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Posted on 06/16/2002 4:37:28 PM PDT by eclectic
Hamas is threatening to use chemical weapons in future attacks against Israeli targets, claiming "slaughter will bring slaughter," Channel 2 reported last night.
According to the report, Hamas issued a statement after conducting a strategic debate which generated the decision to use chemical weapons in addition to conventional bombs.
"When we reach that stage [using chemical weapons], the gates will be opened to develop suicide attacks with Allah's help," the report said, quoting from the statement issued by the movement yesterday.
The statement claimed that the aim is to further harm those hit by shrapnel in a bomb blast and "create a massacre."
The movement claimed that while the idea is not new, attempts to use chemicals in bombs have so far met with failure, as the chemicals used are usually inexpensive and crude agents that lose their effectiveness in the heat created by a bomb blast.
Hamas spokesman Abdel Aziz Rantissi denied the meetings took place and referred to the reports as "lies."
Hamas yesterday claimed responsibility for the attack near Dugit on Saturday night in which St.-Sgt. Yehezkel (Hezki) Gutman, 22, of Beit El, and Sgt. Alexei Gladkov, 20, of Beersheba, were killed and four others wounded.
The soldiers had succeeded in thwarting a terrorist attack near Dugit earlier in the day after blowing up a car rigged with 180 kilograms of explosives.
Hours later, after receiving reports of terrorists between Dugit and Elei Sinai, the soldiers returned to the area and were ambushed by one of four terrorists using the foliage for cover. Three other terrorists fled back to Palestinian Authority-controlled territory when the soldiers returned fire.
The dead terrorist was identified as Mahmoud el-Abed, 19, from Gaza City.
Security officials believe that there is a direct connection between the two incidents on Saturday, saying there has recently been a sharp increase in the number of attacks in the area.
Yesterday afternoon, IDF bulldozers began clearing the dense foliage in the area to allow soldiers a clearer view.
Yesterday morning, soldiers shot and killed a Palestinian who carried a large bag and ignored their calls to stop, after he and two others attempted to bypass a roadblock at the Bekaot junction in the northern Jordan Valley. The IDF Spokesman said the soldiers set off in pursuit and managed to arrest two of the fleeing men. The third, who was carrying a large bag, continued to flee, and the soldiers in accordance with regulations opened fire.
Elsewhere in the West Bank, police revealed the recent arrests of five Hamas members from Askar and Rumana, near Jenin. The five, who belonged to the Aksa Martyrs Brigades, are suspected of planting bombs near IDF troops, arresting and torturing Palestinians suspected of collaborating, organizing demonstrations and confrontations with security forces, and planning shooting attacks. Additional arrests are expected, the police said.
Early yesterday morning, security forces arrested a fugitive wanted by the Shin Bet near the Kuchin junction, west of Nablus.
Shots were fired at an IDF post near Silwad, north of Ramallah. In the Gaza Strip, soldiers arrested a fugitive at the Gush Katif junction, and shots were fired at an IDF post near Kfar Darom.
Muhammad Najib and David Bender contributed to this report.
Just like the Berlin Wall?
-------should have happened DECADES AGO!!!!
Doc
Maybe I've seen one too many Jews blown to bits since then, I dunno, but today, when I saw shots of the wall on FOXNews, it looked to me to be a pretty good idea...not at all a symbol of defeat but instead one of the determination of Israel to suffer no more butchery at the hands of madmen.
I do remember Arab terrorists killing our troops in West Berlin though.
DrMike
There's a HUGE difference... one was built to keep captives subjects in, and one will be to protect free citizens from vile, murderous sub-human scum.
It's always the same. You can take almost every single accusation the Arabs level towards the west or the Jews, and consider it to be their own intentions and desires.
They claimed that Israel committed a massacre at Jenin. We know that to be untrue. But the Arabs have committed many massacres, including Lebanese against Lebanese, Syrians against Syrians, Iraqis against Kurds, Jordanians against Palestinians and more. They have always wanted to commit a massacre against the Jews of Israel, as evidenced by their own statements preceding every war.
Hamas is trying to raise the stakes. After the first chemical attack, the fit is going to hit the shan. There should be immediate worldwide condemnation of the use of chemical warfare against innocent non-combatants. But what will be the appropriate response?
Well said Teacher317!
There will be no salvation for the Palistinians if chemicals or bio's are brought into the picture. They will be cutting their own throats.
No, I'm not suggesting genoside, but I do think that we have to draw the line. When the rest of the world, especially the sissified Euro-trash, condemn Israel (and even more recently the US) for defending their people and property with methods that are far more humane and targeted than the Arab's attacks, then something is very wrong.
What really amazes me is that our own liberal left always preaches "tolerance/acceptance" etc... yet our country is far more tolerant of different thought/religion/behavior than a large portion of the world. It's this same tolerance that is going to be our downfall, and the Muslims know this, just as sure as our own domestic enemies know this - and will capitolize on it.
Most folks wouldn't know the difference, but there are some Romans rolling over in their graves.
NO! Not like the Berlin Wall. That kept innocent people in hell.
This keeps demonic murderers OUT!!!
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