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Robbers die trying to hold-up suicide bomber
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| A;pril 27, 2004
| Unknown o'Reporter
Posted on 04/27/2004 11:17:40 AM PDT by Piranha
A Hamas suicide bomber blew up two armed Palestinians who tried to rob him at gun point in the Gaza Strip.
Hamas claimed the “stickup men” worked for Israeli intelligence, while Palestinian security forces said the two were ordinary thieves.
Rather than give up his explosives, the bomber detonated them, killing himself and the two robbers near the border fence between Gaza and Israel.
Palestinian security officials said the the gunmen were criminals who were involved in a car theft ring that brought stolen vehicles from Israel to Gaza.
Hamas said the bomber was on his way to try to infiltrate into Israel, accompanied by another Hamas member and a guide, when they were stopped by the armed men.
The robbers forced the bomber to lie on the ground and tried to steal the bomb, but the militant detonated it, killing all three. The other Hamas man and the guide escaped.
There have been cases of rival groups stealing each other’s explosives, but no group claimed the two gunmen, and their families did not go to the hospital to take the bodies, indicating that the two were not militants, who are revered in Palestinian society.
A Hamas official said that whatever their intention, the two should be considered agents of Israel.
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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Extended News; Foreign Affairs; Israel; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; Political Humor/Cartoons; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: darwinaward; hamas; happyending; hattrick; hilarious; muslims; palestinians
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To: ancient_geezer
Hmmm, note to self, don't hold up any Arabs wearing bulky vests.Note to would be robbers in Gaza:
The bulky vests hold lots and lots of money. The people wearing them are Isrealis just walking around at night trying to sneak across the wall.
To: ABG(anybody but Gore)
"This sounds like a Monty Python skit." Nah, if it was the robbers would have only received a flesh wound.
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posted on
04/27/2004 12:48:24 PM PDT
by
T.Smith
To: 1bigdictator; 1st-P-In-The-Pod; 2sheep; 7.62 x 51mm; A Jovial Cad; a_witness; adam_az; af_vet_rr; ..
I clicked on this expecting it to be from BrokenNewz (Since "The Onion" is
assur in this forum)
FRmail me to be added or removed from this Judaic/pro-Israel ping list.
WARNING: This is a high volume ping list
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posted on
04/27/2004 1:01:52 PM PDT
by
Alouette
(Pray for the IDF and the USA--see my profile page)
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To: mvpel
That's funny. I was looking for the Onion byline immediately as well.
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posted on
04/27/2004 1:33:17 PM PDT
by
old3030
("Appearances are a glimpse of what is hidden." (Anaxagoras))
I just love a happy ending.
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posted on
04/27/2004 1:36:33 PM PDT
by
Bon mots
To: taxcontrol
Is the bomber dumb and the robbers dumber, or is it vice-versa?
To: Piranha
So much for honor among thieves and terrorists.
This really made my day. Thanks
To: Piranha
You can't make this stuff up...LOL!
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posted on
04/27/2004 1:56:40 PM PDT
by
veronica
("Kicking butt is mandatory - taking names is optional." - US Navy)
To: Alouette
More mean comments
here - hee hee!
To: Piranha
"HATTRICK!"
To: ABG(anybody but Gore); swarthyguy; Boot Hill; cmsgop; oceanview; Coop; Angelus Errare
This is a hoot.
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posted on
04/27/2004 2:34:32 PM PDT
by
Dog
(In Memory of Pat Tillman ---- ---- ---- American Hero.)
To: old3030
You missed the message...we don't do Onion here anymore.
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posted on
04/27/2004 2:35:31 PM PDT
by
xp38
To: LindaSOG
Bump ;)
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posted on
04/27/2004 3:41:57 PM PDT
by
Fawnn
(Canteen wOOhOO Consultant and CookingWithPam.com person)
To: kezekiel
Well, I think that just about sums it up. There is the Middle East in a nutshell: Arabs stick up another Arab (in order to steal a suicide vest) and get blown up in a suicide attack. Old World meets New World. Poignant and sad.Assuming these are, in fact, Arab thieves, and their motive was to steal the vest and not simply stop a suicide bomber (they're bad for business, and Arabs are capitalists at heart), then it's not poignant and sad. It's heartening and cheerful.
If they were Mosad or, like Sinbad or Aladdin (or characters like Simon Templar in our recent popular culture), "thieves with a heart of gold," then I wish them God speed.
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posted on
04/27/2004 4:11:46 PM PDT
by
Phsstpok
(often wrong, but never in doubt)
To: Mr. Lucky
The only sad part of that article:
The other Hamas man and the guide escaped.
To: Phsstpok
The French have a saying, "When a thief steals from a thief, God only laughs." This is even more so!
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posted on
04/27/2004 4:47:52 PM PDT
by
gitmo
(Thanks, Mel. I needed that.)
To: Piranha; mhking; martin_fierro; mikrofon
"They blowed up REAL good!"
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posted on
04/27/2004 9:22:19 PM PDT
by
Charles Henrickson
(Hamas is that doggie in the window. . . ?)
To: Howlin; Ed_NYC; MonroeDNA; widgysoft; Springman; Timesink; dubyaismypresident; Grani; coug97; ...
This sounds like a
MadTV skit in the making...
Just damn.
If you want on the list, FReepmail me. This IS a high-volume PING list...
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posted on
04/27/2004 9:25:42 PM PDT
by
mhking
(You all have my eternal gratitude and prayers of thanks. God bless you all.)
To: Piranha
Come on! this is simply too good to be true.
Then again, it is the middle east.
"Brainless in Gaza", with a wink to the English majors out there.
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