More Hope?

**Palestinian Boy Confesses He Was Recruited For Suicide Mission

Three hours before attempting a suicide attack against Israel, Tamer Khawireh, a
15 year-old from Nablus, confessed to his elder brother Raed that Islamic Jihad
had recruited him for the mission, THE JERUSALEM POST reported. Tamer said that
the terrorist group promised him sex with virgins in heaven in exchange for
martyrdom. Crying to Raed, the boy admitted: "I want to stay here with you, I
want to be part of this life."
Islamic Jihad lured Tamer with $20 of pocket money, a new set of clothes, a cell
phone, and a pack of cigarettes. Raed found out about the cell phone and
cigarettes, and upon learning that his younger had not shown up for school, he
started questioning him. Tamer ended up admitting Islamic Jihad had enlisted him
for a suicide attack.
Khawireh is the fourth boy of his age to be arrested in Nablus in recent weeks
for planning to carry out an attack. Last week, Husam Abdu, 16, was detained at
the Huwara checkpoint south of the city with an explosive belt strapped to his
body.
On March 16, another boy, Abdallah Quran, 11, was caught at the same checkpoint
as he was carrying a bomb in a backpack. On March 25, a Nablus girl, Reem Salah,
now 18, was sentenced to 32 months' imprisonment for planning to launch a double
suicide attack along with a classmate.

This sounds like a sign that suicide bombers are getting harder to find. Something appears to be going on with the Palestinians these days and it seems completely independent of the war on terror, since we haven't officially done much with respect to the Palestinian-Israeli issue, except reiterate our same old stance of roadmap, no killing Arafat, no new settlements, etc. Thus far there's been no retaliation for the killing of Yassin, not so much because they can't - we know they can - but because there seems to be a growing consensus that the bombings haven't gotten the Palestinians anywhere. All I can say is: IT'S ABOUT TIME.