March 21, 2004

Israel Kills Hamas Spiritual Leader

It looks like Israel took out Yassin. I'm surprised it took this long.

-- Hamas spiritual leader Sheikh Ahmed Yassin has been killed in an apparent Israeli attack on his car, Palestinian sources tell CNN.

Update: Story Here (via Drudge)

Yassin, a quadriplegic, was by far the most senior Palestinian militant killed in more than three years of Israeli-Palestinian fighting. Hundreds of angry Palestinians gathered around his minutes after the attack, calling for revenge against Israel.

Yes, this should shake things up a bit. It will be interesting to see how this plays out over the next day or so as this is pretty huge.

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