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chaos42
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by chaos42 » Mon Mar 22, 2004 8:37 am
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) - Sheik Ahmed Yassin, the founder and leader of the Hamas militant group that targeted Israelis in suicide bombings, was killed by missiles fired from Israeli helicopters as he left a mosque at daybreak Monday, witnesses said.
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20040322/D81F6VR00.html
Sharon has opened the gates of hell and nothing will stop us from cutting off his head," leaders of the radical Islamic group vowed.
"Words cannot describe the emotion of anger and hate inside our hearts," said Hamas official Ismail Haniyeh, a close associate of Yassin in Gaza. He said that "the enemy should expect a response that will turn the ground under his feet to hell ... All of Palestine will turn into a volcano that will burn up the enemies."
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/407399.html
"The battle is open and war between us and them is open. They are the killers of prophets and today they killed an Islamic symbol," said senior Hamas political leader Abdul Aziz al Rantissi.
After news of the killing broke crowds took to the streets in Gaza, denouncing Israel and calling for revenge.
"We will send death to every house, every city, every street in Israel," shouted Hamas militants through loudspeakers.
Later there were reports of clashes near Israeli settlements in Gaza. A rocket is thought to have been fired near the Erez crossing with Israel.
Palestinian Prime Minister Ahmed Qurei called the attack on Sheikh Yassin a "dangerous, cowardly act".
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/3556099.stm
Tens of thousands of Palestinians, many calling for revenge, poured into the streets of Gaza as news spread of Yassin's death. In Gaza City, hundreds of gunmen were among the protesters, and children burned tires in protest, sending plumes of black smoke into the air.
Cars drove through the streets blaring calls for revenge over loudspeakers. Some aired recordings of Yassin, saying, "We chose this road, and will end with martyrdom or victory."
Mosques read passages from the Quran and two Gaza churches rang their church bells.
Yassin was by far the most senior Palestinian militant killed in more than three years of Israeli-Palestinian fighting.
Announcing Yassin's death, the Hamas leadership said, "Sharon has opened the gates of hell and nothing will stop us from cutting off his head," referring to Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon."
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/407397.html
It will be interesting to see what comes of this...
I'm actually watching the funeral procession for Yassin on CNN right now. The street is filled with supporters with Palestinian flags....Other reports have mentioned that some hostility has already started....
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Blaze
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by Blaze » Mon Mar 22, 2004 9:41 am
I hope they realize they're being total hypocrites by reading bible passages and yet claiming they have the keys to the gates of hell.
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by tankkisankari » Mon Mar 22, 2004 1:07 pm
Israelis and Palestinians have yet again showed us how armed resistance and responding to it with military force is the best solution to combat problems.
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by adamjaskie » Mon Mar 22, 2004 2:00 pm
The U.S. needs to get out of there and just let them kill each other off.
There ought to be limits to freedom. - George W. Bush
There is danger from all men. The only maxim of a free government ought to be to trust no man living with power to endanger the public liberty. - John Adams
They who would give up an essential liberty for temporary security, deserve neither liberty or security. - Benjamin Franklin
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Imperator Severn
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by Imperator Severn » Mon Mar 22, 2004 2:16 pm
No, we just need to kill them all. Much more effective that way.
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by Salvation122 » Mon Mar 22, 2004 2:53 pm
No, we need to let the Israelis kick the shit out of everybody in the region that are unfriendly to us.
Here I am, to sing you a song. And there you are, asleep against the windowpane, just like always.
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Prospero
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by Prospero » Mon Mar 22, 2004 3:16 pm
How about we nuke the planet and kill off every bit of "intelligent" life there is.
Please donate to the Nuke-the-Planet fund.
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by Aether » Mon Mar 22, 2004 3:19 pm
I'll happily donate. Have a dollar.
In the end though, it's really the bees that get Sam.
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by Deacon » Mon Mar 22, 2004 4:57 pm
I wonder what Bjarni has to say about all of this. According to his version of Islam, calling Yassin a "prophet" or an "Islamic symbol" isn't accurate.
The follies which a man regrets the most in his life are those which he didn't commit when he had the opportunity. - Helen Rowland, A Guide to Men, 1922
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by BadMonkey » Mon Mar 22, 2004 5:31 pm
Fucking hell, who could have thought that this was a good idea?
Yes, the guy is a bastard, but fucking hell, I thought Sharon was trying to sell compromise and diplomacy, and pulling out of gaza.
Old habbits die hard I guess, this is madness.
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by Bigity » Mon Mar 22, 2004 5:45 pm
I guess he was tired of the bullshit cease-fires Hamas was supposed to respect and then having suicide bombers kill his civilians. I mean, they have only relatilated every single time a bomber has snuck in there.
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by Deacon » Mon Mar 22, 2004 5:51 pm
Sell compromise and diplomacy to Hamas? Heh, can I have a large baggie of whatever you're smoking? Thanks
The follies which a man regrets the most in his life are those which he didn't commit when he had the opportunity. - Helen Rowland, A Guide to Men, 1922
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by BadMonkey » Mon Mar 22, 2004 6:16 pm
He was trying to sell it to the hardlinerss in his own parliment.
"Face it, you're two nipples away from being human."
Did you imagine the final sound as a gun? Or the shattered windows of a car? Did you ever imagine the last thing you'd hear as you're fading out was a song?
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by Beware of the Leopard » Mon Mar 22, 2004 7:18 pm
hmm, this may be cynical of me, but I'm seeing that Israel's strategy is to bring Hamas to a full frontal assault war. If they are fighting them in Israel... it can be claimed as defense. And since Israel is better situated to take on that type of conflict... The only wild card left would be help from other Arab countries. Then maybe the US would get tangled up into it and bring in a bunch of other countries... There's a more realistic World War III scenario, Blaze
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by Imperator Severn » Mon Mar 22, 2004 7:50 pm
How about we nuke the planet and kill off every bit of "intelligent" life there is.
Please donate to the Nuke-the-Planet fund.
No, that'[d hurt puppies, and we can't have that. I'm more in favor of some sort of plague.
Leopard, Israel has defeated Arab coalitions several times in the past. I'm not saying that they've learned their lesson about attacking a country that is the equivalent of a hyperactive rabid doberman on pcp, but I doubt they'd et the US dragged into such a conflict.
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