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To: calgal who wrote (23192)	6/11/2003 12:26:16 PM
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Bush Condemns Jerusalem Attack URL:http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,89125,00.html Wednesday, June 11, 2003 CHICAGO — President Bush, his administration striving to keep a hobbled Mideast peace progress (search) on track, lamented Wednesday's deadly homicide bombing in Jerusalem. The president was informed of the explosion as he traveled on his Marine One helicopter into downtown Chicago for a speech. "The president condemns the attack in the strongest possible terms," Bush spokesman Scott McClellan said. The homicide bomber blew himself up on a bus on downtown Jerusalem's main thoroughfare during afternoon rush hour. The attack followed a threat by the Islamic militant group Hamas (search) to take revenge for Israel's botched missile attack Tuesday on one of its leaders, Abdel Aziz Rantisi, who was wounded. The State Department lists Hamas as a terrorist group. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for Wednesday's suicide bombing. On Tuesday, Bush said Israel's helicopter attack on the Hamas leader could make it harder for the new Palestinian leadership to combat terrorism and made no contribution to Israel's security -- some of his administration's strongest words against Israeli actions to combat Palestinian terrorism. Bush said he was troubled by the Israeli attack in Gaza and was "determined to keep the process on the road to peace." Bush held a summit in Aqaba, Jordan, last week with Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas (search) and Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon (search) aimed at reinvigorating the peace process and producing a settlement between the two sides. It was not clear whether Bush would address the latest Mideast violence during his Chicago speech, in which the president was urging lawmakers to enact far-reaching changes to the government's Medicare program for the elderly.