Breaking News: Major terorr attack in Jerusalem

Israeli Radio

[asa9]

Blast that rocked downtown Jerusalem a short time ago was the result of one or two suicide bombers in the are of Zion Square. It appears that there are many dead and injured.

[vikingcelt]

Why don't you read "From Time Immemorial - The Origins of the Arab-Jewish Conflict Over Palestine" by Joan Peters. It should change your way of thinking REAL quick.

[VOYAGER]

FAT RAT ARAFAT A FILTHY TERRORIST B*STARD..CLICK a good read

Maybe to some there is a comparison, there certainly is to me, when I am reminded of Arafat the image of Jesse "the jock knock 'em up" Jackson comes to my mind's eye almost without exception.

[spunkets]

That woman brings back memories of how I felt when digging the first screw fly larva out of a little kitty. Before you dig that out, do you take a big belt of Jack Daniel's?

[grimalkin]

Another Update:

Israel Blames Arafat for Jerusalem Blasts

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel blamed Palestinian President Yasser Arafat for a suicide attack and subsequent car bomb that rocked central Jerusalem on Saturday night, killing at least three people and wounding more than 100.

Israeli government spokesman Avi Pazner called the blasts "a murderous tragedy."

"As head of the Palestinian Authority, Arafat bears direct responsibility for what happened today in Jerusalem," he told Reuters.

Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon was in the United States at the time of the attack, preparing for talks with President Bush on Monday. Israeli officials said the prime minister was holding consultations in the wake of the attack.

"Most of those hurt today are children ... Children are the targets of Palestinian terrorists," Pazner said, citing two previous suicide bombings at a Tel Aviv disco and a Jerusalem pizzeria very close to the site of Saturday night's attack.

[seeker41]

They know how to fight wars, they just need us (diplomats)to get off their back and let the IDF win!

[seeker41]

Got it and read it. Long live Israel.

[Anamensis]

I have come to the conclusion that fundamentalist Islam is merely Nazism with a complete lack of fashion sense.

Oh, they have a certain S&M fashion appeal. Years from now, pervs in turbans will be tying up their love slaves in burquas and flourishing a whip ... it's very kinky when you think about it... slowly lifting the back of the burqua... whip trailing on the cement floor... that tinkly, monotonous music in the background...

[Sueann]

They wanted it long before Israel made it beautiful. Remember, they were already there when Britain gave back some of the land to Israel after WWII. If you like history, rent the movie "Exodus". It is a fairly well done account of how Israel became a state. The movie's star is a Hollywood legend.

[takenoprisoner]

The Palestinian Authority speaks from both sides of the mouth; they don't want "peace" through any means except for the destruction of Israel. The last I had heard (correct me if I'm wrong) was that over 70% of Palestinian civilians supported suicide bombings. Disgusting swine.

No need to dis the pigs, since by far more pigs are smarter than these so called Palestinians who are the most evil entities on the face of the earth. It's way past time to root out this evil in our midst. And if Pres. Bush knows the difference between what is good and what is evil, he will agree.

[Cachelot]

If you think the dispossession of 1 million people from their homes into refugee camps

Newsflash for you. These folks didn't come to camps "from their homes". They came from Jordan, where they tried to overthrow the government. Then they ended up in Lebanon, where they murdered large parts of the Christian population and destroyed the country in the process. This filth doesn't have a home, or homes. They're vermin squatting and sh*tting on whatever land they can grab, and the proper remedy is anything that kills them and does not harm more useful life, such as rats and cockroaches. But then, I expect you know this. You're probably squatting right smack bang in the middle of them.

[spunkets]

Yes, it's truly saddening.

[AmishDude]

The moslems during ramadan belive this night to be "The night of power" when they recieve visions and dreams from allah.

More like hallucinations from gorging themselves before and after daylight and starving the rest of the day.

[seeker41]

It would help if you minded your own business and let the rest of us post as we please. For some of us Isreal is significant for reasons of FAITH.

[xm177e2]

This is really something, 300+ posts to a thread that has nothing to do with the disintegration of our country.

I seem to recall a similar incident in... NEW YORK, carried out by the same type of people. We've got a diplomat in that region right now, and Bush has said a Palestinian state is in his "vision." I think this news item is relevant to America.

[JD86]

Can you repost these pictures in the cross-hairs of a weapon? That is the only way I want to see her face again.. or on her funeral day.....

[imperator2]

The Arab send bomb strapped on volunteers to Israel major cities, and Israel doesn't retaliate. i guess they the Jews are still afraid of the Cosaks, and cower in their basements. I think that there are more pogroms in Israel then russia.

[seeker41]

Isreal=Israel, pardon my spelling error.

[TheOtherOne]

Here is more

JERUSALEM (AP)--Two suicide bombers detonated nail-studded explosives in a crowded pedestrian mall in downtown Jerusalem late Saturday, killing themselves and six bystanders and wounding more than 130 people, police said.

Israeli Foreign Minister Shimon Peres said it was "one of the worst (attacks) we have ever seen."

The blasts were so powerful that they shattered the windows of cars parked a block away. Blood was splattered across store fronts, and bits of flesh and metal bolts from the explosives were strewn on the ground.

Patrons of cafes huddled indoors, behind closed doors. A young man and woman sitting in the corner of one cafe held on to each other. Teen-age girls and boys were screaming and crying into mobile phones, talking to their parents, trying to find their friends in the chaos.

Shortly after the suicide bombings, an explosion went off in a car parked near the mall, said Police Chief Mickey Levy. Apparently no one was hurt in that explosion. At the sound of the third explosion, pedestrians ran up the street in a panic.

Paramedics said at least 130 people were wounded, many of people in their late teens and 20s. Among the wounded were 11 in very serious condition.

"This is a great catastrophe. There are many, many casualties," said Health Minister Nissim Dahan, who was touring area hospitals. "We are almost at the limit of our capacity to take in the wounded."

The Ben Yehuda mall is usually packed with young Israelis on Saturday evening. The mall has been the target of suicide attacks in the past, including in 1997.

Just up the block, on the corner of King George and Jaffa streets, a suicide bomber blew himself up last summer in a crowded pizzeria, killing himself and 15 diners.

Abdel Aziz Rantisi, a Hamas leader in the Gaza Strip, did not claim responsibility on behalf of the group, but said Hamas would continue carrying out attacks.

"We have said several times that we are not goint to accept the occupation to remain in our land," Rantisi said. "We are fighting Jewish terrorism, we are fighting the killers and defending our freedom, our stability and our dignity."

Saturday's bombings came only two days after an Islamic Jihad militant blew himself up on an Israeli bus, killing three passengers and himself.

The attacks also came at a time when a senior U.S. envoy, retired Marine Corps Gen. Anthony Zinni, is trying to secure a cease-fire. However, since Zinni's arrival last week, there has been an upsurge in violence, especially by Palestinian militants trying to derail his mission. Zinni has said he would not be deterred by violence, and would stay in the region as long as it takes.

[Petronski]

I have come to the conclusion that fundamentalist Islam is merely Nazism with a complete lack of fashion sense.

Islam only wants us to see the light. That light lasts approximately .027 seconds and is always accompanied by shrapnel.

Laz, you never fail to make me smile.