http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1037621/posts "Mother of 7 held in bomb plot"
Jerusalem Post ^ | Dec. 10, 2003 | Margot Dudkevich
Posted on 12/10/2003 6:45:50 AM PST by Alouette
ARTICLE SNIPPET: "A 40-year-old mother of seven children from Nablus was one of three Palestinians arrested by soldiers and Shin Bet agents on Monday for attempting a suicide bombing in Rosh Ha'ayin, security sources said Tuesday.
The concrete warnings received by the Shin Bet sparked a high alert in the Sharon, which was lowered after the capture of the suicide bomber and his helper.
On Tuesday morning, a belt containing eight kilograms of explosives that was to be used in the attack was found by security forces and blown up.
Details of the arrests was released by the Shin Bet on Tuesday. The attack was planned by the Fatah Tanzim infrastructure in Nablus, headed by fugitive Halil Araisha, 23, a resident of the Balata refugee camp. On Monday morning, would-be suicide bomber Suleiman Abu Rawis, 20 of Balata, set out from Nablus together with Tsaber Abu Saris, 37, a Nablus resident. The woman, Latifa Abu Thra'ar, carried the explosives in a separate vehicle.
They believed this was safer, as she was less likely to be subjected to an inspection at IDF roadblocks they had to pass through until they reached their designated meeting point in Kafr Kasim. Officials noted that the meeting spot was chosen because there is no security fence in the area."
RE Post No. 2277:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1038692/posts "Car explosion near Italian synagogue not terror attack"
Jerusalem Post ^ | Dec. 11, 2003 | ASSOCIATED PRESS
Posted on 12/11/2003 2:36:00 PM PST by yonif
ARTICLE SNIPPET: "A car exploded outside a synagogue in the northern Italian city of Modena at 4 AM local time Thursday, killing the driver.
Army Radio reported that the Foreign Ministry said the incident was not a terror attack.
Police said the dead man was of Jordanian origin. The Italian news agency ANSA initially said he was of Palestinian origin, but then said he was born in Jordan and had Kuwaiti citizenship.
The prefect of Modena, Italia Fortunati, said all indications pointed to a "desperate" act by a man known to public-service agencies in Modena as having "serious problems," including alcohol abuse, financial and mental problems.
"He was suffering from depressive crisis, he was out of work," ANSA quoted Fortunati as saying. "I repeat, it's a gesture of a desperate man." Fortunati stressed that no explosives were found in the car."