Bush, UN condemn 'barbaric' Jerusalem school attack

Members of a previously unknown group called “Phalange of Free Men of Galilee” shot and killed eight students and wounded nine others at the Merkaz Harav Yeshiva in west Jerusalem. President Bush gave his condolences to the families of the children and said that the U.S. condemns such actions. The UN will be meeting soon to decide the next course of action.

http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,23334418-1702,00.html

Though there were more motives at hand, this shooting is somewhat like the Virginia Tech and NIU shootings in that innocent students were killed unsparingly. The people involved in the shooting were part of a group of the Martyr Imad Mughnieh and Martyrs of Gaza, which makes their actions seem contradictory. If they truly believe in martyrdom then they should believe in sacrificing their own lives for what they believe, not others’ lives.