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Senior Hamas Leader Is Killed in Blast in Gaza City
New York Times ^ | Published: May 29, 2004 | AP

Posted on 05/29/2004 4:53:09 PM PDT by Petronski

Senior Hamas Leader Is Killed in Blast in Gaza City

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Published: May 29, 2004

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) -- An explosion destroyed a motorcycle in Gaza City early Sunday, killing a founder of Hamas' military wing, his aide and a bystander.

Hamas charged that Israel was responsible for what it called a "dirty assassination crime."

It said the attack killed Wael Nassar, 38, one of the founders of the Hamas military wing Izzedine al-Qassam. His assistant, Mohammed Sarsour, 31; and an unidentified bystander were also killed, Hamas said.

The two Hamas leaders were on the motorcycle when it exploded, witnesses said.

It was not immediately clear what caused the explosion. Witnesses said they saw a flash in the sky and then the motorcycle exploded, indicating an Israeli missile strike. The residents said they did not see any Israeli helicopters in the sky, though they heard an unmanned Israeli plane.

The Israeli military refused to comment.

Hospital officials said seven people were slightly wounded, including a woman and three children.

The explosion was in the Zeitoun neighborhood, scene of heavy fighting between Israeli forces and Palestinians earlier this month. That fighting broke out after Palestinians blew up an Israeli armored personnel carrier, killing six soldiers.

Outside the hospital, angry Palestinians, most of them Hamas supporters, chanted "God is great." Amplified statements from local mosques mourned Nassar.

One of Nassar's brothers was killed when Israeli forces assassinated Hamas leader Abdel Aziz Rantisi on April 17, and seven other relatives were killed in earlier clashes with Israeli forces, Palestinians said.

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TOPICS: Breaking News; Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; Israel; War on Terror
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Sucks to be him.
1 posted on 05/29/2004 4:53:10 PM PDT by Petronski
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To: SJackson; Alouette

Searched 'Hamas,' but found nothing.


2 posted on 05/29/2004 4:53:42 PM PDT by Petronski (They could choose between shame and war: Some chose shame, but got war anyway.)
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To: Petronski

Now if only Arafat were next.


3 posted on 05/29/2004 4:54:54 PM PDT by GulliverSwift (The only difference between AlGore of 2004 and 2000 is that this one has nothing to lose.)
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To: Petronski

Pilotless planes are still too noisy.


4 posted on 05/29/2004 4:55:18 PM PDT by RightWhale (Theorems link concepts; proofs establish links)
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To: Petronski
Cool! They can nail the bastards even on a motorcycle!

Guess there's not too much point in Hamas developing the "Great Islamic Skateboard o'Death", since the IDF can probably blast that thing to smithereens, too.

5 posted on 05/29/2004 4:55:43 PM PDT by MarineDad (So what's the big deal? Allah wears panties on his head, too...but you don't hear HIM complaining.)
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To: Petronski

The residents said they did not see any Israeli helicopters in the sky, though they heard an unmanned Israeli plane.



Get used to it Palis.


6 posted on 05/29/2004 4:55:46 PM PDT by tet68 ( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
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To: Petronski

It's okay to blow up busloads of kids, but wrong to take out one of the perps.

Makes sense to me. </sarcasm>


7 posted on 05/29/2004 4:55:46 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (Drug prohibition laws help fund terrorism.)
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To: Petronski

I saw a FOX video of the aftermath. Incinerated. Atomized.


8 posted on 05/29/2004 4:55:51 PM PDT by Clara Lou (Eagles may soar, but weasels don't get sucked into jet engines.)
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To: Petronski

bttt


9 posted on 05/29/2004 4:56:28 PM PDT by farmfriend ( In Essentials, Unity...In Non-Essentials, Liberty...In All Things, Charity.)
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To: Petronski
"Searched 'Hamas,' but found nothing."

That is funny. And before long, hopefully true.

10 posted on 05/29/2004 4:56:52 PM PDT by Rokke
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To: Petronski
An explosion destroyed a motorcycle in Gaza City early Sunday, killing a founder of Hamas' military wing, his aide and a bystander.

Pity about the motorcycle....

11 posted on 05/29/2004 4:57:01 PM PDT by Psycho_Bunny
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To: GulliverSwift

Hamas Commander Killed in Israeli Air Strike
The Scotsman, 23 minutes ago


A senior Hamas commander and his assistant have been killed in an apparent Israeli air strike in Gaza City that ripped apart their motorcycle.

