Five dead, including Islamic Jihad militant, in helicopter attack

[JohnLocke]

Five dead, including Islamic Jihad militant, in helicopter attack
December 25, 2003 - Associated Press

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) -- Five people, including a senior Islamic militant, are dead after an Israeli helicopter strike in the Gaza Strip.
Witnesses and hospital officials say in addition to the five who died, 12 others were wounded.
Israel's army says it was targeting a senior Islamic Jihad militant who was planning a deadly attack in the coming days.
Islamic Jihad says the commander of the group's military wing, Muklit Hamid, was killed. And hospital officials say another Islamic Jihad militant was also among the dead.
It's the first such attack by Israel in more than two months.
Residents say an Israeli Apache helicopter fired missiles at a car driving between Gaza City and a refugee camp.
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[drdon326]

1. ERROR..I HATE YAHOO

.

[JohnLocke]

2. Kick

:kick: :kick: :kick:

[ClaraLemlich]

3. Makes sense

"Residents say an Israeli Apache helicopter fired missiles at a car driving between Gaza City and a refugee camp."

:eyes:

[JohnLocke]

4. What do you mean by that?

[MikeGalos]

5. Gee

the death of a couple of combatant right-wing religious fanatic military leaders.

My heart's bleeding.

[ClaraLemlich]

6. Gee

3 innocent dead and 12 innocent wounded and that's your response?

:eyes:

[bemildred]

7. They were "not targeted" and therefore there is no

"moral equivalency" and therefore it does not matter much; anyway
it's the targets' faults for being there when they were rocketed
instead of someplace else and by themselves. They ought to have
known their time was up and taken appropriate measures to reduce
the bloodshed. Get it?

[MikeGalos]

8. IF

they are really innocent then like any civilian deaths in a war, I feel sad that their leadership wanted war so badly that they didn't mind this outcome. On the other hand, I'd question how "innocent" people are riding with high leadership of a military command really are. Perhaps yes, perhaps no.