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| Middle East |
| Hamas still working on that 100 mark... |
| 2002-08-04 |
| A bomb ripped apart a bus in northern Israel during rush hour Sunday, killing at least nine people, wounding dozens and scattering charred remains across the highway. The militant group Hamas claimed responsibility and said it was a suicide bombing. 7+9=16. 84 to go... Three hours after the bombing at the Meron Junction near the town of Tsfat, a Palestinian attacker opened fire just outside the walls of Jerusalem's Old City, sparking a gun battle with police that left three people dead, including an Israeli security guard, an Arab bystander and the gunman. Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigade claimed credit for that act of heroism... In a statement received in Lebanon by Hezbollah's television station, Al-Manar, Hamas called Sunday's bombing the second retaliatory attack for the killing of the group's military leader, Salah Shehadeh, in an Israeli bombing in Gaza City last month. That attack also killed 14 Palestinian civilians. Hamas thinks its leadership is safe. As long as they do, they'll continue along this line... |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |