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Purveyor

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Sat Mar 10, 2012, 01:35 PM Mar 2012

Gaza Death Toll Hits 15 in Worst Israel, Palestinian Clashes Since October

By Gwen Ackerman and Saud Abu Ramadan - Sat Mar 10 16:00:19 GMT 2012

Israeli airstrikes killed at least 15 Palestinians in the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip and rocket fire wounded at least four Israelis as the worst violence in months escalated into a second day.

“The Israeli military will strike anyone who plans to hurt Israeli citizens,” Defense Minister Ehud Barak said today in an e-mailed statement.

Gaza health official Adham Abu Selmeya reported 15 dead, all of them members of militant groups, and 25 wounded. An Israeli army spokeswoman, speaking anonymously in accordance with regulations, said four Israelis were wounded, one seriously.

The latest round of bloodshed started with an Israeli air strike on a vehicle in Gaza yesterday that killed two Palestinians the army said were planning an attack from the Egyptian-controlled Sinai Peninsula. An attack from Sinai on the Israeli resort of Eilat killed eight in August.

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http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-03-10/gaza-death-toll-hits-14-in-worst-israel-palestinian-clashes-since-october.html

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Gaza Death Toll Hits 15 in Worst Israel, Palestinian Clashes Since October (Original Post) Purveyor Mar 2012 OP
Will we ever stop killing??? the only way to movonne Mar 2012 #1
So, back to business as usual? bemildred Mar 2012 #2

bemildred

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2. So, back to business as usual?
Sat Mar 10, 2012, 01:54 PM
Mar 2012

Apparently Iran is not going to get bombed just yet:

Iran's UN fact sheet: Weapons track not confirmed

VIENNA (AP) — Nine years ago, the United States invaded Iraq after telling the world that Saddam Hussein had covert weapons programs that could build nuclear arms. In the end, nothing was found. Today, acting on similar fears, Israel is threatening to attack Iran.

While much is known about Iran's nuclear activities from U.N. inspection visits, significant questions remain uncertain, fueling fears of worst-case scenarios and calls for new Mideast military action.

This much shapes the anxieties: In just one decade, Iran's modest nuclear program has expanded into a mature operation that some experts say has the capability to produce a warhead in less than a year.

And this much is verified: Iran has the equipment and raw materials to produce the fissile core of a nuclear weapon, as does any country that can produce its own reactor fuel.

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gziqDi4PkzLtckXMxLCW4puI-0Xg?docId=b6e4b47c624548ee82685184afe954ea

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