Nice job, IDF! You guys have good offense and great defense (love your urban anti-terror training centers, too).
5 Legislative Days Left Until The AWB Expires
Posted on 08/30/2004 9:59:37 PM PDT by yonif
Israel Defense Forces soldiers foiled a suicide attack Tuesday, when they prevented a Palestinian man carrying an explosive device in his trousers from passing through the Erez Crossing from the Gaza Strip into Israel.
The man initially aroused the suspicion of the troops at first stage of checks to pass through the crossing.
When the soldiers became aware that the man was holding false identification, they held him at gunpoint while they evacuated the entire terminal.
"Around 5 A.M. (0200 GMT), a suicide bomber arrived at the inspection sleeve at Erez Crossing. A soldier spotted him, he was isolated and his explosives belt was taken off him," a military spokeswoman said in Jerusalem.
The belt was different than any the IDF has dealt with before in that "it was sewn to resemble a pair of underpants," the spokeswoman said.
Ping.
Nice job, IDF! You guys have good offense and great defense (love your urban anti-terror training centers, too).
5 Legislative Days Left Until The AWB Expires
Someone must have told him the truth about those 72 virgins:
The asshole was going to blow his nuts off. I'm of the opinion that these people should be executed on the spot. Thank God he did not slip through to maim and kill dozens of innocent people. Three cheers for the IDF. Their job is a thankless one.
> ... his explosives belt was taken off him ...
> ... it was sewn to resemble a pair of underpants ...
Is the procedure for separating bomb and bomber generally
known? Are remote manipulators used?
It seems like taking an unnecessary risk to have actual
UXO people doing this work.
I'd be inclined to just detonate the device, with the
terrorist still attached.
Sorry, but....is that a bomb in your pants, or....
re: " Thank God he did not slip through to maim and kill dozens of innocent people"
Amen! And I'm just as relieved that no one from the IDF was injured in disarming the man! It's not uncommon for the suicide bomber to detonate the explosives when approached by IDF.
The latest in killer bombers clothing.
ping
I think I'd be more inclined to apply one or more high velocity 62 grain projectiles to the miscreants forehead in order to preclude any inopportune firing of the device.
Easier extraction and examination would then result.
But then, that's just MHO.
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