Calpernia, any info on the train situation? I'm deciding between Amtrak and NJ transit.
High Terror Alert for Purim
By Jerusalem Newswire Editorial Staff
March 4, 2004
Jerusalem (jnewswire.com) - Israel's security forces went on a weeklong high alert Thursday in an effort to thwart terrorist attacks over the national Purim holiday.
Jews in Israel and around the world will Saturday evening celebrate their ancestors' deliverance from the genocidal Haman, and from other who have sought to annihilate their people down the ages.
As they sport costumes and revel at parties, however, the highly visible soldier and police presence will remind Israelis that there remain until today those intent on destroying them.
Arab terrorists have successfully carried out "suicide" attacks on Purim on a number of occasions in the past.
Week-long alert
Although Purim only begins Saturday night, Israel's security forces will be on high alert for a full week from Thursday to try and keep "Palestinians" from achieving the psychological advantage of successfully attacking Jews on their holiday.
Terrorists have struck on Purim before. Thirteen Israelis were killed and 130 were wounded when a bomber blew himself up in a Tel Aviv shopping mall in 1996, and Purim the following year saw three women murdered in a "suicide" bombing of a Tel Aviv café.
http://www.jnewswire.com/news_archive/04/03/040304_purim.aspI just came from New Brunswick. I still see no service from the Northeast Corridor.
I can't understand how this is being kept so quiet.