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	CNN.com - Latest terror attacks kill 12 - August 4, 2002
		The most recent terror attack came early Monday morning when a car carrying an Israeli couple and their two children was ambushed on a main road in the West Bank, the Israel Defense Forces said.
		The Israeli government identified seven of the bus attack victims: Mordechai Friedman, 21, of Jerusalem; Sari Goldstein, 20, of Carmiel; Massoun Amin Hassan, 23, of Sajur; Marlene Menachem, 20, of Moshav Safsufa; Staff Sgt. Roni Ghanem, 28, of Maghar; Sgt. Yifat Gavrieli, 19, of Mitzpe Adi; and Sgt. Omri Goldin, 20, of Mitzpe Aviv.
		Israeli Ambassador to the United States Daniel Ayalon said there was no "magical solution" to the problem.
	archives.cnn.com /2002/WORLD/meast/08/04/mideast/index.html (906 words)

	Israeli deaths due to Palestinian terrorism 2002 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		February 6: An Israeli woman, her 11 year-old daughter and a soldier guarding them killed in a gun attack in the Israeli village of Hamra.
		March 3: 10 Israelis, soldiers and civilians, are killed by a Palestinian sniper in an IDF road block near Ofra, in Samaria (northern West Bank).
		Six Israelis were killed when two terrorists opened fire and threw grenades at the Likud polling station in Beit She'an, where party members were casting their votes in the Likud primary.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Terrorist_attacks_against_Israelis_in_2002 (2716 words)

	Definition of Terrorist attacks against Israelis in 2002
		February 6: An Israeli woman, her 11 year-old daughter and a soldier guarding them killed in a gun attack in the Israeli village of Hamra.
		February 27: An Israeli is shot and killed by one of his Palestinian employees in a factory in the Atarot industrial area, north of Jerusalem.
		March 3: 10 Israelis, soldiers and civilians, are killed by a Palestinian sniper in an IDF road block near Ofra, in Samaria (northern West Bank).
	www.wordiq.com /definition/Terrorist_attacks_against_Israelis_in_2002 (2771 words)

	Zionist Organization of America - February 12, 2002 - ZOA BACKGROUNDER - February 11, 2002 - ZOA BACKGROUNDER - ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
		He spent four years in Israeli prison for terrorist activities, and was a commander of operations for Arafat's Fatah terror group during the mass "intifada" violence that began in 1987.
		According to the Israeli government, Dahlan is one of the primary directors of the current terrorist violence against Israelis in the Gaza region.
		Responsible for murders of 15 Israelis: According to the Israeli daily Ma'ariv (Jan.24, 1996), Rajoub was responsible for the shooting attacks by PA policemen against Israeli soldiers in September 1996, in which 15 Israeli soldiers were killed.
	www.zoa.org /pressrel/20020212a.htm (706 words)

	Major Terrorist Attacks in Israel
		November 15: Twelve Israelis were killed and 15 others wounded in Hebron when Palestinian terrorists opened fire and threw grenades at a group of Jewish worshippers and their guards as they were walking home from Sabbath prayers at the Cave of the Patriarchs.
		Israeli authorities reported that the explosive device had been planted ahead of time, with the terrorist possibly detonating it by remote control.
		One of the Palestinian terrorists was killed at the scene; the second, wearing an explosives belt, fled in the direction of a nearby school when he was shot and killed by a soldier and police officer.
	www.adl.org /Israel/israel_attacks.asp (6038 words)

	Significant Terrorist Incidents 1961-2003: A Brief Chronology
		Attack on the Munich Airport, February 10, 1970: Three terrorists attacked El Al passengers in a bus at the Munich Airport with guns and grenades.
		Bombing of the Israeli Embassy in Argentina, March 17, 1992: Hizballah claimed responsibility for a blast that leveled the Israeli Embassy in Buenos Aires, Argentina, causing the deaths of 29 and wounding 242.
		Attack on U.S. Embassy in Moscow, September 13, 1995: A rocket-propelled grenade was fired through the window of the U.S. Embassy in Moscow, ostensibly in retaliation for U.S. strikes on Serb positions in Bosnia.
	www.state.gov /r/pa/ho/pubs/fs/5902.htm (10938 words)

