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Hamas mistakenly kills 5 of own fighters
ynetnews ^ | 5/16/2007 | Associated Press

Posted on 05/16/2007 5:25:24 AM PDT by listenhillary

Associated Press Published: 05.16.07, 13:30 / Israel News

Hamas gunmen kill five of own fighters in ambush of Fatah jeep as Gaza seems to be sliding into an all-out civil war with 41 Palestinians killed in four days of internal fighting between the rival factions

Hamas gunmen mistakenly ambushed on Wednesday a jeep carrying their own fighters, killing five of them, in the bloodiest day of Palestinian infighting since violence erupted in the Gaza Strip four days ago.

But according to other accounts, the five victims were members of the Fatah-affiliated Preventive Security force.

Gunmen from the hardline Islamist group also fired barrages of rockets at Israeli towns, an apparent attempt to draw Israel into the internal Palestinian conflict that has sent the coastal territory spiraling into chaos.

At midday Wednesday, policemen from the Preventive Security organization arrested five Hamas men and were driving them through Gaza City when the vehicle was ambushed by Hamas fighters, Preventive Security officials said.

Five of the Hamas men were killed, along with two Fatah men, they said. The exact circumstances of the incident were not immediately clear.

Hamas radio reported that a Hamas man was killed in another clash, and a nurse traveling in an ambulance was shot in the head after being caught in the crossfire, hospital officials said. Her family said she was brain dead and being kept alive by a respirator.

In four days of fighting, 41 people have been killed and dozens more have been injured. The majority of the fatalities have been from Fatah.


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: hamas
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1 posted on 05/16/2007 5:25:25 AM PDT by listenhillary
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To: listenhillary

Keep up the good work.


2 posted on 05/16/2007 5:28:57 AM PDT by manic4organic (Send a care package through USO today.)
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To: listenhillary

As they say on Seinfeld, “that’s a shame.”


3 posted on 05/16/2007 5:29:03 AM PDT by Chi-townChief
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To: listenhillary

Israel's fault!

The evil jooos built that damned wall,

and we have to kill somebod1

4 posted on 05/16/2007 5:30:28 AM PDT by MrEdd (Dogs think they're human, Cats think they're Gods.)
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To: listenhillary

Send ‘em more ammo.

Keep up the good work!


5 posted on 05/16/2007 5:32:05 AM PDT by Little Ray (Rudy Guiliani: if his wives can't trust him, why should we?)
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To: listenhillary
Heh. If they keep this up, our job could eventually be made a lot easier... :P

On a more serious note, who the h*ll shoots a nurse in an ambulance? God be with her and her family.

6 posted on 05/16/2007 5:33:17 AM PDT by PalestrinaGal0317 (I wasn't born in Texas; I just got here as fast as I could.)
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To: listenhillary
Hamas mistakenly kills 5 of own fighters

It's a good start.
7 posted on 05/16/2007 5:35:36 AM PDT by reagan_fanatic (I have a big carbon footprint and I'm not afraid to use it.)
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To: listenhillary
These will all be counted as deaths that the Israeli "Occupation" is somehow responsible for...

Palestinians 'freedom fighters' killed in the fighting in Israel...

I can see it in the Reuters body count...

8 posted on 05/16/2007 5:37:26 AM PDT by Bon mots
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To: listenhillary

obvious grads of the Algore gun safety course

9 posted on 05/16/2007 5:39:14 AM PDT by Doogle (USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated)
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To: listenhillary
Hamas gunmen kill five of own fighters in ambush...

And in developing news, Rep. Waxman and Sen. Spector are demanding an immediate Congressional hearing on the causes of this tragic event.

10 posted on 05/16/2007 5:40:36 AM PDT by WesternPacific
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To: listenhillary

Durrrrrrr.

}:-)4


11 posted on 05/16/2007 5:42:46 AM PDT by Moose4 ("(Rudy's) the exact same animal as Hillary only he wears a dress." --Jim Robinson)
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To: MrEdd
Isn’t that chick awfully fair skinned for someone from the Middle Easter? Or she’s clearly a child of privilege since her skin’s never been darkened by long, hot days of work in the hot sun. A case of radical chic, I guess.
12 posted on 05/16/2007 5:47:45 AM PDT by yankeedame ("Oh, I can take it but I'd much rather dish it out.")
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To: Doogle
Don't forget , the ROP is at work there.

You reckon that somebody's pissed (one group vs. another) that they might not have control of the billions (like Arafat did) and so they gotta kill something? Like the jooooossss, cause it's always their fault the Pali's don't invest into their economy with the aide monies? The mentalities of those Pali's is truly amazing.

13 posted on 05/16/2007 5:48:25 AM PDT by RSmithOpt (Liberalism: Highway to Hell)
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To: listenhillary

Hooray. Some good news from Gaza for a change!


14 posted on 05/16/2007 5:49:23 AM PDT by dashing doofus (Those who are too smart to engage in politics are punished by being governed by those who are dumber)
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15 posted on 05/16/2007 5:49:34 AM PDT by peteram (Liberals are just Stupid!)
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To: listenhillary

Too bad it wasnt 25.


16 posted on 05/16/2007 5:50:32 AM PDT by sgtbono2002 (I'm gonna vote for Fred.)
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To: listenhillary

So I am confused ....when terrorist kill their own on accident, do we call it friendly fire? Well its friendly for us.


17 posted on 05/16/2007 5:52:20 AM PDT by badpacifist (http://chris-sligh.info/content/view/40/31/)
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To: listenhillary

Awwwwwww...


18 posted on 05/16/2007 6:00:15 AM PDT by Dick Bachert
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To: aculeus; dighton; Lijahsbubbe; sheik yerbouty; Yehuda
Preventive Security

It's a Good Thing.

19 posted on 05/16/2007 6:16:42 AM PDT by Thinkin' Gal
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To: listenhillary

It is the will of Allah.


20 posted on 05/16/2007 6:36:37 AM PDT by Spok
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