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Arabia
Sanaa military vehicle attacker identified as Al Houthi follower
2005-04-29
The man who threw a hand grenade at a military car in the Yemeni capital of Sanaa on Monday was a follower of rebel Al Houthi, security officials confirmed yesterday. "The attacker, who died of his injuries in hospital, was affiliated to the saboteurs who sided with the rebel Badr Al Deen Al Houthi in the fight against government troops," the defence ministry website quoted a security official as saying on Thursday. "He was one of the most wanted elements accused of hurling hand grenades on cars of administrators of the Ministry of Defence," the official added.
"He was trained in hand grenading in Kashmir, in fact..."
But the official denied that chief of the military intelligence was the one targeted in the blast.
"Nope. Nope. Wudn't him."
"A hand grenade was thrown on a ministry of defence car near the customs authority in Sanaa, but Brigadier Ali Al Sayani, chief of military intelligence, was not the target" of the attack.
"It was... ummm... somebody else!"
According to eyewitnesses, the man had attacked the car of Al Sayani by throwing a hand grenade on it, but guards immediately threw it back towards the street killing a hawker and injuring three others including the attacker, who died later in the hospital.
"Die, apostates!"
"Whoa! Good catch, Mahmoud!... Throw! Throw!"
"Here, catch, holy man!"
[KABOOM!]
"Mahmoud, why do you do that?"
Posted by:Fred

#3  those hand grenade yo-yos suck...no, really, they do
Posted by: Frank G   2005-04-29 6:12:14 PM  

#2  The terrorist forgot the "cook-off" option and failed to upgrade his grenade to version 2.4 which fixes the throwback bug.
Posted by: mmurray821   2005-04-29 3:40:06 PM  

#1  That wasn't the Holy Hand grenade then I guess.
Posted by: Sock Puppet 0’ Doom   2005-04-29 3:10:47 PM  

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