Posted on 05/29/2004 4:53:09 PM PDT by Petronski
Senior Hamas Leader Is Killed in Blast in Gaza City
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Published: May 29, 2004
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) -- An explosion destroyed a motorcycle in Gaza City early Sunday, killing a founder of Hamas' military wing, his aide and a bystander.
Hamas charged that Israel was responsible for what it called a "dirty assassination crime."
It said the attack killed Wael Nassar, 38, one of the founders of the Hamas military wing Izzedine al-Qassam. His assistant, Mohammed Sarsour, 31; and an unidentified bystander were also killed, Hamas said.
The two Hamas leaders were on the motorcycle when it exploded, witnesses said.
It was not immediately clear what caused the explosion. Witnesses said they saw a flash in the sky and then the motorcycle exploded, indicating an Israeli missile strike. The residents said they did not see any Israeli helicopters in the sky, though they heard an unmanned Israeli plane.
The Israeli military refused to comment.
Hospital officials said seven people were slightly wounded, including a woman and three children.
The explosion was in the Zeitoun neighborhood, scene of heavy fighting between Israeli forces and Palestinians earlier this month. That fighting broke out after Palestinians blew up an Israeli armored personnel carrier, killing six soldiers.
Outside the hospital, angry Palestinians, most of them Hamas supporters, chanted "God is great." Amplified statements from local mosques mourned Nassar.
One of Nassar's brothers was killed when Israeli forces assassinated Hamas leader Abdel Aziz Rantisi on April 17, and seven other relatives were killed in earlier clashes with Israeli forces, Palestinians said.
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"I told him to buy the missle-proof BMW, but he didn't listen!!!"
Allah Fubar!
(TM by a great FReeper)
That not Harley Davison
NO SIR
OH NO not Harley
Wouldn't be that newly-introduced Triumph megacruiser - the Rocket III, would it?
YUP I think that is
Damn Foreign company I didn't know IDF come out with their version of Harley Davidson
THAT SUCKS LOL!
There is no pleasing some people. They want to be "martyrs" and get their 72 virgins. But if you do what you can to help and make them martyrs, they get mad about it and call you names.
Of course, these "people" think that shooting a two-year-old strapped in a car seat at point blank is a heroic deed.
Maybe.
Aw, c'mon - it simply couldn't have anything to do with their creed!
That's unthinkable.
Israeli Missiles Kill 3 Hamas Members
Reuters
Sunday, May 30, 2004; Page A32
GAZA CITY, May 30 -- An Israeli helicopter fired two missiles into Gaza City early Sunday, killing three members of Hamas and wounding seven bystanders, Palestinian witnesses said.
Hamas, or the Islamic Resistance Movement, identified one of the dead men as Wael Nassar, a high-profile leader of the group's military wing, known as the Izzedine al-Qassam Brigades, who had been wanted by Israel for years.
Hamas said Nassar was the architect of a May 11 ambush in which six Israeli soldiers were blown up when their troop carrier rolled over a mine during a raid in the Gaza City neighborhood of Zeitoun.
Palestinian medics said three of the seven civilian wounded were in critical condition. A woman and two children were among the casualties, they said.
The Israeli army had no immediate comment..."
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A1445-2004May29.html
"I got you in a stranglehold, baby, and then I crushed your face!!"
Oh, absolutely. It would have been a clean righteous killing if an Hamas homicide bomber had blown himself up in the middle of an Israeli kindergarten.< /obvious sarcasm>
The Hamas problem is that they don't understand that their leadership could be splattered instead of innocent Israelis. And that Israelis aren't going to give them the chance anymore to practice their murderous dreams.
Israel has taken on Hamas and the Hamas leadership is being decimated - and that's not the way it's supposed to be! (loud ulullating sound in the background.)
Sounds prophetic: "only Arafat left" has a better ring!
Allahu fubar!
Israel responds to Hamas demand for "amplified mosque statements".
Hamas responds with more "amplified mosque statements".
Hamtraak city council to study issue.
Sure makes it a "memorable" one!
Somebody lifted the guard and pressed the red button. That's what caused the explosion.
/john
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