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Israeli navy blows up raft off Gaza Strip
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| 2003-01-17 13:38:56
Posted on 01/17/2003 4:59:35 PM PST by OneLoyalAmerican
JERUSALEM - The Israeli navy blew up a raft laden with explosives found floating in the sea off the Gaza Strip Friday, in an explosion which the hardline Islamic group Hamas said killed one of its militants.
A naval gunboat came across the raft floating four kilometres (2.5 miles) from the shore, on a level with the Jewish settlement of Dugit in the north of the Gaza Strip, the army said.
The raft, which the army said was unmanned, blew up when it was shelled.
A Hamas official said on condition of anonymity that Mahmud Yassin al-Jumasi, a member of the group's military wing the Ezzedin al-Qassam Brigades, was killed "carrying out an operation on a boat."
There was no independent confirmation that anyone had died in the incident.
In other incidents, the army arrested nine Palestinians before dawn Friday in the West Bank, a military spokesman said.
Three of them, seized in Bethlehem, Tulkarem and Ramallah's al-Amari refugee camp, were wanted for anti-Israeli attacks, the spokesman said.
The remaining six were taken for questioning in the village of Dura in the south of the West Bank.
According to military sources, five Palestinians out of 70 made prisoner in the West Bank in recent days were preparing to carry out suicide attacks.
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Harmless beach toy? /sarcasm
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posted on
01/17/2003 5:01:34 PM PST
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To: OneLoyalAmerican
This Israeli aggression against a raft filled with Palestinian woman and child refugees is a bloody crime of the Zionist Entity.
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posted on
01/17/2003 5:11:35 PM PST
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xm177e2
To: xm177e2
This Israeli aggression against a raft filled with Palestinian woman and child refugees is a bloody crime of the Zionist Entity. BWAAAAAAAAAHAHAHA! That's a pretty good imitation of a whacko!
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posted on
01/17/2003 5:13:23 PM PST
by
balrog666
(If you tell the truth you don't have to remember anything - Mark Twain)
To: balrog666
That is one of my favorite Twain quotes! I thought of it often during the Clinton crimes! If he had only told the truth......
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posted on
01/17/2003 5:14:13 PM PST
by
buffyt
(Can you say President Hillary?.......Me neither....)
To: OneLoyalAmerican
Israeli navy blows up raft off Gaza Strip
the following people were rescued from the raft ...
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posted on
01/17/2003 5:19:23 PM PST
by
Bobby777
To: OneLoyalAmerican
The Israeli navy blew up a raft laden with explosives found floating in the sea off the Gaza Strip Friday, in an explosion which the hardline Islamic group Hamas said killed one of its militants. Well they should'a put more on it, then.
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posted on
01/17/2003 5:30:30 PM PST
by
unspun
(doink)
To: OneLoyalAmerican
Good hunting, Israel!
To: OneLoyalAmerican
That was no raft. That was the pride of the Palestinian Navy the SS Arafat, a Battleship.
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posted on
01/17/2003 6:13:29 PM PST
by
DAnconia55
(So what if it's only 6' x 4'?)
To: OneLoyalAmerican
The Israeli navy blew up a raft laden with explosives found floating in the sea off the Gaza Strip Friday, in an explosion which the hardline Islamic group Hamas said killed one of its militants. Somebody call Sean Penn, Patty Murray, and Kofi Anan. I'm sure they'll want to investigate this.
To: DAnconia55
That was no raft. That was the pride of the Palestinian Navy the SS Arafat, a Battleship.Now that's funny!
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posted on
01/17/2003 10:08:36 PM PST
by
adaven
To: thchronic
I regret to report that Yasser Arafat's rubber duckie was lost at sea.
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