Report: IDF nabs 4 Islamic Jihad terrorists on their way to strike Haifa

Jerusalem Post ^ | Aug. 21, 2003 | THE JERUSALEM POST INTERNET STAFF

[yonif]

The IDF arrested four members of an Islamic Jihad terror cell from the West Bank town of Jenin on Tuesday, thereby thwarting another terrorist attack on the day a suicide bomber killed 20 people and wounded over 100 in Jerusalem.

According to security report released Thursday, the terrorists were on their way to carry out a suicide bombing in Haifa.

An IDF unit arrested the bomber, 26-year-old Omar Utman; his driver Ashraf Halil, and Muhammad Thana, who was in a leading car and was meant to clear the way for the car carrying the suicide bomber.

During their interrogation by the Shin Bet the terrorists gave up their commander and planner of the strike, Bashar Shuhana.

Shuahana was released from an Israeli prison in March this year. He was serving a two-year sentence.

The terrorists also led the interrogators to the suicide bomber's explosives belt, which weighed 10kg. Army sappers detonated t device in a controlled explosion.

[yonif]

During their interrogation by the Shin Bet the terrorists gave up their commander and planner of the strike, Bashar Shuhana.

Shuahana was released from an Israeli prison in March this year. He was serving a two-year sentence.

ISRAEL RELEASED ABOUT A 1000 Prisoners in the past few weeks, who some of them were serving that amount of a sentence!

[Frank_Discussion]

One of these is going to make it through. D*mn.

[SouthernFreebird]

Well I can see why the Mafia didn't make it big over there....these idiots actually LIKE dying.

[MEG33]

Thank God they stopped another horror.

[Bobby777]

Another successful day for the IDF. Good job. We need some of these senior IDF commanders to volunteer to go to Iraq and share their expertise with U.S. troops who are just learning how to deal with this problem. Could save U.S. solider's lives. Or we could send representative soldiers to Israel for training.

[AMNZ]

They were going to stop the terrorism as soon as all their allies in prison were released. But now that a Hamas leader has been killed, they're going to stop the cease fire instead.

[MEG33]

A real shocker...They LIE.

[Tacis]

This is unfair. These four rag heads were on their way to paradise and how ever many virgins you qualify for these days by murdering innocent folks. It is only fitting that the Israeli commander give each one of them an excuse note to present after they have passed as a claim on at least some virgins.

[genefromjersey]

Well ! This bit of "extra-judicial action" should make Koffi Annan unhappy !

Those awful Israelis ! Profiling some "poor boys" who were merely getting ready to celebrate the 4th of July a bit early !

[Righty1]

Once these snakeheads have given up their buds they should be exterminated for their own good. Now these creeps will be released to martyr themselves another day. What a "religion".

[Nachum]

A pity they cannot put the bombers and accomplices in a pit with their bomb belts and detonate their belts.

Then transfer their families.

[Lady Heron]

Then transfer their families.

I was just thinking the same thing. Round them and their families up and expel them. Do it every time a terrorist is caught and see how quick terrorism dries up.

[Wild Thing]

A pity they cannot put the bombers and accomplices in a pit with their bomb belts and detonate their belts.

I agree Nachum !

Wild Thing