For the second time in as many months Israel has successfully killed the top leader of the Palestinian crime family known as Hamas. Abdel Aziz Rantisi, known as a "hardliner" (as opposed to all the moderates in Hamas), was killed Saturday by a rocket attack; he won't be missed.
Rantisi's death follows that of Sheik Ahmed Yassin; Mahmoud Zahar is expected to be the next leader, and should (hopefully) be dead by the end of May.
Posted by Stephen Silver at April 18, 2004 11:50 PM