Khaled Abu Toameh, THE JERUSALEM POST May. 22, 2006
The Jordanian government on Monday threatened to close its embassy in Gaza City in response to the killing of the Jordanian ambassador's driver during clashes between Hamas and Fatah gunmen, Palestinian Authority officials here told The Jerusalem Post.
According to the officials, senior Jordanian government officials expressed deep concern over the growing violence in the Gaza Strip and warned that Jordan would close its embassy and recall its ambassador unless the two parties put an end to the daily clashes.
"The Jordanians are very angry," said one official. "We hope they won't take any drastic measures following the unfortunate incident."
PA chairman Mahmoud Abbas phoned the Jordanian ambassador, Yahya al-Karalla, and expressed deep regret over the death of the driver, who was identified as Khaled Radaidah, 48, who is a Jordanian citizen. Ten others were wounded in the clashes, most of them passersby.
Radaida's body was flown home Tuesday for burial, Israeli and Palestinian officials said.
Radaida's coffin, draped in the Jordanian flag, was escorted by Palestinian police to the Erez crossing into Israel, Palestinian security officials said. From there, the body was taken to the Israeli coastal city of Ashkelon, where a Jordanian helicopter flew the body to Amman, said Yossi Tzemach, an official at an Israeli liaison office at Erez.
Monday's killing brings to eight the number of Palestinians killed since the beginning of the month in internecine fighting. Earlier in the day, 23-year-old Muhammed Abu Toaymeh, a Fatah gunman, was killed in an armed clash with Hamas militiamen in the town of Abbasan in the southern Gaza Strip.
PA Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh and other Hamas leaders also phoned the ambassador to offer their condolences.
The driver was shot and killed during heavy clashes that erupted between Hamas's new security force and Fatah gunmen near the offices of the Palestinian Legislative Council in Gaza City. Eyewitnesses said Radaidah was hit by stray bullets after his car was caught in the crossfire.
Fatah and Hamas held each other responsible for the killing. Abdel Hakim Awad, a Fatah spokesman, claimed the Jordanian driver was shot and killed by members of Hamas's security force.
"These black militias are responsible for the anarchy in the Gaza Strip," he said. "They are patrolling the streets in unofficial vehicles and their identities are unknown. Today's clashes began when the Hamas militiamen opened fire at Palestinian security officers."
Fatah's armed wing, the Aksa Martyrs Brigades, said Interior Minister Said Siam was responsible for the growing tensions because of his decision to establish the new Hamas force. "This is a mafia and a gang that has been terrorizing the people," the group said in a statement. "We call on the Palestinian families in the Gaza Strip to prevent their sons from joining this mafia which belongs to the Interior Minister."
Hamas, on the other hand, claimed that Radaidah was killed by members of the PA's Preventative Security Service. A top Hamas leader told the Post that the assassins belong to the Preventative Security Service's "death squad" headed by Nabil Tamous. "They opened fire from automatic weapons at Hamas gunmen stationed near the Palestinian Legislative Council, killing the Jordanian driver," he said.
Sami Abu Zuhri, a Hamas spokesman in the Gaza Strip, said the clashes erupted between Hamas's security forces and "suspicious" gunmen. "These clashes were not between the [Hamas] special force and the Palestinian security forces," he said. "Some suspicious gunmen are trying to trigger civil war and dissension."
The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine called on Haniyeh to dismantle the new security force. The appeal was made during a meeting between a PFLP delegation and Haniyeh in Gaza City. PFLP representative Rabah Muhana told Haniyeh that the decision to deploy the 3,000-strong force was a mistake because it was illegally established.
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is it safe to say that most violence in the middle east ,is carried out by soilders and poor people?
mike rozier Member # 10852
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were the guys who did 911, poor? are most palistinian suicide bombers poor? are most iraq suicide bombers poor?
why did'nt zarcowie or bin lauden become suicide bombers?how bout the muslim women who tried to blow up that russian theater? were they poor?
what is the ratio, of muslim suicide bombers between poor and rich?
is my inpression that most islamic suicide bombers are poor, correct?
to me it seems like most islamic suicide bombers are poor sapps, who get feed a line of BS from ussually a richer guy who, would'nt touch a islamic suicide belt of dynomite with a ten foot pole..
