Hamas Leader Says Americans Not a Target

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JERUSALEM (Reuters) - The militant Islamic group Hamas denied on Thursday it had deliberately targeted U.S. citizens in a deadly bomb blast at a cafeteria frequented by foreign students at Jerusalem's Hebrew University.

Four Americans and a French-American student were among seven killed when a bomb planted by Hamas blew up in the university cafeteria during the lunch hour rush on Wednesday.

More than 80 people were wounded in the attack.

"The fighter of Hamas did not ask the students about their identity cards and he can't do so. He does not know if they are Arab or Israelis. But we are not targeting at all American targets," Abdel Azziz al-Rantissi, a senior leader of the Palestinian group, told Reuters.

President Bush ( news - web sites) said on Thursday he was "furious" about the attack.

Rantissi said the attack was in revenge for Israel's assassination of a top Hamas commander in a missile strike at his Gaza City home last week in which 14 other Palestinians, including nine children, were also killed.

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Discuss.

Sounds like someone is peeing their pants right now...

[joltinjoe]

Of course this is a big lie because when they chose the target they knew exactly who would be there.

They are pissing their pants right now....They crossed the line and they know it.

[The Toad]

Yeah, you gotta love it.

Now they're blowing up US citizens. Not too smart. Stupid is as stupid does.

[VA_Gentleman]

Release the hounds!

[canuckwest]

Oops, sorry,umm, didn't mean to, er, ah gotta go, see you later.

[RightWhale]

we are not targeting at all American targets

Sooner or later Hamas will do some collateral damage and wish they were never born. Maybe this is that time.

[norraad]

Woof, woof, big time you dirtculture human scum.

Time to shock this end of the pool.

Chlorine is your friend!

[isthisnickcool]

What? It takes killing Americans before we get nasty with these godless slime? That's bogus. These punks have done enough.

Let Israel lose. Might as well be now because it's gonna happen eventually. No choice. Let Israel take the gloves off.

[Remole]

The target was deliberate precisely because of the mixed nature of the victims. The objective of Hamas et al is to show that NO ONE who supports Zionism in any way is safe. That includes families celebrating a Bat-Mitzvah; that includes families celebrating a Passover meal; that includes people riding a bus to work; that includes students in the cafeteria of Hebrew University, doing nothing but having lunch and taking tests. In the mentality of Hamas et al, this conflict is a War of All (Muslims) against All (Zionists and their allies). To them, there is no such thing as a non-combatant Zionist.

[rintense]

Yep, as much as I'd love for the US to destroy them, I say let Israel do it. We've been given them a behind-the-scenes push anyway. We'll just continue the public 'concern' and the private 'yeeehaaahs!'. And I fully believe that Dubya is pissed as hell.

[thegreatbeast]

How do I know he's lying?

His lips are moving!

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Hamas Leader Says Americans Not a Target

That's okay. What's important is, now you are our target!

[Alberta's Child]

That's right. Hamas and Hezbollah have always avoided targeting U.S. citizens -- they raise a ton of cash in the United States, and the last thing they want to do is put that cash flow in jeopardy.

[KSCITYBOY]

Screw these muslim murderers. I hope we put a hit squad out on these people.

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Rantissi said the attack was in revenge for Israel's assassination of a top Hamas
commander in a missile strike at his Gaza City home last week in which 14 other
Palestinians, including nine children, were also killed.

Yep, Israel blows up one of their top terrorist, so they kill some Americans.
I just hope that Hamas gets to go down in flames as they taste the bitter fruits
of their "unintended consequences".

Wonder if our patriotic mainstream new outlets will profile these dead Americans
on TV. They should at least get equal "face time" as the deceased Hamas terrorist.

Just to let more Americans understand that Israelis targets terrorist;
Hamas targets unarmed civilians.

[VOA]

Screw these muslim murderers. I hope we put a hit squad out on these people.

Well, I say send The Sopranos.
Heck, we had that cute Photoshop of them with the caption "Tell us where this
bin Laden lives and fuggedaboudit"...and we haven't heard much of bin Laden since.

[KMJames]

"...But we are not targeting at all American targets..."

The point is: YOU'RE TARGETING. Israel should do what it needs to do and the US should do what it needs to do to obliterate these damned murderers.

[philosofy123]

1.3 billion of these SOBs are on this planet. It is going to take a lot of bullets! Fasten your seat belt!

[demnomo]

Yeah, they know what we did to Afghanistan. Now, do we have the guts to retaliate American-style? That would settle things in the Mid-East in a big hurry. Sigh. Somehow, I don't think we want our "friends" from Saudi Arabia and the other Arab countries to get mad at us for bombing the Palestinians who whole-heartedly support Hamas and were dancing in the streets in celebration of this act and 9/11!!!

I have zero sympathy for the so-called Palestinian people and their corrupt leadership. They have proven time and time again that they are shameless LIARS, MURDERERS, and VIOLENT, UNCIVILIZED BARBARIANS who happily sacrifice their own children (and revel in the spilled blood of Israeli and Western children) to a god who they claim demands the destruction of all Jews and Infidels.

I say give them a good reason to FEAR US. Give them ample warning like we did with Afghanistan. If they fail to comply and continue to sacrifice their civilians by not allowing them to flee, using them as human shields or continue to send out suicide bombers and bombings that purposefully target civilians, TOUGH! The majority of these cretins already hate Jews and Americans, raise their children to hate Jews and Americans and would gladly stab us in the back any chance that they get. If we fail to retaliate, they will only become emboldened in their despicable acts of terrorism against civilians knowing full well that they WILL get away with it.

To heck with collateral damage. Hey, these people are constantly crowing that it is an honor to die. (Of course, they never fail to howl and moan when one of their own gets caught in the crossfire that they started!) Let's fufill their "holy" desires for martyrdom. Send them all to paradise. They want to send us and all of Israel to hell, so they claim...

[swarthyguy]

Lying Scum. They knew very well that Americans were there, as well as people from other countries. Why target the international center, otherwise......

Are there any Hamas assets in the USA?