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Israeli airstrike kills a top Hamas leader
yahoo news ^
| Thu Jan 1, 6:20 pm ET
| IBRAHIM BARZAK and JASON KEYSER
Posted on 01/01/2009 8:17:41 PM PST by RC one
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip – An Israeli warplane dropped a 2,000-pound bomb on the home of one of Hamas' top five decision-makers Thursday, instantly killing him and 18 others, while the Israeli army said troops massed on the Gaza border were ready for any order to invade.
The airstrike on Nizar Rayan was the first that succeeded in killing a member of Hamas' highest echelon since Israel began its offensive Saturday. The 49-year-old professor of Islamic law was known for personally participating in clashes with Israeli forces and for sending one of his sons on a 2001 suicide mission that killed two Israelis.
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TOPICS: Military/Veterans; Religion
KEYWORDS: gaza; hamas; islam; israel; jihad; nizarrayyan
Nice way to start off the New year. I saw this over at DU. Interesting to see how Dems split on this.
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posted on
01/01/2009 8:17:41 PM PST
by
RC one
To: RC one
Aww I thought Muzis loved it when things go boom.
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posted on
01/01/2009 8:19:53 PM PST
by
omega4179
(Bush Abandoned Ramos and Compean)
To: RC one
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posted on
01/01/2009 8:22:49 PM PST
by
JoeProBono
(Apparitions are in the eye of the beholder)
To: RC one
Well these clowns always are claiming how they love death. So be it. Great work by Israeli Intel and the IAF, as usual.
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posted on
01/01/2009 8:23:49 PM PST
by
Marine_Uncle
(Duncan Hunter was our best choice.)
To: RC one
got em..
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posted on
01/01/2009 8:24:10 PM PST
by
OL Hickory
(Where is the America I knew as a boy?)
To: RC one
Good riddance to bad rubbish.
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posted on
01/01/2009 8:34:25 PM PST
by
Rummyfan
(Iraq: it's not about Iraq anymore, it's about the USA!)
To: RC one
And they used a 2000 lb bomb to be sure!
To: RC one
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posted on
01/01/2009 8:59:10 PM PST
by
Minnehaha
("God is Alive - Magic is Afoot" Buffy Sainte Marie)
To: 17th Miss Regt
Yes, they sent it down the chimney and called it “The Santa Bomb”. No word about anyone liking their presents.
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posted on
01/01/2009 9:05:04 PM PST
by
count-your-change
(You don't have be brilliant, not being stupid is enough.)
To: RC one
Here's the lucky bastard who got the martydom he sought:
May his soul rot in hell with the pigs forever.
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posted on
01/01/2009 9:16:42 PM PST
by
Uncle Miltie
(Most Animals protect their babies. Palestinians kill their babies.)
To: RC one
Using one of your family members as a suicide bomber removes the rest of them from the “civilian” category, doesn’t it?
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posted on
01/02/2009 7:31:22 AM PST
by
Dilbert56
(Harry Reid, D-Nev.: "We're going to pick up Senate seats as a result of this war.")
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