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Politics : Formerly About Applied Materials
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To: Cary Salsberg who wrote (70143)4/30/2003 2:19:05 PM
From: runes  Read Replies (1) of 70976
 
<<you should be able to direct me to a URL that will confirm your point>>

...That would take some digging as those events are now buried in the archive files. And it may not have been the first deaths - just the first dramatic death.
...But still the point stands - the suicide bombings came later. In the beginning it was stone throwing and rubber bullets.

<<A precise motive for the bombing is difficult to ascertain. >>
...Of course not - in messes such as this conflict very little is ever precise. But the agendas are well known. And in particular Hamas' agenda. There have been other times in the past when they resorted to suicide bombing in order to disrupt peace talks.
...And even today the leader of Hamas has vowed to continue suicide bombings because he rejects the "roadmap".
<<Hamas Chief Rejects Peace Plan, Vows More Attacks>>
story.news.yahoo.com
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