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Report: Yassin personally authorized woman bomber
Jerusalem Post ^
| Jan. 15, 2004
Posted on 01/15/2004 3:04:53 PM PST by Alouette
Hamas spiritual leader, Sheikh Ahmed Yassin, personally authorized the use of the female suicide bomber who attacked the Erez terminal crossing Wednesday, killing four Israelis.
According to Channel 2, Reem Salah al-Rayashi, 21, the mother of two small children, approached Hamas several times with the request to be a suicide bomber.
"She practically begged," an Arab affairs reporter told Channel 2.
The Hamas leadership repeatedly spurned her requests, until Yassin himself intervened. Hamas has previously resisted the use of female suicide bombings on ideological grounds. However, when Hamas operatives brought a plan to bomb the Erez crossing into the joint Israeli-Palestinian industrial zone, the Hamas leadership put ideology aside and adopted the plan most likely to succeed.
Sheikh Yassin then personally gave his blessing for al-Rayashi to be used as a bomber, and issued a decree (a few hours after Wednesday's attack) to the effect that "Jihad was the duty of men and women."
"For the first time, Hamas used a female fighter and not a male fighter," Yassin told reporters. "It is a new development in resistance against the enemy.... Resistance will escalate against this enemy until they leave our land and homeland."
Rayashi said in a video it was her lifelong dream to become a suicide bomber. "I want to be the first woman to carry out a martyr attack," she said.
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This evil sack of pigs#!+ needs to be flushed ochyen bystra.
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posted on
01/15/2004 3:04:55 PM PST
by
Alouette
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posted on
01/15/2004 3:05:19 PM PST
by
Alouette
(Proud parent of an IDF recruit!)
To: Alouette
Why is this guy still allowed to breath?
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posted on
01/15/2004 3:05:52 PM PST
by
Guillermo
(It's tough being a Miami Dolphins fan)
To: Alouette
This man and any other clerics who promote suicide bombing are truly evil.
To: Alouette
Yet another similarity between terrorists and democRATs.....expedience trumps ideology.
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posted on
01/15/2004 3:08:51 PM PST
by
sweetliberty
(Even the smallest person can change the course of the future. - (LOTR))
To: Alouette
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Hamas spiritual leader Sheikh Ahmed Yassin speaks to reporters. Four Israelis were killed when a young Palestinian mother blew herself up at the main border crossing between the Gaza Strip and Israel.(AFP/Mahmud Hams) AFP - Jan 14 11:22 AM |
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Spiritual leader of the Palestinian militant group Hamas Sheik Ahmed Yassin answers questions as a television shows pictures of United States President George W. Bush in his home in Gaza City, Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2004. A female Palestinian suicide bomber blew herself up Wednesday at the major crossing point between Israel and the Gaza Strip , killing at least four Israelis and wounding seven other people, Israeli rescue services and media said. Yassin said the use of a woman bomber was unique, but addedthat holy war is an obligation of all Muslims, men and women. (AP Photo/Kevin Frayer) AP - Jan 14 10:45 AM |
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Spiritual leader of the Palestinian militant group Hamas Sheik Ahmed Yassin answers questions from reporters in his home in Gaza City, Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2004. A female Palestinian suicide bomber blew herself up Wednesday at the major crossing point between Israel and the Gaza Strip , killing at least four Israelis and wounding seven other people, Israeli rescue services and media said. Hamas spiritual leader Sheik Ahmed Yassin said that holy war 'is an obligation of all Muslims, men and women.' At rear is a floral gift to the sheik reading Hamas in arabic.(AP Photo/Kevin Frayer) AP - Jan 14 7:13 AM |
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Spiritual leader of the Palestinian militant group Hamas Sheik Ahmed Yassin answers questions from reporters in his home in Gaza City, Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2004. A female Palestinian suicide bomber blew herself up Wednesday at the major crossing point between Israel and the Gaza Strip , killing at least four Israelis and wounding seven other people, Israeli rescue services and media said. Hamas spiritual leader Sheik Ahmed Yassin said that holy war 'is an obligation of all Muslims, men and women.' At rear is a floral gift to the sheik reading Hamas in arabic.(AP Photo/Kevin Frayer) AP - Jan 14 7:00 AM |
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Spiritual leader of the Palestinian militant group Hamas Sheik Ahmed Yassin answers questions from reporters in his home in Gaza City, Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2004. A female Palestinian suicide bomber blew herself up Wednesday at the major crossing point between Israel and the Gaza Strip , killing at least four Israelis and wounding seven other people, Israeli rescue services and media said. Hamas spiritual leader Sheik Ahmed Yassin said that holy war 'is an obligation of all Muslims, men and women.' (AP Photo/Kevin Frayer) AP - Jan 14 7:03 AM |
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Spiritual leader and founder of the Islamic movement Hamas Sheikh Ahmed Yassin listens to the Imam at al Mojamah mosque during Friday prayer in Gaza January 9, 2004. The spiritual leader of the Islamic militant Hamas group said on Friday his organization would weigh a 'temporary peace' with Israel if a Palestinian state was created in all of the West Bank and Gaza Strip . REUTERS/Mohammed Salem Reuters - Jan 09 10:34 AM |
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Spiritual leader and founder of the Islamic movement Hamas Sheikh Ahmed Yassin is pushed in a wheelchair to a mosque for Friday prayers in Gaza January 9, 2004. The spiritual leader of the Islamic militant Hamas group said on Friday his organization would weigh a 'temporary peace' with Israel if a Palestinian state was created in all of the West Bank and Gaza Strip . REUTERS/Mohammed Salem Reuters - Jan 09 10:27 AM |
