'Little Bomber' Fascinates Israeli Media

BBC ^ | 3/25/04

[marshmallow]

It quotes the boy as telling his interrogators: "My teacher told me what was waiting for me in heaven so I decided to commit suicide."

You tell this to an American kid and he'll laugh. Tell it to a Palestinian and he immediately decides to kill himself.

What's missing here? Is the Arab sex drive so overwhelming that it numbs their critical faculties? Or do the Palestinians specifically seek out kids who are "mentally challeneged", as the article states and are more likely to swallow this nonsense?

[prion]

What a bizarre headline. Why would the fact that Israeli media finds this interesting be the idea you'd want to lead with?

[Ciexyz]

We can laugh at this now but it's apparently the new modus operandi of the homicide bomber crowd, and we can expect more of the same.

[MrB]

I think it's repression. Arabs are way too repressed, and Americans are way to unrepressed these days.

And I found it especially SICK that the Palis picked out a handicapped boy to kill himself to further their sick agenda of killing as many Jews as possible.

[null and void]

The paper says Husam told the soldiers questioning him that he was willing to commit suicide "because people don't love me".

What was it Golda Meier said?

Something like: There won't be peace in the Middle East until Palistinians love their childern more than they hate Israelis...

[cripplecreek]

Not to sound like a bleeding heart liberal or anything but i breaks my heart to see children in this position. Kinda makes me wish i could bring these kids here and show them what prosperity can be built with peace.

[rageaholic]

"whats missing here?"

Most American kids are not steeped in islam from day one and therefore have a better grip on reality.

[MrB]

I proposed on another thread that any of these little kids that have been sent to kill themselves should be adopted to a Western (Judaeo Christian) family in order for them to see how hateful their own, former, culture is.

They can go back as missionaries in a decade.

[Diogenesis]

[Weimdog]

Even as the events unfolded on live television, and the boys family confirms he is their son, AlJazeera says the story was fabricated by Israel...

http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/8C7BCBC3-CA2C-4F33-B27D-80AF0AF830E2.htm

[sheik yerbouty]

Their goats must be silent victims of abuse.

[Sacajaweau]

On a news clip, some woman told this kids mother that it would have been an honor for her son to blow up. The mother told the lady to "shut up".

[E Rocc]

Sheeesh, of course it fascinates the Israeli media. It's an unprecedented look at how the Hamas leaders "recruit" the kids they send on the "martyrdom" missions they'd rather not perform themselves.

-Eric

[E Rocc]

On a news clip, some woman told this kids mother that it would have been an honor for her son to blow up. The mother told the lady to "shut up".

Supposedly one of the sons of a Hamas leader got caught up in the propaganda and wanted to be a "martyr". His mother vetoed that idea rather harshly (though perhaps dad did too and she got the credit for it).

-Eric

[KC_for_Freedom]

We can laugh at this now but it's apparently the new modus operandi of the homicide bomber crowd, and we can expect more of the same.

The only bomber with easier access to Israel would be a young girl or a mother with a baby. You can be certain the terrorists are looking for gullible youth as we speak.

Not only do they have a better chance of passing through a checkpoint, but they preserve an older and wiser recruiter so he can go locate more people willing to die. (And note that one boy was told to deliver a bomb even though it had a cell phone detonator, he was not planning on doing anything more than transport.)

The other interesting thing is that is that in the face of unanimous world condemnation they are promoting the lie that Israel is cleverly making all this up. Of course they have to deny the participants themselves giving the same version as the IDF.

I think they are losing the propaganda war, as well as their leadership. Maybe Israel should kill more of upper and middle management.

[Fiddlstix]

[broadsword]

"Blowing myself up is the only chance I've got to have sex with 72 virgins in the Garden of Eden," The Post quoted Husam as saying his handlers had told him.

How frikkin primitive and asinine! Now, what kind of serious religion is about sex. Do they worship God or just their genitalia? What the heck is WRONG with Islam?

[ArrogantBustard]

The only bomber with easier access to Israel would be a young girl or a mother with a baby.

I believe they've already used the "young girl" approach. It "worked" in the sense that she did, in fact, blow herself up and kill a bunch of innocent folks at the same time. But that seems to "work" when the homicide bomber is a young man, as well.

[ArrogantBustard]

Now, what kind of serious religion is about sex.

Ancient paganism was full of such, from the erotic, to the ridiculous (google up 'Priapus') to the bloody murderous (Ba'al, Molech).

[broadsword]

OK, then. What kind of civilized religion is about sex?