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Recruiting Suicide Bombers

by John Cole|  March 6, 20034:06 am| 5 Comments

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I have been very outspoken in my defense of Israel, but this, if reported accurately, is absolutely unacceptable:

Israeli forces killed at least 11 Palestinians, including some torn apart by a tank shell, in a major raid into a militant stronghold in the Gaza Strip after a suicide bomber killed 15 people in Israel.

The tank round crashed into a crowd trying to hose down a commercial building set ablaze during the incursion into Jabalya refugee camp which triggered hours of pitched fighting, witnesses and medics said.

Even if this was a tragic accident, it is unacceptable. Period. End of Story.

If it was intentional, it was murder and a war crime of the most despicable order.

Either way, it is a damn fine tool for recruiting suicide bombers.

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  1. 1.

    amy

    March 6, 2003 at 12:43 pm

    Based soley on past reports vs. facts what most likely happened is that the poor innocent crowd trying to put out a fire probably was rioting and caused the very same fire. It’s also very likely that some of this crowd was armed.

  2. 2.

    John Cole

    March 6, 2003 at 1:06 pm

    I hope you were right and this was justified.

  3. 3.

    Mason

    March 6, 2003 at 4:38 pm

    I’ve also heard reports that it could have been a bomb, maybe set off in the fire. I’d like to hope so.

  4. 4.

    RHJunior

    March 6, 2003 at 11:35 pm

    Latest reports were that it was, indeed, a bomb.

    My guess is that some young feller was wearin’ a bomb belt, got all het up thinkin’ bout them 72 virgins, and had a case of– shall we say– “premature detonation ?”

  5. 5.

    Colin

    March 7, 2003 at 11:44 am

    Gosh, if those darn Jews would just do the right thing and die, none of this would be happening.

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