http://www.aljazeerah.info/ Israeli security sources said Prime Minister Ariel Sharon personally ordered and monitored the helicopter attack against the paralyzed cleric, whose wheelchair lay smashed in a pool of blood after three missiles exploded.
It was the highest-profile assassination of a Palestinian since the April 1988 killing in Tunis of Palestinian commando chief Khalil al-Wazir. At least seven other people died in the Gaza strike and two of Yassin's sons were among 15 wounded.
The attack on Yassin as he and his entourage left dawn prayers seemed to be aimed at weakening Hamas to prevent it from claiming victory should Sharon go ahead with a planned unilateral pullout from Gaza.
After the first missile hit, a witness told Reuters: "I looked to see where Sheikh Ahmed Yassin was. He was lying on the ground and his wheelchair was destroyed. People there darted left and right. Then another two missiles landed."
Another one of Yassin's sons, Mohammed, told Reuters he had remarked to his father about three hours before the attack about an Israeli reconnaissance plane spotted in the sky.
"He said, 'We seek martyrdom....to Him (God) we belong to Him and to Him we return."'
Israeli Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz, speaking to reporters, called Yassin "the Palestinian (Osama) bin Laden" and pledged more Israeli attacks on Hamas's top echelon.
But a dissenting voice in the Israeli cabinet, Interior Minister Avraham Poraz, said Yassin -- Hamas's spiritual leader -- was not "a ticking bomb" and voiced concern that his death could lead to the loss of many more Israeli lives in suicide attacks.
Previous assassinations of Palestinian resistance leaders have triggered waves of suicide bombings that have turned Israeli buses, restaurants and cafes into charred wrecks and deepened violence that has stalled a U.S.-backed peace "road map."
Hundreds of thousands of Palestinians poured out their grief in a funeral procession for Yassin and the other dead.
While espousing "armed struggle," Yassin's movement also ran a broad welfare network for Palestinians and he was seen by many in the West Bank and Gaza as a heroic symbol of resistance to Israeli occupation.
"DOOR TO CHAOS"
Officials in the Palestinian Authority called Yassin a moderating force in Hamas, an Islamic movement he co-founded in 1987 with encouragement from Israel, which hoped the new group would undercut its long-time enemy, PLO chief Yasser Arafat.
"It is a clear message to the world that the Israelis are not ready to sit with the Palestinians for peace," Palestinian Prime Minister Ahmed Quorie told reporters after the killing, which he said "opened the door to chaos."
With eyes burning with tears and rage, mourners reached out to touch Yassin's Islamic flag-draped coffin in the biggest public turnout in Gaza since Arafat's triumphant entry in 1994 after interim peace deals with Israel.
"Sharon, start preparing your body bags because (Hamas's) Qassam Brigades will put Israeli houses in mourning and make a funeral in every Israeli street," the crowd chanted.
In the first sign of revenge within Israel, a Palestinian with an axe hurt three people outside an army base near Tel Aviv, Israeli police said. He was arrested.
In scenes reminiscent of the start of a Palestinian uprising that began in September 2000, protests erupted in the West Bank and Gaza Strip.
Witnesses said Israeli forces killed a gunman in the Gaza Strip and an 11-year-old during a demonstration in the area.
In the West Bank city of Nablus, witnesses said soldiers shot dead a university student-reporter during an anti-Israeli protest. The army said he was a gunman who fired at the troops.
The Israeli army sealed off the West Bank and Gaza Strip to stop any Palestinians entering Israel.
Mosques called an immediate general strike. Arafat, the Palestinian president, declared three days of mourning. He and his cabinet stood in a moment of silence at the start of an emergency meeting.
A senior State Department official urged all sides to remain calm. The United States brands Hamas a terrorist group.
Hamas said it believed Washington, where Sharon hopes to win support for go-it-alone steps Palestinians fear could turn into an Israeli land grab in the West Bank, had given the green light for Yassin's assassination.
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comments@whitehouse.gov David Ben-Gurion told Nahum Goldmann, the president of the World Jewish Congress:
“If I were an Arab leader I would never make terms with Israel. That is natural: we have taken their country . . . We come from Israel, but two thousand years ago, and what is that to them? There has been anti-semitism, the Nazis, Hitler, Auschwitz, but was that their fault? They only see one thing: we have come here and stolen their country. Why should they accept that?”
