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Hamas Sheik Earned His Violent Death
Detroit News ^ | 3/23/04

Posted on 03/23/2004 5:27:51 AM PST by 11th Earl of Mar

Edited on 05/07/2004 7:09:47 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]

Israel scored a victory in the global war on terrorism Monday by finally dispatching Sheik Ahmed Yassin, founder and spiritual leader of the Palestinian terror group Hamas.

In a delicious piece of irony, Yassin, the man who encouraged, planned and directed countless suicide bombings, was himself blown to bits on a Gaza street by rockets fired from an Israeli helicopter.


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TOPICS: Editorial; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: ahmedyassin

1 posted on 03/23/2004 5:27:51 AM PST by 11th Earl of Mar
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To: 11th Earl of Mar
From this thug: "Suicide attacks and jihad reinforce national unity in the ranks. Proof of this can be seen from the fact that all factions commit such attacks."

Then ALL FACTIONS are to be targets.

2 posted on 03/23/2004 5:29:19 AM PST by anniegetyourgun
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To: 11th Earl of Mar
Great editorial! Someone does get it here in this country, even if the mealy-mouthed, hand-wringing striped-pants paper-pushers in the State Department are obtuse to the facts in front of them.
4 posted on 03/23/2004 5:31:57 AM PST by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives On In My Heart Forever)
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To: 11th Earl of Mar; dennisw; Salem; SJackson; Catspaw; Alouette; Brian Allen; BenF; Nachum
Excellent editorial. And right where it needs to be, in a Michigan newspaper, Michigan having the largest number of Arabs in the US and all. An unwavering condemnation of Palestinian terrorism.
5 posted on 03/23/2004 5:45:12 AM PST by veronica ("America will never seek a permission slip to defend the security of our people." GW Bush 1-20-04)
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To: 11th Earl of Mar
This is ridiculous.

Yassin died of perfectly natural* causes.

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* Editor: It is perfectly natural to die from missile strike, RPG AK-47, bomb if you are an Islamic terrorist.
6 posted on 03/23/2004 5:45:44 AM PST by Enduring Freedom (Guess How We Ended Japanese Kamikaze Attacks?)
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To: 11th Earl of Mar
[Standing ovation!]
7 posted on 03/23/2004 5:48:06 AM PST by Coop ("Hero" is the last four-letter word I'd use to describe John Kerry)
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To: veronica
Never forget that (spit!) John Kerry as president would have negotiated with this child-killer.

Never forget that Clinton wanted the Israelis to make nice with the militant Palis, and wanted to give them 49 BILLION American dollars to build a state, right next to Israel.

The Democrats, the party of Abortion, don't care WHERE children are killed, don't care that Palis have been killing Israeli children for decades, don't care that they are STILL alive and planning to kill more children, and don't care if tourists are killed along with Israeli children. They have NEVER censured the murderous Palis--only condemned Israel for defending itself.

8 posted on 03/23/2004 5:51:24 AM PST by Judith Anne (Is life a paradox? Well, yes and no...)
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To: Enduring Freedom
More than natural, it's what they tell their followers to wish for.

Martyrdom is supposed to be their highest honor.

Why then do so many get so angry when we and our allies honor them so?

IMO the terrorists should be thanking the IDF for giving a crippled old murderer the opportunity to spend eternity in paradise with 72 virgins. If he died of natural causes what does he get then, sloppy seconds of a real martyr?
9 posted on 03/23/2004 5:52:50 AM PST by American_Centurion (Daisy-cutters trump a wiretap anytime - Nicole Gelinas)
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To: 11th Earl of Mar
The Saudis still rule over us...holding bonds and stox....and greasing our politicians and their promoting their many headed Whahabi lobby groups with their high priced Madison Ave. PR reality spinners...

IMO the Saudis own many US politicans...and until we purge them all from our midsts we will be continually compromised in our dealings with the Middle East and the wellspring of Islamic terrorism...

Yet their mosques, Islamic centers, and summer training camps continue to be built...right here in the heartland and our borders remain wide open...as millions of illegal aliens, Chi-Coms,narco terrorist and even the Mexican Army make incursions onto US soil

On the other hand terrorist are usefull in the continuing squeezing of the vice of the new Police State...on the national jewels of individual freedom..and if ever delivered to the democrats...will be the final nail in the coffin of our Republic

We kill a terror leader in Afghanistan and we cheer....Israel kills a known monster with the blood of many Israeli children on his hands...and we wring our hands about how this will destabilize our already tenuious 'peace' negotiations...and throws up roadblocks on the 'roadmap to peace'

(havent heard much about Powell's road map lately...maybe he should stop at an Israeli gas station and just ask for directions)

imo
10 posted on 03/23/2004 5:53:04 AM PST by joesnuffy (Moderate Islam Is For Dilettantes)
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To: 11th Earl of Mar
This is from the Detroit News? Snowball fight in Hell!
11 posted on 03/23/2004 5:57:54 AM PST by Extremely Extreme Extremist (EEE)
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To: veronica
The shocker was that this appeared in a Detroit paper. I would've expected them to soften up the tone for their audience.
12 posted on 03/23/2004 6:03:07 AM PST by Catspaw
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To: 11th Earl of Mar
The Sheik's execution was the natural consequence of active participation in the murder of innocents. We are all safer today because of Israel's success.
13 posted on 03/23/2004 6:07:02 AM PST by playball0
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist
The Detroit News is the reasonalbe Detroit paper.

The Detroit Free Press is the one that is the mouthpiece for the state's Democratic party.
14 posted on 03/23/2004 6:12:28 AM PST by 11th Earl of Mar
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To: 11th Earl of Mar
Congratulations to the Israeli Defense Force on a target well chosen and a missile well-aimed and a mission well-executed. May we see regular repetition in the future rather than the futility of diplobaloney.

15 posted on 03/23/2004 6:47:06 AM PST by BlackElk (Dean of Discipline of the Tomas de Torquemada Gentlemen's Club)
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To: 11th Earl of Mar
I don't know internal Detroit politics, but it seems to me that this editorial is particularly significant in coming from the main Detroit newspaper, despite the growing Muslim presence in that area.

Anyone from greater Detroit: Is this surprising?
16 posted on 03/23/2004 7:02:25 AM PST by Piranha
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To: Piranha
There are two major papers in the city, the Detroit News a somewhat conservative paper, and the Detroit Free Press which is a mouthpiece for the Democratic wing of the Democratic party.

The Detroit Free Press would never had printed something like this.
17 posted on 03/23/2004 7:19:21 AM PST by 11th Earl of Mar
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To: 11th Earl of Mar
Thank you. Do you know, is the Detroit News owned by a chain? Is it a tabloid? Which is the leading business paper?
18 posted on 03/23/2004 7:21:23 AM PST by Piranha
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To: Piranha
Detroit News is a Gannet paper and is more of the "business" paper.
19 posted on 03/23/2004 7:33:32 AM PST by 11th Earl of Mar
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To: TonyRo76
Palestinians are threatening revenge. Why, they should celebrate this 'martyr', and have joy that he is no longer blind and in the arms of 72 virgins. I'm puzzled, maybe this whole thing about the virgins is not true.
20 posted on 03/23/2004 7:55:46 AM PST by GigaDittos (Malaysian jew-haters for Kerry, oh what a surprise!)
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