A Stop to Palestinian Suicide Bombers
Date: Wed, Apr 10 06:31 PM
There is an angle yet to be explored as related
to the suicide bombers. If Israel announced that the human remains
of each bomber would be buried accompanied by the remains of a pig,
I believe the bombing would stop.
Part of what has been driving these incidents is
the premise that the bomber will immediately ascend to "heaven."
Does not the contact with the unclean pig short circuits this both
during life and after death?
Wayne
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Israel
Bush needs to get out of Israel now and stop pushing
his weight around! Let Sharo n do what he wants to do for his country.
Just because we have a ri ch country and a rich military doesn't
mean we should be the bully police around the world. It's no wonder
we are hated in many places. ; He's better get out before we end
up in a world war!
Mike
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Who the -------- is President Bush listening to
these days.? I don't understand appeasement at all. That is what
he is leaning towards when he is trying to " remain friends
with blackmailers such as the Saudi People" . All Americans
are going to have to understand that we are at war with Muslims
-like it or not. We are not at war with just a so called Radical
Few. In world war 2 we declared war on Germans-Period. Not just
the Fanatical Few! The same with the Muslims. Americans will never
be liked by Arabs- whatever we do or say. I know-- I have been there
and I have seen them up close and personal.
Here is the latest going around in the military-
three soldiers meet and one of them asked the others what they have
been doing. The first one says- I have been in Bosnia protecting
the Muslims. The second one says, I have been in Kosovo protecting
the Muslims, The third one says, I have been in Afghanistan fighting
the Muslims.
That represents our foreign policy to a Tee!! With
Colin Powell we have bought into the Liberal Viewpoint Hook Line
and Sinker when we tell Israel they cannot defend themselves against
the muslims.
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I went to the Middle East and saw Israel, Jordan
and the refugee camps. Our guide pointed to a few beautiful homes
outside the refugee camps and told us that those belong to Palestinians
who took their futures into their own hands, opened businesses and
became successful. The Palestinians in the refugee
camps ostracize them and consider them traitors. Pathetic.
Nicole
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Heard you today talking about Europe's being so
anti-Israel. Here is part of the answer: Take a look at the demographics.
I lived in Vienna, Austria from 1992 through 1998. I could count
on one hand the number of pregnant Austrian women whom I saw during
that time. Austrians are not having
children, however, many Moslems who came as guest workers have lots
of children. If things keep going this way, the majority of the
population in Austria will be Moslem. This holds true for many affluent
European nations.
They don't have many Jews (wonder why!), but they
have many Moslems. The Turks tried to take over a few hundred years
ago by military force, but Leopold and Marcus D'Aviano defeated
them. This time, the Moslems may win simply by having more children,
that is if they don't let the spoiled, arrogant socialists drown
in their own garbage first! Thus, the politicians must appease a
great number of their citizens. They also want their oil.
Israel gives them NOTHING except shameful, guilt-ridden
memories - such feelings as Freud would say are the seedbed of resentment
and hate. Think about it.
God bless you and keep up the great work!
Eileen of Marietta, GA
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From an Egyptian paper.
Here's an example of the sick kind of people we're dealing with...
http://www.ahram.org.eg/weekly/2002/582/6inv2.htm
(full text pasted below...)
Too bad we're so "humane"
and willing to lose soldiers to go door to door to catch these people
instead of doing what the US did in Afghanistan (and what people
should do when chasing down terrorists) and level the Jenin refugee
camp from the air. (IMHO)
- steve
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The 'engineer'
An engineer of the fiercest battle waged by the Palestinians during
the invasion of the West Bank spoke to Jonathan Cook about the days
of defiance in Jenin Omar sits restlessly on his chair in the safe-house.
He is an "engineer" from Jenin refugee camp: one of the
revered bomb-makers from the City of the Bombers. To the Israelis
he is the most lethal, and wanted, of terrorists. The poison from
the Cobra's head. We meet late last Thursday, hours after he escaped
from the camp as Israeli soldiers took control of the area. We are
still close enough to Jenin that we can see the constant stream
of illumination flares, three launched by the army at a time, that
light up the soldiers' dark work in the city below.
But Omar will not be staying here long. He is going to ground deeper
in the West Bank before regrouping with his comrades from Jenin.
There may not be too many. Even according to Israeli army sources,
at least a hundred fighters were killed and hundreds more wounded
and captured during the eight days of savage fighting.
