Posted on 07/30/2002 1:40:58 PM PDT by Alouette
In an act of uncommon heroism early this morning, a mother of eight overcame a knife-wielding terrorist as he was attacking her husband lying in bed, and stabbed him to death. The miraculous incident occurred shortly after 3 AM when a well-disguised terrorist infiltrated the Shomron town of Itamar and broke into the Mimran family home. It was later discovered that he began his rampage by going from room to room and bed to bed, looking for the children and trying to stab them; most fortunately, all eight children had left on Sunday night to spend some time at their grandparents' home in the north.
The terrorist's last stop was in the parents' bedroom. The woman, Orna Mimran, described to Arutz-7 what happened:
"I awoke at around 3:15 to see two hands with two knives flailing in the air, and he was attacking my husband. I couldn't grab the knives, as he was holding on to them very tightly, but together we were able to fight with him and stab him back."
Though she modestly insisted that she and her husband overcame the terrorist together, it appears that hers was the main role in turning the terrorist's knives back upon himself.
Her husband is in Beilinson Hospital in moderate condition, with wounds in the chest and arm, while Orna was lightly wounded. Shomron Council head Lieberman said later, "She bravely killed the terrorist in an act of heroism that can barely be described. The army came only afterwards..."
"How do you explain three infiltrations into Itamar in the space of two months?" Arutz-7 posed this question today to Nitzan Yamin, a member of Itamar's emergency security team. In the previous attacks, three high school students were murdered on May 28, while Rachel Shabo, three of her children, and Yosef Tuito were murdered on June 20. Yamin answered:
"This is truly a very severe question, and it must be directed to the army. We are the civil body that works with the army, and although we repeatedly warned them, and despite the fact that their job, by definition, is to prevent infiltrations into Itamar, we see failure after failure."
He did not blame the soldiers, whom he said are "falling off their feet. There is not enough manpower… They are involved in defensive operations, while the Arabs carefully observe us and plan their moves. When they saw and heard the tank move away from its spot at 1 AM, they began preparing… Army people told us that it was just a question of time before the next infiltration…"
In response to a question, Yamin admitted that the town could use volunteers to serve as guards, and in fact recently offered "high pay" to those willing to live in the town and serve in security-related positions.
Hmmm....
I wonder how high?
At the risk of sounding arrogant and utterly conceited, the real truth is aren't we all!!!!????!!!!
Chaya
Orna, you da woman!
No doubt that the terrorists come from a loser and failing civilization. (Heck, it's not even a civilization, the only reason they are not starving is because of huge oil wealth in the region.)
Just for the sake of humor, let's assume this SOB goes to paradise and meets his 72 virgins.
Can you imagine his screaming in terror after he got his ass handed to him by a woman?
And some folks wonder why I'm so dead-set against naming a street for MLK here in Denton!
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