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| Palestinian Woman Sentenced for Bombing |
| 2003-10-24 |
| An Israeli military court on Thursday sentenced a Palestinian woman to 320 years in prison for her role in a suicide bombing at a Jerusalem pizzeria that killed 15 people, two of them Americans. According to a transcript of the trial, Jordanian-born Ahlam Tamimi, 23, was the first woman to be recruited by the Izzadine el-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of the violent Islamic Hamas movement. Wonder what her reward is in Paradise? The prosecution said that she helped plan the Aug. 9, 2001 bombing of the packed Sbarro restaurant and escorted the suicide bomber to the site, where he set off a powerful charge in the guitar case he was carrying. Among the dead in what the court judgment called "a satanic act" were toddlers, teenagers and elderly. Judith Greenbaum, 31, a school teacher from Passaic, N.J., and Malka Roth, 15, daughter of immigrants from New York, were among the dead. Hamas has claimed responsibility for most of the 104 suicide bombings against Israelis during the current three-year comment, killing more than 400 people. We know, and we’ll remember. The court said that Tamimi, who joined Hamas while a media student at a West Bank university, had a month previously planted a bomb in a downtown Jerusalem supermarket. That blast caused extensive damage, but no injuries. She was sentenced to one 20-year term for each of the Sbarro victims and one more for her other activities. Even with good behavior and early parole, Tamimi will be about 183 years old when she’s released. |
| Posted by:Steve White |
| #4 Mojo, I am guessing that it was a, err, "Vocational-Technical" school specializing in, umm, electronics and demolitions technology. Yeah, that's it, it's an accredited school, not an underground bombmaker's shop... |
| Posted by: Carl in N.H. 2003-10-24 1:25:46 PM |
| #3 Need one ask which "west bank university"? |
| Posted by: mojo 2003-10-24 2:53:32 AM |
| #2 she gets an electric cucumber and a packet of raisins |
| Posted by: Anon1 2003-10-24 1:52:31 AM |
| #1 Mind game time. Sorry, Tamimi, jail's all full, the Americans have offered you a cell at GTMO. |
| Posted by: Anonymous 2003-10-24 1:48:57 AM |