bu$h* effects on mid-east immediate - At Least 17 Palestinians Killed in Gaza Violence

[spanone]

way to go junior...mission accomplished...good work

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) -- Israeli tanks and helicopters raided Gaza on Tuesday, killing the son of the territory's most powerful leader and 16 other Palestinians in the bloodiest day of fighting since Hamas seized the coastal strip in June.

Palestinian sniper fire across the border killed a 19-year-old volunteer from Ecuador at an Israeli communal farm.

That death, and the killing of Hussam Zahar, 24, the son of hardline Hamas leader Mahmoud Zahar, threatened to fuel the violence at a time when Israel and the Palestinians are trying to move peacemaking into high gear.

http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/world/AP-Israel-Palestinians.html?_r=1&hp=&oref=slogin&pagewanted=print

[azurnoir]

1. The attack is not the Bush effect

The Bush effect is that it was reported in the NYT The attack was "business as usual"

for more-http://www.btselem.org/english/statistics/Casualties.asp