Bulletin: Israel sets off explosion in Hebron

MSNBC ^ | 6.28.02

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Israel sets off explosion in Hebron

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HEBRON, West Bank, June 28 —  Israeli forces set off an explosion Friday night in part of a fortress-like Palestinian Authority compound in efforts to force 15 fugitives to surrender. Smoke and fire could be seen in the night sky coming from a ground-floor corner of the building, with flames flaring up the side before quickly dying down. Earlier, Israeli tanks and bulldozers smashed holes in the municipal building.

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Showing up as a bulletin on MSNBC.com

[MinorityRepublican]

Hmm, Israel is blowing things up now? About time anyway.

[RANGERAIRBORNE]

Where is the FBI Hostage Rescue Team and Janet Reno? Sounds like they have the required expertise...

[dennisw]

No more Mr. NiceGuy.

[Mixer]

Stooping to their level may actually give them the upper hand. Congrats to Israel for finally coming to her senses.

[Redcloak]

How lovely for them. Mazel tov.

[SJackson]

I suspect this should read

Israeli forces set off an explosion Friday night in part of a formerly fortress-like Palestinian Authority compound

[Catspaw]

Boom Boom Boom

[Hugin]

Stooping to their level may actually give them the upper hand.

You lost me. How does blowing up the enemy's military HQ equate to blowing up pizza parlors and civilian buses?

[Excuse_My_Bellicosity]

Good for Israel. It's high time that the random mass-murder of Israeli citizens has become unacceptable to their government.

[Excuse_My_Bellicosity]

Stooping to their level may actually give them the upper hand...

'Stooping to their level'? I don't understand that part. The Israelis were blowing up a government building, not randomly killing a bunch of people at a pizza restaurant.

[My2Cents]

500 pound "Piccolo Petes" in advance of the 4th of July.

[davidosborne]

Stooping to their level may actually give them the upper hand.

Attacking an ENEMY MILITARY facility can hardly equate to blowing up innocent people in local shopping areas...

[Alouette]

Palestinian authority building is seen in the night in the West Bank town of Hebron June 28, 2002. Heavy explosions shook a Palestinian Authority police headquarters in Hebron on Friday after besieging Israeli troops entered the building where they believe militants have been hiding, a Reuters cameraman said. REUTERS/Loay Abu Haykel

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The Palestinian authority building is seen in the night in the West Bank town of Hebron June 28, 2002. Heavy explosions shook a Palestinian Authority police headquarters in Hebron on Friday after besieging Israeli troops entered the building where they believe militants have been hiding, a Reuters cameraman said. (Loay Abu Haykel/Reuters)

[MJY1288]

"Stooping to their level may actually give them the upper hand. Congrats to Israel for finally coming to her senses"

I don't believe to many among the living can stoop that low, When the IDF starts torching nursing homes and pre schoolers they might be stooping to their level then. But right now they are in a fight for their freedom and security and by most reports they're using extreme precautions not to harm any non-combatant civilians.

And YES! they have come to their senses by taking the fight to terrorist.

[MJY1288]

Thanks for the PING

[dennisw]

It's the Israeli version of a monster truck rally

 

 

An Israeli army tank crushes abandoned Palestinian cars June 28, 2002 in front of the besieged regional headquarters of the Palestinian authority. The Israeli army stormed the stormed the building in the West Bank city of Hebron, witnesses said, in an apparent bid to end a standoff with suspected militants inside. Photo by Nayef Hashlamoun/Reuters

[dennisw]

Cool dozer there!

An armored Israeli bulldozer demolishs a wall of the beseiged Palestinian Police building under tank protection June 28, 2002 in the West Bank city of Hebron. The Israeli army is intensifying its attack on the building on the fourth day of the siege calling wanted Palestinians holed up inside to surrender. REUTERS/Nayef Hashlamoun

 

[MJY1288]

I wonder if the Tank Commander snickers as he flattens the newer of the two pick-ups :-)