A bystander also died and seven others were wounded, including a woman and three children, hospital officials said.

Wael Nassar, 38, a top Hamas commander, and his assistant, Mohammed Sarsour, 31, were on the motorcycle when it exploded, witnesses said.

Hamas accused Israel of a “cowardly assassination crime”.

It was not immediately clear what caused the explosion. Witnesses said they saw a flash in the sky and then the motorcycle exploded, indicating an Israeli missile strike. The residents said they did not see any Israeli helicopters in the sky, though they heard an unmanned Israeli plane.

The Israeli military refused to comment.

The explosion was in the Zeitoun neighbourhood, scene of heavy fighting between Israeli forces and Palestinians earlier this month, after Palestinians blew up an Israeli armoured personnel carrier, killing six soldiers.

Outside the hospital, angry Palestinians, most of them Hamas supporters demonstrated, chanting “God is great”. Amplified statements from local mosques mourned Nassar, one of the founders of the Hamas military wing, called Izzedine al-Qassam.

Hamas spokesman Sami Abu Zohri accused Israel of a “cowardly assassination crime”, part of Israel’s “bloody escalation” against the Palestinians.

One of Nassar’s brothers was killed when Israeli forces assassinated Hamas leader Abdel Aziz Rantisi on April 17, and seven other relatives were killed in earlier clashes with Israeli forces, Palestinians said.


12 posted on 05/29/2004 4:57:06 PM PDT by Petronski (They could choose between shame and war: Some chose shame, but got war anyway.)
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To: Petronski

Kill them all. Let Allah sort 'em out.


13 posted on 05/29/2004 4:57:16 PM PDT by oh8eleven (RVN '67 - '68)
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To: Petronski
Searched 'Hamas,' but found nothing.

Try "Low life suicidal baby killers."

14 posted on 05/29/2004 4:57:16 PM PDT by freedumb2003 (This is a tag: </> This is a Line ---------)
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To: Rokke

Freudian slip (or maybe freudian hope).


;O)


15 posted on 05/29/2004 4:57:46 PM PDT by Petronski (They could choose between shame and war: Some chose shame, but got war anyway.)
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To: Petronski
Sounds like Allah is having technical difficulties again.

I wonder if he still gets the 72 virgins, or just 72 pair of women's panties on his head.
16 posted on 05/29/2004 4:58:13 PM PDT by zencat (Visit my profile for MAGNETIC Bush/Cheney '04 bumper stickers!)
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To: Petronski

IDF sure is good.


17 posted on 05/29/2004 4:58:46 PM PDT by TASMANIANRED (What do they call children in Palestine? Unexploded ordinance)
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To: Petronski

the gates of Hell swing open once again


18 posted on 05/29/2004 4:58:51 PM PDT by fhayek
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To: oh8eleven

Next batter!


19 posted on 05/29/2004 5:00:04 PM PDT by TADSLOS (Right Wing Infidel since 1954)
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To: Petronski
Hamas members really can't complain about a lack of upward mobility in that organization.

Nice shootin', Israelis!

20 posted on 05/29/2004 5:00:04 PM PDT by Coop (Freedom isn't free)
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To: TASMANIANRED

He done blowed . . . . oh, you know the drill already.

21 posted on 05/29/2004 5:00:17 PM PDT by Petronski (They could choose between shame and war: Some chose shame, but got war anyway.)
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To: All

Oh No. I hope it wasn't a "Harley". Couldn't they wait until he got off the bike?


22 posted on 05/29/2004 5:00:29 PM PDT by Bringbackthedraft (Will Kerry accept Osama's terms of unconditional surrender?)
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To: Petronski

How many fricken leaders do these Hamas idiots have? They would have to run low on leaders somewhere down the road. The may have to change their name to "no mas".


23 posted on 05/29/2004 5:00:31 PM PDT by dc-zoo
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To: fhayek

the gates of Hell swing open once again

He should have listened to his mother.
"Motorcycles are the road to hell!"
"What if you had an accident and your genitals
weren't shaved?"


24 posted on 05/29/2004 5:02:10 PM PDT by tet68 ( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
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To: zencat

At the rate that Israel is eliminating the members of Hamas there won't be any virgins left. Perhaps these guys will be promised women who did it just once.