Omar will not give his name or age. He is slim, in his mid-10s,
with a closely cropped beard. He is a member of Islamic Jihad, but
says in Jenin all the factions were loyal to only one cause: liberation
or death. Visible beneath a blue bomber jacket is the tightly bandaged
stump of his right arm, the end of which he rubs distractedly. How
did he lose it? During the previous invasion of Jenin by the Israeli
army several weeks ago, he says. He was hiding with only his arm
visible as he tried to throw a 'kwa' -- a home-made pipe bomb --
at a tank. Shrapnel from a shell severed it, he says. But as a bomb-maker,
one of the most highly respected positions in the Palestinian resistance,
he could equally have lost the arm in less glorious circumstances:
in one of the explosions that are a professional hazard of his job.
Omar admits he is one of only a few dozen fighters not to emerge
either dead or in plastic handcuffs from the fiercest battle waged
by the Palestinians during the Israeli army's invasion of the West
Bank.
Of his group of 30 gunmen, only four escaped from the camp on Wednesday,
after the Palestinian arsenal ran dry. Most of the others were shot
dead. "Of all the fighters in the West Bank we were the best
prepared," he says. "We started working on our plan: to
trap the invading soldiers and blow them up from the moment the
Israeli tanks pulled out of Jenin last month." Omar and other
"engineers" made hundreds of explosive devices and carefully
chose their locations.
"We had more than 50 houses booby-trapped around the camp.
We chose old and empty buildings and the houses of men who were
wanted by Israel because we knew the soldiers would search for them,"
he said. "We cut off lengths of mains water pipes and packed
them with explosives and nails. Then we placed them about four metres
apart throughout the houses -- in cupboards, under sinks, in sofas."
The fighters hoped to disable the Israeli army's tanks with much
more powerful bombs placed inside rubbish bins on the street. More
explosives were hidden inside the cars of Jenin's most wanted men.
Connected by wires, the bombs were set off remotely, triggered
by the current from a car battery.
According to Omar, everyone in the camp, including the children,
knew where the explosives were located so that there was no danger
of civilians being injured. It was the one weakness in the plan.
"We were betrayed by the spies among us," he says. The
wires to more than a third of the bombs were cut by soldiers accompanied
by collaborators. "If it hadn't been for the spies, the soldiers
would never have been able to enter the camp. Once they penetrated
the camp, it was much harder to defend."
And what about the explosion and ambush last Tuesday which killed
13 soldiers? "They were lured there," he says. "We
all stopped shooting and the women went out to tell the soldiers
that we had run out of bullets and were leaving." The women
alerted the fighters as the soldiers reached the booby- trapped
area. "When the senior officers realised what had happened,
they shouted through megaphones that they wanted an immediate cease-fire.
We let them approach to retrieve the men and then opened fire.
"Some of the soldiers were so shocked and frightened that
they mistakenly ran towards us."
On Wednesday, after the fighters ran out of ammunition, he says,
armoured vehicles roamed the streets calling out to them in Arabic:
"You are finished and can't win against us. We are more powerful
than you. Surrender." He saw one fighter who went down to the
street with his hands in the air shot dead by snipers. He chose
to flee the camp, although he will not say how. Using his left arm,
Omar shot a revolver during the gun battles. With a new intensity
on his face, he leans forward to ask a question. Do I think the
doctors will be able to give him a strong new artificial arm with
fingers he can operate. I don't know, I say. Why?
"Because I want to be able to hold a heavy rifle again. That
way I can kill more Israeli soldiers. It's that or become a suicide
bomber."
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Do you see a pattern here???
To ensure we Americans never offend anyone - especially
fanatics intent on killing us - airport screeners will not be allowed
to racially profile people. They will continue random searches of
80-year-old women, little kids, airline pilots with proper identification,
Secret Service agents who are members of the President's security
detail and 85-year old Congressmen with metal hips.
Let's pause a moment and take the following test:
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In the 1973 Olympics in Munich, 11 Israeli Athletes were massacred
by:
(a) Bill O'Reilly
(b) Elvis;
(c) Ozzie & Harriet;
(d) Male Muslim extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40.
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In 1979, the US embassy in Iran was taken over by:
(a) Norwegians from Oslo;
(b) Ronald Reagan;
(c) A tour bus full of 80-year-old women;
(d) Male Muslim extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40.
