Israel blows up part of Cairo - Amman bank in Jenin

Reuters | 6/24/02

[kattracks]

JENIN, West Bank, June 24 (Reuters) - Israeli forces partly 
destroyed a commercial building housing a bank in Jenin on 
Monday in what Israeli officials said was a controlled explosion 
of a bomb laboratory hidden in the complex. 
    Residents said the northern part of the three-storey  
building, including a section of the Jenin branch of the 
Cairo-Amman bank, were destroyed in the explosion. 
    Military officials said two large containers of liquids used 
to prepare bombs, a large quantity of explosives ready for use 
and parts of rocket launchers were found in the building during 
searches by troops that have reoccupied the West Bank town. 
    "It was a large bomb factory," an Israeli military official 
told Reuters. 
    Israeli troops fanned into Jenin and other West Bank towns 
last week after 26 people were killed in two suicide bombing 
attacks. 
    It was the latest in a series of Israeli raids into Jenin 
since a Palestinian uprising against Israeli occupation began 21 
months ago after peace negotiations deadlocked. 
    The army said it destroyed another bomb factory in Jenin 
earlier on Monday in which it found two bomb belts used by 
suicide bombers containing 15 kilograms of explosives each and 
large quantities of raw explosives. 
    A senior Israeli engineering corps officer told Reuters 
recently the explosives in the bomb factories are too unstable 
to be removed and therefore the army conducts controlled 
explosions of the buildings where they are housed. 
    The officer added that most bomb factories are hidden in 
civilian buildings including apartment blocks. 

24 JUN 2002 10:45:58 Israel blows up part of Cairo-Amman bank in Jenin

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[BrooklynGOP]

The officer added that most bomb factories are hidden in civilian buildings including apartment blocks

Hiding bomb gactories in civilian buildings? Where are the human rights groups?

[kattracks]

They're busy in Gitmo, taking complaints from the "mistreated" prisoners there.

[OldFriend]

Making sure everybody eats their fruit loops!!!

[Starrgaizr]

Amazing how many bomb factories there seem to be. Why, I bet the PA "police" stumble onto these things all the time, arrest people, and destroy the sites. Oh, wait, I don't remember ever hearing such news. Not once.

[varon]

Hiding bomb gactories in civilian buildings? Where are the human rights groups?

Exactly right. If there isn't a public outcry against that, then the next thing you know they'll be strapping bombs on human beings. Oh the humanity ;-)

[Kermit]

Hehe, I hope they find unstable explosives in every building in Jenin. That would be tragic.

[Tis The Time''s Plague]

All Your Banks are for Us

[Jeremiah Jr]

...the Jenin branch of the Cairo-Amman bank, were destroyed in the explosion.

Cairo/Amman, a sign of things to come...

Judea and Samaria belong to Israel!

[Light Speed]

Israel needs to face reality here...they permitted the Shimon Peres Euro love ..sit in thing.
Now they have death..terror..and confusion.
Sometimes you cannot fix something..you must replace it entirely.
New patches on "Old Wineskins".

Israel's guts are spilling out all over the ground right now..

[monkeyshine]

in which it found two bomb belts used by suicide bombers

They found 2 used bomb belts? They must have been a bloody mess.

Seriously, Reuters sucks.