The bomb blew a crater two metres deep in the road Four others inside the building were among the wounded.Two more guards were killed at the suburban Beth Israel synagogue, which was crowded with about 80 worshippers. The air was thick with dust, which slowly covered the bodies."The bomb blew a crater two metres deep in the road. "It was like an air raid," he said yesterday, "complete chaos Most of the people in the road outside were dead. Terrorism doesn't discriminate by religion or blood."Jewish officials returned to Neveh Shalom, Istanbul's central synagogue, yesterday in mourning and defiance. We want life to continue as before."A 26-year-old voluntary security guard, who identified himself only as Moshe, rushed to the scene immediately after the Neveh Shalom bombing. A 1986 attack, which killed 22 Jews in one of the synagogues hit on Saturday, was attributed to Palestinian Abu Nidal gunmen.Israel yesterday sent teams of security experts and Turkish-speaking trauma specialists to work with their Turkish opposite numbers. The rest were Muslim passers by.Although a fringe Turkish group, the Islamic Great Eastern Raiders Front, claimed responsibility, both Turkish and Israeli intelligence analysts detected the more sophisticated hand of al-Qa'ida or other international terrorists. Israel's Foreign Minister flew to Istanbul yesterday to deliver his government's condolences after an apparent twin suicide bombing that devastated two synagogues during Sabbath morning prayers, killing 23 people and wounding about 300. In an attempt to increase their awareness of the implications of the disease and subsequently their quality of life, he tells them: "You are not ready for this, so let's take your energy and any hopes and dreams you have and convert that into other healthy activities ... dance, group activities, other things."Mr Powell's comments coincided with a pledge by President George Bush to tackle the growing global epidemic of Aids, which he described as an "unbelievable devastation besides terror going on in the world". He added: "I look forward to reminding the British people that our country proudly is leading the world when it comes to the battle [against] Aids."A global survey into attitudes towards Aids and HIV, commissioned by the BBC, revealedyesterday worrying levels of ignorance surrounding the disease, its transmission, effects, subsequent life expectancy and its treatment..
During an interview with the BBC World Service due to be broadcast today, he described how he and his wife, with whom he has three children, frequently came face to face with girls who belonged to the sector of society at the "greatest risk" of contracting HIV.The encounters took place via an organisation operated by his wife in Washington known as Best Friends, which aims to demonstrate to girls how to improve the quality of their lives. Meanwhile, Mr Powellhas described in an interview how he and his wife warn girls about the dangers of Aids. "Abstinence is a good thing to teach young people before they're ready for the responsibilities of sexual activity," Mr Powell said "Abstinence works We know it works ... and it is a perfectly sensible strategy to take to young people."Mr Powell was drawing on his personal experience as he defended plans to spend one third of the $15bn (£8.8bn) the US has pledged to the global fight against Aids on abstinence projects. |
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