Unidentified vigilantes called for attacks on next month’s gay pride parade in Jerusalem. Fliers distributed Tuesday in several religious districts of Jerusalem offered a $4,500 bounty for anyone who “brings about the death of the denizens of Sodom and Gomorrah,” a reference to the WorldPride 2006 events scheduled to take place in the holy city Aug. 6-12.
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