	USATODAY.com - Terrorist says orders come from Arafat (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
		Israeli security officials concede Arafat is not involved in directing the on-the-ground operations of militant groups, but they say his regular calls for holy war against Israel's occupation have been taken up as a directive by the extremists.
		Israeli police say they thwarted a string of other planned attacks by the group in recent weeks.
		Karmi, founder of the brigade in Tulkarm, died in an explosion in January in a suspected Israeli assassination.
	www.usatoday.com /news/world/2002/03/14/usat-brigades.htm (1241 words)

	CNN.com - Israeli report links Kenya terrorist to al Qaeda - Nov. 29, 2002
		Among theories under consideration are that the attacks were planned by Hezbollah or other Palestinian rejectionist groups alone, or that they were planned by one of those groups in concert with al Qaeda.
		Among the Israeli victims were two young brothers: Noy and Dvir Anter, ages 12 and 13, according to the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
		Israeli intelligence sources told CNN that Kenyan authorities recovered two launch tubes from a field adjacent to Mombasa's airport where the chartered plane took off with 261 passengers and crew.
	archives.cnn.com /2002/WORLD/africa/11/28/kenya.israel (1081 words)

	International Press - War on Terrorism - September 11 Terrorist Attacks - Iraq - Al-Qaeda
		The desperation of the attackers, whoever they are, indicates that [they] were so strongly driven and angry at the Americans that they not only stopped caring for their own lives, they did not consider claiming the lives of thousands of other victims.
		Terrorist attacks continue to be attempted against U.S. interests in the archipelago nations of the region.
		Indeed, it has managed to turn the love and admiration that peoples around the world once felt for America as a champion of liberty, democracy and self-determination, into universal suspicion and mistrust, a transformation that is the result of Washington's misuse of power and abuse of the moral foundations upon which it built its civilization.
	www.worldpress.org /specials/wtc/front.htm (7612 words)

	MSN Encarta - bin Laden, Osama
		bin Laden, Osama, born in 1957, Saudi Arabian multimillionaire and founder of the al-Qaeda terrorist network, which was responsible for the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks against the United States.
		Al-Qaeda’s first confirmed attack was the bombing in 1995 of a joint Saudi-American military training center in Riyadh, the capital of Saudi Arabia, which caused the deaths of five Americans.
		This attack was followed by the 1998 bombings of U.S. embassies in Tanzania and Kenya in 1998 and a suicide bombing in 2000 of the USS Cole.
	encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_701505592/bin_Laden_Osama.html (766 words)

	Palestine Media Watch -- Spread the Palestinian point of view
		Of those, six instances of the word "vigilante" were preceded by the word "Jewish" or "Israeli." The only time a Palestinian group was described as a "vigilante" group was in reference to Palestinians who carry out attacks on other Palestinians suspected of conspiring with the Israelis.
		A total of 189 news articles were found which included the word "terror" or "terrorist." A close examination of only those news articles appearing in February and March of 2002 illustrated the clear pattern that would emerge if all 189 articles were examined.
		The incident appeared to be the most deadly attack by Israeli vigilantes since Baruch Goldstein, an American-born physician, killed 29 Palestinians at prayer in Hebron seven years ago....In the past two months, Sharon has authorized the assassinations of leading militants but has refused in most cases to order massive aerial and artillery attacks.
	www.pmwatch.org /pmw/cast/vigilante.asp (470 words)

	President Declares "Freedom at War with Fear"
		The terrorists practice a fringe form of Islamic extremism that has been rejected by Muslim scholars and the vast majority of Muslim clerics -- a fringe movement that perverts the peaceful teachings of Islam.
		This war will not be like the war against Iraq a decade ago, with a decisive liberation of territory and a swift conclusion.
		We will starve terrorists of funding, turn them one against another, drive them from place to place, until there is no refuge or no rest.
	www.whitehouse.gov /news/releases/2001/09/20010920-8.html (2925 words)

