Hamas and petards
posted at 10:40 am on June 13, 2008 by Ed Morrissey
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Hamas had to make an embarrassing admission today. Earlier, the terrorist group had blamed a Gaza explosion on an Israeli air strike, and even launched rockets in retaliation. However, it turns out that Hamas caused the blast themselves — while preparing to attack Israel:
The armed wing of Hamas has admitted that a massive explosion in the Gaza Strip on Thursday was caused by militants preparing an armed operation.
Seven people, including a four-month-old baby were killed in the blast, in Beit Lahiya, in the north of the strip.
Hamas had initially blamed the explosion on an Israeli air strike and responded with rocket fire, but Israel denied any involvement. …
“Members of the Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades were trying to prepare for a Jihad operation,” the Hamas movement’s armed wing said in a statement.
They succeeded, at least if they wanted to produce “martyrs”. The blast killed six of the Hamas terrorists, an infant, and wounded 50 more people in the area. If Hamas wants to continue with these kinds of martyrdom operations, Israel will not object, although the Palestinians might get tired of it — eventually.
Egypt wants to broker a peace between Hamas and Israel. Israel approves of Egypt’s efforts, but warns that the continuous rocket attacks will soon force the IDF to take serious action in Gaza to end the shelling of Israeli citizens. This aborted effort to create a large-scale terrorist attack shows that Hamas isn’t taking Egypt seriously. It’s a sign that we shouldn’t take Hamas seriously as a political entity and start treating it as the terrorist organization that it is.
Carl in Jerusalem calls this a “flying pigs moment”. I’m sure Hamas appreciates the pork reference.
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Think_b4_speaking on June 13, 2008 at 10:43 AM
the sad thing is that the Palestinian apologists will continue to blame Isreal for the explosion.
MarkTheGreat on June 13, 2008 at 10:43 AM
The BBC ran the story yesterday with the headline that it was an Israeli airstrike, obviously taking Hamas’ word for it.
Limerick on June 13, 2008 at 10:45 AM
“Ever have one of those days….”
Romeo13 on June 13, 2008 at 10:48 AM
And i bet they won’t have the decency Hamas had to broadcast a rebuttal.
Aristotle on June 13, 2008 at 10:48 AM
What is a baby going to do with 70 virgins?
al sends
afterdarknesslight on June 13, 2008 at 10:50 AM
OSHA’s fault.
RBMN on June 13, 2008 at 10:51 AM
Frackin’ new guys.
Yakko77 on June 13, 2008 at 10:52 AM
I’m actually surprised Hamas admitted the blast was their own fault, or at the very least, didn’t come up with a story that IDF troops or the Mosad triggered the explosives to go off before they were ready for the explosives to go off.
jon1979 on June 13, 2008 at 10:54 AM
The conspicuous lack of pristine stuffed toys balancing atop the rubble in the picture should’ve been your first indication that it wasn’t an Israeli air strike…only Israeli stormtroopers are so precise.
James on June 13, 2008 at 10:55 AM
Since there is no objection to pedophilia in Islam, I suppose what the baby does depends on its gender.
I’d rather go to Christian heaven and listen to an eternity of boring harp music than go to Muslim heaven with its low-brow drunken debauchery.
thuja on June 13, 2008 at 10:55 AM
On CNN’s report this morning a Hamas offical said it was a ‘work related accident’.
Baghdad Bob, move over.
Limerick on June 13, 2008 at 10:55 AM
Jimmy Carter blames Israel in 5…4…3…
hillbillyjim on June 13, 2008 at 10:57 AM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGfTz0EZcoU Achmed says…
Premature detonation…
Romeo13 on June 13, 2008 at 10:58 AM
Southwest Airlines should open a hub in Gaza.
“Wanna get away?”
Bishop on June 13, 2008 at 10:58 AM
Civilians were killed? Will the nutjobs of the world even pause to consider the relation between this event and the civilian deaths when Israel defends itself by taking out the missile-firers?
Will they even consider the possibility that the terrorists are to blame for being so close to civilians?
I already know the answer. :\
MattMacD on June 13, 2008 at 11:00 AM
But at least they took that Verizon Wireless guy with them.
