[shezza]

Megiddo, huh? Prayers for the families of yet another "Religion of Peace" display.

[kattracks]

Israeli Troops Enter West Bank

JENIN, West Bank, Jun 05, 2002 (AP Online via COMTEX) -- Israeli tanks rolled into the West Bank town of Jenin on Wednesday, just hours after an Islamic militant from the area blew himself up alongside a crowded Israeli bus, killing at least 16 passengers.

Palestinian security officials said armored vehicles drove into Jenin from three directions. Two attack helicopters fired machine guns toward one neighborhood, witnesses said. There were no immediate reports of injuries.

In expectation of an Israeli incursion, Jenin residents quickly left public areas and sought shelter in their homes.

Jenin, a militant stronghold, has been the target of repeated Israeli raids in recent months, including a brief incursion Monday. During Israel's six-week military offensive against Palestinian militias, which ended last month, the Jenin refugee camp adjacent to the town was the scene of the fiercest fighting.

Wednesday's bombing was carried out by the Islamic Jihad group. Members of Islamic Jihad's military wing said the assailant was from the Jenin area, but would not give his name for fear of Israeli reprisals against his family.

Copyright 2002 Associated Press, All rights reserved

[July 4th]

IDF, go get the motherf******.

[medved]

You'd figure at some point, it would have to occur to Sharon to want to to deliver some crushing blow to the people bankrolling all the BS and pulling the strings, i.e. minimally to our Saudi friends, Syria, and Iran.

[agrace]

It was reported yesterday that CIA chief Tenet told Arafat that if there would be another large terror attack, they would not be responsible for any Israeli reply, including the exile of himself, and possibly others.

Well, this is almost as large as they've gotten so far. Talk about spit in your eye. I'm not holding my breath on Arafat's exile though. I'm pretty sure at this point that he is NEVER going to go away. He'll never leave the country, he'll never be assassinated, he'll never be held accountable for anything he has ever done, he'll never die of natural causes...

I had a funny feeling when I woke up this morning that for some reason, I'd turn on the tv and see another attack. First thing I saw was an unbelievably burned shell of a bus. Words can't express.

[anniegetyourgun]

All this on the eve of Mubarak coming to the U.S. The Palis are trying to send a message Israel, the U.S., and Egypt. We mustn't pick up the phone.....

[finnman69]

Hey ARAFAT, It's time for you to go now, the party's over, sayonara, hasta la vista, aloha, adios, ciao scumbag.

[MissAmericanPie]

They need to take about a thousand bull dozers in there and tear that town down around the residents ears. No more Jenin, no more Ramalah. Tear the entire place down and move the pitiful innocent refugees into one closed off town near the Jordanian border, have a picnic waiting for them, courtesy of the Red Cross for humanitarian effect.

[apastron]

It was reported yesterday that CIA chief Tenet told Arafat that if there would be another large terror attack, they would not be responsible for any Israeli reply...

Ok, why in the h3ll are we considering ourselves 'responsible' in the first pla....

...aww, nevermind.

[KissOfTheSith]

>The current death toll of Israelis murdered in this latest attrocity stands now at 16.

16 Israelis dead, and there is practically no TV news coverage of the event.

When I first saw it on the internet, I check out CNN, FOX and MSNBC. They were all doing normal stories. I even began to wonder if the story was real.

Either I slipped through some weird scheduling crack and just happened to check in during breaks in coverage, or the US media is scaling back on its Israel news...

-- KotS

[onedoug]

More wastes of time and resources for more of the same?

[TheBattman]

Has anyone noticed - not even the Pali's "allies" want them....

There is so much un-used land in most of the Arab countries surrounding Israel that could be used to give the Palis a home, yet none of those countries want them.

The reason the Arab Muslim countries support the Palis is so they can be rid of them, and at the same time, use them as pawns in their own chess game of hatred against Israel.

[rmlew]

My aunt was on that road about 2km back. Burn down Jenin.

[rockfish59]

I can hear the whine of Reuters over the machine guns now!