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Explosion in Central Israel Kills 7
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RISHON LETZION, Israel - A suicide bomber blew himself up at a bus stop crowded with soldiers at rush hour Tuesday. At least six other people were killed, a television report said.


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The blast wounded at least 30 people, 15 of them seriously, rescue service workers said.


The bomber struck at a busy bus stop near both the Assaf Harofeh Hospital and the Tsrifin army base near the Tel Aviv suburb of Rishon Letzion. Crowds fled the area screaming.


Israel's Channel 1 TV reported the bomber and six bystanders were killed. Hospital doctors said most of the injured were soldiers.


Security officials said there were many soldiers at the bus stop, where ambulances quickly lined up to take away the wounded.


Three bodies lay in the street, and police said they believed the suicide bomber was among them. The walls of a nearby bus shelter were spattered with blood from the attack, which occurred about 6 p.m., just as the soldiers were returning home.


Israeli officials quickly blamed the Palestinian Authority (news - web sites).


"The attack today is further indication that the Palestinian Authority is doing absolutely nothing whatsoever to rein in terrorists or to dismantle the terror infrastructure in their areas," said David Baker, a spokesman for Prime Minister Ariel Sharon (news - web sites), who is visiting India.


Palestinian legislator Saeb Ereket condemned the attack, saying the Palestinians urge the United States and the international community to "de-escalate the violence and implement the road map."


There was no immediate claim of responsibility.


An official from the militant Hamas group — which has carried out most of the 101 suicide bombings against Israeli targets in the last three years of fighting — did not say whether the group was behind the attack, but the group has threatened revenge for recent Israeli airstrikes targeting its leaders.


"This operation, whoever is behind it, is a natural reaction for the bloody aggression against our people, the assassination of our people, the killing of our children, demolishing our houses, and terrorizing our innocent people," said the Hamas official, Abdel Aziz Rantisi.


Israeli government spokesman Avi Pazner said "the responsibility is shared between the organization that carried out the atrocity and the Palestinian Authority that did nothing to prevent it, and Israel will react accordingly."


Israeli authorities had been on high alert in the wake of Saturday's botched attempt to kill Sheikh Ahmed Yassin, the founder and spiritual leader of the Islamic militant group Hamas. Security was especially tight in Jerusalem on Tuesday.


The explosion comes as Israeli Cabinet and security officials have been calling for the expulsion of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat (news - web sites) — whom Israel holds responsible for the attacks — and there has been speculation that a suicide bombing that causes many fatalities might trigger such a move. The United States has blocked the idea in the past.


Earlier Tuesday, Israeli troops killed two Hamas militants and a 12-year-old boy in a raid in the West Bank city of Hebron, witnesses and Israeli security officials said. The officials, speaking on condition of anonymity, said one of the men was the head of Hamas in Hebron, Ahmed Bader, and the other was Izzedine Mesk, who they believed was related to a suicide bomber who killed 22 people on a Jerusalem bus last month.


The troops also blew up a seven-story apartment building where the militants had been hiding out.





The violence comes as Israeli officials said they would judge Ahmed Qureia, the candidate for Palestinian prime minister, by the extent to which he is prepared to comply with the U.S.-backed "road map" peace plan.

"We will judge any Palestinian prime minister by his actions," Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom said in a statement. "He will have to decide whether he stands with Arafat or whether he stands against terrorism. His first step must be to make the strategic decision to dismantle the infrastructure of terrorism."

After Saturday's resignation of Palestinian Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas, Israel initially said it would not deal with a successor hand-picked by Arafat. However, Sharon's aides said Tuesday that Qureia could be a partner if he carries out the Palestinians' obligations under the road map peace plan, including disarming militants.

Qureia said he will "not be under an Israeli dictate" and will only be guided by the Palestinian national interest. He did not elaborate, but was expected to stick to Abbas' policy of refusing to clamp down on militants.

Other Israelis remained sharply critical of Qureia.

Commenting on the changes, Israel's army chief, Lt. Gen. Moshe Yaalon, did not refer to Qureia by name, but said "there is an attempt now to reverse the process" of reform headed by Abbas, put forward a leadership will all paths leading to Arafat and "promote the logic of a temporary cease-fire, instead of an effort to dismantle the terror infrastructure."

Speaking at a counterterrorism conference, Yaalon also hinted Israel also could start targeting militant leaders from Syria to Lebanon to Iran who support Palestinian terror cells, saying "all leaderships should be held accountable."

Israeli Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz also told legislators: "We are not going to cooperate with people who are doing what Arafat says."

In the West Bank city of Hebron, the 12-year-old Palestinian boy, Thaher Siyouri, was killed by shrapnel from an Israeli tank shell fired at a suspected militants' hideout, witnesses said. He was watching the fighting with his family from the third floor of a nearby building.

Before demolishing the building, witnesses said the army sent two Palestinians inside, apparently to search it. Israel's Supreme Court has outlawed the practice of using Palestinian civilians as "human shields." The Israeli military had no immediate comment on the report.

Qureia, the Palestinian parliament speaker and one of the key people who helped negotiate the 1993 Israeli-Palestinian Oslo accord, was nominated Sunday by Arafat to replace Abbas.

Qureia has accepted the post in principle, but says Israel must take action on the road map, which envisions a Palestinian state in 2005.

Qureia said his first order of business would be negotiating a cease-fire with Israel. He warned that unless Israel lessens its hostility to Arafat and ends airstrikes on militant leaders, he'd be doomed to failure.

The nominee, who met with Arafat on Tuesday for the second time in two days, said he will need the Palestinian leader's backing to govern.

