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Hamas: Bulldozer attack 'natural response' to Israeli aggression
By Reuters
Tags: Jerusalem terror attack 

Hamas on Thursday praised a bulldozer attack in Jerusalem earlier in the day, calling it the "natural response" to Israel's demolition of Palestinian homes in Arab East Jerusalem and to Israel's military operations in the Gaza Strip.

"The operation in Jerusalem was a natural response to aggression against our people. The Zionist enemy should realize that they alone bear the responsibility for displacing our people in Jerusalem and for the killings in Gaza and the West Bank," said Mushir al-Masri, a senior Hamas official.

Riyad al-Malki, information minister for Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas's Western-backed government, described the attack as a "traffic accident", and called for an investigation into why the driver had been shot.
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A little after 1 P.M. Thursday, a bulldozer driver overturned a police car and rammed into a bus, before he was shot by police and a taxi driver at the scene. He later died of his wounds.

The name of the driver has not yet been released, but Army Radio identified him as Palestinian.

Police said that an open copy of the Koran had been found in the bulldozer after the attack and the driver had not been carrying any identification.

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      1.   More of the same from the wonderful, peaceful, tolerant ones. 15:27  |  flyingdoc57 05/03/09
      2.   Rebels..... 15:56  |  Maria 05/03/09
      3.   response to house demolitions 16:06  |  m 05/03/09
      4.   yes, well done to the terrorist... 16:07  |  Zedy 05/03/09
      5.   `Natural Response` 16:14  |  Jon 05/03/09
      6.   Conquesting works great, but not 100% 16:16  |  Natallie Durson 05/03/09
      7.   PURSUING THOSE PROMOTING ATTACKS WILL BE ISRAELI NATURAL RESPONSE 16:26  |  david 05/03/09
      8.   Natural response to Hamas 16:34  |  lola 05/03/09
      9.   Yes, it`s the natural response 16:35  |  Rory 05/03/09
      10.   Rory 16:45  |  Natallie Durson 05/03/09
      11.   Jon, thankyou for your definitive observation. 16:45  |  Akiva P 05/03/09
      12.   When do Israeli Jews have their houses demolished? 16:50  |  AT 05/03/09
      13.   Hamas language is absolutely right 16:54  |  fritz t. 05/03/09
      14.   Natural response to Hamas and other who teach NON stop RACISM 16:55  |  David 05/03/09
      15.   Is this political motivation ? 16:57  |  Sam Soul 05/03/09
      16.   no, random nutter 17:06  |  Paul Freedman 05/03/09
      17.   To Natalie 17:23  |  JamesP 05/03/09
      18.   "Natural response" - have IAF destroy all bulldozers in Gaza 17:34  |  Dr. L. Brnd 05/03/09
      19.   #14 to David 17:40  |  Sam Soul 05/03/09
      20.   Natalie Durson, wrong yet again. 17:43  |  Mark 05/03/09
      21.   IDF: GAZA incursion NATURAL RESPONSE to Qassam Attacks 17:47  |  Ari ben Yisrael 05/03/09
      22.   AT 18:05  |  m 05/03/09
      23.   I wonder... 18:16  |  H 05/03/09
      24.   #10 18:33  |  Lola 05/03/09
      25.   Slaughter for the sake of slaughter, Durson and friends 18:39  |  Sceptic 05/03/09
      26.   How About The Muslim Conquest, Natallie? 19:05  |  Desiree 05/03/09
      27.   "Natural Response"...if you are an animal. People 19:20  |  David 05/03/09
      28.   Hamas trained by Syria 19:24  |  baurat 05/03/09
      29.   If you don`t believe that G-d created the world,it`s "natural" 19:24  |  Don 05/03/09
      30.   Justification for Arab crimes 19:34  |  Paul 05/03/09
      31.   NATURAL RESONSE?YES 19:51  |  Ian 05/03/09
      32.   hamas bulldozer 19:54  |  vik 05/03/09
      33.   Natural is to kick out Hamas`s asses out definitely 20:23  |  Israeli citizen 05/03/09
      34.   Israel: created by international law 20:25  |  s gilbert, USA 05/03/09
      35.   Traffic accident my ass 20:56  |  dave 05/03/09
      36.   #6, Natalie, true, Muslims conquest of Jewish land is OVER 21:13  |  David 05/03/09
      37.   #6, Natalie, Israel is 300+ 60 years old, the OLDEST in the area 21:19  |  David 05/03/09
      38.   Not `natural`, but certainly understandable 21:31  |  peacelover 05/03/09
      39.   RESPONSE TO STEVE, #33 21:31  |  Samy 05/03/09
      40.   NATALIEUnlike the Pals Israel tries to shelter its civillians not 21:34  |  PETER SM 05/03/09
      41.   #10 Natallie Durson Natural Reponse 21:49  |  Ben Tov 05/03/09
      42.   Drop a small nuke on Gaza and say... 21:54  |  DR 05/03/09
      43.   Peace?????Stop terrorism!!!! 22:00  |  Maria 05/03/09
      44.   Sam Soul # 19 in Paris 22:06  |  Bill H. 05/03/09
      45.   But it was an accident... 22:15  |  GB 05/03/09
      46.   Arabs do not seem to NEED a reason to commit terrorism 23:14  |  Wendy 05/03/09
      47.   bulldozer attack 23:44  |  Ed 05/03/09
      48.   #44 can you speak MY language ? 00:32  |  Sam Soul 06/03/09
      49.   To Sam Soul (# 48). I speak your language. 02:41  |  flyingdoc57 06/03/09
      50.   to Natallie #6: is it English you speak? 04:24  |  leucippe 06/03/09
      51.   Whatever Means! 05:21  |  Paul 06/03/09
      52.   #49 10:44  |  Sam Soul 06/03/09
      53.   Traffic accident was natural response 19:53  |  Realist 06/03/09
      54.   Leucippe from USA the bottom line is... 22:47  |  Jose Eduardo 07/03/09
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