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| Israel: 3 separate terrorism alerts since yesterday |
| 2004-07-16 |
| Israel has seen at least three separate terrorism alerts since yesterday, causing varying degrees of inconvenience to up to many tens of thousands of people. Israel has seen at least three separate terrorism alerts since yesterday, causing varying degrees of inconvenience to up to many tens of thousands of people. (If New Yorkers, Bostonians, Chicagoans or any major urban area’s population within the United States had to live under the gun of mental disturbed jihadic madmen 24 hours a day, I can guarantee the citizens would be assisting city police in tracking down whomever was involved. When Israelis finally get totally fed up with attending funerals of innocent relatives & friends who happened to utilize city buses to their places of employment, schools or shopping, resulting from the excessively high cost of owning a decent automobile, then these commuters get blown to bits by some brainwashed Arab youth filled with false images of scores of awaiting virgins, only if he butchers people he does not even know. How do world leaders react? The vast majority condemn Israel, the victim, in relation to offering assistance to Israel to combat the organized gangs of death cultists responsible for slaughtering innocent Jewish inter-city bus passengers.) The area surrounding the greenhouses in Morag, in southern Gush Katif, was closed off this morning by the military due to a suspected terrorist infiltration. Forces were brought in, and the area was re-opened after the terrorists were believed to have fled. The army has forbidden all hitchhiking throughout Judea and Samaria, and has sent written letters to the local Jewish towns to this effect. Intelligence information has been received regarding terrorist intentions to try and abduct soldiers or residents. The warnings concern specifically the Ramallah area, north of Jerusalem, but the army has instituted the ban all over Yesha. Civilian leaders in Yesha say that such orders are unrealistic and cannot be enforced for long. The army has established checkpoints in the Ramallah area, seeking to apprehend the would-be kidnappers. Yesterday at 4 PM, following the receipt of intelligence information, police set up checkpoints all over the Sharon region, especially near Rosh HaAyin and Petach Tikvah, seeking to stop a terrorist bound for a suicide attack. The entrances to Netanya and Kfar Saba, as well as other roads, were closed, leading to huge traffic jams throughout the area. Four hours later, the checkpoints were removed and the alert was canceled. In Jerusalem, too, a high terror alert was in force yesterday afternoon and last night. A Kassam rocket was fired this morning towards Netzarim, in Gaza; no damage was caused. |
| Posted by:Mark Espinola |