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| Bus boomer kills five, wounds 40... |
| 2002-09-19 |
| Five people were killed and some 50 wounded when a Palestinian suicide bomber blew himself up in a bus in downtown Tel Aviv, a day after another killed a policeman in northern Israel. The bomb went off around 1:00 pm (1000 GMT) in the central Allenby Street area, a busy shopping area full of cafes, gutting the bus. Another act of bravery... Mohammad al-Hindi, a senior leader of Islamic Jihad, which claimed Wednesday's attack, said the latest blast "proves that our people will not submit, however great are the murders, destruction and collective punishment" carried out by Israel. "And we like seeing people blow up." Al-Hindi was in jug last December, after a shootout with the Paleocoppers. Guess they let him out... A political leader of the radical Islamic group Hamas responded by predicting a new wave of suicide bombings in Israel after a six-week lull in such attacks. "The martyr operations will continue against the Zionists, we are defending our people. The resistance will escalate," said Abdel Aziz Rantissi, without specifically claiming the attack for his group. "It'll take more than that to wipe out Hamas..." Rantissi, of course, is a member of the Hamas politburo. Hamas is claiming credit as of this moment — earlier they didn't know who dunnit... Israeli government spokesman Avi Pazner told AFP, "We are definitely facing a major drive by all Palestinian terrorist organisations," and added, "We will do whatever it takes to stop this new wave." With the pressure on Saddam, look for a spike in the boomings and shootemups. Regardless of which group dunnit, this series of booms can be laid at Baghdad's door... |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |
| #1 Saddam and the Paleos are desperately trying to divert the world's attention to Israel/Paleos.....I wouldn't be surprised at all to see Hezbollah ratchet it up with a couple Katyushas a day soon, either. Time is running very short for the Saladin of Baghdad |
| Posted by: Frank G 2002-09-19 07:44:18 |