Bloodthirsty Liberal

Ah-one, ah-two, ah-one-two-three and:

“Daddy gave me a present, a machine gun and a rifle.
When I am a big boy, I will join the Liberation Army.
The army of [Izz Al-Din] Al-Qassam (Hamas),
which has taught us how to defend our homeland.
Our homeland is precious, precious.
We [are] victorious, victorious over America and Israel.
[Improvises:] Son of a bitch - what brought you to this land?”

I always thought Izz-Al-Din was a pitcher for the St. Louis Browns in the 30s, but maybe I’m thinking of his brother Dafhi Din.

Now, about that cursing:

It is worth noting that the two hosts, the young girl Saraa and Nassur, an adult in a bear costume, approved of the boy’s choice of song and let him sing it. Only when the boy cursed(”Son of a bitch”), did the young girl cut him off, pointing out that the “program is a program for children, not for anything else.” The objection was to the boy’s cursing, not to the content of the song. The adult inside the puppet ended the exchange by defending the boy: “He didn’t say anything else, Saraa. He said the truth.”

There’s a guy in there?

Be my guest, Yogi. Don’t let the shrapnel hit you in the ass on your way out.

Do you want to:

- have all past debts forgiven?
- be a hit with the ladies?
- take care of your family?
- be tight with your God?
- go straight to the top?

Ask me how!

Six privileges, or kindnesses, to be granted the holy Martyr are mentioned in a hadith (tradition attributed to the Prophet Muhammad in Islam) and were explained in a recent Friday sermon broadcast on Hamas TV.

The privileges that are bestowed upon the one who dies for Allah and mentioned in the hadith are:

1- The Shahid’s sins are forgiven
2- He sees his place in Paradise and lives a full life of joy with Allah
3- He is protected from “the Great Shock” on Judgment Day
4- He is crowned with a crown of honor
5- He marries 72 dark-eyed wives
6- He will be able to intervene on behalf of 70 of his family members on Judgment Day, thereby ensuring them the reward of Afterlife

For years, both the Palestinian Authority and Hamas have promoted the ideal of dying as a Martyr for Allah. The promotion has been successful.
Palestinian Media Watch has collected many examples of Palestinian children and adults expressing belief in and desire for Shahada. Men and women aspire to become Shahids, and parents express pride and happiness when their children fulfill their aspirations and become Martyrs for Allah.

Don’t miss this can’t-miss opportunity to get in on the ground floor (where the blast can do the most damage to the foundations). Women and children especially welcome! (NINA: No Israelis Need Apply)

Hamass: we’re not sorry after all.

The Hamas government in Gaza on Saturday backtracked on its apology earlier this week in which it expressed regret for harming Israeli civilians in rocket attacks.

The apology had signaled a rare deviation from Hamas’ violent ideology, and the subsequent zigzag reflects the Islamic militants’ conflicting objectives.

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“We apologize for any harm that might have come to Israeli civilians,” the Hamas government wrote.

On Saturday, the government claimed the response to the U.N. was misinterpreted.

“The report that was submitted regarding the Goldstone report does not include any apologies and what took place was an incorrect interpretation of some of its wording,” the government said in a statement.

It did not attempt to explain the contradiction and Hamas officials declined comment.

Don’t worry, fellas, we didn’t take you too seriously in the first place.

And for those who did:

A Qassam rocket exploded in an open area in the western Negev, near Sderot on Sunday. There were no reports of injures or damage.

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The last rocket attack from the Gaza Strip came Wednesday, when a Qassam rocket exploded near the border fence in an agricultural field belonging to one of the kibbutzim of Shaar Hanegev Regional Council.

A day earlier, another rocket was fired, and this time landed in an open area in the Eshkol Regional Council.

Hamass claimed in its “apology” (now rescinded) that they always aimed at military installations and couldn’t be blamed if their rockets veered off course.

Uh-huh.

Yeah, we’re sorry.

We’re sorry you made us mad:

Hamas, in an unusual move, has expressed regret for the deaths of Israeli civilians in Palestinian rocket attacks during fighting in Gaza a year ago.

Israel, where Hamas suicide bombers have killed hundreds of civilians over two decades, dismissed any apology for the three non-combatants hit by rockets from Gaza in the war as insincere.

In a report by a committee set up by Hamas to examine UN allegations of war crimes by its fighters, the authors said: “We regret any harm that may have befallen any Israeli civilian.

“We hope the Israeli civilians understand that their government’s continued attacks on us were the key issue and the cause,” added the report, of which Reuters obtained a copy.

In response to the report, delivered to the United Nations this week, Foreign Ministry spokesman Yigal Palmor said on Friday: “For years Hamas has boasted about deliberately targeting civilians, either through suicide bombings, by gunfire or by rockets. Who are they trying to fool now?”

