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June 12, 2003       Share:    

Source: http://www.nytimes.com/2003/06/12/international/middleeast/12MIDE.html

Palestinian Bus Bomber Murders 16, Wounds 100 in Jerusalem

(New York Times) A Palestinian bomber disguised as an Orthodox Jew detonated himself Wednesday on a crowded bus in downtown Jerusalem, killing 16 other people and wounding 100. Prime Minister Ariel Sharon said after the attack, "Israel will continue to pursue to the fullest the Palestinian terror organizations and their heads, those who initiate, finance, and dispatch terrorists...to murder Jews." Raanan Gissin, a top adviser to Sharon, answered critics who argued that the attempt to kill Gaza Hamas leader Rantisi on Tuesday almost guaranteed a retaliatory attack by Hamas. "It takes a couple of days to prepare such an attack," Gissin said. "They planned it long before this. This really explains why we had to take that action."

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