	The Israeli Government's Official Website, by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
		Israeli ophthalmologists have been sent by MASHAV, the Center for International Development Cooperation of Israel's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, on a humanitarian mission to aid refugees from the Darfur region of western Sudan currently at the Kakuma refugee camp on the Kenyan-Sudanese border.
		Based on a reading from a Bible passage, an Israeli scientist from Tel Aviv University's Department of Zoology has been able to develop a cinnamon extract that is not only able to neutralize many viruses found in humans and animals, it has the potential to immunize against selected viruses as well.
		July 12, 2007 marks one year since the unprovoked abduction of Eldad Regev and Ehud Goldwasser on the Israeli side of the Lebanese border, an action that precipitated widespread confrontation between Israel and the Lebanon-based Hizbullah terrorist organization.
	www.mfa.gov.il /mfa (847 words)

	Arafat Terrorism
		Orders for Terrorist Attacks Come from Arafat's HQ Yasser Arafat's record of not fighting terror was a cause of concern and consternation for the Israeli military soon after the Oslo Accords were signed in 1993.
		It is imperative that Israel's moves against Arafat be seen against the backdrop of cumulative acts that he has committed, and not just omissions in complying with his commitments to fight terrorism.
		On January 17, 2002, two and a half weeks later, a Palestinian killed six Israelis and wounded twenty-six at a bat-mitzvah party in Hadera, initiated and planned by one of those on Arafat's list — Mansur Saleh Sharim, who was already responsible for the deaths of at least three Israelis.
	www.jcpa.org /brief/brief3-6.htm (1332 words)

	March 2002 Military News
		Those dailies not yet commenting on the latest attack, at a Passover Seder that killed at least 20 people, are taking a pessimistic view of the Arab League summit where the Saudi peace plan has been formally introduced.
		Abraham Sofaer on the Middle East VOA 29 Mar. 2002-- Abraham Sofaer was a legal advisor on Middle East affairs to the State Department from 1985 to 1990, and his experience makes him skeptical that another cease-fire will work.
		Peacekeeping in the Shadows VOA 29 Mar. 2002-- More than 3000 men and women from the Tenth Mountain Division based at Fort Drum near the town of Watertown in New York State are deployed in the Yugoslavian province of Kosovo.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/library/news/2002/03/03-29_index.htm (787 words)

	Terrorism: Q & A \| Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades
		While the group initially vowed to target only Israeli soldiers and settlers in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, in early 2002 it began a spree of terrorist attacks against civilians in Israeli cities.
		Experts say the shift began in early 2002, when the Palestinian death toll in the current uprising was nearing 1,000 and the popularity of Arafat’s secular Fatah faction was waning in comparison to the Islamist militants of Hamas.
		Arafat’s advisers say he does not; Israeli officials say he does; and different leaders of the group tell different stories about whether they take their orders from Arafat.
	www.terrorismanswers.com /groups/alaqsa.html (807 words)

	The Counterterrorism Blog: Washington-area Muslim Cleric Condemns Amman Bombings, But Supports Palestinian Suicide ...
		Many of the Palestinian terrorist attacks against Israelis specifically target civilians, at places such as restaurants, cafes, buses and even religious celebrations, not to mention establishments that have been attacked in the past that are known hangouts for both Jews and Arabs.
		Al-Qaida’s statement of responsibility, as noted earlier by Evan Kohlmann, justifies the attack of the hotels in a manner very similar to Elsayed’s support for Palestinian terrorists, reasoning that the hotels were more than just civilian vacation spots, but central to Zarqawi’s perceived war against Islam.
		Moustafa Akkad and his daughter died in the Amman terrorist attacks.
	counterterror.typepad.com /the_counterterrorism_blog/2005/11/washingtonarea_.html (648 words)

