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 Thu Aug 04, 2005 4:17 pm Israeli soldier opens fire on Arab bus passengers |
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| Quote: | Israeli soldier opens fire on Arab bus passengers
JERUSALEM (CNN) -- An Israeli soldier opened fire inside a bus in Israel's northern Galilee region Thursday, killing four Israeli Arabs and seriously wounding five other people before he was killed, according to Israeli police.
Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon condemned the attack, calling it "the terrible act of a bloodthirsty terrorist."
"This terrorist event was a deliberate attempt to harm the fabric of relations among all Israeli citizens," Sharon said in a statement.
An angry mob in the predominantly Israeli Arab town of Shfaram surrounded the bus shortly after the shooting.
Police spokesman Eran Feinmesser could not confirm Israeli media reports that the gunman was killed by the mob.
The shooting victims included the bus driver and a passenger, both residents of Shfaram.
Sharon's statement added: "The entire State of Israel, regardless of race, religion or sex, strongly condemns this act of terrorism.
"The government is determined to protect the lives of Israel's citizens, from all ethnic communities and sectors; I have instructed the security services to accord the highest priority to investigating this terrorist attack."
Israel Defense Forces confirmed the shooter was an Israeli soldier.
Israeli television reported the soldier, a West Bank settler, went AWOL two months ago because he did not want to participate in removing settlers from Gaza and the West Bank as part of Sharon's disengagement plan.
Many settlers are resisting the withdrawal, which is scheduled to begin August 15.
Sharon vowed Monday that his plan to withdraw Israeli troops and about 9,000 Jewish settlers in Gaza and parts of the West Bank will go ahead as planned.
http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/08/04/bus.shooting/index.html |
Hmm, Israeli terrorists, the conflict seems to be a little less black and white now 
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Jeremy
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| Fri Aug 05, 2005 7:51 am |
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In some ways, but if you notice they killed Israeli Arabs. It sounds more like he just lost it.
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| Fri Aug 05, 2005 8:55 am |
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I think terrorists have always "lost it"
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