Posted on 12/12/2001 7:17:48 AM PST by the_second_moon
18:08 Attack on Israeli bus near the West Bank settlement of Emanuel, many injuries reported (Israel Radio)
U.S. envoy condemns Palestinian attack on bus | |
JERUSALEM, Dec 12 (Reuters) - U.S. envoy Anthony Zinni condemned a Palestinian attack on an Israeli bus on Wednesday in which 10 people were killed as a "murderous act of terror", and called on the Palestinian Authority to arrest those responsible. "Palestinians must act against these groups and they must act now," Zinni said in a statement. The al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade, an armed group linked to Palestinian President Yasser Arafat's Fatah group, claimed responsibility for the attack on the bus near a Jewish settlement in the West Bank, saying it was in retaliation for Israeli killings of Palestinians. The violence on Wednesday dashed an agreement which Zinni secured earlier in the week from both sides to seek 48 hours of calm in an attempt to ease tensions after nearly 15 months of conflict in which nearly 1,000 people have been killed. It included two Palestinian suicide bomb attacks near a Jewish settlement in the Gaza Strip. Three people were injured. Zinni's remarks were released before the Palestinian Authority said in a statement Arafat had decided to close down all institutions belonging to Hamas and Islamic Jihad, militant groups which have launched suicide bombings against Israel. "There can be no justification or excuses for not acting to combat terror in a sustained and comprehensive manner," Zinni said. "...Arafat and the Palestinian Authority must move immediately to arrest those responsible for these attacks and to destroy the infrastructure of the terror organisations that support them." ((Jerusalem newsroom, 972-2-537-0502, jerusalem.newsroom@reuters.com)) 12 DEC 2001 20:39:15
Yeah, I did (sheepishly). I needed something to cover the leftovers from dinner. Sorry. I'll get you a new one.
Isn't driving Arabs into the desert sort of like throwing briar rabbit into the the briar patch?
Maybe not, but it was a branch of his Fatah that claimed "credit" for this latest bus bombing and shooting. That kind of credit can only be cashed in hell, I would suspect.
I believe that is set off by the building of a New Temple on the Temple Mount. I don't know what happens if the work on the Dome of the Rock undermines the Wall, which causes the whole thing to fall down before the Temple can be built. I guess we just get to muddle on for a few more milliniea.
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