Mass Terrorist Attack in School - Prevented

Israel National News ^ | 10:10 Dec 04, '03 / 9 Kislev 5764

[yonif]

A terrorist attack of a new kind - at a crowded junior high school - was thwarted yesterday, thanks to intensive police work and intelligence gathering.

The story started on Tuesday, with the receipt of intelligence warnings regarding terrorist intentions in northern Israel. The information was received thanks to the arrest of 30 terrorists throughout Judea and Samaria - specifically, several of 17 Islamic Jihad terrorists from Jenin. The warnings became more intense yesterday, pinpointing an attack north of Beit She'an in the northern Jordan Valley. Arutz-7's Kobi Finkler reports that this information proved to be untrue, but was helpful in any event. Large police forces, including helicopters, were gathered in the area, and the central Nachal I'ron (Wadi Ara) highway near Megiddo was closed off for 90 minutes.

Shortly afterwards, around 11 AM, more information arrived that the terrorists were hiding in an Arab village somewhere between Jenin and Beit She'an. Special police forces arrived in the area, and were gradually directed to a mosque in Bardala, just north of the Jordan Valley community of Shadmot Mecholah. The forces ordered everyone out of the mosque, and began interrogating each one - until it was realized that the two sought-after terrorists were still inside. "We called for them to come out," one of the force later said, "and they came without resisting." The would-be murderers' explosive vest, containing over 10 kilograms of explosives, was found near the stairwell of the mosque.

Upon interrogation, the terrorists confessed to having planned to commit the heinous crime at a school in the western Galilee town of Yokne'am - as close as possible to a crowd of young students. The terrorist worked last year at a construction site adjacent to the school, and so knew the area well. Police sources said that had such a major attack actually been perpetrated, it would have been a "major escalation" in the terrorist war.

The partition wall/fence is also a factor in the near-attack. Some say that the fence made it difficult for the terrorists to cross the Green Line into pre-1967 Israel, while others said that they simply found a spot where there is no fence to cross over. The terrorists assumed that once over the Line, they would be able to travel relatively freely - even as far as the 60 kilometers between Bardela and Yokne'am.

Over 40 additional terrorist warnings are still in effect, and the police are deployed on special alert in various areas throughout the country.

[Dialup Llama]

>The would-be murderers' explosive vest, containing over 10 kilograms of explosives, was found near the stairwell of the mosque.

Someone on this forum insisted the muslims do not hide weapons and build bombs in their mosques.

[Coop]

Disgusting, evil germs.

[Dialup Llama]

>Some say that the fence made it difficult for the terrorists to cross the Green Line into pre-1967 Israel, while others said that they simply found a spot where there is no fence to cross over.

And who is it again who thinks that building a fence is an inhumane response to the continual murder of one's people?

[Our man in washington]

I'm taking classes on "how to react to events like a liberal." For homework, I have to practice reading events and reacting to them like a liberal would. This story presents a challenge, but let me try. A liberal would react to the story the following way:

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The Muslims wanted to kill a lot of school-age children? That can mean only one thing: the Israelis did something to get them really mad. The Israelis need to stop whatever they were doing.

And why did the Israelis do it? Because President Bush didn't stop them. And why didn't President Bush stop them? Because President Bush is evil. And why is President Bush evil? Because he talks about good and evil and that reminds me of my parents and I HATE MY PARENTS!

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There. Think I'll get an A?

[Dems_R_Losers]

Isn't it refreshing to read news reports that actually call terrorists terrorists? I'm sure the Reuters story - if this story is even picked up by the lamestream media, which is doubtful - will call them "Palestinian freedom fighters" or "militants."

Thank God for Israeli intelligence that thwarted this most heinous and barbaric act!

[justshutupandtakeit]

Thank God. Too bad the mosque wasn't blown up with the creeps in it.

[Aquinasfan]

The partition wall/fence is also a factor in the near-attack. Some say that the fence made it difficult for the terrorists to cross the Green Line into pre-1967 Israel, while others said that they simply found a spot where there is no fence to cross over.

Time to consult with the East German commies.

[Just another Joe]

There. Think I'll get an A?

I only give you a 'B'.
Even though you hit the high points, you used logic to get there. We all know that liberals don't use logic, only feeeeelings.

[TexasRepublic]

I wonder how the murdering muslims would feel if the Israeli's bombed some madrassas as retribution?

[SauronOfMordor]

I wonder how the murdering muslims would feel if the Israeli's bombed some madrassas as retribution?

Easy answer: to the Muslim mind, any offense by a Muslim against an infidel (including murdering kids) is no big deal. But ANY offense by an infidel against a Muslim is an intolerable affront requiring all of worldwide Islam to rise up in Jihad

[StormEye]

"Special police forces arrived in the area, and were gradually directed to a mosque
in Bardala, just north of the Jordan Valley community of Shadmot Mecholah.
The forces ordered everyone out of the mosque, and began interrogating each one -
until it was realized that the two sought-after terrorists were still inside.

There are some mosques in the USA & Iraq that need this sort of treatment.

[Jeff Head]

Police sources said that had such a major attack actually been perpetrated, it would have been a "major escalation" in the terrorist war.

The fact that they caught them red-handed preparing to initiate this attack means that the escalation has already occurred.

Fuzzy thinking like this, that it only escalates if they are successful, will get Israel a lot more dead citizens, and in this case kids.

Israel should act and treat these animals just like they would upon escalation because the animals have already escalated.

[yonif]

Senior IDF officials say that if the attack went ahead they would have responded at Syria, because that was where the order came from for this terror attack.

[Jeff Head]

Then they should respond overwhelmingly at Syria anyway, if they know that the order came from there.

That's like deciding not to attack an aircraft shooting a missile at you because you shot the missile down. Best ensure that the platform launching the missiles is incapable of launching anymore...or hurt enough that they decide to not launch anymore.

[tubavil]

Ding. ding. ding. ding. ding! We have a winner!

[tubavil]

Well said.