Must reads: Beyond Chutzspah, Finkelstein. A Pretext For War, Bamford. The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine, Simons. Must see: Rachel - An American Conscience, Barakat.
“In a world of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act.” - George Orwell
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LATEST COMMENTS ABOUT THIS ARTICLE
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TITLE |
AUTHOR |
DATE |
forgot about this scumbag |
iaf |
Friday, Mar. 23, 2007 at 5:58 AM |
how dare he/she |
PrionPartyy |
Friday, Mar. 23, 2007 at 3:53 PM |
Why 'Sheepdog' et al are neo-Nazi at heart |
SJ |
Tuesday, Mar. 27, 2007 at 2:13 PM |
whaaaaaaa |
The Zionazis' Whine |
Wednesday, Mar. 28, 2007 at 6:02 AM |
Coming out |
Bradley Burston |
Wednesday, Mar. 28, 2007 at 6:32 AM |
Screaming Weenies |
Zionazi Psychosis |
Wednesday, Mar. 28, 2007 at 7:34 AM |
UN Says Palestine under apartheid |
Marcus |
Wednesday, Mar. 28, 2007 at 8:06 AM |
UN is unjust |
majority not always right |
Wednesday, Mar. 28, 2007 at 8:51 AM |
UN is unjust |
majority not always right |
Wednesday, Mar. 28, 2007 at 8:51 AM |
oh brother.. |
Zionazi Doublespeak |
Wednesday, Mar. 28, 2007 at 9:18 AM |
From Missouri? |
show me |
Wednesday, Mar. 28, 2007 at 9:24 AM |
Snow me... |
Zionazi Denial |
Wednesday, Mar. 28, 2007 at 9:35 AM |
From Missouri? |
show me |
Wednesday, Mar. 28, 2007 at 9:41 AM |
Snow me |
Zionazi Guards |
Wednesday, Mar. 28, 2007 at 9:55 AM |
Nonsense |
Nonsense |
Wednesday, Mar. 28, 2007 at 11:59 AM |
never heard of it |
More Zionazi Doublethink |
Wednesday, Mar. 28, 2007 at 12:48 PM |
From Missouri |
show me |
Wednesday, Mar. 28, 2007 at 12:57 PM |
what gives? |
Zion-azis squeek |
Wednesday, Mar. 28, 2007 at 1:44 PM |
mental malfunction |
Zionazi Blindness |
Wednesday, Mar. 28, 2007 at 4:16 PM |
Naziesque 'Sheepdog' fell silent |
Neo-Nazis stumped |
Wednesday, Mar. 28, 2007 at 7:04 PM |
Can you show me |
Zionazi Refrain |
Thursday, Mar. 29, 2007 at 1:40 AM |
hyperbole |
and lies |
Thursday, Mar. 29, 2007 at 4:26 AM |
"open border with Egypt" |
partners in crime |
Thursday, Mar. 29, 2007 at 6:28 PM |
from missouri |
show me |
Friday, Mar. 30, 2007 at 4:26 AM |
"three concrete examples" |
not necessary |
Friday, Mar. 30, 2007 at 5:02 AM |
Wrong |
try again |
Friday, Mar. 30, 2007 at 6:33 AM |
Wrong |
try again |
Friday, Mar. 30, 2007 at 6:33 AM |
"anti-tank and anti-aircraft missiles" |
death to the Zionist entity |
Friday, Mar. 30, 2007 at 7:04 AM |
even better |
better still |
Friday, Mar. 30, 2007 at 7:09 AM |
"victimhood" |
Seems to work with the Zion-azis |
Friday, Mar. 30, 2007 at 8:08 AM |
More lies |
more hate |
Friday, Mar. 30, 2007 at 9:07 AM |
oh brother |
The Beam in Your Own Eye |
Friday, Mar. 30, 2007 at 9:07 AM |
some history |
Not a Zio-nazi |
Friday, Mar. 30, 2007 at 9:40 AM |
Looking for Context |
in all the wrong places |
Friday, Mar. 30, 2007 at 9:48 AM |
more context |
than I needed |
