Suicide bomber attacks near Sharon residence

Sunday, March 10, 2002

JERUSALEM -- A Palestinian suicide bomber transformed a crowded cafe into a mass of maimed bodies and upturned, blood-covered furniture Saturday night, killing at least 12 people in an attack across the street from Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's walled compound. By this morning, Israel had destroyed Yasser Arafat's seaside office in Gaza and some ministers were calling for all-out war.

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