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June 19, 2004       Share:    

Source: http://articles.latimes.com/2004/jun/21/world/fg-lull21

Israel Enjoys Long Lull in Attacks

(Los Angeles Times) - It has been just over three months since Palestinian suicide bombers last struck inside Israel - the longest such lull in more than three years. Almost everyone has a theory as to what accounts for the lull: the barrier Israel is erecting in the West Bank, Israel's effort to smash the infrastructure of militant groups such as Hamas, or the eddying currents of Palestinian internal politics. Senior Israeli security officials cite the juxtaposition of good intelligence and good luck. The letup in attacks, they say, is not for any lack of trying on the militants' part. "All it takes is for one to get through," a senior security official said last week.

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