A Palestinian suicide bomber blew himself up at a West Bank checkpoint, killing an Israeli army officer. The Islamic Jihad terrorist apparently was en route to Israel when the taxi he was taking was stopped at a surprise military roadblock. Asked by troops to leave the vehicle, the bomber detonated his load, killing himself and an Israeli soldier, Lt. Ori Binamo, 21.
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