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August 21, 2003: <\/b>\"Palestinian militant groups have called off \r\n their ceasefire after Israel launched a helicopter strike in Gaza. Three \r\n people, including a political leader of Hamas, were killed.\"\r\n [\"Palestinian Militants Call Off Ceasefire.\" The Associated Press<\/i> \r\n 21 Aug. 2003.]<\/p>\r\n
August 20, 2003:<\/b> \"A suicide bomber has wrecked a bus in Jerusalem, \r\n killing up to 20 people and injuring about 80 others . . . . The militant \r\n Palestinian groups Hamas and Islamic Jihad both said they carried out the \r\n attack.\"\r\n \r\n [\"Bus Bomb Carnage in Jerusalem.\" BBC News \r\n (Online) <\/i>20 Aug. 2003.]
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\r\n <\/i>August 14, 2003: <\/b>Israel kills Mohammed Sidr, Islamic Jihad \r\n leader. \"'The response to this assassination will be quick, like an \r\n earthquake,' a statement appearing on the Web site associated with Islamic \r\n Jihad said today.'\"\r\n \r\n [Moore, Molly. \"Israelis Kill Militant Leader, Sparking Vows of Revenge.\" \r\n The Washington Post<\/i> 15 Aug. 2003.]<\/p>\r\n
August 12, 2003: <\/b>\"The Al Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades, a group \r\n affiliated with Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat's Fatah movement, claimed \r\n responsibility for the Rosh Ha'ayin bombing. The Islamic militant group \r\n Hamas claimed responsibility for the attack at Ariel, which it said \"shook \r\n the heart of the Zionist entity\" and avenged the killing of two Hamas \r\n leaders by Israeli soldiers in Nablus on Friday.\" \r\n [Radin, Charles A. \"Suicide Bombers Kill Two, Shake Mideast Peace Effort.\" \r\n The Boston Globe 13 Aug. 2003.]<\/p>\r\n
August 8, 2003:<\/b> \"Israeli troops raiding a West Bank bomb lab \r\n killed three Palestinians on Friday, including two Hamas members, \r\n prompting threats of revenge from the Islamic militant group's military \r\n wing. An Israeli soldier also died. . . . The gunbattle marred a period of \r\n relative calm since Palestinian militants declared a unilateral cease-fire \r\n on June 29. . . . Although the cease-fire has reduced violence \r\n dramatically, the Israeli military continues to send forces into West Bank \r\n towns and refugee camps to arrest Palestinian suspects.\" <\/b>\r\n \r\n [Daraghmeh, Mohammed. \"Hamas Threatens Revenge After Israel Raid.\" The \r\n Associated Press 8 Aug. 2003.]<\/p>\r\n
August 6, 2003:<\/b> \"The Israeli army arrested eight Palestinians as \r\n it mounted its first incursion into Jericho for months this morning, \r\n witnesses and sources said.\"\r\n \r\n [\"Israeli army arrests Palestinians.\" The Hindu (Online) 6 Aug. 2003.]<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\n","contact":"","link":"","address":"","phone":"","parent_id":0,"mime_type":"text\/html","summary":"Timeline detailing the major events leading to the destruction of the Mideast Roadmap.\r\n","numcomment":0,"fileurl":"\/uploads\/2003\/08\/timeline_of_roadmap\\_s_destruction.htm","filesize":"4.0 kibibytes","article_url":"\/news\/2003\/08\/78474.php"},"attachments":[],"comments":[]}