Palestinians: Attack on Carter thwarted

[cali]

JERUSALEM, June 16 (UPI) -- Palestinian security officials in Gaza said Tuesday they thwarted an attempt to target former U.S. President Jimmy Carter's convoy.

At noon, Palestinian security personnel said they discovered two bombs at the Erez border crossing used by Carter's convoy to access the Gaza Strip, officials told the daily newspaper Maariv.

The security officials told Maariv the bombs were found after Carter entered Gaza, indicating the perpetrators intended to detonate them when his convoy left the area.

The officials said a group affiliated with al-Qaida planned the attack, and said members of the Hamas security forces were dispatched to the site to defuse the bombs, Maariv said.

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http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2009/06/16/Palestinians-Attack-on-Carter-thwarted/UPI-99611245155247/

[BlooInBloo]

1. Whoa.

[dorkulon]

2. Phew!

Wow, the Carter-haters would have loved that, killed by his own sympathy for the Palestinians.

[hlthe2b]

3. That would have been the fuse to light the ME on fire...

Thank Heavens Carter is safe....

[Chemisse]

4. You have to admire the man's courage

He is very elderly, yet still dares to go to a dangerous land. I am glad he is safe. Also it is nice to hear a reference about Hamas that is positive. I wonder how that got through!

[shireen]

5. idiots.

they're trying to attack one of the world foremost peacemakers? JC is respected just about everywhere! al Qaida is incredibly dumb. stupid. imbeciles.

[cali]

6. uh, where did you get the idea that al-Qaeda is interested in peace?

from their perspective, this wasn't stupid at all.

[shireen]

9. it was stupid because killing JC is not an effective recruiting technique. nt

[cali]

11. bullshit. you have no way of knowing that.

[JI7]

12. of course it is, they need people like Bush to recruit more people

Obama, Carter and others interested in peace causes less people to join groups like Al Qaeda.

[Bucky]

7. War loving extremists always target peacemakers: Yitzak Rabin, Mohandas Ghandi, Anwar Sadat...

Peacemaker is one of the most dangerous jobs there is.

[malaise]

8. WTF?????????????????????/

PHEW is right

[Vidar]

10. I'm glad Carter is safe & kudos to Hamas, if they actually saved him.