RICE CONVINCED ISLAMIC JIHAD IN SYRIA RESPONSIBLE FOR TEL AVIV BOMBING

Rice: Jihad in Syria behind TA attack
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice cited what she called "firm evidence" on Tuesday that the Islamic Jihad planned the suicide bombing in Tel Aviv last Friday from Syria. "There is firm evidence that Palestinian Islamic Jihad, sitting in Damascus, not only knew about the attacks, but was involved in the planning," Rice told ABC News in an interview.

The bombing outside a Tel Aviv nightclub Friday killed five people and wounded dozens more. "There is evidence that Islamic Jihad, headquartered in Syria, was in fact involved with the planning of those attacks in Tel Aviv. And so the Syrians have a lot to answer for," Rice told ABC. "We don't know the degree of Syrian involvement, but certainly what is happening on the territory of Syria, in and around Damascus, is clearly threatening to the different kind of Middle East we're trying to grow," she added.

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