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To: Bilow who wrote (54459)10/24/2002 3:22:39 PM
From: LLLefty  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 281500
 
>....."I have no passengers except for soldiers and journalists," he sighed as he rolled by one of two sites where suicide bombers killed 44 at exactly the same time and day on two previous Sundays, Feb. 25 and March 3. Most people were taking taxis or had found some other means of transportation."
cnn.com;

Now Carl, you should have an opportunity to withdraw the above as your apparent argument that considerate suicide bombers who target buses do so because they carry only soldiers and journalists.

What's the body count on journalists killed in bus bombings?

I can just see the NYTimes' correpondent dipping into the petty cash box and taking four shekels out for the bus to interview Arafat, finding 30 other journalists on the bus the same intention. Don't forget to get a transfer since one must change buses at the line.