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Dec. 10, 2003 Burns: PA's Gaza bombing probe not showing results By ASSOCIATED PRESS ROME The US envoy to the Middle East criticized the Palestinian investigation into the deadly bombing of an American diplomatic convoy in the Gaza Strip, saying Wednesday the lack of progress has hindered efforts to deliver aid to the Palestinian people. Three American security guards were killed in the Oct. 15 bombing. The diplomats in the convoy, escorted by Palestinian police, were heading to Gaza to interview Palestinian academics who were seeking Fulbright scholarships to teach or study in the United States. The Palestinians announced seven...

Nov. 4, 2003 PA makes more arrests in US convoy attack case By JPOST.COM STAFF Funeral of navy SEAL John Palestinian Authority officials said Tuesday that two Palestinians have been arrested in connection with the attack on the US diplomatic convoy in the Gaza Strip on October 14. The attack killed three American security guards and wounded a fourth, and was the first deadly attack on official US targets in Palestinian Authority-controlled areas. The two Palestinians arrested Tuesday were residents of the Gaza Strip and are suspected of supplying the explosive material used in the attack on the US convoy....

Palestinians condemn US reward for info on Gaza bombing Khaled Abu Toameh Nov. 2, 2003 The Jerusalem Post http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull&cid =1067749438064 The Palestinian Authority on Sunday condemned the US for offering a reward of up to $5 million for people providing information about the attack on American convoy in the Gaza Strip on October 15. Three US security guards were killed when a remote-controlled roadside bomb was detonated near their convoy in the northern Gaza Strip. The offer, on the State Department's Web site http://www.rewardsforjustice.net , is for information leading to the arrest or conviction of the people responsible for the...

Last Update: 15/10/2003 18:07 FBI to probe attack; U.S. tells citizens to leave Gaza By Nathan Guttman, Haaretz Correspondent, Haaretz Service and agencies U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell urged Palestinian Prime Minister Ahmed Qureia to act against militants after a Gaza Strip bombing that killed three U.S. security men, a senior Palestinian official said. "Powell told the prime minister it was important that the Palestinian Authority take action to put an end to violence and 'terrorism'," said Hassan Abu Libeh, the head of Qureia's office. Powell's comments came in a call Qureia made to the secretary of state to...