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Spiritual leader and founder of the Islamic movement Hamas Sheikh Ahmed Yassin listen to Imam at al Mojamah mosque during Friday prayer in Gaza January 9,2004. The spiritual leader of the Islamic militant Hamas group said on Friday his organization would weigh a 'temporary peace' with Israel if a Palestinian state was created in all of the West Bank and Gaza Strip . REUTERS/Mohammed Salem Reuters - Jan 09 10:21 AM |
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A masked Palestinian man waves his rifle in front of a poster of spiritual leader and founder of the Islamic Fundamentalist movement Hamas Sheik Ahmed Yassin during a rally in Gaza December 19, 2003. Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon drew fire from Israel's main U.S. ally and all sides in the Middle East Friday for a pledge to sever Israelis from Palestinians within months if peace talks fail. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem Reuters - Dec 19 10:29 AM |
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Spiritual leader and founder of the Islamic Fundamentalist movement Hamas Sheik Ahmed Yassin (R) speaks one of his supporters during a rally in Gaza December 19, 2003. Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon drew fire from all sides including the United States on Friday over his threat to sever Israelis from Palestinians within months if peace talks fail. REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic Reuters - Dec 19 10:33 AM |
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Spiritual leader and founder of the Islamic Fundamentalist movement Hamas Sheik Ahmed Yassin, watches Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon on the television, at his home in Gaza December 18, 2003. Sharon said Thursday in a major policy address that Israel would take unilateral steps for separation from the Palestinians if a U.S.-backed peace plan fails. REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic Reuters - Dec 18 2:23 PM |
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Hamas spiritual leader Sheikh Ahmed Yassin (C) meets Mustafa al-Buheiri (L) and Mohammed Ibrahim in Gaza City. The two Egyptian envoys were trying to convince Palestinian militant groups to agree to a suspension of attacks with the carrot of a US promise to pressure Israel to refrain from major operations.(AFP/File/Mahmud Hams) AFP/File - Dec 17 10:33 AM |
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Spiritual leader and founder of the Islamic Fundamentalist movement Hamas Sheik Ahmed Yassin (L) greets Egyptian mediator Moustafa El-Bohairi before a meeting in Gaza City, December 16, 2003. Egyptian mediators returned to Gaza for a new round of talks with Palestinian factions on Tuesday, but Israel ruled out a demand from militant groups that it must also guarantee any cease fire. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem Reuters - Dec 16 4:22 PM |
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A masked militant belonging to the Islamic Fundamentalist movement Hamas holds his AK-47 assault rifle outside the house of their spiritual leader and founder Sheik Ahmed Yassin prior to a meeting with Egyptian mediators in Gaza City, December 16, 2003. Egyptian mediators returned to Gaza for a new round of talks with Palestinian factions on Tuesday, but Israel ruled out a demand from militant groups that it must also guarantee any cease fire. Hamas and Islamic Jihad, which have led a suicide-bombing campaign that has killed hundreds of Israelis over the past three years, said they wanted a guarantee that Israel would cease attacks and pull back from occupied territory. REUTERS/Jerry Lampen Reuters - Dec 16 4:06 PM |
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Hamas spiritual leader Sheikh Ahmed Yassin listens to a question during an interview with AFP in Gaza City(AFP/File/Mohammed Abed) AFP |
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posted on
01/15/2004 3:12:37 PM PST
by
dennisw
(“We'll put a boot in your ass, it's the American way.” - Toby Keith)
To: Alouette
His times are number. Well I wonder where is she now what place would be good for her.
To: Unam Sanctam
They are monsters.
To: Alouette
I'm kinda curious, does she get 72 virgins?
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posted on
01/15/2004 3:20:20 PM PST
by
BJClinton
(Vote Democrat, it's easier than thinking.)
To: Alouette
This is the only area in Islam where women have the same rights as men, suicide bomber
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posted on
01/15/2004 3:20:55 PM PST
by
apackof2
(I won't be satisfied until I am to smart for my own good)
To: dennisw; Alouette; Yehuda
To: Alouette
I think he should be donated a new electric wheelchair.
So the batteries are handy in case the Mossad arranges for a special ingredient in the frame tubing.
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posted on
01/15/2004 3:26:02 PM PST
by
E.Allen
Comment #13 Removed by Moderator
To: Alouette
These people are wild animals. And liberals just love to be the apologists for them.
Comment #15 Removed by Moderator
To: dennisw
That guy would look much more handsome wearing a full-face hood and a rope around his neck.
To: Alouette
I suppose this disgusting pig is _______little 9 year old girls.
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posted on
01/15/2004 3:46:44 PM PST
by
tkathy
(The islamofascists and the democrats are trying to destroy this country)
To: Alouette
I'd like to know what it's going to take to stop these barbarians. I'm disgusted with all the pussyfooting around with terrorists.
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posted on
01/15/2004 4:04:01 PM PST
by
TheSpottedOwl
(Happy Iraqi Independence Day!!!!)
To: Guillermo
Why is this guy still allowed to breath? One reason (but not the only one; in the end Israel must make the call) is that millions of people hate Israel. They hate Jews. They complain loudly when Israel fights terrorism.
To: Alouette
Suspiciously, not a word about any devastated husband of the murderous bitch... I wonder... Could it be that she chose "martyrdom" and her Islamic heaven because her life as a (single) mother of two was a real hell on earth?...
Well, I hope she is up to a big disillusionment. From one hell to another, out of the frying pan into the fire... literally.
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posted on
01/15/2004 4:16:29 PM PST
by
Neophyte
(Nazists, Communists, Islamists... what the heck is the difference?)
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