Article: Desire to 'cleanse' their pasts may have motivated bulldozer terrorists

Article: Abu Tir indicted for niece's murder
Jerusalem Post;  January 14, 2003 ;     252 words ...00-00-0000 Headline: Abu Tir indicted for niece's murder Byline...04 Tuesday, January 14, 2003 -- Majid Abu Tir, 23, who confessed to strangling his...Attorney Ibrahim Abu Ghosh, who represents Abu Tir, said in court that his client would...

Article: Hamas Official Lays Out Post-Election Plans
NPR Morning Edition;  January 30, 2006 ;     588 words ......GRADSTEIN reporting: Outside Mohammad Abu Tir's house in a village on the outskirts...to the living room set in green velvet. Abu Tir is known for his bright red dyed beard...Mohammad also dyed his beard red with henna. Abu Tir is also known for having spent 25 years...

Article: Uncle arrested in murder of Nur Abu Tir
Jerusalem Post;  December 27, 2002 ;     408 words ......Headline: Uncle arrested in murder of Nur Abu Tir Byline: ETGAR LEFKOVITS Edition; Daily...December 27, 2002 -- Five-year-old Nur Abu Tir, whose body was found in a bag deep inside...strangled to death by her uncle, Majid Abu Tir, police announced Thursday. Abu Tir, ...

Article: A 'violation of human rights'?
Jerusalem Post;  June 8, 2006 ;     700+ words ......Thursday, June 8, 2006 -- Sheikh Mohammed Abu Tir lives about a five-minute drive east of...this might be a frightening thought. Abu Tir, after all, was No. 2 on Hamas's successful...in Um Tuba over cups of sweet mint tea, Abu Tir, 55, seems taken aback at the notion that...

Article: Hamas candidate says ready to negotiate with Israel
Xinhua News Agency;  January 15, 2006 ;     451 words ......Israel in the future. Sheikh Mohammed Abu Tir, second on Hamas' national list for the...that "Hamas will negotiate with Israel." Abu Tir said Hamas does not rule out future negotiations...understand politics better than the others," Abu Tir told the website. Abu Tir, ...

Article: A harsh welcome message for Barack Obama
Jerusalem Post;  July 23, 2008 ;     700+ words ......there's good reason to believe Ghassan Abu Tir's bulldozer terror attack was deliberately...as imprisoned Hamas official Muhammad Abu Tir, so he is likely to have had ties to radical...presence on the street would have stopped Abu Tir's rampage even sooner than was the case...

Article: Relatives among those arrested in Arab girl's murder
Jerusalem Post;  December 15, 2002 ;     545 words ......connection with the murder of five-year-old Nur Abu Tir, whose body was found in a bag deep inside...forest. Police had been searching for Abu Tir, from the southeastern Jerusalem village...body, however, the girl's father, Ahmed Abu Tir, and her uncle, Muhammad Abu ...

Article: Life, liberty and the pursuit of terrorism
The Spectator;  February 4, 2006 ;     700+ words ......compromise is the striking figure of Mohammed Abu Tir, whose orange beard, dyed in what he says...with orange facial hair and portrayed Abu Tir as an Islamic buffoon. Another actor impersonating...not show up on the luminescent beard. Abu Tir has spent 25 years in Israeli prisons...

Article: Extreme Makeover, Hamas Edition
The Jewish Week;  January 27, 2006 ;     700+ words ......newest rising moderate star Sheik Mohammed Abu Tir, a candidate from Jerusalem who has spent...long, fiery red beard. In the last week, Abu Tir has been quoted in the Israeli media boasting...the last decade. Israel Radio reported Abu Tir even suggested a cease-fire on attacks...

Article: Hamas support grows after Israelis shoot militant leader.(News)
The Independent (London, England);  January 18, 2006 ;     594 words ......at the waiting police jeeps. Mohammed Abu Tir, number two on Hamas's national list of...who at the age of 16 had met Mohammed Abu Tir in jail during the latter's 20 year imprisonment...responsible for forming his character. Mr Abu Tir replied that he saw the two dead brothers...

Article: Hamas won't rule out talks with Israel; Abbas resignation a "possibility"
Al Bawaba;  January 16, 2006 ;     384 words ...Hamas leader Sheikh Mohammad Abu Tir revealed that he would not rule out negotiations...of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, Abu Tir said, "We'll negotiate [with Israel] better...years and achieved nothing," he said. Abu Tir is number two on the Hamas slate for upcoming...

Article: Shin Bet foils plan to kill Jerusalem mayor
Jerusalem Post;  November 5, 2007 ;     378 words ......According to the indictment, late last year Mamoun Abu Tir and Atallah Abu Tir, both 19 and from the east Jerusalem neighborhood of Umm Tuba, decided to set up a terrorist cell. Mamoun Abu Tir allegedly corresponded via the Internet with an Islamic...

Article: Jerusalem Up Against the Wall.(Middle East)
Newsweek;  August 11, 2008 ;     700+ words ......Jerusalem Up Against the Wall Ghassan Abu Tir's favorite television series was a Turkish...backhoe would cost more than $100,000; on Abu Tir's salary of barely $1,000 per month, it...explanation. Around 2 p.m. on July 22, Abu Tir guided his earthmover toward a busy intersection...

Article: Hamas Planned to Poison Israeli Water Resources.
Israel Faxx;  June 22, 1999 ;     79 words ......Defense Forces interrogations, arrested military head Mohammed Abu Tir revealed that Addle Awadalla, the chief commander of the military branch of Hamas, was responsible for masterminding the plot. Abu Tir also told interrogators about a large shipment of weapon systems...