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In 1983, the US Marine barracks in Beirut was blown up by:
(a) A pizza delivery boy;
(b) Crazed feminists complaining that being able to throw a grenade
beyond its own burst radius was an unfair and sexist requirement
in basic training;
(c) Geraldo Rivera making up for a slow news day;
(d) Male Muslim extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40.
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In 1985, the Italian cruise ship, Achille Lauro, was hijacked by:
(a) The religious Right;
(b) The Tooth Fairy:
(c) White Anglo-Saxon Protestants;
(d) Male Muslim extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40.
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In 1988, Pan Am Flight 103 was bombed by:
(a) Luca Braze, for not being given a part in "Godfather 2;"
(b) Republicans;
(c) Butch and Sundance who had a few sticks of dynamite left over
from
the train mission;
(d) Male Muslim extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40.
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In Feb. 1993, 6 people were killed, and 1000+ injured when the World
Trade Center in NY was bombed by:
(a) Richard Nixon;
(b) Mickey Mouse;
(c) The NRA;
(d) Male Muslim extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40.
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In 1998, the U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania were bombed by:
(a) George Bush;
(b) Mr. Rogers;
(c) Hillary, trying to distract attention from Wild Bill's women
problems;
(d) Male Muslim extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40.
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In Oct. 2000, 17 innocent soldiers were killed when the USS Cole
was attacked by:
(a) The Pope;
(b) The World Wrestling Federation promoting its next villain: "Mustapha
the Merciless";
(c) Bugs Bunny, Wiley E. Coyote, Daffy Duck, and Elmer Fudd.
(d) Male Muslim extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40.
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On 9/11/01, four airliners were hijacked and over 2,000 innocent
killed people by:
(a) Newt Gingrich;
(b) The Florida Supreme Court trying to out-do their attempted hijacking
of the 2000 Presidential election;
(c) Mr. Bean.
(d) Male Muslim extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40.
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Hmmm ............. nope, no patterns anywhere!
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There is one major difference between Afghanistan
and the Mid East war. We were taking out a Government and their
leadership while helping to determine their new Government. In the
Mid East the object was not to take out a Government or it's leadership.
They are looking for individuals. Can you imagine what would be
the results if Israel were to go after Yaser destroy the present
Government and help set up a new government. The U S of A will not
allow Israel to destroyed. I think the Arabs, will not allow Israel
to destroy Palestine. The President has to walk a very fine line.
I am all for Israel finding all the terrorists possible and pulling
out when the job is done. I think we have to give George W. some
slack. George S. * * * Kudos Rush, You got it right again, as usual
:-) This is in regards to all that you have been reporting on about
Israel / Jews and the Palestinians / Arabs / Anti-Western Ideologist.
If I have missed the following request for your discussion "on
the air", I sincerely apologize. Could you please remind your
fine (and obviously well educated) listeners through brief discussion
the facts around Israel's recent (1948?) formation. Europe is again
showing its historic anti-Semitism. In the '30s and 40's, 6 million
Jews were murdered (along with 5 million other people) because of
hatred and the fact that very few countries accepted Jews (through
legal means) from Europe. The Jews had no where to go, that is why
there was international support for the (re-)"creation"
of Israel, in the late '40s. What about Arafat's uncle who supposedly
started a "rumor" about Mohamed leaving Jerusalem on a
chariot of fire for "heaven, thus making Jerusalem sound important
to Muslims religiously/historically and his (and other Arabs) relationship
with the Nazis. You remember?, WWII the Allies (with Jewish guerilla
warfare support) in Northern Africa against the Nazis (with Arab
support). This was the beginning of "Pan-Arabic" hatred
of Jews and the "Western Infidels". Thanks Rush, G_d Bless.
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1) Lets see if we want to get even more people mad
at the Jews and Israel how do we do it? Well we won't hide gunmen
in a Temple; it wouldn't get any press. And we would never put them
in one of Islam's holy places that would get our brothers mad at
us...Lets see, lets take over the site of the Birth of Christ..Get
millions of Christians worldwide to condemn the Jews for trapping
our poor brothers in such a holy place. It means nothing to us.
They are just infidels as is the place a worship, a place of infidels.
