Palestinian Activists Trash American School in Gaza

Such lovely people. I guess I should question why on earth we bother having a school in that hellhole, but I'll save that argument for another day.

In the meantime, this was the second attack on the school this week.

Must be Bush's fault.

Armed men have raided a privately-run American school in the north of the Gaza Strip, setting fire to buses and stealing computer equipment.

It was the second attack on the school, in Beit Lahiya, in the past two days. On Thursday a rocket-propelled grenade was fired at the building.

Hamas, the group that controls the Gaza Strip, has condemned the attack.

Correspondents say it may have been linked to US President George W Bush's visit to the Middle East.

In another incident, in southern Gaza, a Hamas policeman has been found shot dead.

The school's director said the attack happened during the night, with armed men locking an unarmed caretaker into a room before going on the rampage. No-one was injured.

"This is terrorism against education," he said as he assessed the damage.

In a leaflet left after the attack, the gunmen claimed affiliation to al-Qaeda and vowed to attack similar targets.

"Polytheists and enemies of Islam are pursuing each day their work to destroy our youths, who are falling by the dozens into the swamps of vice and moral decadence," the statement said.

Hamas vowed to bring the perpetrators to justice.

Sure they will.