Palestinians working on nerve gas weapons for attacks

world tribune ^ | 6/6/02

[knak]

TEL AVIV — Palestinian militants are believed ready to deploy lethal gas in suicide attacks against Israeli targets.

Israeli military sources said the Palestinians are trying to use cyanide or nerve gas in suicide bombings. They said the first attempt to use cyanide gas against an Israeli target was in the March 27 suicide bombing in a hotel in Netanya in which 29 Israelis were killed.

But the Palestinians were unable to install the cyanide in the belt used by the suicide attacker, the sources said. They said the work with cyanide has been taking place in at least one two laboratories in the West Bank, including An Najah University in Nablus, Middle East Newsline reported.

"We are talking about an intention," Brig. Gen. Ron Kitri, the army spokesman, said.

The sources said Israeli military intelligence chief, Maj. Gen. Aharon Zeevi, warned a parliamentary committee on Tuesday that Palestinians were seeking to weaponize cyanide in suicide attacks. The general said Palestinian insurgents are being aided by Hizbullah, Iran and Syria in their efforts.

The effort to use cyanide was part of a Hamas effort in the West Bank city of Tulkarm. A Hamas agent, Abbas Sayed, was arrested on May 9 and later acknowledged that he obtained help in trying to develop weapons using cyanide and nerve gas from Hizbullah.

[KantianBurke]

Big deal. Its only Jews after all. Why should Colin Powell or the rest of the care? (bitter casrcasm off)

[onedoug]

Just keep saying it: "I expect Mr Arafat to show leadership." "Islam Is Peace."®

[Clara Lou]

The mighty UN should step in right now and say, "If you use nerve gas even once Israel can retaliate however it sees fit." And Israel should retaliate however it sees fit, whether the UN says so, or not.

[Thinkin' Gal]

They said the first attempt to use cyanide gas against an Israeli target was in the March 27 suicide bombing in a hotel in Netanya in which 29 Israelis were killed.

IOW, a new chapter in Pali peacemaking warfare was opened at the *Park* Hotel.

Damage is seen inside the lobby of the Park hotel in the coastal city of
Netanya, north-western Israel, Wednesday, March 27, 2002. A suicide bomber
blew himself up Wednesday in the hotel dining room in this Israeli resort as
guests gathered for a passover Seder, the ritual meal ushering in the Jewish
holiday. (AP Photo/Uriel Sinai) ***ISRAEL OUT*** NO SALES MAGAZINES OUT

"", indeed.

[Governor StrangeReno]

Put me in charge of Israel for a month I'll give you a peace agreement called an "unconditional surrender"

I promise to keep it conventional and not expend more than 3 million tonnes of munitions.

I'll send Al Jazeera the tape of Arafats hanging interspliced with atomic bomb footage with subtitles like 'mecca''medina''damascus''tehran'

[Nachum]

If anything will get the Jews in the holy land to finally annex all the land, it would be an Arab attack on a larger scale using a weapon of mass destruction.

Pity it should take that to do it.

[andrew1957]

Everytime a suicide bomber blows him/herself up, and kills Israelis; a few Israeli artillery batteries should fire rapidly for 30 minutes into "Palestinian territory". If 5 Israelis are killed, 500 8 inch shells should be fired. They love death...Give it to them....

[pt17]

Animals that cannot adapt become extinct. It's nature's way. Maybe it's time to help mother nature a little with these animals to speed up the process.

[ClancyJ]

By the way, haven't heard much from Powell lately. Bush sent Rumsfeld to the Pakistan/India situation, Tenet to the Mid East - where is Powell?

Any truth to the rumors he plans to resign? If so, why?

[Mad_Tom_Rackham]

The mighty UN should step in right now and say, "If you use nerve gas even once Israel can retaliate however it sees fit."

The UN, AP, Reuters, Europe, etc. will explain that this is a justifiable act by a desperate people. Of course, any retaliation by Israel will be strongly condemned. Film at eleven: Ashley Brainless and that Hardball punk crawling through the rubble, "See! See!". Poor Palis. Same old, same old.

[Clara Lou]

Of course, you're right-- I was just daydreaming.

[11B3]

This article shows the pure ignorance of the Palis. They have absolutely NO KNOWLEDGE of chemistry. What happens to cyanide when it is burned by explosives? Time for Darwin's natural selection to remove this defective group from the pool.

[Mortimer Snavely]

Per capita, the Palestinians have the highest number of Ph.D.'s in the world.

[Jorge]

Any chemical weapons factories they set up in West Bank or Gaza should immediately be targeted for destruction by the Israelis.
If this unleashes deadly chemicals in their own territory then they have only themselves to blame.

[cavador]

Just keep saying it: "I expect Mr Arafat to show leadership"