Posted on 09/18/2002 7:12:33 AM PDT by DCBryan1
Just announced, more to follow....no one else has reported.
| Explosion at Umm al Fahm Junction; several injured |
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| By Amos Harel and Jalal Bana, Ha'aretz Correspondents and Agencies |
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Several people were reported injured Wednesday afternoon in an apparent suicide bombing near the Umm al Fahm junction in the Wadi Ara region. |
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| Explosion at Umm al Fahm Junction; several injured |
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| By Amos Harel and Jalal Bana, Ha'aretz Correspondents and Agencies |
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Several people were reported injured Wednesday afternoon in an apparent suicide bombing near the Umm al Fahm junction in the Wadi Ara region. |
Many casualties reported after suicide bombing at bus stop
JERUSALEM, Sept. 18 — A suicide bomber blew himself up at a bus stop in northern Israel, causing many casualties, police said. The blast went off near the Israeli Arab town of Umm el-Fahm, police said.
THE ATTACK was the first suicide bombing since Aug. 4. Yasser Arafat and other Palestinian leaders, as well as his Fatah movement, have spoken out against suicide bombings and called for a halt to attacks inside Israel, but the radical groups, including Hamas and Islamic Jihad, have rejected the calls
It was the first suicide attack in Israel in six weeks, and came after Israel turned down a Palestinian offer to halt attacks on civilians as the first stage of a gradual truce.
There was no immediate claim of responsibility.
The blast went off during afternoon rush hour near the Israeli Arab town of Umm el-Fahm.
Mohammed Akbariyeh, a witness, said he was sitting in a restaurant near the bus stop when the bomb exploded.
"Suddenly, we heard a huge explosion. The ground just flew upward. We ran to the spot. We saw a police car which had been damaged from the rear. One policeman was wounded and another man was also wounded. The body of the terrorist was simply cut in two," Akbariyeh told Israel Radio.
David Baker, an official in Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's office, said that "Palestinian terrorists have once again set out on a bloodletting of the Israeli public."
It was the first suicide attack since Aug. 4, when a bomber blew himself up on a bus, killing himself and nine Israelis.
BINGO!!
She just popped up directly behind Rumsfeld (at his conference) somehow and did the same thing. Just now.
Medea Benjamin.
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