Boy Paid $23 & Promise of 72 Virgins to be Suicide Bomber

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<h2><font color=#003399>Topic: Boy Paid $23 & Promise of 72 Virgins to be Suicide Bomber</font></h2>
Israel Defense Forces paratroopers caught a Palestinian boy aged 14 wearing an explosive belt at the Hawara roadblock, south of Nablus, in the West Bank on Wednesday afternoon.

Sappers used a remote-controlled robot to pass scissors to the boy, Hussam Abdu from Nablus, so that he could cut the explosive belt off his body, and then safely detonated it in a controlled explosion.

Abdu, who was taken in for questioning, said that he received NIS 100 to carry out a suicide attack.

The IDF believes that Abdu was meant to detonate the 8 kg belt near the soldiers or close to the nearby army base.

A Tanzim cell from the Balata refugee camp in Nablus took responsibility for sending the boy.

Abdu told soldiers of his dream of receiving 72 virgins in heaven, which his dispatchers had promised him, and said that he had been tempted by the promise of sexual relations with the virgins.

He said that he had been bullied at school for his poor academic performance and that he had wanted "to be a hero."

The commander of the Paratroopers Brigade, Lieutenant Colonel "Guy," told Haaretz that the boy was apparently instructed to set off the explosives he was wearing among the soldiers.

It appears that he was afraid to detonate the bomb at the site, as he was surrounded by Palestinians and the soldiers were too far away.

Lieutenant Colonel "Guy" added that the "level of awareness" of the soldiers prevented a serious terrorist attack.

The family of the boy said that he was gullible.

In a statement, the Israel branch of Physicians for Human Rights condemned the Palestinian militants for sending the teenager on a bombing mission.

The Israeli branch of the physicians group often issues protests about Israel's practices in the territories.

Soldiers at the checkpoint said they had received intelligence that there was an imminent attack planned there, shut down the crossing and began searching people there.

Suddenly the boy, wearing an oversized red jersey, approached them in a suspicious way, said an officer at the checkpoint.

The soldiers dove behind concrete barricades, pointed their guns at him and told him to stop.

They ordered him to take off his jersey, revealing a large gray bomb vest underneath.

"This is another horrific example of how the Palestinians use their own children to spread terror against Israelis," David Baker, an official in the prime minister's office, said in response.

Late Wednesday, several Israeli tanks moved back into an area of the Khan Yunis refugee camp in the southern Gaza Strip, residents said.

A third soldier was wounded in an incident in the village of Budrus near the Green Line west of Ramallah.

The clashes broke out when Palestinians began throwing stones and firebombs at Israeli troops stationed in Hebron's Old City.

Also in the territories on Wednesday, Palestinian gunmen opened fire on IDF troops west of Ramallah and near Netzarim in the central Gaza Strip.

IDF troops on Tuesday night foiled an attempt by two Palestinian militants to infiltrate into the settlement of Morag in the southern Strip.

The soldiers spotted an armed Palestinian approaching the settlement and opened fire.

Forty others under 18 were arrested on suspicion of intending to carry out attacks.


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[JustOneHunter]

We have Stupid Kids here in America...called Drug curriers giving a promise of wealth and sure he was an ignorant currier for promise of sex and riches beyond this life. What a travesty of abuse of children for adult purpose, both scenarios are the same both will never achieve glory until they Kill!

[fourxgigi]

And we're supposed to feel sorry that a murdering, evil old man was blown up in his wheel chair, while they don't mind murdering their own children.

[TXNavy]

I don't feel sorry [img]graemlins/popcorn.gif[/img]

[Mr. Ray]

I'm a bit surprised that they didn't just shoot him when he was initially discovered. They could have done that and then still detonated the bomb after the fact.

[TXNavy]

Becuase he put his arms up and said he didn't want to die. He's still a kid. They did the right thing that day.

Rules of Deadly Force:
- Intent
- Capability
- Opportunity

The kid did not have intent when he put his hands up.

[reagan_youth]

He still had a bomb that could have taken out 20-200 people. I would have looked the other way if they took him out.Kinda the reason I think the Sheik got what he deserved as well. They are at war you know. The split second between questioning and dead is just a second away....
HOWEVER, when it comes to Randy Weaver I change 180 degrees..funny how life is.

[JustOneHunter]

Originally posted by fourxgigi:
And we're supposed to feel sorry that a murdering, evil old man was blown up in his wheel chair, while they don't mind murdering their own children.

The World is a Vampire...selective Blood to feed from, type "O" common brings more Vampires to Nourish.

Recruiting Suicide bombers is the work of the Devil or the Sick, hard for me to decide which!

[Mr. Ray]

Originally posted by TXNavy:
Becuase he put his arms up and said he didn't want to die. He's still a kid. They did the right thing that day.

Rules of Deadly Force:
- Intent
- Capability
- Opportunity

The kid did not have intent when he put his hands up.

Just wanted you to know that I agree that it was good that they chose to let him live, but I was surprised that they did. I was mainly surprised in that the soldiers kept their heads on enough to distinguish that this boy REALLY didn't want to die.

[Melissa]

<font color="purple" c>Andrea's Peyser's column.</font c>

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