New day, same story Here's the FoxNews report:
JERUSALEM — A homicide bomber blew himself up on a crowded city bus in Jerusalem during rush hour Tuesday morning, killing at least 14 people and injuring more than 40, police said. Many aboard the bus were students on their way to school, witnesses said.
The blast shattered the bus just before 8 a.m. local time, peeling off its roof and sides. The explosion went off as the bus waited at a traffic light near a busy intersection in southern Jerusalem.
And Ha'aretz:
At least 14 people were killed and 40 injured Tuesday morning when a suicide bomber blew himself up on a bus full of passengers, most of them high school students, in southern Jerusalem. Five people were in serious condition, 3 sustained moderate wounds and 32 were lightly injured.The explosion took place near the Pat Junction on Egged bus line 32A from the neighborhood of Gilo. The blast ripped through bus, leaving it a charred, mangled hulk at the side of the road.
The Israelis have more experience than anybody in identifying and stopping terrorists, but some still get through. It would be sheer arrogance for the US to think that we could stop all of them. This is what Cheney and Co. were talking about when they said future attacks on the US are inevitable.
The only way to avoid such attacks is to go on the offensive, to act rather than react.
Posted by Rich at June 18, 2002 2:45 AM