Surprise! Iran is meddling in Gaza, too Update
posted at 9:39 am on February 2, 2007 by Bryan
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Turn over a rock in the Middle East, and Iranian terrorist helpers come scurrying out.
JERUSALEM: Seven Iranian weapons experts were seized yesterday in a raid by Fatah-affiliated security forces on the Islamic University, a Hamas stronghold in Gaza City.
Amid an escalation in the confrontation between Hamas and Fatah Palestinian factions, an eighth Iranian was reported to have committed suicide rather than be taken prisoner.Sources close to President Mahmoud Abbas of Fatah said the Iranians included intelligence and chemical experts and a senior military officer.
The Israeli news site Y-Net quoted a Palestinian source as saying the officer was a general.
Although Hamas and Islamic Jihad are known to have sent agents to Iran for training, this is the first report of Iranian personnel in the Palestinian territories.
It’s unlikely to be the last.
Hamas and Fatah inked a cease-fire on Tuesday. How’s that going? Depends on who’s doing the reporting.
NPR: Cease-Fire Collapses Between Palestinian Factions
The AP: Palestinian cease-fire holds despite factional shootings
The facts are that fighting erupted when Hamas attacked a few Fatah trucks that, according to Hamas, were carrying arms in from Egypt for Fatah. At least 8 are dead in the shooting. It’s hard to see how AP has the right of this story: For a cease-fire to hold, the firing actually has to cease.
Cease-fire or no, the world is eventually going to have to wake up to the grim reality that Iran is meddling in Iraq, in Lebanon and in Gaza, and wherever Iran meddles, you have strife and violence and the threat of civil war. If we want to stop all this fighting in all these places, the place to go is Tehran. Right now, we’re treating the symptoms and not the disease.
Update (AP): Hillary’s solution? Let’s chat ‘em up!
Update (Bryan): Diana West on the Bush admin and the Palestinians: Denial is an ugly thing.
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Have I ever mentioned that this is all one war, and we’re all in it?
Pablo on February 2, 2007 at 10:10 AM
Iran declared war on us in ‘79. Lets give em what they want.
infidel on February 2, 2007 at 10:20 AM
Precision strikes in Tehran. NOW. Take out all known military apparatus. Seal the nuke facilities. Let the Navy erradicate the Iranian naval forces to lessen the threat in the straits. . All at the same time. Get Em! Grrrr.
Guardian on February 2, 2007 at 10:21 AM
NPR is the voice of reason? I bet they’re influenced by all those New York Moneymakers.
BohicaTwentyTwo on February 2, 2007 at 10:23 AM
Avenge Beirut!
infidel on February 2, 2007 at 10:23 AM
Color me “surprised”.
Not.
ej_pez on February 2, 2007 at 10:26 AM
I’m sure that the Muslim leaders of Iran, Syria, Hezbollah, and Hamas will be very interested in having political discussion with a white, non-Muslim, woman… That’s not going to happen.
High Desert Wanderer on February 2, 2007 at 10:34 AM
Hey come on, Iranian weapons experts need a vacation. They were taking a little break from their day to day routine and thought a vacation in Gaza would be relaxing.
Kind of like the yound men who came over here for a “getaway” and ended up on those crazy planes that ran into some building a few years ago.
Pure coincidence.
right2bright on February 2, 2007 at 10:40 AM
They probably looooooooved talking to Madeleine Albright, because they knew they’d get what they wanted.
Attila (Pillage Idiot) on February 2, 2007 at 10:43 AM
Yes,Hillary let’s psychoanalyze the poor terrorists so we can understand them better and give them a big group hug and everything will be OK.
Man, I woke up in a pissy, cynical mood this morning. I’m glad its Friday.
vcferlita on February 2, 2007 at 10:48 AM
You’re absolutely right Bryan. Tehran is where we should be going. At least we should be setting up a few missiles along the Iraqi Iranian border.
oakpack on February 2, 2007 at 11:09 AM
Not to worry. I just sent an email to the UN and told them about this. I bet that they will be pissed.
BobK on February 2, 2007 at 11:14 AM
Denial is easy. Confrontation is hard. Guess which path a majority of Americans and most of our political leaders will choose?
(at least up until the time where there is no longer a choice)
thirteen28 on February 2, 2007 at 11:19 AM
cease fires can’t be broken if palestinians are shooting
Defector01 on February 2, 2007 at 12:12 PM
So what do we do? go in and take out Tehran? regime change? sh*t, we’ve done such a great job in Iraq, I can’t imagine that we’d fail in Iran. sarcasm off/ I’m a bit cynical today. I’ve always had a really cheery outlook for Iraq. now, i’m not so sure. The tide is turning, and it’s not in our favor, unfortunately.
pullingmyhairout on February 2, 2007 at 12:16 PM
1-25-2009
Today, Secretary of State, John Fffiinnng Cary (sent by newly elected President HildeBeast RodinHand Clinton) travels to Tehran to meet with President Mahmuck Ahmadinkjob. Secretary Cary nibbles Brie cheese and sips Chardonnay with Ahmadinkjob, and discusses terms of surrender (American surrender to Iran).
America surrenders, after much dialogue with Iran and Syria. As promised by the DemonCRATS, they achieve “peace in our time”.
mountainmanbob on February 2, 2007 at 12:33 PM
Our gov refuses to release the report (on Iran meddling), saying they don’t want to offend the enemy. Our government is so insane, so full of $hit! Maybe as insane as the Iranians!
retired on February 2, 2007 at 1:13 PM
Bryan: Gateway Pundit reports this morning;
Terp Mole on February 2, 2007 at 2:30 PM
Golly thanks, Jimmy!
drunyan8315 on February 2, 2007 at 8:18 PM
Rumor has it that Jimmy left the submarine force when they were redesigning the cooling systems to handle the higher reactor power output. His suggestion to install screen doors on the subs was not really well received by those who have trouble thinking outside the box.
drunyan8315 on February 2, 2007 at 8:23 PM
Bingo!
Emmett J. on February 3, 2007 at 12:51 AM
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