My collie says:
CyberCipher on June 13, 2008 at 11:00 AM
hey..let’s have some more peace talks
windansea on June 13, 2008 at 11:00 AM
“Never touch this wire, Abu…”
Akzed on June 13, 2008 at 11:02 AM
Hmm, would that actually be 432 VIRGINS? Six x 72 virgins for each?
Just how many virgins are their where they go?
originalpechanga on June 13, 2008 at 11:05 AM
I told ya that whacking the Hamass guys with an IQ over 40 would have salutary results…
mojo on June 13, 2008 at 11:06 AM
They must have taken bomb building lessons from Bill Ayers. :)
Talon on June 13, 2008 at 11:06 AM
Are you in La Jolla windansea?
SoCalInfidel on June 13, 2008 at 11:08 AM
They must have taken bomb building lessons from Bill Ayers. :)
Talon on June 13, 2008 at 11:06 AM
HA! You mean Obama’s Defense Secretary?
Bishop on June 13, 2008 at 11:12 AM
I told ya that whacking the Hamass guys with an IQ over 40 would have salutary results…
mojo on June 13, 2008 at 11:06 AM
There were Hamas guys with 40+ IQ’s? Huh, I had no idea.
Bishop on June 13, 2008 at 11:13 AM
Must be they couldn’t find anyone from Reuters willing to photoshop it.
Connie on June 13, 2008 at 11:14 AM
If you take your impressions of heaven from Hallmark rather than Scripture, this is the result.
TexasDan on June 13, 2008 at 11:17 AM
Heh.
They should find ol’ what’s-his-name and have him photoshop Zombie Moshe Dayan kicking the explosives. Then show the aftermath with Zombie Menachem Begin practising the blood libel thing (you know what I’m talking about).
I’m sure that would make on the cover of Time Magazine.
mjk on June 13, 2008 at 11:21 AM
LOL, personaly, I’m more of a Valhalla kind of guy…
die with a sword in hand, get chosen by a hot blonde warrior babe (Valkyrie), fight all day, party all night… and wait for the final battle of Ragnorak…
Works fer me!
Romeo13 on June 13, 2008 at 11:23 AM
not now, used to live there
I now live in the libertarian paradise of Mexico :)
windansea on June 13, 2008 at 11:25 AM
I love windansea…when you have the right swell direction it just fires there. I got some of the best waves of my life there and at the sunset cliffs and at lower trestles. I love it
SoCalInfidel on June 13, 2008 at 11:29 AM
Hey, HAS THE AMERICAN Media published this too???
originalpechanga on June 13, 2008 at 11:30 AM
Karma is a bitch, ain’t it?
MadisonConservative on June 13, 2008 at 11:31 AM
Just wait until Obama lays a little presidential diplomacy on Hamas. These incidents will stop at once.
Cicero43 on June 13, 2008 at 11:40 AM
Actually, they did. But the AP spent most of the day spinning the Hamas line and only slowly starting to let out the real news, that Hamas blew up the house themselves. And today, no article from the AP. The info is buried in yet another anti-Israel article about “settlement” expansion. The “settlements” they’re talking about are apartments in a Jerusalem suburb.
Meryl Yourish on June 13, 2008 at 11:42 AM
Does that mean the survivors can file for Workman’s Comp?
TooTall on June 13, 2008 at 11:42 AM
A niggling point here, but why do you suppose they came out and admitted it? It’s not like the world would have believed Israel.
Mark V. on June 13, 2008 at 11:45 AM
Even better, what are those guys gonna do when they get to “Muslim heaven” and find out they mis-translated the Quran and it’s actually 72 white raisins? Man are they gonna be pissed!
Although the baby might be OK with the raisins, if it was eating solid food by then.
/dark humor
In all seriousness, I feel sorry for the poor baby. Darn thing never had a chance to grow up. While it might have grown up to be another jihadi killer, I prefer to think it would have at least had a CHANCE to escape to the West and live a good peaceful life. No chance of that now. R.I.P. little baby, May flights of Angels wing thee to thy rest.
wearyman on June 13, 2008 at 11:46 AM
Relax, it is a joke.
Anyways, I will go to Jew heaven, where I will be inside the fence waving at all the goyim on the outside.
Squid Shark on June 13, 2008 at 11:49 AM
Man is HE in for a surprise when he finds out his heavenly neighbors are Martin Luther, Billy Graham, and John Bunyan.
