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Article: Israeli Officials Break Up East Jerusalem-Based Militant Cell.
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- Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
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- August 22, 2002
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By Sudarsan Raghavan, Knight Ridder Washington Bureau Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
Aug. 22--JERUSALEM -- Israeli officials Wednesday said their agents, working with the FBI, have broken up an East Jerusalem-based militant cell that allegedly carried out several terrorist attacks, including last month's bombing of Hebrew University that killed nine people, five of them Americans.
Israeli authorities arrested five men on Saturday who they say were part of a 15-member cell operated by the militant group Hamas. The men allegedly were responsible for eight attacks that killed 35 people and were preparing to carry out another bombing when they ...