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**March 22, 2004 (202) 225.2815**

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**Cantor Statement on Sheik Ahmed Yassin**

**Washington, DC**-- Congressman Eric Cantor (VA-07) released the
following statement today following the death of Sheik Ahmed Yassin,
founder of the militant terrorist organization Hamas:

"Ahmed Yassin was a terrorist bent on the complete destruction of
Israel. The blood of hundreds of murdered Israeli men, women and
children \-- and the Palestinians he convinced to go to their deaths \--
were on his hands. Hamas, under Yassin's leadership, proudly claimed
responsibility for scores of suicide bombings and hundreds of attacks on
Israeli civilians and soldiers during the second intifada. In fact,
since September 2000, nearly 1,000 innocent Israelis have been murdered.

"The elimination of Yassin is meant to send a clear signal that the
Israeli government will protect all of its citizens against violence and
terrorism. Yassin was a terrorist who dedicated his life to violence and
death. In the end, he reaped what he sowed.

"His death is a warning to terrorists all around the world. It is my
hope and belief that the Palestinians will soon realize that leaders
like Yassin and Yassir Arafat only offer prolonged suffering and
violence to both Israelis and Palestinians. The Palestinian leadership
must end the terror campaigns in order to bring peace to the Middle
East."

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Congressman Eric Cantor is Chief Majority Deputy Whip and is the
Chairman of the House Taskforce on Terrorism and Unconventional Warfare.

**A Chronology of Terrorist Attacks Carried out by the Hamas since
September 2000:**

Since the beginning of the current conflict, the Hamas terrorist
organization is responsible for carrying out 425 various terrorist
attacks which resulted in the killing of 377 and wounding of 2,076
Israeli citizens and soldiers.

The Hamas organization has carried out 52 suicide attacks, killing 288
Israelis and injuring 1,646.

March 14, 2004 - Two suicide bombers detonated an explosive belt and an
explosive bag at the Ashdod port. Ten Israelis were killed and 12
injured.

March 6, 2004 - Suicide bombers traveling in three vehicles drove into
the Erez crossing, and detonated two car bombs at Palestinian
checkpoints, while firing at the Israeli checkpoint. Two Palestinian
policemen were killed.

Jan. 29, 2004 - A suicide bomber detonated a bag laden with explosives
on a No. 19 bus line on Aza Street in Jerusalem. Ten Israelis and one
foreigner were killed and 44 were injured.

Jan. 14, 2004 - A female suicide bomber wearing an explosive belt
detonated herself at the workers terminal in the Erez crossing,
resulting in the death of four Israelis and the injury of five.

Sept. 9, 2003 - A suicide bomber detonated an explosive device at the
entrance of the \"Hillel Cafe\" in Jerusalem. Seven Israelis were killed
and 70 injured.

Sept. 9 , 2003 - A suicide bomber detonated an explosive device at a bus
stop near the IDF \"Tzrifin\" Base. Nine IDF soldiers were killed and 10
were injured.

Aug. 19, 2003 - A suicide bomber wearing an explosive belt blew himself
up on a No. 2 bus line in Jerusalem, resulting in the death of 23
Israelis and the injury of 115.

Aug. 12, 2003 - A suicide bomber wearing an explosive belt blew himself
up near a bus stop at the entrance to Ariel. Two Israelis were killed
and two others injured.

June 11, 2003 - A suicide bomber wearing an explosive belt blew himself
up on the No. 14 bus line in Jerusalem. Seventeen Israelis were killed
and 104 were injured.

May 19, 2003 - A Hamas terrorist on a bicycle blew himself up next to a
military jeep in Kfar Darom in the Gaza Strip. Three IDF soldiers were
wounded.

May 18, 2003 - A suicide bomber, with a bag filled with explosives blew
himself up near the A-Ram Junction in Jerusalem.

