breaking news.......

kronas · 17-04-2004, 19:46

the leader of the group hamas, has been killed after a helicopter missile attack on his land vehicle.....

abdul aziz rantissi, was pronounced dead at a hospital along with two others.

source: BBC news

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/mid...st/3635755.stm

Marge · 17-04-2004, 19:52

Can see the sh*t hitting the fan now

sir_drinks_alot · 17-04-2004, 19:54

man alive he has only been in the job what 3 weeks now looks like Israel are playing hardball from now on a stand Which i fully support

hay kronas well done on your first usefull thread

Damien · 17-04-2004, 19:59

Stupid Stupid Stupid Stupid

I can see the whole thing blowing up nnow

paulyoung666 · 17-04-2004, 20:38

Quote:

Originally Posted by Debsy42

Can see the sh*t hitting the fan now

me and you both

17-04-2004, 20:38

Debsy and Damien:

I agree wholeheartedly. If Israel thinks they hold some sort of moral high ground they are deluding themselves and they're IMO rapidly losing any credibility in the international forums.

John Smiths · 17-04-2004, 20:39

Quote:

Originally Posted by Damien

<snip!>

I can see the whole thing blowing up nnow

Was the pun intended?

paulyoung666 · 17-04-2004, 20:40

Quote:

Originally Posted by John Smiths

Was the pun intended?

i very much doubt it my mate

kronas · 17-04-2004, 20:45

the news story has been updated, also it was in response to an earlier suicide bombing that this occoured.........

Graham F · 17-04-2004, 20:57

Jack Straw has called the killing unlawful, unjustified and counter-productive and quite rightly so

Damien · 17-04-2004, 21:00

Quote:

Originally Posted by John Smiths

Was the pun intended?

oppps, crap

no, it wasnt

What they are doing it really stupid now though. You cant go blowing people up all the time it doesnt slove anything and the cycle will continue

**Paul M** · 17-04-2004, 21:24

Wasn't this guy the leader of a terrorist group whose suicide bombers killed loads of people ?

Graham F · 17-04-2004, 21:26

Yes, but how does killing a leader of such a group improve things? If anuthing it will make more people maters to the cause. State sponsored killings are not right and not legal.

Ramrod · 17-04-2004, 21:33

I can see why they shouldn't have killed him but on the other hand, he was a terrorist and as such deserved to die. The argument against killing these people appears to go along the lines of: 'We are killing your innocent civilians....If, however, you kill us we will kill more of you'
hmmmm

Damien · 17-04-2004, 21:36

But someone needs to stop the cycle. To be fair though this guy was new so he didnt really have much of a chance to kill anyone. But he would have. Does this make it right