IDF Force Kills Terrorist Involved in Tel Aviv Attack
Following the failure of the PA to locate the perpetrators of the terror attack on the Stage club on the Tel Aviv boardwalk, the IDF has taken action, killing one of the terrorists involved.
The IDF and the GSS (General Security Service) launched a joint operation early Thursday morning to apprehend Mohammed Abad Altif Hasin Halil, 26. Halil was hiding in the village of Nazlat A-Wasta, north of Tul Karem.
Originally from Tul Karem, Halil took part in planning and facilitating the Tel Aviv boardwalk bombing two weeks ago, in which five Israelis were killed. He also took part in rigging a vehicle full of explosives meant to be detonated just a few days after the Tel Aviv attack by crashing it into a busload of soldiers. The truck-bomb was uncovered in the Arrabeh area on February 28 and neutralized.
I wish I could add a congratulatory comment for the GOI too, but I cannot do so in good faith. In the first place, the security forces who bring the terrorists to justice risk their lives constantly, only to find that hundreds of the detainees are released as 'gestures'. Secondly, the GOI has failed to use this example to highlight the fact that Arafat II - "the chap in the suit" - is going the way of his mentor and, to boot, is violating the Roadmap requirement to clamp down on terrorism. And third, the most important point is that the GOI itself should realize that dealing with Yesha Arabs before a thorough de-Nazification is asking for trouble, as the Tel Aviv incident proves.
And so one encounters a bizarre situation where a first class intel organization is led by a spineless government.
I find it most interesting to read the version promulgated by Israel's enemies under the guise of news. Here is what Reuters has to say in the opening paragraph of its propaganda:
Israeli forces, striking into the West Bank on Thursday despite a cease-fire, killed a Palestinian militant with alleged links to a suicide bombing in Tel Aviv last month.
The raid prompted protests from Palestinian leaders.
Note: the IDF/GSS operation is also reported by JPost and al-Ha'aretz.
Kudos to Israel's intel - second day in a row
Just a day after I lauded Israel's intel for capturing the lynching culprit, I have the honour to congratulate the Israelis for removing the culprit of the Tel Aviv terrorist bombing.
Arutz7 reported today [2005_03_10] as follows (excerpt):
I wish I could add a congratulatory comment for the GOI too, but I cannot do so in good faith. In the first place, the security forces who bring the terrorists to justice risk their lives constantly, only to find that hundreds of the detainees are released as 'gestures'. Secondly, the GOI has failed to use this example to highlight the fact that Arafat II - "the chap in the suit" - is going the way of his mentor and, to boot, is violating the Roadmap requirement to clamp down on terrorism. And third, the most important point is that the GOI itself should realize that dealing with Yesha Arabs before a thorough de-Nazification is asking for trouble, as the Tel Aviv incident proves.
And so one encounters a bizarre situation where a first class intel organization is led by a spineless government.
I find it most interesting to read the version promulgated by Israel's enemies under the guise of news. Here is what Reuters has to say in the opening paragraph of its propaganda:
Note: the IDF/GSS operation is also reported by JPost and al-Ha'aretz.
Posted by Joseph Alexander Norland at March 10, 2005 07:30 PM