Posted on 02/28/2007 10:28:55 AM PST by blam
Israeli officers kill Islamic Jihad leaders
Staff and agencies
Wednesday February 28, 2007
Guardian Unlimited (UK)
Palestinians inspect the car in which three Islamic Jihad militants were killed by Israeli agents, in the West Bank city of Jenin. Photograph: Saif Dahlah/AFP/Getty Images
An undercover Israeli unit shot and killed two Islamic Jihad leaders and their driver in the West Bank town of Jenin today, triggering promises of revenge from the militant organisation. Elsewhere in the West Bank, around 50,000 people in the city of Nablus were put under curfew for the second time this week.
Witnesses said the undercover officers shot at a vehicle in which the three men were sitting from a black car. The army said troops had tried to arrest Ashraf Saadi, a spokesman for Islamic Jihad, in a hospital car park, but he had opened fire on them.
When Saadi fled, continuing to fire, the troops shot him dead, the army said, adding that one Israeli had been slightly wounded by gunfire.
Army officials claimed the shot men had helped plan a suicide bombing in Tel Aviv last week, but said the attack had been thwarted.
An Islamic Jihad official in the West Bank said the other dead men were Mohammed Abu Naaseh, one of its leaders in the Jenin area, and Ala al-Breiky, who did not belong to the group but was driving the vehicle, Reuters reported.
In the Gaza Strip, Abu Ahmad, an Islamic Jihad spokesman, said the group would retaliate. "This new crime will not pass without tough punishment," he added. Hamas also vowed revenge for the shootings.
Islamic Jihad, which receives backing from Iran and Syria, has carried out dozens of suicide bombs and rocket attacks against Israel.
In Nablus, dozens of jeeps, backed by bulldozers, raided the city,
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Huge round of applause!!!
See, THIS is how you respond to terror attacks, or even attempted terror attacks.
Threatening revenge? Oh this has gone to a new level! /sarc
Bravo!
Of course, any minute now some traitorous liberal will be whining that these jihadists' rights were violated.
COOL rack IDF LOL!
Warning! This is a high-volume ping list.
WOO! YAY!!!!
Good - 3 less oxygen thieves.
Shucks, that'll buff out.
Without lookin', is that the guy in the Nikes who got his wig split?
This is an excellent start!
Kill them before they kill you!!!!
This is an excellent start!
Kill them before they kill you!!!!
....And that Islamic Jihad is humanitarian organization composed of freedom fighters.
Can I count those 3 towards my carbon offsets? I need to fill up my Mercury this afternoon.
Holy crap!
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