Four Dead in Attack on American Convoy- Explosives From Egypt?

IMRA ^ | 15 October 2003 | Aaron Lerner

[SJackson]

Four Dead in Attack on American Convoy- Explosives From Egypt?

Israel Radio Territories Correspondent Avi Yissakharov reports that 4 were killed and one wounded by a bomb that detonated under a car bearing diplomatic plates in a convoy of 3 armored cars 2 kilometers south of Erez Crossing. It is not clear if the dead are Americans. Envoy John Wolf is overseas. The vehicle that blew up was torn to shreds with pieces thrown as far as 30 meters. Yissakharov termed the convoy a "CIA convoy". Israel Radio correspondent Shmulik Tal reports that he has been advised that the four dead were from a security company hired by the American Embassy.

The convoy was lead by a Palestinian security car.

Brig.Gen (res.) Zvi Poleg told Israel Radio in an interview after the attack that the explosives could have been smuggled from Egypt through the smuggling tunnels. Poleg charged that Egypt was violated its treaty obligations in allowing the smuggling of weapons, explosives and ammunition from Egypt to the Palestinians via smuggling tunnels. He noted that members of the Egyptian Army have been involved in the smuggling and that the Egyptians are well aware of the operations but have not acted to stop the operations. He noted that over 60 smuggling tunnels were located and destroyed by Israel in the last year.

Military historian, Col. (res.) Meir Pail, who is known for his leftist orientation, told Israel Radio after the attack that "there is no question that if Egypt wanted to they could put an end to the weapons smuggling immediately, but they don't want to. They want to support the Palestinians."

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[robowombat]

I may be being paranoid but it seems to me the electronic media are not doing much with this story. It is being reported in a cursory manner on CNN with no pictures (the Israelis may have instituted a black out)and none of the breathless rhetoric that surrounds each car bombing in Iraq. Are the presstitutes busy trying to downplay this instance of Arab terrorism because it involves those noble freedom fighters of Arafatty?

[Wolverine]

An interesting 10 min video about terrorism: Allow to load fully in the cache, then replay for continuity.

 

[Snickersnee]

Where's the MFO in all this? Aren't they supposed to keep the "D" in DMZ?

[SJackson]

Where's the MFO in all this? Aren't they supposed to keep the "D" in DMZ?

They've been asleep at the switch for years.