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| Boomer Nabbed Outside U.S. Embassy in Tel Aviv |
| 2002-10-11 |
| A Palestinian suicide bomber was captured by guards outside the U.S. Embassy in Tel Aviv on Friday after fleeing a nearby cafe where his explosives belt had set off a metal detector. Uri Bar-Lev, a senior Tel Aviv police officer, told Israel Radio no one was injured in the incident. 'Cept maybe the boomer, and that was only a few bruises. To the testicles. Police officers said the bomber, who they identified as a Palestinian, ... You were expecting maybe a Samoan?... tried to enter the Tayelet Cafe across from the city's beachfront promenade. But his explosives belt set off a metal detector at the door. A security man at the cafe challenged him and he bolted down the street toward the U.S. embassy about 20 yards away, where guards grabbed him. "Boomer comin', Harry." "I'll get the net, Ralph." |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |
| #3 I think they are State Department security guards, not Marines. Marines guard the embassy grounds, security guards cover embassy personnel when they leave the compound. They are very good at what they do and keep a very low profile. |
| Posted by: Steve 2002-10-12 12:54:32 |
| #2 Hamas should be vowing dire revenge any moment, shouldn't they? |
| Posted by: Fred 2002-10-11 22:40:44 |
| #1 So its confirmed that it was guards from US embassy - early reports said it was guards from nearby FRENCH embassy (!?!?!) If it was US, I take it then that it was US Marines?? Has anyone noted at least the symbolic value of US Marines stopping a boomer in Tel Aviv?? (or are we keeping it quiet to avoid offending the "Arab street") |
| Posted by: liberal hawk 2002-10-11 22:23:05 |