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Car bomb in Lima kills nine
2002-03-21
  • A deadly car bombing near the U.S. Embassy in Lima hasn't deterred President Bush from his planned visit to Peru. Police searched for clues after at least nine people were killed and 12 others injured when a car blew up in front of a bank in a shopping center about four blocks from the embassy. Two embassy security guards, at least one police officer and a boy skating in the shopping center's parking lot were among those killed in the blast. Bush, who leaves Thursday on a four-day Latin American trip, said the explosion would not affect his itinerary. "Two-bit terrorists aren't going to prevent me from doing what we need to do," Bush said.

    No one has claimed responsibility for the explosion, but Bush indicated the United States had information about who was behind the blast. "We might have an idea," Bush said in a brief conversation with CNN's John King in the Oval Office after a meeting with Vice President Dick Cheney. "They have been around before." Senior administration officials said Bush was speaking of a preliminary belief that the Shining Path movement was responsible for the attack.
    "Two bit terrorists." I like that. The Bad Guys are turning themselves insides out to get to Bush -- there's no doubt in my mind. If they're really unlucky, they'll succeed. At that point the country will go nutz and we'll start killing every fundo we can lay hands on, whether they're Marxist fundos or Islamonutz.
    • Posted by:Fred Pruitt

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