Attempted holdup of suicide bomber

Glocksman · Post by **Glocksman** » 2004-04-28 11:30am

Robbers Die Trying to Hold-Up Suicide Bomber

"PA"

A Hamas suicide bomber blew up two armed Palestinians who tried to rob him at gun point in the Gaza Strip.

Hamas claimed the “stickup men” worked for Israeli intelligence, while Palestinian security forces said the two were ordinary thieves.

Rather than give up his explosives, the bomber detonated them, killing himself and the two robbers near the border fence between Gaza and Israel.

Palestinian security officials said the the gunmen were criminals who were involved in a car theft ring that brought stolen vehicles from Israel to Gaza.

Hamas said the bomber was on his way to try to infiltrate into Israel, accompanied by another Hamas member and a guide, when they were stopped by the armed men.

The robbers forced the bomber to lie on the ground and tried to steal the bomb, but the militant detonated it, killing all three. The other Hamas man and the guide escaped.

There have been cases of rival groups stealing each other’s explosives, but no group claimed the two gunmen, and their families did not go to the hospital to take the bodies, indicating that the two were not militants, who are revered in Palestinian society.

A Hamas official said that whatever their intention, the two should be considered agents of Israel. “Anyone who tries to stop a fighter from doing his work is a collaborator,” he said, speaking on condition of anonymity.

Hamas has been threatening punishing retaliatory attacks since Israel killed the founder of the Islamic group, Sheik Ahmed Yassin, in a helicopter missile strike on March 22, and his successor, Abdel Aziz Rantisi, in another missile attack three weeks later.

Because of the threats, security was especially tight for Israel’s independence day holiday today.

Police set up roadblocks on highways, checking drivers, as Israelis crowded public parks and forests for traditional holiday cookouts.

Palestinians were banned from entering Israel, as they have been since a double suicide bombing attack that killed 10 Israelis in the port of Ashdod on March 14, idling about 16,000 Palestinian workers who have entry permits.

In Gaza, tens of thousands of Israelis streamed to Gush Katif, a bloc of Israeli settlements, to celebrate Israel’s independence day and protest at Prime Minister Ariel Sharon’s plan to withdraw from all of the coastal strip by next year.

The members of Sharon’s Likud Party will vote on the plan on Sunday, with polls giving Sharon only a slight lead.

In an independence day interview on Israel TV, Sharon appeared confident that he would win the Likud vote on his disengagement plan.

By this time next year, he said, “we will be in the midst of disengagement from Gaza.”

In the northern West Bank, Israeli troops raided the Tulkarem refugee camp with jeeps and armoured personnel carriers and conducted house-to-house searches. Soldiers exchanged fire with Palestinian gunmen, killing two and seriously wounding a third.

Israeli military officials said one of the dead was Ashraf Nafa, 21, the Hamas leader in Tulkarem. The other was Amjad Amra, 21, from the Islamic Jihad group. The officials said both had links to Lebanese Hezbollah guerrillas and planned attacks against Israelis.

The wounded man, a member of Hamas, was taken to an Israeli hospital.

"Yo. Give it up, bitch."

"May Allah piss on your fields" BOOM!

Admiral Valdemar · Post by **Admiral Valdemar** » 2004-04-28 11:45am

I can't help but snigger at that. The thieves must've shat themselves prior to blast off.

CJvR · Post by **CJvR** » 2004-04-28 12:03pm

So their response when encountering a suicidal lunatic with a TNT vest is to try and steal it!?!?!
And I thought Hamas was nuts.

2000AD · Post by **2000AD** » 2004-04-28 02:47pm

I don't know if it's ment to be funny ..... but i think it is

Burak Gazan · Post by **Burak Gazan** » 2004-04-28 02:59pm

This is a Darwin, I'm sure of it

2000AD · Post by **2000AD** » 2004-04-28 03:21pm

Burak Gazan wrote:This is a Darwin, I'm sure of it

Good idea, just done it.

Darth Yoshi · Post by **Darth Yoshi** » 2004-04-28 11:24pm

That's so stupid. I mean, honestly. If he's a suicide bomber, then holding him at gunpoint won't do jack.

Durandal · Post by **Durandal** » 2004-04-28 11:54pm

Telling a suicide bomber to give you his explosives (which are strapped to his body and primed) or else you'll kill him. That's just priceless. Darwin Award priceless.

darthdavid · Post by **darthdavid** » 2004-04-29 12:03am

People are fucking dumb.

EmperorMing · Post by **EmperorMing** » 2004-04-29 02:08am

Admiral Valdemar wrote:I can't help but snigger at that. The thieves must've shat themselves prior to blast off.

Same here. I don't know what else to add...

Crown · Post by **Crown** » 2004-04-29 04:45am

Durandal wrote:Telling a suicide bomber to give you his explosives (which are strapped to his body and primed) or else you'll kill him. That's just priceless. Darwin Award priceless.

It does kinda diminish whatever threats they were trying to use on him doesn't it?

Oh this is fucking classic, has anyone submitted this to the Darwin awards people yet?

2000AD · Post by **2000AD** » 2004-04-29 07:38am

Crown wrote:
Durandal wrote:Telling a suicide bomber to give you his explosives (which are strapped to his body and primed) or else you'll kill him. That's just priceless. Darwin Award priceless.
It does kinda diminish whatever threats they were trying to use on him doesn't it?

Oh this is fucking classic, has anyone submitted this to the Darwin awards people yet?

Yup

Bob the Gunslinger · Post by **Bob the Gunslinger** » 2004-04-29 10:56pm

In most countries, strapping a bomb to your chest is a good way to avoid being mugged.

"In Palestinian Territories, bomb steals you"(r life.)[/bad Yakoff Smirnoff impression]