	Essays Now
		Most successful was Fatah, headed by Yasser Arafat (discussed below) which began military operations against Israel on Jan. 1, 1965, with an attack on the Israeli national water carrier project to transfer water from the Jordan River to the south of Israel.
		The importance of this battle was not in the relatively limited Israeli losses, but in the fact that the Israelis appeared to have been driven back by Palestinian irregulars only nine months after the rout of three Arab regular armies in 1967.
		This was primarily due to the creeping annexation of land by the Israeli occupation authorities and the establishment of Israeli settlements on the confiscated lands.
	www.essays-now.com /sample.php (1946 words)

	Pravda.RU IDF discovers documents linking PA to terror attacks, some signed by Arafat
		A document discovered this week by Israeli forces searching the offices of Fuad Shubaki, chief financial officer for the Palestinian Authority, shows a direct connection between the PA and terrorist attacks against Israelis, including suicide bombings, IDF officers said.
		A document discovered this week by Israeli forces searching the offices of Fuad Shubaki, chief financial officer for the Palestinian Authority, shows a direct connection between the PA and terrorist attacks against Israelis, including suicide bombings More details...
		Five killed, 42 hurt in Capital church attack Safiullah Gul, Pakistan A horrific grenade attack on the Protestant International Church in the high-security diplomatic enclave of the Pakistani federal capital city of Islamabad on Sunday left at least five people dead and more than 40 wounded More details...
	english.pravda.ru /hotspots/2002/04/05/27377.html (2065 words)

	Bush Expresses Condolences for Terrorist Attacks against Israelis
		In a White House statement July 17, Bush said terrorist attacks undermine efforts to restore hope to the Palestinian people.
		Peace cannot be built on a platform of violence against innocents.
		These terrorist acts are also attacks on our efforts to restore hope to the Palestinian people.
	usembassy-israel.org.il /publish/peace/archives/2002/july/071901.html (207 words)

	Historians in the News: Latest
		Iran's Supreme Court on Friday Feb. 14, 2003 revoked the death sentence imposed in November against the chairman of the history department at Tarbiat Modarres University, in Tehran.
		Rice is considering her friend Philip D. Zelikow, a historian at the University of Virginia who was staff director of the commission that investigated the Sept. 11 attacks and her co-author on a book about German reunification, for a job as counselor.
		William Safire is attacking Philip Zelikow, the executive director of the 9-11 commission after the commission's staff issued a report denying a collaborative relationship between Saddam and Al Qaeda.
	hnn.us /articles/1120.html (4385 words)

	In Context
		In a renewed dispute, a group of Israeli archaeologists has condemned the Wakf's planned renovation work of an ancient tower adjacent to the Temple Mount, warning that such a move is part of a long-running plan by the Islamic Trust to expand a recently-created mosque at the Jerusalem holy site.
		Islamic Jihad is claiming this attack was "revenge" for the killing of terrorist Luay Sa'adi on Monday (while he was violently resisting arrest).
		Israeli security had word that Sa'adi already had an attack in the pipeline when he was killed.
	incontext.blogmosis.com (2431 words)

	CNN.com - Senior Israeli, Palestinian officials hold talks - August 6, 2002
		JERUSALEM (CNN) -- Senior Israeli and Palestinian officials held security talks late Monday -- a meeting that came even amid a spate of terrorist attacks against Israelis and Israel's response to them.
		Israel initially canceled the meeting after a series of Palestinian-led terrorist attacks left more than a dozen Israelis dead and dozens more wounded over the weekend.
		"The IDF will continue to attack and destroy the terrorist infrastructure in Gaza Strip and in every place where there is terrorist activity against Israeli citizens," the Israel Defense Forces said in a statement.
	cnn.com /2002/WORLD/meast/08/06/mideast.talks/index.html (331 words)

	Bridging the Gap By David Newman (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
		Two shoulder-launched missiles brushed past an Israeli jet flying out of Kenya; shortly thereafter, a bomb exploded at a Kenyan hotel frequented by Israeli tourists.
		Israeli and Kenyan officials tell the LAT that the attacks "bore the trademark of al-Qaida." But Bush, in a brief statement, was hesitant to assign blame.
		No Israelis were killed, but it was, at the very least, a Jewish target.
	slate.msn.com /id/2074707 (1001 words)

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