Hussam Abdo is a Palestinian who, at fourteen, attempted a suicide bombing at the Hawara Checkpoint in 2004 with explosives strapped to his body. Through 2005 the opening noted he may belong to al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades, listed by the US Department of State as a terrorist group, which claimed responsibility for the attack. Today the opening describes the attempted bombing but not the group's US terrorist designation, though the word terror survives three times in the body. A reader arriving now learns the mechanics of the attempted attack and not that the US government designated the group behind it a terrorist organization.
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Hussam Abdo Hussam Abdo (born 1989 ) is a Palestinian who made international headlines on March 24 , 2004 , when he was apparently forced to enter the Hawara Checkpoint , in West Bank , Israel , carrying bombs as part of a suicide attack attempt. Some sources have 1987 as Abdo's birth year. While most of the media has said that Abdo was not acting on his own will, Abdo's mother has declared that the boy had expressed desire to go to "paradise". According to her, he decided he did not want to die when the moment to commit the attacks arrived. Hussam Abdo's brother said that Abdo possesses the intelligence of a twelve year old. Abdo wore the bomb on a red vest. When he approached the checkpoint, Israeli soldiers noticed he had something on his clothing, and they took cover. When Abdo said he had a bomb, a specialized robot was sent to him so that he could cut off the explosives. He was then searched for more bombs, but none were found. The bomb on Abdo's vest was later exploded at a safe area; it was an eighteen pound bomb. After being detained, Abdo told soldiers that he did not want to die or explode. Abdo may or may not belong to the group al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades , listed by the US Department of State as a terrorist group, which claimed responsibility for the attack. Abdo is one of a growing group of children who have been detected trying to carry out suicide attacks aimed at the Israeli Army in the Occupied Territories.1
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Hussam Abdo (also Husam , Abdu ), (full name Hussam Muhammad Bilal Abdu , born 1987 ) is a Palestinian , from Masahiya neighborhood in Nablus, who made international headlines on March 24, 2004, when he entered the Hawara Checkpoint in the West Bank , with 8 Kilograms (18lbs) of explosives strapped to his body as part of a suicide attack attempt.
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Hussam Abdo (born 24 February 1990 as Hussam Muhammad Bilal Abdu ) is a Palestinian from the Masahiya area of Nablus , who, as a teenager, made international headlines on 24 March 2004, when he entered the Hawara Checkpoint in the West Bank , with eight kilos (18 lbs) of explosives strapped to his body as part of a suicide attack attempt.
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Hussam Muhammad Bilal Abdo ( Arabic : حسام محمد بلال عبده ; born 24 February 1990 ) is a Palestinian from the Masahiya area of Nablus , who, as a teenager, made international headlines on 24 March 2004, when he entered the Hawara Checkpoint in the West Bank , with eight kilos (18 lbs) of explosives strapped to his body as part of a suicide attack attempt.
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Palestinian militant Hussam Muhammad Bilal Abdo ( Arabic : حسام محمد بلال عبده ; born 24 February 1990 ) is a Palestinian from the Masahiya area of Nablus , who, as a teenager, made international headlines on 24 March 2004, when he entered the Hawara Checkpoint in the West Bank , with eight kilos (18 lbs) of explosives strapped to his body as part of a suicide attack attempt.
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Palestinian militant (born 1990) Hussam Muhammad Bilal Abdo ( Arabic : حسام محمد بلال عبده ; born 24 February 1990 ) is a Palestinian from the Masahiya area of Nablus , who, as a teenager, made international headlines on 24 March 2004, when he entered the Hawara Checkpoint in the West Bank , with eight kilos (18 lbs) of explosives strapped to his body as part of a suicide attack attempt.
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palestinian who made international headlines on march 24
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palestinian from the masahiya area of nablus
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