You answered your own question in two words, one starting with U, the other with N.

Besides, you know who Hamass considers a “civilian”, right? I think there’s an old guy in Nazareth who keeps bees and plays the clarinet. That’s about it.

And in their next breath…

At least one senior Hamas official, who declined to be named, said the movement remained ready to conduct “martyrdom operations” - suicide bombings of Israeli buses, cafes and the like, which have not, however, been seen for several years.

The Hamas report, after listing Palestinian grievances such as the Israeli embargo on Gaza, reaffirmed comments by officials of the 22-year-old Islamist movement that its improvised rockets were fired purely defensively and were aimed at Israeli military targets. They simply lacked the necessary accuracy, Hamas said.

“It should be noted that the Palestinian resistance…is not an organized army that possesses developed technological weapons,” the report said. “It may target a military site or a tank position and their fire goes astray…and hit a civilian location, despite their efforts to avoid hurting civilians.”

Sorry about those kids and old ladies, in other words, and sorry about the ones to come.

And if the Palestinian “resistance” isn’t an “organized army” with “technological weapons”, then what is it? Freedom fighters? Minutemen?

Let’s have a look:

Weapons, missiles, uniforms… and anybody wonder why the Israelis occasionally bulldoze orchards?

Yeah, but three little rockets—

Okay, 17 or 18 little rockets… come on, Israel, what about proportional response?

Okay, maybe hundreds and thousands of little rockets—what harm could these little toys do?

Yes, toys:

This kind of harm:

I will say this for Hamass: if they are sorry, at least they have much to be sorry for!

Reader Zee notes in a comment on the previous post that the Palestinians have contributed nothing to the betterment of society except the “work accident”—which is a good line.

As if on cue:

On Wednesday morning, an explosion occurred in an apartment building in Gaza City, killing a member of the Palestinian resistance and injuring 5 persons, including a couple and their two children.

According to investigations conducted by PCHR, at approximately 09:30 on Wednesday, a explosion from an unknown source occurred in a rented flat in a 3-storey apartment building in al-Sahaba Street in the east of Gaza City. As a result, a man was killed and 5 persons, including a couple and their two children, were moderately to seriously injured. The Palestinian police arrived at the scene and opened an investigation.

The official web site of the ‘Izziddin al-Qassam Brigades (the armed wing of Hamas) identified the man who was killed as one of their members - Abu Dajana ‘Abdul Rahman, 23, from the Sheikh Radwan neighborhood in Gaza City - and stated that he was killed in the course of a Jihad mission.

The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights reiterates its call for Palestinian resistance groups not to store explosives in residential areas to avoid hurting civilians, and states that the storage of weapons in civilian-populated areas constitutes a violation of international legal rules related to the protection of civilians.

Good luck with that.

In other accident news:

Today afternoon, unknown persons detonated a bomb near a convoy of vehicles belonging to the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) near Beit Hanoun town in the northern Gaza Strip. A vehicle was damaged, but no casualties were reported. This latest attack is part of the state of security chaos and proliferation of weapons plaguing the Occupied Palestinian Territory.

According to investigations conducted by the Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR), at approximately 14:15 on Thursday, 04 February 2010, a bomb planted by unknown persons exploded near a convoy of 4 vehicles belonging to the ICRC while traveling on Saladin Road opposite to al-Shawa fuel station near Beit Hanoun town in the northern Gaza Strip. The explosion of the bomb, which had been planted two meters to the east of the road, resulted in smashing the front and side windows and damaging the front of the last vehicle in the convoy….

What, did you think we were done?

This morning, unknown persons detonated a bomb in a car belonging to Yousef Sarsour, a Hamas leader in Khan Yunis, and fire was set in the entrance of al-Basha resort in Gaza City. These two attacks are part of the state of security chaos and misuse of weapons plaguing the Occupied Palestinian Territory.

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In a separate incident, at approximately 05:30 on Tuesday, 02 February 2010, unknown persons set fire in the entrance of al-Basha resort in al-Daraj neighborhood in the east of Gaza City. The resort belongs to Mohammed Zakareya al-Sawafiri. The entrance and the banner of the resort were damaged.

Oops!

More accidents!

An Eritrean national was shot dead by Egyptian police 1 kilometre south of the Kerem Shalom crossing on the border with Israel and Gaza at dawn on Thursday, according to Egyptian security sources.

In a separate incident on Wednesday, two African migrants were killed and one was injured when Egyptian border police opened fire at a group of ten migrants attempting to cross the border into Israel, the sources added.

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One Eritrean national was injured after being shot in the chest and one migrant of unknown nationality was killed by a bullet wound to the back, the sources said.

Five Eritrean and three Ethiopian nationals turned themselves in to Egyptian police following the incident, according to sources.

