Ariel attack

International | MIDDLE EAST: Israel's prime minister may lack a coalition of the willing, but he's willing to fight terror alone | Mindy Belz

THE IRONY WAS LOST ON THE

bank of cameramen and reporters covering 9/11 Commission hearings on Capitol Hill. As the panel wondered aloud why the Bush and Clinton administrations did not move to kill Osama bin Laden when presented with opportunities to do so, protests abroad swelled against Israel for assassinating a known terrorist.

Thousands of demonstrators took to the streets in the Middle East to denounce Israel's missile strike against Hamas founder Sheik Ahmed Yassin. The attack took place as dawn broke over Gaza on March 22. An Israeli helicopter gunship closed in on the Palestinian cleric-who was blind and wheelchair-bound-just as his entourage emerged from first prayers at a mosque near his home. The helicopter fired three missiles, successfully reducing Mr. Yassin and his party to mangled wreckage and pools of blood. Along with Mr. Yassin, who was 67, the missiles killed seven Hamas members, including two of his sons.

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April 03, 2004, Vol. 19, No. 13

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