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Israel kills 4 Palestinian militants
AP on Yahoo ^ | 3/12/08 | Nasser Shiyoukhi - ap

Posted on 03/12/2008 12:14:28 PM PDT by NormsRevenge

BETHLEHEM, West Bank - Israeli troops opened fire on a car in the West Bank on Wednesday, killing four Palestinian militants, Palestinian medical officials said. The violence threw doubt on prospects for a cease-fire between Israel and Hamas.

Associated Press Television News video showed medical officials loading the bodies of the men into an ambulance.

The Israeli military had no immediate comment.

Palestinian security officials said one of the dead was the commander of Islamic Jihad in the Bethlehem area, Mohammed Shehadeh, and two others were also members of Islamic Jihad. The fourth belonged to the Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, a violent offshoot of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas' Fatah.

The shooting came shortly after the leader of the Hamas government in the Gaza Strip called for a cease-fire with Israel. Among his conditions was a halt to Israeli military operations in the West Bank. In the past, Gaza militants have claimed the right to retaliate against Israel for its operations in the West Bank.

Egypt and the United States have been trying to broker an agreement to stop daily rocket fire from Gaza into Israel and halt Israeli reprisal raids in Gaza. Other elements would be reopening the Gaza-Egypt border crossing and easing restrictions on shipments of vital products from Israel into Gaza. For several days, violence has significantly dropped.

However, the renewed West Bank clashes threw the deal into doubt.

Islamic Jihad leader Nafez Azzam in Gaza denounced the shooting.

"This new crime reflects the true face of the occupation," he said. "Killing still continues while they are talking about the possibility of bringing calm, but if they think that calm means Palestinian surrender, they are mistaken."

Israel Radio reported that the car was filled with arms and explosives, and the fugitives opened fire on the Israeli special forces. The report said the four had been on Israel's wanted list since 2000.


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Israel; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: alaqsa; israel; kills; militants; palestinian
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Palestinians gather round a car with bullet holes in the front windshield after four Palestinian militants were killed by Israeli troops in the West Bank town of Bethlehem, Wednesday March 12, 2008. Israeli troops opened fire on a car Wednesday, killing four Palestinian militants, Palestinian medical officials said, throwing doubt on prospects for a cease-fire between Israel and Hamas. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)


1 posted on 03/12/2008 12:14:29 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
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To: NormsRevenge
...the four had been on Israel's wanted list since 2000.

Scratch four off the list........

2 posted on 03/12/2008 12:19:11 PM PDT by Red Badger ( We don't have science, but we do have consensus.......)
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To: NormsRevenge

“The violence threw doubt on prospects for a cease-fire between Israel and Hamas.”

Like there was ever even the remote possibility of a “cease fire” between the Muslims/Islamofacists/Nazis/ Palestinian terrorists and any Jew or Israeli in the first place.

The Islamofascist Muslims will never quit or give up trying to kill any Jew, Israeli or American anywhere in the world ever. The Muslims/Islamofascist are simply insane primitive, backward barbarians for now and ever until they’re all dead.


3 posted on 03/12/2008 12:21:49 PM PDT by garyhope (Fellini fan, Client 8 1/2)
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To: NormsRevenge

> The violence threw doubt on prospects for a cease-fire
> between Israel and Hamas.

And from which alternate reality did this ridiculous statement emerge?

As if there will EVER be any more than a one-sided cease-fire between Israel and Hamas, with Israel being the only one honoring the deal until they just can’t take it anymore.


4 posted on 03/12/2008 12:23:12 PM PDT by Westbrook (Having more children does not divide your love, it multiplies it.)
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To: NormsRevenge

>>Israeli troops opened fire on a car in the West Bank on Wednesday, killing four Palestinian militants

I love a happy ending.


5 posted on 03/12/2008 12:28:02 PM PDT by vikingd00d
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To: NormsRevenge

Nice grouping!


6 posted on 03/12/2008 12:30:20 PM PDT by ZX12R
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To: NormsRevenge

I needed a feel good story today, thanks for posting.


7 posted on 03/12/2008 12:33:48 PM PDT by AxelPaulsenJr (God Bless George W. Bush)
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To: NormsRevenge

CAR SWARM!!!!


8 posted on 03/12/2008 12:34:35 PM PDT by Proud_USA_Republican (We're going to take things away from you on behalf of the common good. - Hillary Clinton)
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To: Proud_USA_Republican

Four down, 12,435,586 or so to go.


9 posted on 03/12/2008 12:47:37 PM PDT by Nick Thimmesch
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To: NormsRevenge

Should have followed it up with a cluster bomb or napalm...


10 posted on 03/12/2008 12:51:08 PM PDT by Little Ray (It is time to drink the KoolAid: McCain for President!)
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To: All
"The fourth belonged to the Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades..."

Set A Goal, Achieve A Goal

His parents must be proud.
11 posted on 03/12/2008 1:09:50 PM PDT by j_k_l
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To: NormsRevenge

Norm,

This should not even be a headline. This is why the collective WE will never win the WOT. Four? Four? Four? Was it really four? Not three, but four? Oh my, the carnage. Sorry but unless the headline says, ‘Last Four Remaining Palis Killed’ it does not deserve print.


12 posted on 03/12/2008 2:11:54 PM PDT by sargunner (RIP Tonk)
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To: NormsRevenge

time to pick up the pace


13 posted on 03/12/2008 2:12:31 PM PDT by Retired Greyhound
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14 posted on 03/12/2008 2:15:39 PM PDT by Alouette (Vicious Babushka)
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‘The violence threw doubt on prospects for a cease-fire between Israel and Hamas.’

I silence terrorist loving liberals with this one:

If the Arabs laid down their weapons today, tomorrow there would be no more fighting.
If Israel laid down their weapons today, tomorrow there would be no more Israel.


15 posted on 03/12/2008 2:19:35 PM PDT by dk88 (Loud and local)
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To: NormsRevenge

First good news of the day.


16 posted on 03/12/2008 2:30:57 PM PDT by forkinsocket
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To: ZX12R

“Nice grouping!”

I think it’s the Tavor; I got to shoot one recently. It’s amazingly accurate for such a stubby weapon (the and has lots of built-in gizmos.

Not widely adopted yet, but some of the Special Ops get them.


17 posted on 03/12/2008 3:58:21 PM PDT by MeanWestTexan (Kol Hakavod Mossad!)
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To: NormsRevenge

On this one, it seems that the Palis aren’t even claiming that “innocent children” were harmed - a good sign that the Israeli operation went very well.


18 posted on 03/12/2008 5:56:09 PM PDT by justiceseeker93
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To: NormsRevenge
This story of course, was written backwards to give it a slant to blame Israel for the horrible violent act of having "opened fire on a car."

The second to the last sentence:

Israel Radio reported that the car was filled with arms and explosives, and the fugitives opened fire on the Israeli special forces.

If the report would have started with that sentence, it could be written from the proper perspective and blamed the terrorist instigators for starting the firefight, and commending the Israeli's for quashing terrorist acts.

19 posted on 03/12/2008 6:04:38 PM PDT by Syncro
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