Posted on 01/24/2005 3:55:57 PM PST by anotherview
Daniel Koren 24 Jan 05 17:02
There were fewer terrorist attacks, but more warnings in 2004. Israel suffered 15 suicide bombings last years, down from 26 in 2003. The decrease in suicide bombings, which frequently cause heavy casualties, also led to a sharp 45% drop in the number of deaths, from 214 in 2003 to 117 in 2004, and to a 41% drop in the number of wounded, from 1,004 to 589.
In contrast to the drop in casualties from suicide bombings, the number casualties from kassam rocket and mortar attacks rose sharply. The number of terrorist attacks, especially suicide bombings, fell, thanks to countermeasures. Terrorists' motivation remains high, as indicated by the number of warnings of attacks - 40 to 50 a month.
Published by Globes [online], Israel business news - www.globes.co.il - on January 24, 2005
yup.......put up a wall and you have to go around it. Who said the wall was a bad idea. Less homicide bombers seems like a good thing. I'd rather face the rockets cause you can more easily fire back on those ba**ards
Those good folks at the U.N. and E.U. who seem to want to insure the Palestinians' ability to kill more Jews. They, and their court, said it was a very bad idea.
LOL........I know.....i was just being facetious
Could there possibly be a correlation between the IDF beating the stuff out of the terrorists and fewer terrorist attacks!
As long as the Fence doesn't lull everyone to sleep and turn into another Bar-Lev line...
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