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                   Tight Security in Jerusalem on Good Friday

   by Robert Berger

   Christians around the world are observing Good Friday, marking the
   crucifixion of Jesus. Security was tight in Jerusalem.
   Pilgrims from around the world marched in the traditional Good Friday
   Procession in Jerusalem's Old City, many of them carrying big wooden
   crosses.

   They made their way through the narrow cobblestone streets of the Via
   Dolorosa, or Way of Sorrows, singing hymns and reading scripture as
   they visited the 14 Stations of the Cross.

   ''Jacob Adeyemi, who came from Nigeria, said Jerusalem on Good Friday
   brings the Bible to life. "We are all happy to be here. It's a
   privilege. It's a feeling you cannot describe," he said. "Coming to see
   and feel the place where it really happened. It's a great feeling."
   It was a sparse turnout this year in the wake of six months of
   violence.
   Jerusalem has been the focal point of a wave of Palestinian stabbing
   attacks on Israelis, and Israeli police and soldiers were out in force.
   Policing the procession

   ''Italian pilgrim Emilio Carmone said Jerusalem looks like an armed
   camp.

   "In all my life I don't see so many weapons like in one day here in
   Jerusalem. And it makes me remember that there are maybe troubles or
   some problems. But all the military and police presence doesn't make me
   feel safer," he added.

   The procession wound up at the ancient Church of the Holy Sepulcher,
   the traditional site of Jesus' crucifixion. It is there on Easter
   Sunday, that Christians will celebrate the resurrection.

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