Friday, Mar. 30, 2007 at 10:17 AM |
Sure, can do... if it mattered |
Willful Ignorance in no excuse for Zio-nazis |
Friday, Mar. 30, 2007 at 10:19 AM |
Rense is a hate site |
next |
Friday, Mar. 30, 2007 at 10:32 AM |
And the |
real story |
Friday, Mar. 30, 2007 at 10:58 AM |
Because *you* say so? |
Zio-nazis can't dance |
Friday, Mar. 30, 2007 at 11:02 AM |
I don't do hate sites |
clearly you do |
Friday, Mar. 30, 2007 at 11:23 AM |
More lack of credability |
is it lying or stupidity? |
Friday, Mar. 30, 2007 at 11:30 AM |
NYT? ha ha ha |
Zio-nazis can't read either |
Friday, Mar. 30, 2007 at 11:37 AM |
I don't use Google |
Try DOGPILE |
Friday, Mar. 30, 2007 at 11:46 AM |
zio-N A Z I S are funny |
I don't read Zionazi Thesis |
Friday, Mar. 30, 2007 at 12:31 PM |
"Anything from Rense lacks credibility." |
oh, really? |
Friday, Mar. 30, 2007 at 1:32 PM |
Get real, |
the editors are his kins |
Friday, Mar. 30, 2007 at 3:09 PM |
Stop acting like NAZIS |
and we'll stop calling you Zionazis |
Friday, Mar. 30, 2007 at 3:28 PM |
so sorry - you feel that way |
Zionazis are sensitive about this |
Friday, Mar. 30, 2007 at 3:59 PM |
so sorry - you feel that way |
Zionazis are sensitive about this |
Friday, Mar. 30, 2007 at 4:02 PM |
so sorry - you feel that way |
Neonazis are sensitive about this |
Friday, Mar. 30, 2007 at 4:06 PM |
reduced to parrot talk as usual |
Zionazis make no sense. |
Friday, Mar. 30, 2007 at 4:19 PM |
reduced to sheer hateful idiocy |
Neonazis deserve no better. |
Friday, Mar. 30, 2007 at 4:25 PM |
Quick notes |
from the research goddess |
Friday, Mar. 30, 2007 at 8:11 PM |
The real friend of the Nazis |
the grand mufti |
Friday, Mar. 30, 2007 at 8:47 PM |
"The real friend of the Nazis" |
Fieval Polkes |
Friday, Mar. 30, 2007 at 9:37 PM |
Avoid the truth |
change the topic |
Saturday, Mar. 31, 2007 at 4:43 AM |
they bring up Al-Husseini.... |
because |
Saturday, Mar. 31, 2007 at 5:55 AM |
In the service of the Jewish state |
repost |
Saturday, Mar. 31, 2007 at 7:03 AM |
Boycott Israeli goods |
couldn't you try just a little bit harder? |
Saturday, Mar. 31, 2007 at 10:13 AM |
"Not the most effective boycott " |
heard it before |
Saturday, Mar. 31, 2007 at 10:33 AM |
Boycott? |
The Reason |
Saturday, Mar. 31, 2007 at 11:44 AM |
No one need die for Israel to cease to exist. |
wipe it off, not out |
Monday, Apr. 02, 2007 at 9:49 PM |
Not one original thought |
Zionazi Parrot |
Tuesday, Apr. 03, 2007 at 2:28 PM |
Not one original thought |
Neonazi Parrot |
Thursday, Apr. 05, 2007 at 9:06 AM |
just a comment |
Sheepdog |
Friday, Apr. 06, 2007 at 6:50 AM |
"Sheepdog Friday, Apr. 06, 2007 at 4:40 AM " |
Sheepdog |
Saturday, Apr. 07, 2007 at 6:35 AM |
Look it up |
and so I did |
Monday, Apr. 09, 2007 at 4:22 AM |
everytime, w/o fail |
Sheepdog |
Monday, Apr. 09, 2007 at 4:55 AM |
arguing w/maniacs. |
Sheepdog |
Monday, Apr. 09, 2007 at 6:03 AM |
"delicately done" |
uh huh |
Monday, Apr. 09, 2007 at 6:24 AM |
