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6 killed in Gaza blast; 40 hurt
Yahoo! News ^ | February 15, 2008

Posted on 02/15/2008 12:26:14 PM PST by Toddsterpatriot

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip - A powerful blast went off at the house of a senior Islamic Jihad activist Friday, killing him and five others, medics and a spokesman for the group said.

At least 40 people were hurt, including nine who were in critical condition, Health Ministry official Moawiya Hassanain said.

Witnesses said the three-story home of Ayman Atallah Fayed was flattened by the blast, and that six nearby homes were badly damaged.

Islamic Jihad claimed Israeli warplanes hit the house in an airstrike, but Hamas police said the cause of the blast was not clear.

Islamic Jihad said Fayed was among the dead, and that the group would carry out reprisal attacks against Israel.

Fayed was a senior member of the Islamic Jihad military wing. Israel routinely targets top militants in airstrikes, but the Israeli military said it had no knowledge of any strike in Bureij.


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1 posted on 02/15/2008 12:26:15 PM PST by Toddsterpatriot
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To: Toddsterpatriot

Workplace Accident.


2 posted on 02/15/2008 12:27:09 PM PST by Uncle Miltie (I'm a Maverick Republican: I'll oppose the Party Nominee if I want to, and you have to like it!)
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To: Uncle Miltie

Attach the red wire to the, no the red ........


3 posted on 02/15/2008 12:28:13 PM PST by Toddsterpatriot (Why are protectionists so bad at math?)
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To: Toddsterpatriot

...or as I like to call it, a great start to the long weekend.


4 posted on 02/15/2008 12:28:26 PM PST by sappy
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To: Uncle Miltie

Sounds like an accident to me. Kids. don’t try this at home.


5 posted on 02/15/2008 12:29:05 PM PST by Paladin2 (Huma for co-president!)
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To: Paladin2

It’s difficult to get good help now a days. And all those wires can be confusing.


6 posted on 02/15/2008 12:30:00 PM PST by Toddsterpatriot (Why are protectionists so bad at math?)
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To: Paladin2

Is this what they mean by the phrase “a Happy Accident?”


7 posted on 02/15/2008 12:30:33 PM PST by Grizzled Bear ("Does not play well with others.")
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To: Toddsterpatriot

It’s been a good week!


8 posted on 02/15/2008 12:31:18 PM PST by purpleraine
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To: Toddsterpatriot

The hits keep on coming!


9 posted on 02/15/2008 12:33:45 PM PST by Westbrook
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To: Toddsterpatriot

10 posted on 02/15/2008 1:29:39 PM PST by Leisler
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