CHECKPOINTS STOP MORE KILLER KIDS

Army arrests Palestinian youths carrying weapons.

One youngster, whom a spokeswoman said was 17, was stopped with two pipe bombs at Salem checkpoint at the northernmost tip of the West Bank.  A short while later, three other youngsters were stopped at the Huwwara checkpoint outside Nablus carrying two knives, a loaded ammunition clip for an M16 rifle and a number of bullets for a Mag machine gun, she said. It was not clear how old the suspects were.