ignoring Bullshit from/weasel |
Sheepdog |
Monday, Apr. 09, 2007 at 6:34 AM |
how interesting! |
and thank you for sharing! |
Monday, Apr. 09, 2007 at 6:48 AM |
let's try this... :>) |
Sheepdog |
Monday, Apr. 09, 2007 at 6:56 AM |
there they go again |
another logical fallacy |
Monday, Apr. 09, 2007 at 8:11 AM |
MDA enters Ramallah to save Palestinian baby |
S. Walker |
Monday, Apr. 09, 2007 at 8:43 AM |
saving palestinian babies? |
whats next? |
Monday, Apr. 09, 2007 at 8:48 AM |
endless repitition |
Sheepdog |
Monday, Apr. 09, 2007 at 8:50 AM |
KISS off, Sheepdung |
TW |
Monday, Apr. 09, 2007 at 8:55 AM |
Psssstt..... |
Lord Locksley |
Monday, Apr. 09, 2007 at 9:15 AM |
Re: Sheepahex's number |
pray tell |
Monday, Apr. 09, 2007 at 10:10 AM |
Ha ha ha |
bad dawg, no bone |
Monday, Apr. 09, 2007 at 10:13 AM |
... and tomorrow.... |
there'll be a thousand sheepdogs |
Monday, Apr. 09, 2007 at 12:02 PM |
"saving palestinian babies?" |
do the math |
Monday, Apr. 09, 2007 at 12:03 PM |
I see |
Sheepdog |
Monday, Apr. 09, 2007 at 1:25 PM |
"You individuals are despicable." |
TW |
Monday, Apr. 09, 2007 at 1:30 PM |
and my god... |
Sheepdog |
Monday, Apr. 09, 2007 at 1:52 PM |
let's look at this again |
Sheepdog |
Monday, Apr. 09, 2007 at 4:51 PM |
http://slate.msn.com/?id=2064434 |
why Palestinians have M-16's |
Monday, Apr. 09, 2007 at 7:00 PM |
"$1,500 apiece" |
just wondering |
Tuesday, Apr. 10, 2007 at 12:35 AM |
Its like this, |
cat |
Tuesday, Apr. 10, 2007 at 4:08 AM |
watching the cluster-f**k |
Sheepdog |
Tuesday, Apr. 10, 2007 at 5:27 AM |
Now the Zionist propaganda mill has either |
there they go again |
Tuesday, Apr. 10, 2007 at 6:13 AM |
thanks |
Sheepdog |
Tuesday, Apr. 10, 2007 at 6:30 AM |
Israeli children are |
better armed, that's all |
Tuesday, Apr. 10, 2007 at 7:57 AM |
This issue has already been addressed: |
inadequately |
Tuesday, Apr. 10, 2007 at 10:45 AM |
Israelis cater to an American/English audience because |
$6,000,000+ a year |
Tuesday, Apr. 10, 2007 at 11:41 AM |
Or maybe Yahoo is a branch of the ISM |
another possibility |
Tuesday, Apr. 10, 2007 at 12:14 PM |
Online controversy over graffiti by Israeli kids |
from the Jerusalem Post |
Tuesday, Apr. 10, 2007 at 12:29 PM |
Of maybe the Jerusalem Post is a branch of the ISM |
another possibility |
Tuesday, Apr. 10, 2007 at 12:31 PM |
Sorry |
still seems suspect |
Tuesday, Apr. 10, 2007 at 5:18 PM |
"still seems suspect |
another possibility |
Wednesday, Apr. 11, 2007 at 6:41 AM |
a minor factor of 1000 |
Sheepdog |
Wednesday, Apr. 11, 2007 at 2:45 PM |
What a waste |
steer clear of foreign entanglements |
Wednesday, Apr. 11, 2007 at 4:00 PM |
well of course |
Sheepdog |
Wednesday, Apr. 11, 2007 at 5:29 PM |
and as to the UN |
Sheepdog |
Wednesday, Apr. 11, 2007 at 5:31 PM |
"This issue has already been addressed" |
non sequitur |
Friday, Apr. 13, 2007 at 12:11 AM |
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