Palestinians 'betting on suicide bombings'

[ryson]

the link

Palestinians 'betting on suicide bombings'

Staff and agencies
Thursday June 13, 2002

Israeli police are investing reports that an illegal gambling ring in the country is taking bets on the location of the next suicide bombing.
A syndicate in Kiryat Malachi, a town of 20,000 to the north of the Gaza Strip, is distributing betting slips with odds for the various locations, the Israeli newspaper Maariv reported.

Betting on Eilat, a Red Sea resort that has not seen any violence during the past 21 months of Israeli-Palestinian fighting, is a long shot at 17-1, while often-hit Jerusalem was given odds of 1.5-1.

Bets begin at 10 shekels (?1.40), the betting sheet states, adding that bets only count for attacks of "Arabs against Jews and not the opposite".

Police have opened an investigation into the claims, said a spokesman.

Gambling is illegal in Israel, but games of chance are popular and illegal gaming rooms operate throughout the country. Israelis flocked to a Palestinian casino in the West Bank city of Jericho until the current fighting forced the gambling hall to shut its doors.

Suicide bombings have accounted for the deaths of more than 220 Israelis - 43% of the total Israeli deaths in the current fighting - and injured more than 1,800. The victims include Russian immigrants and Orthodox Jews, teenagers at a disco, babies at an ice cream parlour, Israeli soldiers, and the elderly celebrants of a Passover feast.

A Palestinian suicide bomber blew himself up in an illegal casino in the city of Rishon Letzion on May 7, killing 15 Israelis.

 

[Nolan Dalla]

How about re-titling this thread something like "Small Group of Palestinians Gamble on Suiide Bombings." This situation is certainly not representative of mainstream thinking in Palestine. It would be like writing a headline "Americans Gambling on Deaths of Movies Stars." Note that there are dozens of "DEAD POOL" gambling groups all over the Internet who bet on the deaths and dates of celebrities. There will always be gambling, and there will always be a group of people in any culture with a sense of morbidity. I find this post to be misleading and inflammatory.

-- Nolan Dalla

 

[Nolan Dalla]

Sorry, I meant to write that I find this NEWS STORY miseleading and inflammatory.

-- ND

 

[marine]

its called Sensationalism.
sells more papers that way.

 

[rebel]

i have same story here but diffrent nationality on the bettors.

http://www.aftonbladet.se/vss/nyheter/story/0,2789,175304,00.html

 

[ryson]

Sorry, I meant to write that I find this NEWS STORY miseleading and inflammatory.

-- ND

ND,

didn't mean to offend ya, just posting what I saw on the wire. :shrug:

take care

 

[Nolan Dalla]

No need to apologize Ray.....you are entitled to post and write anything you chose. You may be aware that we had a very spirited debate on this forum about the Middle East. Even those I disagree with strongly, I respect for their views.

Please continue to post and make any argument you wish in support of your beliefs. That's what the forum is all about.


-- ND

 

[AR182]

I have a running disagreement with a friend who belongs to a DeadPool group at work.I think it is ghoulish to bet on people dying.

 

[loudog]

Nolan,
Do you think any of the palestinians are scolding the ones betting on the location of suicide bombings? NO, They are jew and western civilization haters. Just as much as Americans are haters of usama bin laden. Find one American who would find it bad to bet on the date of his death. If you think palestinians wouldn't want to see you(an American) dead, then you are in a fantasy land.

 

[ryson]

are you an American loudog? just curious since you don't have your location listed. I live in the great state of Texas, heat packing - right wing - GWB supporter......you get the gist.

 

[PerpetualCzech]

loudog,

Where did Nolan claim that (some) Palestinians wouldn't want to see him dead? And are you seriously claiming that there isn't one single American who would find it "bad" to bet on the death of Osama Bin Ladin??

Your post is full of assumptions and lacks objectivity. It's the classic starter to a typical meanigless online flame war.

 

[BobbyBlueChip]

Your post is full of assumptions and lacks objectivity. It's the classic starter to a typical meanigless online flame war.

As opposed to your response, PC? I would much rather a post lack objectivity and be full of assumptions than be hypocritical and ooze with pretentiousness as yours so often do.

 

[PerpetualCzech]

More focus on useless stuff like personality and another deflection from the issues. Nolan makes a great point about how the media can distort our way of thinking and here we are talking about my writing style.

Whatever deficiencies I have in the way I post I always give my best effort to keep focus on the issues at hand. I sincerely believe that if all tried to follow this one principle our experiences on this board would be so much more rewarding.

 

[loudog]

Ryson,

belive it or not I am also a right wing heat packing GWB supporter, but from the great state of Conecticut. I am in the armed forces in the army reserve (infantry).

I hate to see Americans who support people that clearly finance and benefit from terrorism.

PC, There are always people in a group that are not for something, just like in this forum. but the MAJORITY of palestinans are highly against what this country stands for and would love to see our country's demise. On the other hand Isreal is one of our few allies in the middle east. I think there should be no sympathy towards palestine.

Just my opinion-you are free to have your own. Thats what makes this country so great. If you were to publicly state in palestine that you support America- you have a good chance of dying the next day.