Raanan Gissin, a senior adviser to Sharon, told reporters in India that the Palestinian leadership must choose the path of peace if it wants Israel to cooperate.

Sharon's aides, speaking on condition of anonymity, said Qureia could be a partner.

White House spokesman Scott McClellan said Monday: "It will be critical that the new Cabinet continues to press for reforms and continues to fight terrorism."

Qureia is the No. 3 leader in Fatah (news - web sites), after Arafat and Abbas. Considered a moderate, the 65-year-old has maneuvered between Arafat and reform-minded legislators as parliament speaker.

Abbas, appointed in April under Israeli and U.S. pressure, was unpopular among Palestinians precisely because he was backed by Israel and frequently wrangled with Arafat. He resigned after Arafat refused to put the security services under his control.




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See, the "lovely" Palestinians are at their old tricks again, killing more Israelis. Of course many will boohoo for these same murderers and attack Israel. What a shame!”

“What's the one piece of backpacking gear you guys have that has the most sentimental value? Mine's my Swiss Army knife. It's been with me on every trip for the past 4 years.”

“I kind of like my "ignore this user" button the most.”

“Yep. I've got one that's about a dozen years old. The cross and shield emblem has almost worn completely off.”

“my coffee cup. my mom got it for me. it's from my elementry school and it's red! it has been on ever trip”

“Tilt, how many blades/tools does that sucker have? Mine's made by Victorinox, I believe it's the "Adirondack" model? Locking main blade, pen blade, can opener, bottle opener, corkscrew, leather awl, tweezers and toothpick.

Maple, it's not ceramic is it?”

“no its plastic”

“I'd have to say my little pocket radio from Radio Shack (ShltShack). Nothing nicer than being on a solo trip and having a little soft jazz as I drift off to sleep. It's the smallest radio I could find that still has an external speaker yet is very small (about the size of an Altiods tin) and is light (maybe 6 oz.). $20 and has lasted me for nearly five years now. It will pull in stations from way out too.”

“Ah, that makes more sense.”

“My Wenger has a large blade, scissors, nail file, bottle opener, can opener, corkscrew, awl, and the ubiquitous toothpick and tweezers. It's quite handy for almost everything.”

“Throw out your sissy nickel-plated swiss army knife and get yourself a real knife - a leatherman.”

“I prefer the Wenger over the Victorianox because the springs on the scissors have broken on all the Victorianox knives I've had.”

“see, they're pieces of sh|t”

“did you ever look at those altoid thin containers? take it apart, the bottom of it looks like a miniture paint roll thingy... ya know they thing where you put the paint in. Looks just like one!”

“...or one is a piece of shiite.”

“I use a German made Mauser multi blade that was my fathers. Good gear, but a bit heavy.”

“So, Nigal brings radios in the backcountry, very interesting!

Mutt, no way man, I'm sticking old school. I'll always be a swiss army knife owner. :-)

Geobeet - scissors?! What you gonna cut up in da woods with dat? I purposely avoided the scissors, I knew I'd never use them, and like you said, they're usually the first thing to break.”

“I have the Victorinox Classic and it has served me for years and years now. I have a leatherman Micra but have left it at home in favore of the Vic due to the fact that I can't cut as fine with the scissors as I can with the Vic. Plus it is prone to rust. The Leatherman dies have a better main blade though.”

“I used to have one of the 'Champs' with everydamnthing on it, but somebody swiped it. This one is the 'Adventurer' I think, with the larger lock blade, can-opener, bottle-opener, awl, philips screwdriver, toothpick, tweezers, ... just a few things, <G>

I think they make another one that's similar, but it has a corkscrew instead of the philips head... And it has a saw blade.”

“SVEA 123..... a gift from 1973”

“The Wenger scissors do not break and they are handy for all sorts of things, not just for camping. It's a multi-use knife.

I also picked up a Schrade sheath knife at Wally World one day when I forgot my knife and realized it in time to stop. The Schrade cost just under $10 and with a little sharpening is one heck of a knife.”

“See? Nigal knows what time it is. :-)”

“Dave's not here, Man!”

“The Classic is great for trimming toe nails too. All I could do with a Leatherman is rip the things out with the pliers.”

“That's about the time I went on my first trip, Jo. Unfortunately, nothing I have exists from that era. The Norwegian welt Vasques lasted for 15 years before they dry-rotted, and the Amtrak guys crushed the Alpine Designs e-frame...

I should've saved those boots and had 'em bronzed.”

“I use the scissors on my victorinox to cut moleskin and the like.

Poor moles.”

“ouch.


LOL”

“I have a Gerber multitool. It's heavy, but I love it. I have it attached to the waist belt of my pack. It has every tool I think I'd need for backpacking repairs.”

“The most essential think in my backpack is the TP.

Leave it at home just one time on a desert hike and you will know what I mean.”

“Had a bad brush with cactus, eh Chili? :-)”

“Yeah, I did that once on a desert hike. It really chapped my ass when I realized what I had done, nyuk nyuk.”

“My wife got me one of those "Champs" Tilt. I think I could either do surgery or overhaul a small engine with the thing.

Of course, since I don't need to do either of those things on the trail, I take a much smaller Swiss Army knife...”

“I keep that old stove polished and it works OK still.

I'm still partial to Norwegian welts....Scarpa Rios these days.

Where was your first trip?”

“Jo, I've had a few Swedish swellings after the occaisional professional massage from the Swedish Prime Minister, but never a Nordish welt ((homey don't like that). Me, I prefer a Leatherman Juice (the red one), carry it with me no matter where I go.”

“sounds pretty good match.
a good swelling now and then goes a long way or at least we hope so.”