PFLP leader's son killed in Beirut car explosion

The Jerusalem Post ^ | 5/20/2002 | ASSOCIATED PRESS

[eclectic]

The son of radical Palestinian guerrilla leader Ahmed Jibril was killed Monday in a Beirut car bombing, Lebanese Hezbollah guerrilla television reported.

Al-Manar, the television station of the Hezbollah guerrilla group which has close links to Jibril's Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine-General Command, said Jibril's son, 40-year-old Jihad, died in the explosion.

It said it had received the confirmation from Jibril's headquarters in Damascus, Syria.

The blast occurred at midday on a street off the busy shopping area of Corniche Mazraa. Lebanese police officials speaking on customary condition of anonymity said the explosion was caused by a bomb placed under the driver's seat of the Peugeot sedan.

Ambulances, sirens wailing, rushed to the scene of the explosion. Police sealed off the area and opened an investigation.

The blast wrecked the car, shattering its windows and turning its front section into a twisted heap. Its white rear door had turned red with the victim's blood and flesh was scattered for a few meters around the car.

The blast also damaged neighborhood shops and parked cars but, apart from the driver, there were no other casualties.

[eclectic]

Terrible end of Jihad

[Movemout]

The Mossad sends its' regrets. No reps are available to attend his funeral.

[Zorobabel]

How sad......perfect waste of a good car.

[OldSmaj]

Good riddance.

[jrlc]

Finally a way to end Jihad. Maybe the whole Arab world will blow itself up -- live by the sword, die by the sword -- seems an ancient formula. Bye, Bye Jihad.

[Semper Paratus]

A terrible accident!

[cardinal4]

What did the Mossad know,and when did it know it?

[Jumper]

The blast occurred at midday on a street off the busy shopping area of Corniche Mazraa.

So, the Arabs now know what it is like to have "civilians" killed.

[Cachelot]

Work accident again. When are these maroons going to learn that lugging explosives around can be dangerous? Anyway, good riddance to bad rubbish.

[aynrandfreak]

If you name your kid "Jihad", I'm gonna have just a bit less sympathy if he has a violent death.

[kinghorse]

"If you name your kid "Jihad", I'm gonna have just a bit less sympathy if he has a violent death."

Yeah I was going to name my kid Shootme but my wife talked me out of it. Bob tells me he's happy with our choice. Apparently ME women don't carry much weight in the kid naming department.

[chachacha]

No Problem! The WHORE BULL most likely has dozens of other Sons to send on bombing missions.

[xJones]

How sad......perfect waste of a good car.

It was a Peugeot sedan, don't feel too bad.

[Oldeconomybuyer]

Ford Pinto?

[Reborn]

The son of radical Palestinian guerrilla leader Ahmed Jibril was killed Monday in a Beirut car bombing, Lebanese Hezbollah guerrilla television reported.

This was in Beirut, hehe. The Mossad has a way of "finding" their targets, and removing them. Good Riddance! Next on the list?

[mattdono]

From my Christian friends in P.O.D.:

...BOOM!
Here comes the BOOM!
Ready or not...

[BlackVeil]

I know it sounds funny in English, but Jihad is just a regular name. Even some Christian Lebanese call their sons Jihad, because they take it in the general term "striving" rather than Holy War. I am slightly acquainted with a Maronite family, and they are really Islam-phobic, and one of the men is called Jihad. It gives me the giggles.

[Catspaw]

Memo to Jihad: positive to positive, negative to negative.

[tupac]

Does being the son of a known terrorist make one also a known terrrorist? Where is the proof that this guy was guilty of anything? Too many people here are enjoying this death without knowing how or why it happened, could it be that his own people did this because he was assisting Israel or other forces who are trying to thwart terrorism? Dance on, callous ones.

[TomGuy]

placed under the driver's seat

a.k.a Palestinian Whoppie Cushion.