Monday, February 4, 2008
Nothing puts Israel's peace partners in a mood for celebration more than a successful suicide murder: Suicide bomber kills woman in southern Israel town
DIMONA, Israel (Reuters) - A Palestinian suicide bomber killed a woman in a desert town in southern Israel on Monday, the first such attack in the country in a year, but Israeli officials said peace talks would not be derailed.
Police said they prevented a second blast in the shopping centre of Dimona by shooting dead an accomplice before he could detonate an explosives belt.
"It was like a war. People were running like crazy. I saw a piece of a human being right there, next to my leg," witness Rosa Enberg told Israel's Channel Two television...
...A Gaza-based source in President Mahmoud Abbas's Fatah faction said the "Army of Palestine" wing of Fatah's al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades launched the attack along with the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP).
That's the supposedly disarmed al-Aqsa of moderate peace partner Mahmous Abbas and Palestinian hero George Habash's PFLP for those without score cards.
A Fatah official in the West Bank denied al-Aqsa involvement. The conflicting statements reflected divisions in Fatah as Abbas pursues U.S.-backed peace talks with Israel, the first in seven years.
"Abu Mazen (Abbas) is a moderate who wants peace. We will continue to negotiate with him," an Israeli official said.
Two other militant groups, [Sami Al-Arian's] Islamic Jihad and Hamas, which controls the Gaza Strip, praised the bombing as a blow against "Israeli occupation" and retaliation for Israeli attacks.
Young supporters of Fatah handed out flowers and candy to passing cars in the southern Gaza city of Rafah to celebrate.
[Speaking out of both sides of his mouth,] Abbas condemned the Dimona bombing but also criticized an earlier military raid by Israel in the occupied West Bank.
Police said the suicide bomber blew himself up in Dimona's busy commercial centre, killing himself and the Israeli woman, who was not immediately identified.
"The second terrorist was shot in the head as he tried to set off his bomb belt," said Yossi Porianta, the police chief in Israel's southern Negev region. The Magen David Adom ambulance service said 10 people were wounded...
That's one good terrorist.
YNet has video of celebrating Palestinians:
As word of the suicide bombing in Dimona spread Monday, Gaza residents were treated to celebratory wreaths of flowers as well as sweets that were handed to drivers and passers-by.
Gaza motorists receiving the treats and sweets also honked their horns in triumph and celebration...
More: YNet: Fatah: Bombers infiltrated Israel through Egypt (Video)
Ynet: Police officer: Terrorist reached for explosive before I shot him (Video -- Hero cop Kobi Mor)
Payback: IDF kills senior PRC operative
About two hours after suicide bombing in Dimona, Palestinians report booby-trapped car exploded near northern Gaza Strip town of Beit Lahiya; attack targets Salah al-Din Brigades commander Abu Sa'ad. IDF, Shin Bet confirm assassination
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I was prepared to put up an outraged post that AP was serving as an outlet for Palestinian propaganda. Take a look at these two photos of the Dimona bombers as innocent, sympathetic kids: This composite image shows undated childhood... Read More
Video of the concluding moments of the Dimona event: YouTube video (embedding is disabled). It's in Hebrew. You'll get the picture. You'll also see the images of the little darlings who perpetrated the atrocity...so different than the AP photos. [H/T:... Read More
The saga of the identity of the Dimona suicide bombers continues (see here, here, here, here and here). According to YNet, Egypt says they have the two guys that were dispatched from Gaza in jail: 'Dead terrorists' resurface in Egypt... Read More
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I didn't see anything about this today on the MSM, only on blogs like this one, then of course I checked the Israeli papers.
I guess the relative merits of the Superbowl commercials are more compelling than the suicide/murder bombing of Israeli civilians.
Israel retaliates by OFFING terrorist chief Amr Durmush.
Will Gazans pass out candy for this too?
I recommend Hersheys Kisses WITH Almonds.
La! La! La! La! La!
Those La! La! La's were for the New JERSEY Giants winning the Superbowl.
RE: your caption, "Note the Fatah scarf! -S," on that Yahoo! News site, there are a couple more pics of other boys handing out candy and flowers, all wearing what look to be brand-spanking new Fatah scarves around their necks. Interesting....
Yup, brand-spanking new.
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