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Secure IRC?
priikone writes: "IRC has had a lot of problems related to security and network scalability in the past, and
recently as well. However, there is an alternative -- secure alternative to IRC; the Secure Internet Live Conferencing (SILC), which has all the same features IRC has, with addition of superior security, and hopefully more scalable and powerful network topology. It is for all those who cares who's listening. It works, and is of course all Open Source." We posted an article about another secure IRC system last year.
JERUSALEM (CNN) -- At least 19
people were killed, including five or
six infants, and scores injured in an
explosion at a busy pizzeria in
central Jerusalem on Thursday,
medical and police sources said.
The Palestinian group Islamic Jihad
claimed responsibility for the explosion
in a suicide bomb attack, which
authorities said injured 70 people, many
severely.
"The Jerusalem Brigades -- the military
wing of Islamic Jihad of Palestine --
declares its responsibility for the heroic
martyrdom operation in Jerusalem
today at about 12:00 noon. The
operation was carried out by Hussein
Omar Abu Naaseh, 23," a statement
faxed to Reuters news agency in Beirut
said.
A government spokesman said he had no doubt the blast, which injured more
than 70 people -- at least 13 seriously -- was a Palestinian attack and said the
Palestinian Authority would have to accept responsibility for it.
"We see (Palestinian Authority President Yasser)
Arafat and the Palestinian Authority responsible
for this terrible attack in Jerusalem today," Israeli
Cabinet minister Danni Naveh told CNN. "Arafat
is the one that gave the green light to Islamic
Jihad to commit such bombings. He has released
from jail terrorists with blood on their hands."
Naveh said that Israel would respond to the
blast, as they have in the past when attacks have
struck at Israeli civilians.
"Our only target is to prevent further terrible
attacks," he said. "We will do whatever we can
in order to stop terrorists from coming into our
towns."
The Palestinians, however, blame Israel for the
continuation of violence in the region, saying their policies provoke the
Palestinians, and that Palestinian officials cannot control the violence.
Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has said he will not negotiate with the
Palestinians until the violence ends; the Palestinians say the violence will not end
until there is a political solution to the long-standing Mideast conflict.
'Absolute shambles'
Thursday's blast rocked the Sbarro restaurant -- at the intersection of King
Georges Street and the Jaffa Road, a major artery going into central Jerusalem
-- during the busy lunch hour. At least 13 of the injured people were seriously
hurt, according to police and hospital authorities.
Television pictures from the scene
showed a a scene of devastation, panic
and confusion. A woman covered with
blood held a cloth to her face as she
stood in front of the restaurant. Other
injured people lay bleeding on the street;
others were led away screaming as the
severely injured were being loaded into
the back of ambulances and carried on
stretchers.
In the aftermath of the explosion,
ambulances, fire engines and police
vehicles converged on the area around
the pizzeria, cordoning off the streets.
The inside of the restaurant was destroyed, with broken plaster, fixtures, and
furniture.
"All the windows have been blown out, absolute shambles inside this
restaurant," CNN's Jerrold Kessel said from the scene.
That bombing led to a cease-fire between the Israelis and Palestinians, which
went into effect on June 13. But violence in the West Bank and Gaza has
continued virtually unabated regardless of the ceasefire.
-- CNN Jerusalem Bureau Chief Mike Hanna contributed to this report.
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