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...Then, a suicide bomber from a group linked with Arafat's own Fatah organization killed two Israelis and wounded 40 more in downtown Jerusalem. That prompted angry words from the Israelis and President Bush, and Arafat vowed to find culprits. He had, after all, urged an end to Palestinian attacks inside Israel's 1967 borders - his aides noted that these play badly in international eyes and therefore undermine the Palestinian cause. That's not exactly the principled renunciation of terrorism the Israelis and the Bush administration have demanded, and so far even that statement appears to have failed to convince...
...parts concerning the “Abortion: The Legal and Political Landscape” policy group I am leading at the IOP. Osborn points out that one of the initial outreach e-mails I sent mentioned “tentative plans...to invite two speakers, a convicted abortion clinic bomber and someone as far to the Left on the issue as possible.” However, I made it very clear to her, after an interview, that if there were someone coming to the group who felt threatened by an actual clinic bomber, the group would not host such...
...Saga of the Shoe Bomber...
...your article on shoe bomber Richard Reid [WORLD, Feb. 25]: The passengers of American Airlines Flight 63, on which Reid tried to set off a bomb, are lucky to be alive. If he had gone to the toilet to light the fuse protruding from his shoe, the world may never have discovered the cause of the explosion. Thanks to the heroics of the plane's crew and passengers, we learned of a previously unknown weapon the terrorists have and can now prevent similar plots. RAM PUTHRAN Walnut, Calif...
...subscribe to the theory that the shoe bomber was a confused loner and did not belong to a group. If Reid were part of a well-organized terrorist setup, wouldn't he have used a sophisticated detonator instead of a match? And even if he had to use a match, a trained terrorist would have had the sense to light it in the plane's toilet, rather than in full sight of a bunch of passengers. RAMJI R. ABINASHI Amersham, England...