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Shin Bet Chief Warned of Copycat Terrorists Hours Before Jerusalem Attack


[Ha'aretz ] Shahar Ilan - Shin Bet chief Yuval Diskin warned the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee of copycat terrorist attacks three hours before Tuesday's bulldozer rampage in Jerusalem, copying a bulldozer attack in the capital three weeks ago. "If we do not take care of the power vacuum, Jerusalem will turn into a serious problem," Diskin said. "Today, entering [the eastern Jerusalem neighborhood of] Shuafat requires massing a greater number of forces than it does entering Jenin [in the West Bank]," Diskin said.
2008-07-23 01:00:00
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