Israel identifies new Hamas chief

The Times of India ^ | April 26 2004 | Associated Press

[knighthawk]

JERUSALEM: Israeli military officials on Monday said they believe Mahmoud Zahar, a surgeon and prominent Hamas hard-liner, is the new leader of the Islamic militant group in the Gaza Strip.

Hamas has refused to reveal the name of the man chosen to replace Abdel Aziz Rantisi, the Hamas leader killed in an airstrike on April 17.

In Gaza violence on Monday, a 14-year-old boy was shot in the back by Israeli army fire and died, Palestinian medical workers said. The boy was in a group of youths who had climbed some sand dunes to watch the soldiers.

Military officials said soldiers used non-lethal means to disperse a demonstration.

Hamas on Monday denied the Israeli claims regarding Zahar, calling it a ploy to draw out information about the group's murky leadership structure. The group's leaders in Gaza have been in hiding since the Hamas founder, Sheik Ahmed Yassin, was assassinated by Israel on March 22. Israel has said the group's entire leadership is marked for death.

[knighthawk]

Now they know what name to write on that Hellfire

[TXBSAFH]

In other words they have aquired target.

[js1138]

I notice they aren't leading any parades.

[OXENinFLA]

get ready

[Patriot62]

I hope he has a good life insurance plan and finished his last will and testament. He may also wish to pick out his cemetery plot in advance, perhaps one with a nice view of Rantissi and Yassin.

[Blood of Tyrants]

This guy was the slowest to say, "NOT IT!" at the meeting.

[Teacher317]

tic-tic-tic-tic-tic-tic-tic

[ruiner]

Two words:

Hippocratic Oath.

Please, people, look into it!

[Let's Roll]

"tick-tock, tick-tock, tick-tock..."

[petercooper]

he drew the shortest straw

[OXENinFLA]

You guys & gals want to see something funny?

http://www.google.com/


Do a google image search for : "next target"

Look at the 1st pic that comes up.(it's nothing bad or naughty)

[Freebird Forever]

Has anyone started the death pool yet?

I'll take Thurs. 4-29-04, at sundown, Jerusalem time.

[New Horizon]

Israeli military officials on Monday said they believe Mahmoud Zahar, a surgeon and prominent Hamas hard-liner, is the new leader of the Islamic militant group in the Gaza Strip.

I have a feeling that old Mahmoud won't be around too long.

[commish]

Acquiring target. Target acquired. Fire when ready.

[Tacis]

The Israeli government today announced a new olive branch of cooperation. It said, "The new leader of Hamas is invited to immediately detonated his own personal exploding vest and smear himself all over the walls of his mud hut, or we will do it for him." It seems the IDF knows exactly who it is and where he spends most of his time and learned it from a very well connected source employed by CNN.

[SERE_DOC]

"a 14-year-old boy was shot in the back by Israeli army fire and died, Palestinian medical workers said"

? Palestinian medical workers said

And you heard it here first folks an un-biased witness, the ever vigilant and protector of the truth... the lone Palestinian medical worker.

Geeeeeeeeeeeeeez what a maroon the reporter is.

[Alouette]

a 14-year-old boy was shot in the back by Israeli army fire and died, Palestinian medical workers said. The boy was in a group of youths who had climbed some sand dunes to watch the soldiers.

OK, somebody explain to me how the IDF could shoot him in the back if he was facing them?

Them Zionists sho am sneaky.

[bondjamesbond]

This is so typical of the shoddy reporting you see on AP today.

In Gaza violence on Monday, a 14-year-old boy was shot in the back by Israeli army fire and died, Palestinian medical workers said. The boy was in a group of youths who had climbed some sand dunes to watch the soldiers.

Military officials said soldiers used non-lethal means to disperse a demonstration.

Note that AP passes on the information from the "Palestinian medical workers" that the boy was shot in the back, completely without support. Pali medical workers would never lie, after all. They would not transport arms in ambulances either, would they?

The notion that the boy was just climbing a sand-dune for a better view is passed along without any sourcing at all. Does the AP have any basis for saying so, or is this the same Pali medical workers speaking again?

The Israeli military authorities tell a different story, which AP passes along, with no attempt to reconcile the two. Was the boy a bystander or a demonstrator? Were the means lethal or non-lethal? Did the boys throw rocks, or were they just sitting there innocently?

The AP doesn't say. It is almost as if they accept that pro-Pallie folks will read it one way and pro-Israeli folks will read it another, and the AP has no responsibility to get the facts right.

The only fact in this story is that a 14-year-old is dead. The rest is fluff and the circumstances of his death are left to the imagination or prejudices of the reader.

[Tolik]

Funny and works so far:

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