Sonomod_me Member # 10522
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quote:Originally posted by mike rozier: were the guys who did 911, poor? are most palistinian suicide bombers poor? are most iraq suicide bombers poor?
why did'nt zarcowie or bin lauden become suicide bombers?how bout the muslim women who tried to blow up that russian theater? were they poor?
what is the ratio, of muslim suicide bombers between poor and rich?
is my inpression that most islamic suicide bombers are poor, correct?
to me it seems like most islamic suicide bombers are poor sapps, who get feed a line of BS from ussually a richer guy who, would'nt touch a islamic suicide belt of dynomite with a ten foot pole..
Naturally you are confused. Remember 15 of those 19 9/11 bombers were Saudis and none of them were poor, the Egyptian Mohamed Atta is a son of a lawyer and real estate mogul *a millionaire* so again your assumptions gained from watching too much CNN is incorrect.
mike rozier Member # 10852
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so you really think the 47 virgins BS, motivated these guys to commit mass murder?
Sonomod_me Member # 10522
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quote:Originally posted by mike rozier: so you really think the 47 virgins BS, motivated these guys to commit mass murder?
Mike you are drunk. Its 72 virgins to be precise....
And no it wasn't virgins that motivated them.
mike rozier Member # 10852
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ok, besides satan, what motivated them to commit suicide and mass murder?
Sonomod_me Member # 10522
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quote:Originally posted by mike rozier: ok, besides satan, what motivated them to commit suicide and mass murder?
There is a treatment center in Illinios, go for it Mike I know you have the strength to overcome!
mike rozier Member # 10852
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yeah yeah yeah yeah, get over yourself for a second..
what do you think made them run them jumbo jets into them buildings?
Sonomod_me Member # 10522
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quote:Originally posted by mike rozier: yeah yeah yeah yeah, get over yourself for a second..
what do you think made them run them jumbo jets into them buildings?
Mike do you think with your liver instead of your brains?
mike rozier Member # 10852
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ok, I give up..forget I said anything..
KERDA(chimps:) Member # 11116
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my gord this 180 seconds must be having **** on ur finger tips ,waiting to reply to each other ,im waiting tap tap tap tap tap tap tap tap tap tap has a 180seconds gone yet ?
With a name like Smuckers Member # 10289
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quote:Originally posted by mike rozier: were the guys who did 911, poor? are most palistinian suicide bombers poor? are most iraq suicide bombers poor?
why did'nt zarcowie or bin lauden become suicide bombers?how bout the muslim women who tried to blow up that russian theater? were they poor?
what is the ratio, of muslim suicide bombers between poor and rich?
is my inpression that most islamic suicide bombers are poor, correct?
to me it seems like most islamic suicide bombers are poor sapps, who get feed a line of BS from ussually a richer guy who, would'nt touch a islamic suicide belt of dynomite with a ten foot pole..
take your agenda elsewhere before you come in here spewing inaccurate things Mike. You would be surprised how far from poor many of these people are, and I guess you're looking for some kind of handle as to why they did what they did. Go back to the library and do some fact checking and learn a little before embarrassing yourself again.
mike rozier Member # 10852
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ok, so tell me what motivated them to commit mass murder and suicide.
With a name like Smuckers Member # 10289
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That's something personal within them. Why are you not dissecting everything a Christian, jew or Buddist has ever done? Why are you asking me to give reasons behind the thoughts and inclinations of a dead person??
Djehuti Member # 6698
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quote:Originally posted by mike rozier: ok, besides satan, what motivated them to commit suicide and mass murder?
It was satan and his 72 whores disguised as virgins.
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