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Americans not target Original Source Link: (May no longer be active)    http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&cid=574&ncid=721&e=1&u=/nm/20020801/wl_nm/mideast_hamas_usa_dc_1 http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&cid=574&ncid=721&e=1&u=/nm/20020801/wl_nm/mideast_hamas_usa_dc_1 World - Reuters Hamas Leader Says Americans Not a Target Thu Aug 1,11:45 AM ET JERUSALEM (Reuters) - The militant Islamic group Hamas denied on Thursday it had deliberately targeted U.S. citizens in a deadly bomb blast at a cafeteria frequented by foreign students at Jerusalem's Hebrew University. Four Americans and a French-American student were among seven killed when a bomb planted by Hamas blew up in the university cafeteria during the lunch hour rush on Wednesday. More than 80 people were wounded in the attack. "The fighter of Hamas did not ask the students about their identity cards and he can't do so. He does not know if they are Arab or Israelis. But we are not targeting at all American targets," Abdel Azziz al-Rantissi, a senior leader of the Palestinian group, told Reuters. President Bush ( news - web sites) said on Thursday he was "furious" about the attack. Rantissi said the attack was in revenge for Israel's assassination of a top Hamas commander in a missile strike at his Gaza City home last week in which 14 other Palestinians, including nine children, were also killed.

9 children attack Americans not target Gaza hamas killed { July 23 2002 } State dept cencerns { July 25 2002 } Suicide bomber { July 30 2002 } Un security criticism { July 25 2002 } University bombing Us decries strike { July 24 2002 } Files Listed: 8

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