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Terrorist Dictionary -- Cease-fire = Reload

Published Thu, Jan 4 2007 2:38 AM
Technorati Tags: News and Politics, War on Terror, Middle East, Israel and Palestine

Well, it seems like civil war may be breaking out in Palestine again. Terrorists fighting terrorists again.

It seems that there were these Fatah gunmen just sitting on a roof, minding their own business, when one of them was shot and killed. So naturally gun battles erupted in the streets.

Then, three Fatah security officials raided a house. So naturally, some other gunmen fought back and wounded one of them. Then they attacked their cars while they were on the way to the hospital. You know, just the sort of activity that you'd expect when terrorists have agreed to a cease-fire.

From Haaretz:

In the southern Gaza town of Khan Yunis, three security officials loyal to Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas were killed Wednesday afternoon when unidentified gunmen attacked their vehicles, hospital officials said.

Abbas's Preventive Security force blamed the ruling Hamas movement for the attack.

Before the ambush, the security officers stormed a house where they believed a colleague who had been kidnapped earlier in the day was being held, officials said in a statement.

Militants attacked the officers, and one was injured, the statement said.

When two of his colleagues driving a police car tried to bring him to the hospital, they were attacked near the hospital's entrance, the statement said. Two were killed in the attack and the third died later in hospital.

The three were named as Osama A-Shami, Anwar A-Najar and Osama Nasser.

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In a text message sent to reporters Wednesday evening, the Fatah leadership in Khan Yunis blamed Hamas for trying to "increase chaos" in Gaza and said loyalists had now been instructed to "defend themselves by any means necessary."

The 22-year-old woman, named as Mona Salahah, died in hospital Wednesday afternoon from head wounds sustained when she was caught in the cross-fire crossfire during Hamas-Fatah gunbattles in northern Gaza. Another 12 people were moderately wounded, hospital and security officials said.

Wednesday's violence in northern Gaza began when Ala Saniyah, a 25-year-old militant from Abbas' Fatah party was shot and killed in the town of Beit Lahia, setting off a round of gunbattles that sent rival gunmen pouring into the streets.

Fatah officials would not comment publicly on the shooting, but privately blamed Hamas. Local residents said the victim was on a rooftop with other Fatah gunmen when he was shot.

Hamas gunmen also kidnapped five Fatah loyalists Wednesday, according to Fatah officials, speaking on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak to the media.

Yep, nothing to see here folks, move along. It's just business as usual in the Gaza strip.

This just goes to show you that you can't trust a terrorist. There's just no negotiating with them. Sure, they'll say they'll lay down their arms. They'll agree to a cease-fire. But as soon as your back is turned they'll kidnap someone, or shoot someone on a rooftop and an innocent bystander will get killed in the crossfire.

If this is how the terrorists honor a cease-fire amongst themselves, how in the world do we expect them to honor any agreement they make when diplomats do the talking?

You'd think that the world would learn from experience with these people. You can't negotiate with terrorists. "Cease-fire" is apparently the terrorist word for "Reload".