May 18, 2003 - A suicide bomber wearing an explosive belt, detonated
himself on a bus at the French Hill Junction in Jerusalem. Seven
Israelis were killed and 20 were wounded. May 17, 2003 - A suicide
bomber dressed as a religious Jew, and wearing an explosive belt, blew
himself up in Hebron\'s Gross Square, killing two Israeli civilians.

April 30, 2003 - A suicide bomber detonated an explosive belt at the
entrance to the \"Mike\'s Place\" pub on the Tel Aviv boardwalk. An
additional suicide bomber hurled an explosive device nearby. Three
Israeli civilians were killed and 62 were wounded.

April 15, 2003 - Two Israeli civilians were killed and three were
injured when a terrorist armed with a Kalashnikov assault rifles,
grenades and an explosive belt penetrated the Karni crossing in the Gaza
Strip fired and hurled grenades. The terrorist was shot and killed.

March 5, 2003 - A suicide bomber blew himself up on the No. 37 bus line
in Haifa. Seventeen Israeli civilians were killed, and 42 were wounded.

Jan. 17, 2003 - A raft laden with explosives and guided by a suicide
bomber, exploded after Israeli Navy ships fired at the craft, four
kilometers from Dugit, in the northern Gaza Strip.

Nov. 21, 2002 - A suicide bomber detonated an explosive belt on the No.
20 bus line in Jerusalem. Eleven Israelis were killed, and 50 were
wounded.

Oct. 27, 2002 - A suicide bomber wearing an explosive belt detonated
himself, despite being shot, at the gas station near the entrance to the
city of Ariel. Three Israeli civilians were killed, and 17 were wounded.

Oct. 11, 2002 - A suicide bomber is arrested at the entrance to a café
before he could detonate his explosive belt.

Oct. 10, 2002 - A suicide bomber wearing an explosive belt detonated
himself near a bus stop at the Bar Ilan Bridge in Ramat Gan. An Israeli
civilian was killed, and 20 were wounded.

Sept. 19, 2002 - A suicide bomber detonated a bag laden with explosives
on the No. 4 bus line on Allenby Street in Tel Aviv, in which six
Israelis were killed and 66 were injured.

Aug. 4, 2002 - A suicide bomber detonated an explosive device strapped
to his body on a bus traveling near Mt. Meron in northern Israel. Nine
Israeli civilians were killed, and 48 wounded.

June 18, 2002 - A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden bag on a
bus traveling along Dov-Yosef Street in Jerusalem. Nineteen civilians
were killed, and 50 wounded.

May 7, 2002 - A suicide bomber detonated an explosive belt and an
additional explosive device in a bag, at a club in Rishon Letzion.
Sixteen Israeli civilians were killed, and 51 were wounded.

March 31, 2002 - A suicide bomber detonated himself at the \"Matzah\"
restaurant in Haifa. Fifteen Israeli civilians were killed and 31 were
wounded.

March 27, 2002 - A suicide bomber blew himself up with an explosive belt
in the Park Hotel in Netanya. Thirty Israeli civilians were killed and
144 were wounded.

March 9, 2002 - A suicide bomber detonated an explosive device strapped
to his body at the entrance of the \"Moment Cafe\" in Jerusalem. Eleven
Israeli civilians were killed and 58 were wounded.

March 7, 2002 - A suicide bomber attempted to detonate an explosive
device strapped to his back in the \"Kafit Cafe\" in Jerusalem. Nobody
was injured.

Feb. 6, 2002 - A suicide bomber boarded a bus traveling between the city
of Maale Adumim and Jerusalem, and attempted to detonate an explosive
belt.

Dec. 12, 2001 - Two suicide bombers detonate explosive devices next to
Israeli vehicles in the area of Ganei Tal in the Gaza Strip, while an
additional explosive device is detonated near another Israeli vehicle.
Three Israeli civilians were injured.

Dec. 2, 2001 - A suicide bomber detonated an explosive device concealed
under a coat on a bus near Yad L\'banim in Haifa. Fifteen civilians were
killed and 35 wounded.