25 posted on 05/29/2004 5:02:23 PM PDT by AngieGOP (I never met a woman who became a stripper because she played with Barbie dolls as a kid)
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To: Petronski

That says something when 38 is considered "Senior". :-\

Im ancient by that standard. ;-)


26 posted on 05/29/2004 5:02:42 PM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi Mac ... Become a FR Monthly Donor ... Kerry thread archive @ /~normsrevenge)
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To: Petronski
Just for a while...but in short order they're put into a condition of "I ain't got no complaints no more."

Works for me, of course.

28 posted on 05/29/2004 5:03:42 PM PDT by MarineDad (So what's the big deal? Allah wears panties on his head, too...but you don't hear HIM complaining.)
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To: dc-zoo
How many fricken leaders do these Hamas idiots have?

"idiots" being the key word.

I'm sure the pool of perspective leaders is limitless.

29 posted on 05/29/2004 5:04:04 PM PDT by EGPWS (Fly your flag proudly Monday in memory of the true patriots who have given their all)
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To: Petronski

If it's Saturday it must mean another "Senior Hamas Official" has met the working end of a hellfire missle.


30 posted on 05/29/2004 5:04:27 PM PDT by Semper Paratus
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To: Petronski
"A bystander also died and seven others were wounded, including a woman and three children, hospital officials said. "

That’s what she gets for not forcing the people who declare war on the state to evacuate to non-civilian areas. Sorry she screwed up her kids.

31 posted on 05/29/2004 5:05:00 PM PDT by elfman2
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To: tet68

Hmmm: Hell? Motorcycles?


Bat out of hell
MUSIC: Jim Steinman - LYRICS: Jim Steinman
Sirens are screaming and the fires are howling
Way down in the valley tonight
There's a man in the shadows with a gun in his eye
And a blade shining oh so bright
There's evil in the air and there's thunder in the sky
And a killer's on the bloodshot streets
Oh and down in the tunnel where the deadly are rising
Oh I swear I saw a young boy
Down in the gutter
He was starting to foam in the heat

Oh Baby, you're the only thing in this whole world that's pure
and good and right
And wherever you are and wherever you go
There's always gonna be some light
But I gotta get out
I gotta break it out now
Before the final crack of dawn
So we gotta make the most of our one night together
When it's over you know
We'll both be so alone

Like a bat out of hell
I'll be gone when the morning comes
When the night is over
Like a bat out of hell I'll be gone gone gone
Like a bat out of hell I'll be gone when the morning comes
But when the day is done
And the sun goes down
And moonlight's shining through
Then like a sinner before the gates of heaven
I'll come crawling on back to you

I'm gonna hit the highway like a battering ram
On a silver black phantom bike
When the metal is hot and the engine is hungry
And we're all about to see the light
Nothing ever grows in this rotting old hole
Everything is stunted and lost
And nothing really rocks
And nothing really rolls And nothing's ever worth the cost
And I know that I'm damned if I never get out
And maybe I'm damned if I do
But with every other beat I got left in my heart
You know I'd rather be damned with you
If I gotta be damned you know I wanna be damned
Dancing through the night with you
If I gotta be damned you know I wanna be damned
Gotta be damned you know I wanna be damned
If I gotta be damned you know I wanna be damned
Dancing through the night
Dancing through the night
Dancing through the night with you

Oh Baby, you're the only thing in this whole world that's pure
and good and right
And wherever you are and wherever you go
There's always gonna be some light
But I gotta get out
I gotta break it out now
Before the final crack of dawn
So we gotta make the most of our one night together
When it's over you know
We'll both be so alone

Like a bat out of hell
I'll be gone when the morning comes
When the night is over
Like a bat out of hell I'll be gone gone gone
Like a bat out of hell I'll be gone when the morning comes
But when the day is done
And the sun goes down
And moonlight's shining through
Then like a sinner before the gates of heaven
I'll come crawling on back to you
I'll come crawling on back to you

I can see myself tearing up the road
Faster than any other boy has ever gone
And my skin is raw but my soul is ripe
No one's gonna stop me now
I gotta make my escape
But I can't stop thinking of you
And I never see the IDF until it's way too late

