Posted on 10/03/2004 8:23:28 PM PDT by quidnunc
Edited on 10/03/2004 9:48:49 PM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip -- No one in Ismail Maasawabi's family knew his secret.
The son of an aluminum and glass-shop worker, Maasawabi loved his family, had a lively sense of humor and studied hard in college to become an art teacher.
But Maasawabi also held a dire ambition. He wanted to be something that passes as a hero in this part of the world: a suicide bomber.
And on June 22, 2001, he got his wish. Leaving home that day during final exams, Maasawabi climbed into a jeep wired with explosives. Instead of going to class, he headed for a nearby Jewish settlement, where at age 22 he became a human bomb with all of its tragic consequences.
"He went out that day like any young man," said his father, Basheer, who was stunned to learn of his son's ambition and even more shocked when he heard of his fate. "I was out when I heard the loudspeakers of the mosque announcing, `We give you good news. The virgins of paradise are happily receiving the new groom, the martyr Ismail Maasawabi.'"
These sheetheads can kill themselves and I wouldn't care less. Killing other people for your perverted ideals is an equine of an entirely different hue.
You mean god. As in false god.
Yeah. Poverty drove my family to murder innocents all through 14th century England. (sarcasm)
Suicide bomber is a far better term, and, if poverty causes terrorism, how come we don't see sub-saharan Africans blowing themselves up all over the world?
Most of the 9-11 hijackers were educated, and quite well off.
The $1,000,000 Question: Why aren't there any Christian Palestinian homicide bombers?
(It's a rhetorical question)
What a sick, vile religion.
I think the world would be a lot more sympathetic to Palestinians if they were peacefully committing suicide as a protest against the injustices they experience.
But killing other people in the process? Hmm... Sounds like someone is using these poor, deluded people to encourage violence and chaos. I know it isn't God, Allah, or anyone with an ounce of decency... therefore it must be power hungry political figures.
You think these guys think this is the only way they can get "any" in thier lives?
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1 in 4; that's about the same ratio as smokers to non-smokers in the U.S. Why don't they just ban public suicide?
They can't afford matches, let alone bombs.
This has absolutely NOTHING to do with poverty. If this guy was so ground-down and poor, how did he manage to study "hard in college to become an art teacher"?
The world is full of poor people. They don't go out and murder women and children out of hatred.
Actually homosexual sex is widespread among single Muslim men. There was an interesting article about that on Frontpage Mag.
And I do thank you for that pearl of wisdom!!
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Poverty does not breed crime. Many people grow up in poverty and do not kill people. It is a lame excuse.
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By the way, that kid in the story really had some screws loose. Even the poorest of the poor in the United States don't blow themselves up while chasing pretend virgins. What a horrible thing this so-called religion has become.
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You make an excellent point. I would have far more sympathy (I currently have none) for the Palis if they followed the example of Ghandi (non-violent protest) or those Buddhist monks in Vietnam who committed public suicide.
However, the spirituality that prompted Ghandi and those monks are at odds with the Islamofascist moon god who demands blood sacrifice and promises an orgy in paradise to those acolytes who cause the most savagery and barbaric blood-letting to the infidels.
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