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To: Carolyn who wrote (784)	2/9/2001 1:03:05 AM
From: Hawkmoon	Respond to of 23908

FRIDAY FEBRUARY 09 2001 Two huge car bombs rock Jerusalem FROM SAM KILEY IN MEA SHEARIM, JERUSALEM TWO massive car bombs rocked Jerusalem’s ultra-Orthodox Jewish neighbourhood yesterday in a terror attack intended to kill and maim in revenge for the huge support shown by religious Jews in the election of Ariel Sharon as Prime Minister this week. One woman was hurt and nine suffered from deep shock. Police at the scene said that it was a miracle that there were not more injuries. The two bombs, one two minutes after the other, ripped apart a car on the narrow Beit Israel Street in Mea Shearim, throwing debris more than 150 yards and shattering windows. The blast took place in west Jerusalem, near the “Green Line” with Arab east Jerusalem. The spacing of the blasts was clearly intended to kill or injure rescue workers and other civilians who rushed to the scene of the first explosion. Bomb disposal experts found hand grenades fitted as booby traps to the vehicle. The Jerusalem police chief, Miki Levi, said: “The amount of explosives in the bomb was very large. The car blew up and pieces flew within a wide radius. The explosion blew every piece of the car into different directions . . . It was a miracle that people weren’t killed.” On Tuesday Israel’s ultra-Orthodox communities followed the instructions of their rabbis and voted for Mr Sharon in large numbers — helping Israel’s tough new leader to a massive win over Ehud Barak. Analysts said yesterday that they estimated the ultra-Orthodox had backed Mr Sharon, who is reviled by the Arab world and has promised to take a hard line with the Palestinians, by “100 per cent”. The blasts were claimed by a previously unknown group styling itself the Palestinian Popular Resistance Forces. It claimed in a fax to Reuters news agency that the attack was carried out by its Sabra and Shatila Martyrs Group. Mr Sharon is reviled by Arabs for the attack on the Sabra and Shatila Palestinian refugee camps in Beirut by Lebanese Phalangists in 1982. Israeli forces stood by during the assault. An Israeli inquiry later found Mr Sharon, then the Defence Minister, indirectly responsible. However, in a separate statement to Reuters, the Popular Army Front said it carried out the blasts and would continue “attacks against the enemy everywhere”. Palestinian Islamic Jihad, a militant Muslim guerrilla group, said over the weekend that it had sent teams into Israel from Gaza. Their mission was to carry out bomb attacks in revenge for the death of a Palestinian killed trying to infiltrate Israel last Saturday. thetimes.co.uk