I never see the IDF till it's way too late

Then I'm dying at the bottom of a pit in the blazing sun
Torn and twisted at the foot of a burning bike
And I think somebody somewhere must be tolling a bell
And the last thing I see is my heart
Still beating
Breaking out of my body
And flying away
Like a bat out of hell
Then I'm dying at the bottom of a pit in the blazing sun
Torn and twisted at the foot of a burning bike
And I think somebody somewhere must be tolling a bell
And the last thing I see is my heart
Still beating
Still beating
Breaking out of my body and flying away
Like a bat out of hell
Like a bat out of hell
Like a bat out of hell
Like a bat out of hell
Like a bat out of hell
Like a bat out of hell


32 posted on 05/29/2004 5:05:03 PM PDT by Petronski (They could choose between shame and war: Some chose shame, but got war anyway.)
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To: Petronski
"Hello--Metropolitan Life?"
"Yes; Metropolitan Life here"
"I would like to purchase life insurance..."
"Occupation?"

"Hamas Commander...",
(click)

"Hello? Hello?"
33 posted on 05/29/2004 5:05:17 PM PDT by Pharmboy (History's greatest agent for freedom: The US Armed Forces)
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To: TASMANIANRED
IDF sure is good.

Personally I would not want to place myself on the wrong side of the IDF.

34 posted on 05/29/2004 5:06:40 PM PDT by EGPWS (Fly your flag proudly Monday in memory of the true patriots who have given their all)
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To: Pharmboy

LOL


35 posted on 05/29/2004 5:06:42 PM PDT by Petronski (And I never see the IDF 'til it's way too late!)
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To: Semper Paratus
THE IDF:

They don't take a sabbath, only so that you can rest assured, they're on the case!

36 posted on 05/29/2004 5:06:59 PM PDT by The Scourge of Yazid ("One person with a belief is equal to a force of 99 with only interests.")
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To: Petronski
Hamas charged that Israel was responsible for what it called a "dirty assassination crime."

Coming from Hamas' moral high ground....

37 posted on 05/29/2004 5:08:06 PM PDT by atomicpossum (I give up! Entropy, you win!)
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To: zencat

39 posted on 05/29/2004 5:10:10 PM PDT by Petronski (And I never see the IDF 'til it's way too late!)
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To: Petronski
The residents said they did not see any Israeli helicopters in the sky, though they heard an unmanned Israeli plane.
"Listen!"

"It's a bird!"

"It's a plane."

"No, it's an unmanned Israeli plane!"

(No mistaking the sound of that.)

40 posted on 05/29/2004 5:11:43 PM PDT by samtheman (www.georgewbush.com)
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To: Dash Riprock

If 38 is senior, the IDF is doing their job.


42 posted on 05/29/2004 5:13:14 PM PDT by Petronski (And I never see the IDF 'til it's way too late! Now I'm dyin' in the Gaza Strip in the blazin' sun.)
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To: Petronski

http://members.aol.com/xqizette/messag_1.wav


43 posted on 05/29/2004 5:14:27 PM PDT by Dr. Eckleburg (There are very few shades of gray.)
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To: samtheman
Likely one of these Israeli drones (they all do not have fire capabilities):


44 posted on 05/29/2004 5:15:58 PM PDT by Pharmboy (History's greatest agent for freedom: The US Armed Forces)
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To: Dr. Eckleburg

"And I never see the IDF 'til it's way too late!

Now I'm dyin' in the Gaza Strip in the blazin' sun
Blown to bits at the foot of a burnin' bike
And I think somebody somewhere must be laughin' out loud...

45 posted on 05/29/2004 5:17:12 PM PDT by Petronski (And I never see the IDF 'til it's way too late! Now I'm dyin' in the Gaza Strip in the blazin' sun.)
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To: Petronski

I hope he gets sodomized in Hell by a large pig.


46 posted on 05/29/2004 5:18:00 PM PDT by nwrep
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To: nwrep
I hope he gets sodomized in Hell by a large pig.

With a barbed, flaming corkscrew penis.

47 posted on 05/29/2004 5:18:49 PM PDT by Petronski (And I never see the IDF 'til it's way too late! Now I'm dyin' in the Gaza Strip in the blazin' sun.)
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To: Dash Riprock
...and then is forced to eat BBQ spareribs.

Raw.

49 posted on 05/29/2004 5:24:30 PM PDT by Petronski (And I never see the IDF 'til it's way too late! Now I'm dyin' in the Gaza Strip in the blazin' sun.)
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To: Petronski

Nice job, IDF!


50 posted on 05/29/2004 5:24:31 PM PDT by Robert Teesdale
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