:)
wearyman on June 13, 2008 at 11:52 AM
Even worse when he finds out the block club leader is Moishe Rosen. (Founder of Jews for Jesus)
;)
wearyman on June 13, 2008 at 11:54 AM
Whenever I see the words “hamas” and “petards” in the same sentence, I just know it’s going to be good.
Bob's Kid on June 13, 2008 at 12:15 PM
Above
P=R
Headline fixed. Preview is your friend, Ed.
29Victor on June 13, 2008 at 12:23 PM
WAIT A MINUTE!!! I thought that Carter, Clinton, Albright, Bush, and Rice all secured peace in the Middle East!
fossten on June 13, 2008 at 12:27 PM
I blame George W. Bush.
rbj on June 13, 2008 at 12:30 PM
Here is how Christine Amanpour of CNN will report the story:
“Continued Israeli expansion in defiance of international law and US policy over five administrations caused desperation on the part of Palestinians. Realizing that they were losing their lands at an alarming rate, Palestinian militias used a house to store defensive weapons to combat the continous Israeli attacks. The defensive weapons inadvertently detonated and seven Palestinian civilians, many of them children, died in the work related accident. Despite the tragedy, Israeli settlement construction continued unabated. Former President Jimmy Carter, winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, condemed the Israeli settlement activity and the collective punishment imposed by Israel. From occupied Palestine, this is Christine Amanpour reporing for Carter excuse me Cable News Network.”
Larraby on June 13, 2008 at 12:30 PM
“Settlement” Expansion Setback—–Women and Children Hardest Hit
Hamas his admitted today that one of their train-ees recommended by Jimmy Carter inadvertently rested his elbow on a detonator plunger sending six Hamas terrorist prematurely virgin hunting. A Hama’s spokesperson said it would only take another week to recieve another shipment of explosives from Iran via Hezbollah. “The shipment would be here sooner”, said the spokesman, “but it’s on a load of diapers routed thru Pakistan that bin Laden ordered when the ground shook under his feet a few days ago.”
Rovin on June 13, 2008 at 12:34 PM
This continues to show the absolute evil these scum of the earth possess. But no less is the same evil oozing out of BBC & all the MSM. These people are truly demon possessed. Never trust a muslim nor the MSM anymore!
wepeople on June 13, 2008 at 12:36 PM
Too bad there’s no video of the work accident. I always enjoy seeing terrorists being reduced to their component molecules. Helps with global warming, too. (It’s been a cold spring up here in the northwest.)
Instead, here’s a couple of videos to help capture the mood:
IED trainees get out of class early
Mortar round magically creates 72 virgins
Splashman on June 13, 2008 at 12:44 PM
More Hamas news from Jordan…
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7450714.stm
Limerick on June 13, 2008 at 12:50 PM
Jesus said there will be no sex in Heaven. There’s nothing said about harps, but there will be some awesome jams up there. And spending eternity with the glorious, loving, almighty, holy King of Kings is better than 1,000,000 virgins. No pain, no sorrow, only joy forever. Thank you God…I’m not worthy, but You are merciful.
jgapinoy on June 13, 2008 at 12:54 PM
By a bomb master-maker. . . Don’t they have a pill for that these days?
Boy that clip of those sods running around like chickens with their heads cut off, shouting, gesticulating–it’s really what they do best. And to think–these people used to be the best-educated, and most cultured people in the Arab world. How ennobling their new calling has become. /sarc
smellthecoffee on June 13, 2008 at 1:05 PM
My thought exactly.
It’s been shown over and over again that the majority of people will take the wore of Hamas/PLO/IJ/Hezbollah/ over the word of Israel on these matters.
What could possibly have prompted Hamas to admit that they did it to themselves while preparing for a terrorist operation?
JadeNYU on June 13, 2008 at 1:15 PM
I pressed the red button. Was that wrong, Achmed?
I R A Darth Aggie on June 13, 2008 at 1:30 PM
My guess is 1. they vaporized someone near the top of the Hamas food chain and 2. there were too many angry witnesses left alive this time. Would a tipping point be too much to hope for?
NightmareOnKStreet on June 13, 2008 at 2:04 PM
Splodeydopes! No virgins for YOU!
perroviejo on June 13, 2008 at 7:42 PM
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