posted on Mar, 29 2004 @ 09:48 AM
The current leaders of the terrorist organization, Hamas, have stated their new, lofty goals. The days of solitary suicide bomber are over. Their
newest plan is to send at least 800 suicide bombers into Israel, and to have them detonate the bombs simultaneously. A response of this size would
overwhelm the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF), and cause an unbelievable shock that would dwarf the Madrid train bombings.
DEBKA File
"The lone suicide martyr method has scored great achievements, but now, as we stand at the threshold of a decisive stage, we must resort to a
tactic that brings us the desired results. Ideally, we would round up 70,000 to 80,000 martyrs and have them blow themselves up simultaneously in the
enemy's urban centers and so finally vanquish him. But that is not realistic. One tenth or even one hundredth part of that number should suffice to
inflict a shock on a strategic scale. I therefore tell you not to hurry to exact revenge. We have to be sure our assault is concerted and perfectly
orchestrated. Don't waste resources and manpower on small operations. No one is pushing you. Take all the time you need and then pick a date and hour
that are most advantageous to our project." - Osama Hamdan
The Hamas leadership in Gaza has gone underground fearing further strikes from Israeli helicopters. In the silence, the Hamas leadership in Damascus
has spoken. Khaled Mashaal is trying to assert his leadership over all of Hamas, and has given out orders addressed to Hamas soldiers in Gaza. The
orders were not in an encrypted message, but broadcasted boldly over the airwaves out of Lebanon.
Evidently, the Hamas leaders in Damascus are feeling secure in Syria, and believe that they are out of harm's way. A strike of the magnitude that
they are planning could change all of the rules of engagement in the Middle East. Last October Israel bombed a training camp used by Hamas, northwest
of Damascus. This was in retaliation to a bombing of a restaurant that killed 19. If Hamas manages to pull off even 100 simultaneous bombings, the
death toll could be in the thousands. How Israel would respond to this can only be imagined, but there would be little doubt that bombs would fall in
Syria too. Israel has previously warned the leaders of Syria to control the terrorist in their country, or they would have to take matters into their
own hands.
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[Edited on 29-3-2004 by dbates]
[Edited on 29-3-2004 by SkepticOverlord]