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May 20, 2007

“Palestinian diplomat raps attempt to link terrorism to Islam
From the Muslim World News”
VIENNA, AUSTRIA

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Note: The follwoing text is a quote:

http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/016534.php

May 20, 2007

One woman killed, 12 injured in an explosion in Christian Beirut neighborhood
Jihad activity against Christians in Lebanon. From The Associated Press, with thanks to Sr. Soph:

BEIRUT, Lebanon: An explosion late Sunday across the street from a busy shopping mall killed a 63-year-old woman and injured 12 other people, sending black smoke billowing in the Christian sector of the Lebanese capital, police and witnesses said....

Beirut and surrounding suburbs has been a series of explosions in the last two years, particularly targeting Christian areas in which the U.S.-backed majority coalition has blamed on Syria. The blast came after daylong battles between the Lebanese army and a suspected al-Qaeda-linked militant group in the northern port town of Tripoli that killed 22 soldiers and 17 militants.

The Lebanese Broadcasting Corp., a major Christian TV station, said the woman was killed in the Beirut blast when the wall in her apartment collapsed on her from the impact of the explosion. Most of the casualties were in nearby buildings.

The explosion occurred across the street from the major ABC shopping center shortly before midnight (2100GMT) in Ashrafieh, an upscale neighborhood of the Christian sector of the Lebanese capital. The mall also has restaurants and movie theaters that operated late, particularly on Sunday, a weekend here....

The mall’s owner, Robert Abu Fadil, said on television early Monday that crews will work all night to clean up the damage, the broken glass and gutted vehicles to open for business in the morning.

“We were expecting this kind of thing,” he said on LBC TV from the scene, pointing to extra security measures the mall and other businesses have taken in recent months.

“For sure this will affect us in part, but we’ve been through more difficult times,” he said. “But God is the Almighty. We will rebuild.”

The most prominent recent deadly attack in Beirut was the near simultaneously bombings of commuter buses in the Christian heartland that killed three people on Feb. 13.

The same militant group in Sunday’s Tripoli clashes, Fatah Islam, was blamed by authorities for the bus bombings, an accusation they have denied.

Posted by Robert at May 20, 2007 07:26 PM

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Of course we know, it’s not just Christians being persecuted...

Note: The following text is a quote:

http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1178708644900&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull

May. 20, 2007 14:31
Florida family donates secure building to Sderot
By REBECCA ANNA STOIL

Shortly after a rocket landed early Sunday afternoon in the yard of a Sderot synagogue and school, a large crane set to work unloading a prefab secure building donated to the residents of Sderot by the Weissman family of Florida.

The building is currently situated near the Kalanit park, next to the house of Chana Ben-Yaish, whose children barely missed being hit by a Kassam on their way to kindergarten 10 days ago.

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...and Israel is doing something about it.

Note: Video included.

http://www1.idf.il/DOVER/site/mainpage.asp?sl=EN&id=7&docid=63181.EN

“IDF attacks terrorist sites in response to Qassam rocket attacks”
Sunday 20/05/2007 01:15

UPDATE:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1836936/posts

http://www.bakersfield.com/119/story/146185.html

“FBI: agent was investigating vehicle when confronted by student”
Shared | Sunday, May 20 2007 4:46 PM

Last Updated: Sunday, May 20 2007 4:46 PM

ARTICLE SNIPPET: “An FBI agent confronted by a Muslim student at the University of California, Irvine, earlier this month was trying to get a closer look at a “suspicious” truck at the time, federal authorities said Sunday.

The agent had followed the truck to the campus from a separate location as part of an investigation that was unrelated to the school or student activities, bureau spokeswoman Laura Eimiller said.

“The investigation the agents were engaged in had nothing to do with the UCI campus or student activities there,” she said.”

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Previously:

http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/016513.php

May 19, 2007

“UC-Irvine Muslim student throws cinderblock at FBI agent; FBI being questioned”

SNIPPET: “LGF has several stories about the vile antisemitic hatefest that the Muslim Students Union of UC-Irvine is conducting this week, including this one about a very strange incident:

“FBI actions at UCI questioned: Muslim student says he feared agent was going to run him over; bureau says cinderblock was thrown at car,” by Marla Jo Fisher for The Orange County Register”