Wednesday, October 15, 2003
Haaretz Article - Three Americans killed as U.S. convoy bombed in Gaza
There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the incident, the first deadly attack on an official American target in the three years of the intifada. Three months ago, a roadside bomb was detonated beside an American convoy traveling in the same area, but without injury, Israel Radio reported.
The American officials were headed Wednesday to discuss the awarding of study grants to Gaza Palestinians.
The victims of the blast were security men hired from a private company, not U.S. government officials. Israel Radio reported that one of the victims was identified as an East Jerusalem resident who was the driver of the vehicle.
The blast went off around 10:15 A.M. Wednesday as a three-car U.S. diplomatic convoy drove near a gas station on the outskirts of the town of Beit Lahiya in the northern Gaza Strip, along the main north-south road.
Both the militant Islamic Jihad and Hamas movements denied responsibility for the attack...
...Later in the day, American security officials investigating the bomb attack left the scene abruptly after Palestinian youths threw stones and rocks at them. The investigators were taking pictures of the bloodied, twisted remains of the van when half a dozen kids threw stones and rocks at them as about 200
Palestinians looked on.
Palestinian police fired in the air to chase away the stone throwers, and U.S. officials rushed into their cars and sped off. Palestinian police beat some people in the crowd, while pushing the spectators back...
It's always illuminating to see how people react to events like this. I heard a clip of Wesley Clark on the radio this morning blaming this event on the Bush Administration and their "failed policies" for Middle East peace. I guess that's in contrast to every other American Administration. All I could think was, "what...an...asshole." Clark is clearly attempting to cement his position as political opportunist of the coming century. And this guy is the Democratic front-runner. Yikes. I'll post the exact quote when I can find it.
i am really bothered by the americans being killed in gaza b/c i certainly believe it was the mossad who perpetrated the attack. i am especially concerned b/c palestinian militants are automatically blamed, however, the story has disappeared from the media as if something is trying to be hidden.
I just last night posted six new entries at my blog - some of them are on the Iraq war situation.
The last of the six, however, points out connections between Wesley Clark & the Clinton administration and Islamic terrorists.
That is an important issue, and it needs to be discussed. What Wesley Clark and the Clinton administration did was awful, and it helped Osama bin Laden and al-Qaeda, and may also have helped aid the 9/11 terrorists.
Clark would make a terrible President. The terrible things that he and the Clinton/Gore administration did need to be more largely discussed, and the public needs to become more aware of them.
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Keep up the good work!