The migrants admitted to illegally trying to enter Israel to seek work, the sources concluded.

Do you suppose the mother of the “migrant of unknown nationality [who] was killed by a bullet wound to the back” had that in mind for him when she brought him into the world?

The anonymity is the saddest part.

Couldn’t have happened to a nicer bunch

An explosive device was detonated near a Red Cross convoy in the Gaza Strip, Army Radio reported on Thursday, adding that it had not yet been made clear whether the explosion was a premeditated attack.

No injuries were reported in the Gaza blast, the Army Radio report said and one of the armored vehicles was damaged.

The Hamas-ruled coastal enclave had been sealed off by both Israel and Egypt since Israel’s invasion of the Strip during Operation Cast Lead early last year, although Israel has allowed the Red Cross to bring humanitarian aid into Gaza.

The explosion occurred just as the United States reportedly suggested to Israel that easing the Gaza blockade could help counter the fallout from the Goldstone report on alleged war crimes during Operation Cast Lead a year ago.

The Obama administration is having a real tough time, aren’t they? They can’t get anything right. It is almost as if “the gods” are aligned against them, heh.

- Aggie

Excellent!

- Aggie

Exploding barrels on the beaches

Such nice people.

Two large explosive charges contained in barrels were discovered on the beaches of Ashkelon and Ashdod on Monday.

The first barrel was discovered in Ashkelon on Monday morning, while the second container was spotted as it washed ashore on a beach in Ashdod.

Police believe that the barrels arrived at the beach via the sea from the Gaza Strip and are checking the possibility that it was intended to explode next to a ship or amongst beachgoers.

The explosive charge was neutralized by sappers.

A suspicious item was also discovered on a beach in Ashdod Monday evening.

A person who was walking on the Hofit beach in Ashkelon discovered the explosive at 11:30 a.m. and called the police. Security personnel form the northern beaches of Ashkelon arrived at the scene, checked the device and then neutralized it.

Area residents were asked to stay in their homes due to an “unusual security incident”.

Police praised the alertness of the person who discovered the device and called on anyone who sees a suspicious item to call the police.

So, if kids were playing with their dogs on the beach, and they started to explore, would the barrels have exploded? This is a new technique. Usually, Palestinian terrorists prefer to wear the bomb so that they can walk up to the kiddies and explode. They have more control that way. This indicates that it has gotten extremely difficult to get a suicide bomber through the checkpoint. Hey! Let’s make it easier on them! Let’s dismantle the checkpoints! Or maybe just ask Europe to be in charge! That’s the ticket.

- Aggie

Maybe Chris is right. If a man on an airline flight can’t say he wants to “kill all the Jews”, then maybe the terrorists have won:

The son of an airline passenger who was arrested after yelling that he wanted to “kill all the Jews” says his father has a history of mental illness.

Mickey Asad says his father is “far from a terrorist,” just a man who lost his temper. The younger Asad says that’s no excuse, but someone must have “pushed his button.”

Miami-Dade police said in a statement that Mansor Mohammad Asad of Toledo, Ohio, faces several charges including disorderly conduct.

Witnesses told authorities Asad was loud and disruptive, and claimed to be Palestinian. They believed he was sometimes speaking Arabic.

Mickey Asad says his father has a short temper and an extensive criminal record. He also said his father had been doing better in recent years, but that this was “a strange turn.”

There’s a little more here, including his bond hearing on video.

His family says he’s got bipolar disorder, and I almost feel sorry for him. Maybe he doesn’t want to kill all the Jews, maybe not even one. But given what he said and what he did, and his criminal history, I’m afraid he’s going to do time.

Like I say, I almost feel sorry for him.

This never interested the media much when it only happened to Israelis

Nawaz Kot, Pakistan (CNN) — “When we got to this compound it was shocking for us,” Lt. Col. Yusuf tells us, standing in the middle of what the Pakistani military says was a brainwashing center — for children.

It was here, according to the Pakistani military, that children aged 12 to 18 were turned from innocent youngsters into cold-blooded killers, willing to blow themselves to bits as suicide bombers.

The discovery of the compound was first reported in Pakistani media last month. Yusuf says his unit took it over after a three day battle with militants.

Part of the compound consists of four rooms — each wall adorned with brightly colored paintings in clear contrast to the barren and harsh landscape surrounding it. The children were told that this was what awaited them in heaven.

Each of the images has a river flowing through it. Some have people playing in the water. Others have women lining the banks.

The military says that the children are told that these are rivers of milk and honey, that the women are the virgins that await them in heaven. That the children were told that they will live in the company of the holy prophet and be served feasts.

Go to the link to view the pictures.

To get a sense of Palestinian child abuse you can watch this 2007 kindergarten graduation celebration.

I’m not sure why this is more horrifying in Pakistan than in Gaza, but I can guess.

- Aggie