Posted on 07/31/2002 1:34:20 PM PDT by RCW2001
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By Shahdi al-Kashif
GAZA, July 31 (Reuters) - About 10,000 Palestinians handed
out sweets, sang songs and chanted anti-Israeli slogans as they
marched through Gaza city on Wednesday to celebrate the bombing
that killed seven people at Jerusalem's Hebrew University.
The rally was organised by the Islamic movement Hamas, which
said it carried out the attack to avenge an Israeli air strike
on Gaza last week that killed its military commander Salah
Shehada and 14 others, including nine children.
"The price of the Israeli crime to assassinate the leader
Salah Shehada is more than 100 Israeli soldiers and that will
come in 10 martyrs' operations (suicide attacks)," the military
wing of Hamas, the Izz el-Deen al-Qassam brigades, said in a
statement read through a loudspeaker.
"We give this gift to the soul of Sheikh Salah Shehada and
we say to the al-Qassam brigades we are waiting for more," a
voice shouted through a loudspeaker.
Hamas regards most Israelis as soldiers because most are
conscripted at the age of 18 and serve annually in military
reserve units.
The marchers walked past one of Shehada's family's homes and
many knelt and prayed for revenge. They described Wednesday's
bombing as "a gift to the soul" of Shehada and "a march of joy".
The marchers waved Hamas flags and included a large number
of children who clapped and laughed. Palestinians often hand out
sweets in such celebration marches.
In the Balata refugee camp near the West Bank city of
Nablus, dozens of people staged a rally chanting slogans of
support for Wednesday's attack.
Eight masked men set fire to an effigy of Israeli Prime
Minister Ariel Sharon. Another group of men carried a model of a
Qassam rocket -- the type used by Hamas.
Israel accused Shehada of masterminding a series of suicide
bombings against Israelis in the 22-month-old Palestinian
uprising against Israeli occupation in the Gaza Strip and the
West Bank.
((Jerusalem newsroom, 972-2-537-0502,
jerusalem.newsroom@reuters.com))
31 JUL 2002 20:27:03 Thousands in Gaza celebrate Jerusalem attack
Murderous bunch. Murderous religion.
A well placed Daisy Cutter could ruin their entire day.
It's all in the Salsa, doncha remembmer? - you've been gone too long!
MEMRI: The Middle East Media Research Institute
Until you read it with your own eyes, you have no idea the level of hatred and distortion directed at America and Israel.
Unleash the Israelis and let them wreak havoc upon the arab world. islam is a religion of hatred, violence and barbarianism. There is no way to achieve peace with them. We can only hope to instill the fear of unspeakable retaliation.
A carefully placed Nuke on the Ka'bah next Ramadan would be the perfect way to start making our point. Once the entire muslim world was reduced to a field of molten glass, I believe that they would understand the consequences of continually attempting to draw a superior adversary into a war that they are woefully unprepared to fight.
Owl_Eagle
”Guns Before Butter.”
Does this indicate a change in strategy whereby Muslims will engage the military rather than murder civilians as required by the Geneva Convention? Will they wear uniforms and segregate themselves from the innocent civilian population as is also required? Will they cease using ambulances as weapons trains as required?
I didn't think so. These barbarians are unwilling to submit to any standard of civilization. In Israel and here they have declared war on the most capable civilization the world has ever created: Western Capitalist Democracy. It is incumbent upon us to destroy them before they destroy us.
We can do it within the bounds of morality. The unlamented and recently KIA Hamas leader serves as an example of what we are allowed to do by the Geneva Convention. If the Palestinians don't like the results, they should separate their war fighting from their harems.
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