the fbi is finally warning synagogues and jewish groups that al qaeda might use fuel tanker trucks in attacks against them. apparently this is based on intelligence gleaned from prisoners in cuba. why did they have wait to hear it from them? al qaeda was already linked to an attack on a synagogue in tunisia using this technique. it's hard to predict a new form of an attack but as soon as a one is recognized we should at the very least make people aware of it.
the ny times has a telling quote in an article israel's decision to reoccupy the west bank.
In one of many hand-wringing analysis in the newspapers, the weekend magazine of Haaretz recounted the visit of Defense Minister Benjamin Ben-Eliezer to a jailed failed suicide bomber, Arien Ahmed, in which he tried to seek out her motives.Reflecting on their conversation, the defense minister says, referring to the Israeli Defense Forces:
"But unfortunately, while the I.D.F. is carrying out these necessary actions, the operations themselves become a hothouse that produces more and more new suicide bombers. The military actions kindle the frustration, hatred and despair and are the incubator for the terror to come. The religious and political environment immediately exploits this effect and dispatches the new suicide bombers, and the pattern is repeated."
the washington post has a piece that let me appreciate the horrible situation the israeli government has created for the settlers in the west bank.
israel has arrested a settler accused of killing a palestinian man after the funeral of another settler (i mentioned it here yesterday). i'm curious to see what happens with it. the pa's trackrecord in similar circumstances indicates they'd just detain someone for a few months then set them free or possibly trying them in a hastily concocted court. Posted by drewish at June 22, 2002 09:34 AM
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