Dec. 1, 2001 - Two suicide bombers detonated explosive devices concealed
in bags on Ben Yehudah Street in Jerusalem. Immediately following, a car
bomb exploded nearby. Eleven civilians were killed and 170 wounded.

Nov. 26, 2001 - A suicide bomber wearing an explosive belt detonated
himself at the Erez checkpoint in the Gaza Strip. Two policemen were
wounded.

Nov. 8, 2001 - A suicide bomber detonated himself in the area of Bakah
Al Sharkiah, during an attempt to arrest him while on his way to enter
Israel. Two IDF soldiers were wounded.

Sept. 9, 2001 - A suicide bomber detonated an explosive device strapped
to his body at the Nahariya train station. An Israeli civilian and two
soldiers were killed and 46 were wounded.

Sept. 4, 2001 - A suicide bomber detonated an explosive device strapped
to his body on Nevi\'im Street in Jerusalem. Thirteen Israeli civilians
were wounded.

Aug. 9, 2001 - A suicide bomber blew himself up at the Sbarro restaurant
in Jerusalem. Fifteen Israelis were killed and 110 wounded.

Aug. 8, 2001 - A suicide bomber detonated a car bomb next to the Bekaot
checkpoint in the West Bank. An IDF soldier was injured.

July 9, 2001 - A suicide bomber detonated a car bomb near an IDF vehicle
in the area of Gush Katif in the Gaza Strip, resulting in the injury of
an IDF soldier.

June 22, 2001 - A suicide bomber detonated a car bomb near IDF forces in
Alei Sinai in the Gaza Strip. Two IDF soldiers were killed, and another
soldier was wounded.

June 1, 2001 - A suicide bomber detonated himself at the entrance to the
\"Dolphinarium\" club in Tel Aviv. Twenty-two Israeli civilians were
killed, and 83 were wounded.

May 29, 2001 - Two terrorists approached an IDF position at the
\"Tofah\" Junction in the Gaza Strip. One terrorist detonated an
explosive device strapped to his body, and the other hurled grenades and
opened fire. Two IDF soldiers were wounded.

May 25, 2001 - A suicide bomber detonated a container filled with 48 kg.
of explosives and three gas balloons at the Netzarim Junction in the
Gaza Strip.

May 18, 2001 - A suicide bomber detonated an explosive device strapped
to his body at the entrance to a mall in Netanya. Five Israeli civilians
were killed, and 86 were wounded.

April 29, 2001 - A suicide bomber detonated a car bomb near a bus
carrying children at the Dir Sharif Junction.

April 22, 2001 - A suicide bomber detonated himself near a bus stop in
the city of Kfar Saba. An Israeli was killed and 45 were wounded.

March 28, 2001 - A suicide bomber blew himself up near a gas station at
the Neveh Yamin/Kfar Saba Junction. Two Israeli civilians were killed,
and four were wounded.

March 27, 2001 - A suicide bomber detonated an explosive strapped to his
body, near an Israeli bus at the French Hill Junction in Jerusalem.
Twenty-one Israeli civilians were wounded.

March 4, 2001 - A suicide bomber detonated a case laden with explosives
on the main street of Netanya. Three Israelis were killed and 53
injured.

March 1, 2001 - A suicide bomber blew himself up while in a taxi, near
the Me Ami Junction. An Israeli civilian was killed, and 10 were
wounded.

Jan. 1, 2001 - A car bomb exploded in Netanya. Thirty-five Israeli
civilians were wounded.

Dec. 22, 2000 - A suicide bomber wearing an explosive belt detonated
himself at the entrance to a restaurant in the Jordan Valley, resulting
in the injury of three IDF soldiers.

Dec. 15, 2000 - A suicide bomber attempted to detonate an explosive belt
near Israeli security forces close to the Erez crossing. The suicide
bomber also attempted to stab Israeli security personnel.

Nov. 6, 2000 - A booby-trapped raft exploded close to an Israeli Navy
\"Dabur,\" near the Israel-Egypt border in Rafah. Hamas publicly claimed
responsibility for the suicide attack.