Natural Causes

Another terrorist bites the dust. Initial reports state that his death was, by the standards of Hamas, a natural death.

A car bomb killed a suspected Hamas military chief in Damascus on Sunday. The Palestinian militant group blamed Israel and vowed to retaliate.

Izz el-Deen al-Sheikh Khalil, believed to be in charge of Hamas's military wing outside the Palestinian territories, died when an explosive charge placed under the driver's seat ripped through his SUV car in the Az-Zahera neighborhood of the Syrian capital, witnesses said.

The explosion went off shortly after Khalil started the engine, witnesses said. Three passers-by were wounded.

"He (Khalil) said good morning to us like he does every day and then walked to his car," a neighbor who identified himself only as Nabil said.

"He got into the car and then the phone rang. When he took the call we heard the explosion. We rushed toward his car and found him in pieces in the back seat."

Of course it was the Israelis. Palestinians would have killed 20 children on a school bus.