Xvall
15th June 2002, 17:48
(Possibly old news, but it was just in the Chicago Tribune today..)
JERUSALEM - Atop the Mount of Olives in the predawn hourrs of April 29, two Israeli settlers from the West Bank planted an explosive device between a Palestinean girl's school and an Arab Hospital in the A-Tur neighborhood of Jerusalem. The men had towed the powerful bomb to the area, detatched the trailer that held it, and set a timer that would detonate the bomb at 7:35 a.m. Just about that time, 1,300 young girls would be gathering in the school courtyard, while patients, doctors and other workers would be arriving for duty at the hospital. Police luckally, discovered and diffused the bomb. "It would have been a disaster if the bomb went off," said a mother of a student at the Benat A-Tur School for girls age 6-12. While not common, experts say individual Israeli acts or terrorism against Arab targets do occur.
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This is just an article I got today, in the Chicago Tribune. I never really took a 'side' in this Middle East conflict issue, but I felt that this information should be dispersed. People seem to think that the Palestieans agressivly attack the Israelis, and that the Israelis, have never done anything wrong 'intentionally'. This proves otherwise. It proves that there are Israelis as well, who wish nothing other than to seek revenge, much like the suicide bombers, but far more efficient. Had this attack suceeded, thousands of people could have been killed, mostly children.
JERUSALEM - Atop the Mount of Olives in the predawn hourrs of April 29, two Israeli settlers from the West Bank planted an explosive device between a Palestinean girl's school and an Arab Hospital in the A-Tur neighborhood of Jerusalem. The men had towed the powerful bomb to the area, detatched the trailer that held it, and set a timer that would detonate the bomb at 7:35 a.m. Just about that time, 1,300 young girls would be gathering in the school courtyard, while patients, doctors and other workers would be arriving for duty at the hospital. Police luckally, discovered and diffused the bomb. "It would have been a disaster if the bomb went off," said a mother of a student at the Benat A-Tur School for girls age 6-12. While not common, experts say individual Israeli acts or terrorism against Arab targets do occur.
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This is just an article I got today, in the Chicago Tribune. I never really took a 'side' in this Middle East conflict issue, but I felt that this information should be dispersed. People seem to think that the Palestieans agressivly attack the Israelis, and that the Israelis, have never done anything wrong 'intentionally'. This proves otherwise. It proves that there are Israelis as well, who wish nothing other than to seek revenge, much like the suicide bombers, but far more efficient. Had this attack suceeded, thousands of people could have been killed, mostly children.