Violence in the Middle East. (Top News of 2002: March).In 2002, tensions in the Middle East were heightened by new rounds of Palestinian suicide attacks For List of Palestinian suicide attacks please see one of the following:
Arab leaders later met in Lebanon to discuss a peace plan. But hopes for peace faded when a Palestinian suicide bomber Noun 1. suicide bomber - a terrorist who blows himself up in order to kill or injure other people act of terrorism, terrorism, terrorist act - the calculated use of violence (or the threat of violence) against civilians in order to attain goals that are political blew himself up at a Passover seder The Passover Seder (Hebrew: סֵדֶר, seðɛɾ, "order", "arrangement") is a Jewish ritual feast held on the first night of the Jewish holiday of Passover (the 15th day of Hebrew month of Nisan). in Netanya, Israel, killing 22. Outraged by the massacre Massacre See also Genocide. Acre after conquering city, Richard I executed 2700 Muslims (1191). [Eur. Hist.: Bishop, 83–84] Armenian Massacre Turks decimated Armenian population, dispersed survivors (1896). [Eur. Hist. , Israelis began shelling Palestinian leader Yasir Arafat's compound in Ramallah, in the West Bank. |
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