This is, uh, not productive.

JERUSALEM (AP) - In an election-day attack, two Palestinian gunmen opened fire Thursday at a Likud Party office and at passengers in a nearby bus terminal in the northern Israeli town of Beit Shean. Five Israelis were killed and dozens wounded in the attack.

The gunmen were killed in an ensuing firefight with police, security guards and armed bystanders. Initial witness reports said a third gunmen fled to a nearby building but searchers did not find anyone else.

The shootings occurred the same day three suicide bombers attacked an Israeli-owned resort hotel in Kenya, killing 12 other people, and at least two missiles were fired at, but missed, an Israeli airliner taking off from an airport in nearby Mombasa, Kenya.

Hmm, turmoil persists in the Arab-Israeli situation. Bin Laden is alive and well. The Taliban is finding its way back into Afghanistan. But nevermind that! Let's attack Iraq! Okay, yes the inspectors are in, but the wingnuts are just waiting for the slightest opening to undermine the inspections. They're in "gimme one reason" mode.