Posted on 09/26/2004 3:24:44 AM PDT by Mr.Atos
JERUSALEM - Israel claimed responsibility Sunday for a car bombing in Syria that killed a top Hamas leader.
Israeli security sources, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the car bombing killed Izz Eldine Subhi Sheik Khalil. The death was also reported on a Hamas Web site.
Top Israeli officials, including Prime Minister Ariel Sharon (news - web sites) and the army chief, have warned recently that no Hamas leader — even those outside the Palestinian territories — was safe.
Israel's Channel 2 television said the attack was a new tactic in fighting Palestinian militant groups. The station said the tactic came in the wake of growing U.S. pressure on Syria.
Hamas and Islamic Jihad both maintain headquarters in Damascus. Sharon last week reiterated a demand that Syria crack down on these groups.
Just about nothing beats waking up to good news like that! Almost time to do the OOOLOOO/Doritos dance! :)
I read the news article the PL said he was "wounded" But further reading said they were picking up body parts So another Animal is gone.. very nice Israel Keep up the good work..
Hamas blames Israel for killing top official in Damascus
Israel Says It Kills Hamas Leader in Syria
I'm starting to believe it may have actually happened.
Making the world safe, one terrorist corpse at a time.
bttt
Perceptions of success in Iraq is the real war.
AND THE LEFT IS WINNING THE WAR OF PERCEPTIONS IN IRAQ.
Think about it.
Very few of us will ever visit Iraq, meet an Iraqi or even a soldier with first-hand information.
Everything we, and the world, know about this war, is filtered through the media.
The Left know this all to well, and have engaged Michael Moore, AP, AFP, CBS, NYT, Reuters, MTV, etc. to claim we are losing.
In rebuttal, where the hell is the White House Public Relations team? Where are the CIA psyops teams?
We need a major change in tactics.
We need to invest major resources into to winning the war of perceptions in Iraq.
The benefits?
1. Strengthen American resolve. Who doesn't want to be on the winning team? Who doesn't love hearing about the frequent and ruthless killing of terrorist leaders? Who doesn't love watching military videos with imploding terrorists? Who doesn't love seeing Iraqi children going to school, giving flowers and kissing soldiers? The recent images out of Iraq are predominantly Abu Ghraib torture, burning Humvees and beheadings. Time to turn Iraq into the American GI Dance Revue, Oprah and John Wayne. SHOW IT.
2. Weaken terrorist resolve. Their weak communication links make them heavily dependent on outside news. Inundate them with bad stuff. Sabotage and infiltrate Al Jazeera. CONTROL IT.
3. Strengthen Iraqi resolve. The fence-sitters will move positively toward peaceful goals only when they know the resistance is defeated. They are easily influenced by primitive propaganda. USE IT.
4. Strengthen World resolve. The envious Euroweasels are looking to knock us down and leading the assault at the UN. Start applying financial and political muscle to tie support of America to continuing support of our efforts. Money Talks. SPEND IT.
5. Preempt Future Conflicts. Early images of American fighter jets and precision munitions targeting scared the daylights out of foreign leaders in countries like Libya. Time to ramp it up again, and demonstrate to the world that American military might is invincible. FLAUNT IT.
Great news, every day a celebration and one less muzlimb to breath precious air. Bush/Cheney 2004
This is what it's going to take. And Syria is a good place to start doing it. We need to have the same mindset as Israel does. Hit the sources and safehouses where terrorism is encouraged allowed to florish. And right after Yom Kippur. Happy New Year! :)
I think the people over there need to get a hobby, they have played the hate game way to long, i realize they only have sand to play in but geeeeeze. cutting peoples heads off, car bombs, they need to get a life...what we need is a big world HUG..(well after we blow the bastards that did all this out of there little sand box)..they need to join a bowling team...
Should the "good guys" really start using the same tactics as the "bad guys"? What's next? A beheading?
5.56mm
Another toasted Hamas leader, taken out in Syria of all places. Congrats to the IDF and the Mossad.
we're israeli hear us roar,
as we're running low on c-4.
as we do our best, to eradicate hamas.
but those dirty little bleeders.
keep on electing new leaders,
so in the streets we continue to make a mess.
oh yes, we are jews, and it is judaism over pain.
if you blow us up, we can play the same bomb game.
if we have to. we will kill all of you.
we are strong.... our God's invincible... we're israelis... oooooooooooooo
apologies to all who are musically inclined to favor the original 'i am woman'...
teeman
Okay, you and John Kerry convinced me. Both the US and Israel should only be armed with spitballs ...
vernonica is correct. No mention of beheading, just hitting "sources". That would be where the terrorist are coming from. I must agree. We must not only find the active "hives" that generate and spawn terrorists, but also begin to effectively neutralize all secondary factors which contribute to their ability to become viable hives. That being cash, assets, political sanction, weapons, etc. If you nueter the rabbit you deal with rabbit, not rabbits.
Good, now bomb his funeral too.
May the Islamic piece of terrorist slime rot in hell. Way to go Israel!
The general answer to your first question is "yes".
Beheading? Absolutely not. Be-arming, be-legging, be-footing, be-fingering and be-nosing all at once is be-fitting for the Islamic sadistical monsters and affords the same results as beheading and will make the liberals feel better.
Leni
"Nowhere to run to Baby!...No where to hide!...."
Damn, we need music to back up some of these posts...great song!
Just like Bush, Israel is outsourcing jobs out of the country.
"Should the 'good guys' really use the same tactics as the 'bad guys'? What's next? A beheading?"
Killing a leader of Hamas is not quite 'using the same tactics as the bad guys.' Killing their kids on the school bus would be using the same tactics. Get them where they think they're safe. Pluck them off one at a time. A dozen at a time... either way, cheers to Israel for kicking a*s.
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