and the self restraint or outside restraint put on Israel not to hunt down men like him that blow up busses and hind in the civilian masses of his kind.

Scum like him claims the colateral damage of operations conducted to get him (because the Palestinians who want a nation are INCAPABLE of being a nation and dealing with men like him) a victory for himself when they (the Israelis) go after him and inocent are hurt or killed.

If the Palestinians wanted a country. If they really wanted to be that which they claim, they should ACT as a nation and arrest, sentence these type of people themselves. If not, they should hand them over. Morning his death and vowing revenge for a terroist shows what the Palestinians are; a gang, a crowd of violent unorganized disenfranchized people that are manipulated by organizations like Hamas that is backed by Iran. They are not CAPABLE of self governance. As long as this is the case the Israelis need to do what they did. Go in and take people like this out.

But after I watched CNN I just about had to puke. As usual. They devoted 30minutes to pictures of mad Palestinians. Quotes from one side and how bad the Israelis are. Frankly- The Israelis have shown MORE self restraint than most. They are dealing with terror as ALL do. But after CNN was done, it was an act of dispicable horror! Terrible! Words like Soverign, Opression, Occupation........ were used. Emotion words intended to arouse a feeling. Thank God there is FOX! I just can't stand this senationalistic BS full of buzzwords spoken by a talking head that is all packaged as "Objective news". The media agency which became big in 91 by selling the Persian Gulf war is now poking fun at FOX, calling them ambulance chacers. Isn't that funny?

Red6
15 posted on 04/18/2004 5:18:07 AM PDT by Red6
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To: Happy2BMe
"They think that targeting leaders will stop Jihad (holy war). They are mistaken. ... All of us in Hamas from top to bottom are looking to become like Abu Shanab." — Last August, after Israel killed Yassin aide Ismail Abu Shanab.

I don't have any problem with that.
George Patton said it best !


16 posted on 04/18/2004 7:02:34 AM PDT by MeekOneGOP (Become a monthly donor on FR. No amount is too small and monthly giving is the way to go !)
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To: Happy2BMe
I was glad to get the news that Rantissi was sent to his 72 Virginians. I am wondering who will move UP in Hamas ranks now to take his place ? We need to make up some 'Dead Man Walking' signs and BIG RED BULLSEYES for him to wear on his back !

Yassin, Rantissi .... NEXT ???



17 posted on 04/18/2004 7:11:09 AM PDT by MeekOneGOP (Become a monthly donor on FR. No amount is too small and monthly giving is the way to go !)
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To: RonHolzwarth
I read what you wrote about Muslims having a weak God, and I suggest you don't talk about someone's religion or God if you don't know anything about it, because what you said there was VERY disrespectful. Say your opinion okay but don't belittle someone's God. And by the way, its all going to happen and you'll regret what you said. And don't get smart
18 posted on 05/02/2004 9:36:48 AM PDT by muslim_4ever
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To: muslim_4ever
Psalms Chapter 40:
[4] Blessed is the man who makes the LORD his trust, who does not turn to the proud, to those who go astray after false gods!

NOTE: The Bible is NOT talking about Allah when LORD is mentioned.

Isaiah Chapter 17:
[1] An oracle concerning Damascus. Behold, Damascus will cease to be a city, and will become a heap of ruins.
[2] Her cities will be deserted for ever; they will be for flocks, which will lie down, and none will make them afraid.
[3] The fortress will disappear from E'phraim, and the kingdom from Damascus; and the remnant of Syria will be like the glory of the children of Israel, says the LORD of hosts.

Allah will NOT be able to save Damascus.
19 posted on 05/02/2004 10:38:10 PM PDT by RonHolzwarth
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To: muslim_4ever
Tell me about the six year old child bride,,, did she scream when your Prophet uhhhhh "deflowered her" at the age of nine?

How come it was OK for him, and it's not OK for Michael Jackson?
20 posted on 05/02/2004 10:42:23 PM PDT by RonHolzwarth
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