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September 25, 2005

Carnage Caused by Slapstick Jihadists

It's nice that now all the evil Jews are pulling out of the Gaza Strip, the Palestinians there will be free at last to live in peace and harmony in a kind of Muslim Shangri-la, free from Zionist oppression. But wait, what's this:

JEBALIYA, Gaza Strip — A truck filled with masked militants and homemade weapons exploded at a Hamas rally Friday, killing at least 15 Palestinians and wounding 80 — including children...

Hamas of course blamed Israel for the incident, claiming it was a missile attack, and vowing to "avenge the blood of our martyrs." But Palestinian officials said it was an accident, caused by mishandling explosives.

Due to the popularity of terrorists among children in that culture (kids need to have role models, after all), dozens were wounded because they had crowded around the exploding militants' truck like teenyboppers greeting the Beatles.

This isn't the first deadly mishap to occur in Gaza in the wake of Israel's pullout — a Hamas weapons warehouse exploded; a militant managed to accidentally shoot himself in the head during an Islamic Jihad rally — and it probably won't be the last:

Even after the blast Friday, seven or eight gunmen stood in the back of another truck riding through Gaza, using their feet to stop a half-dozen rockets from bouncing around in the bed.

Maybe if we send the Palestinians enough free money, they'll have some left over after buying all the rockets they need to invest in safety courses for terrorists.

Thanks to Wiggins for the tip and the picture.

Posted by Van Helsing at September 25, 2005 11:08 AM

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