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“Bad battery insertion botched February bus bombing near Tel Aviv”
By israelinsider staff April 20, 2007

ARTICLE SNIIPPET: “25-year-old Omar Ahmed Abu al-Rob traveled from Jenin to Tel Aviv via Jerusalem, exploiting gaps in the separation barrier. The whole time, he carried the explosive device in his backpack, with the batteries not yet connected. When he arrived in Tel Aviv, he connected the batteries to the explosive device, apparently incorrectly.”

ARTICLE SNIPPET: “The would-be bomber told investigators that as he mentally repeated Koran verses, he pressed the detonator. The bag failed to explode. He tried pressing the switch four more times. Despondent at his failure, he continued to Rishon Lezion, ditched the device in a dumpster and called a friend in nearby Bat Yam, then headed to his house. He tried to convince the friend to try to blow up a restaurant, but the police — alerted to the terrorist on the loose — captured him before a second attempt could be tried.

Abu al-Rob is a member of the Syrian-backed Palestinian Islamic Jihad, specifically of “a dangerous cell responsible for most of the serious suicide bombings that were carried out in the last two years,” according to a security source quoted by YnetNews.

Islamic Jihad members in the Jenin refugee camp filmed al-Rob carrying an M-16 rifle and reading his will. During the filming, there was the sound of an aircraft, causing the terrorist to relocate to local hospital and complete the recording, YnetNews reported.

The police investigation revealed that Abu al-Rob had tried on previous occasions to attack IDF soldiers and Israeli citizens.

Israeli undercover forces killed Islamic Jihad commander Mahmoud Abu al-Jahimon Wednesday in Jenin, a day after Abu al-Rob was apprehended.

Another bombing targeting Tel Aviv, planned for the eve of Passover, was also thwarted by security forces.”

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http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/016227.php
(IRAN FOCUS)

April 28, 2007
“U.S. reports capture of 4 jihadists with ties to Iran in Sadr City”

http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/016214.php
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April 27, 2007
“Petraeus: More Iran involvement in Iraq than previously thought”

http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/016213.php
(NEW YORK SUN)

April 27, 2007
“How Iran’s Revolutionaries Egged On Attacks in Iraq”