Posted on 05/16/2008 5:51:31 PM PDT by kingattax
SHADI Bakr Ahmad gingerly eased his legless torso into two new plastic limbs and vowed they would one day walk him back to his brutal destiny in Gaza.
The Fatah man and his 14 comrades in rehabilitation have barely six legs left between them, after being mutilated by their Hamas rivals during the violent takeover of power last June. All have unfinished business: they want to get back on their makeshift feet soon to hunt down the men who maimed them.
An agreement to be announced this weekend between Israel and Egypt, acting on behalf of the rulers of Gaza, means the former soldiers may soon get their wish.
If, as expected, Israel signs off on the offer of a six-month truce, the gates of Gaza will be opened for the first time in 11 months - and Ahmad and his loyalists will be sent to man them, keeping Hamas far from the border fences.
The deal is supposed to herald better times for Gaza's war-ravaged 1.4 million people, most of whom have been unable to leave since Hamas took outright control and have ever since craved a taste of life without death and mayhem.
But the would-be custodians of peace have a blood feud to take care of first: a vengeance that runs deeper than a broader commitment to the Palestinian cause and one that threatens to undermine any hope of detente. They have sworn vows to their families and to each other that guarantee more blood will be spilt as soon as the two sides are on the same patch of land.
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Civil war, if you can call it that.
these people all have a blood lust
What a great line.
Didn't the palis vote for Hamas?
Driving forward with both eyes on the rear view mirror. No wonder these people can’t get anything accomplished.
The problem is that there is nothing in the Islamic religion that advocates peace. Peace to them is something that comes at the end of slaughtering all their enemies, but that only creates more enemies, ad infinitum. Heaven must be a hell hole if Islamics are in charge.
calling islam a “religion” is like saying that the hell’s angels are a community service organization.
Islam isn't about Heaven. It's about that other place...
Let’s take up a collection and help these 14 fine fellows achieve their goals.
Bada-Bing, Bada-Boom-Boom!
Hmmm...wonder if the light bulb went on and they “Get it”...
What a man wants...a man gets...
When a man wants terror and death...he gets terror and death...
Life has a way of giving you exactly what you want....just not the way you want it...
One should be very careful when deciding what one wants....life just might give it to you.
Explosive legs ???
Ain't iSlame wonderful!!!
You’re describing Karma
“You’re describing Karma”
I’m no mystic...only an observer for a short time...
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