If it's destroyed, so much the better. And if we are lucky, the
Pope in Rome will condemn the Jews for their desecration of such
a holy place. And we could hold out a long time because the Jews
will certainly not demolish such a holy place. Our valiant brothers
trapped within can drag this story out and Israel through the papers
for weeks.
2) Gee and don't you find it interesting how the
PLO always quotes the death toll of innocent civilians but never
mentions freedom fighters or Hamas or any of the other radical group's
loses? Seems like another brilliant plan to feed the press.
3) Rush is totally correct when he says, "What
moderate Arab states?" As W said, you are either with us or
again us..But the world is not ready to go to war..and the USA's
military might is pretty weak after the Clinton years. So, we can't
take on a major war in the middle east. I feel W is biting his tongue
because he doesn't want the American economy to collapse due to
a rapid jump in gas prices and anything else made of Oil, ie plastics,
building materials. You see it would be a major inflation problem
everything would skyrocket if the Arabs backed their valiant brothers
in an embargo, which is exactly what would happen if we sided with
Israel and told them to get the terrorists. And we know that Arafat
is more a problem then he is worth; he does not want peace. I feel
it is now time to take him out and the hired guns around him and
set up real elections in a country of Palestine. The only way that
can happen is by the utter defeat of the enemy as in every war.
We have an enemy that is brainwashed into believing we and the Jews
are the enemy. And if they got the bomb they would not be afraid
to use it; we can see that already..We must draw a line in the sand
and end this. But W needs time to rearm the army and go one step
at a time.
4) Remember, Pakistan has the bomb and they are
Islamic and starting trouble..so W has to tread lightly and hide
his big stick until he can amass more weapons.
5) Bad move by the stupid--stupid---stupid democrats,
voting down no drilling in Alaska..gee if something in the middle
east goes wrong we'd be screwed. At least we would have a head start
on getting going in Alaska. Waiting until the worst happens is stupid.
Bill of Gaithersburg
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Dear Mr.President, While I support your message
on the war on terrorism isn't it a double standard with our proactive
war against the taliban and the Alqueda network and not supporting
our close ally in the mid east the only democracy Israel and its
careful and surgical removal of ammunitions, terrorists,and cells
of violence to protect the innocent civilians of Israel.The stated
mission of the PLO is the use of terrorism and violence and ultimately
push Israel and its people into the sea.We must support Israel and
quit attempting to make an agreement with terrorists and terror.
Israel ONLY WANTS PEACE AND HAS OFFERED THE PLO 97% OF LAND AT THE
CAMOP DAVID AND IT WAS REJECTED.YOU HAVE STATED EITHER YOU ARE WITH
US IN THIS WAR OR NOT. ISRAEL WILL ALWAYS BE THERE AND ITS ARMY
CAN WIPE OUT IRAQ BY ITSELF AND HAS RESTRAINED ITSELF LONG ENOUGH
BUT AS A JEW WHO HAS BEEN TO THE CONCENTRATION CAMPS IN GERMANY
AND YAD VASHON IN JERUSALEM. NEVER AGAIN,
ALLEN OF SAN FRANCISCO
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It is understandable that politics, no matter what
any of us think of it, must be part of the process going on between
Israel and Palestine right now. The situation has the potential
to become a world wide conflict with devastating effects and it
appears it must be negotiated. However, no matter how hard anybody
argues the human rights issues of this conflict, there are two things
that are very apparent to more people than will admit it.
(1) Israel has a perfect right to defend itself
against the "Camel-Kazes", we are doing it with the Taliban
and the Al Queda, and
(2) nobody really likes or wants the Palestinians,
they are religious(?) crazies. If you could get most Americans to
give up the "Politically Correct" bunk and tell you the
truth, they would most likely tell you they'd like to see Israel
kick these crazies' butt and let them know that civilized people
are not going to put up with their disregard for human life and
their total lack of anything even vaguely resembling intelligence.
We are all ultimately responsible for our actions. It is sad that
people like Arafat or Hussein are able to con people into killing
themselves. Believing they are doing it for a higher cause but really
doing it for the further advancement of the purposes of their
respective leaders.
Ward of Auburn, AL
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Several Myth's From Marcel...
The first myth concerns the idea these organizations
seek only to destroy Israel. In effect, if the West allowed Israel
to be sacrificed these groups would disband. Wrong. Radical Palestinian
Islamic groups view the destruction of Israel as only the first
stage in a holy war against the West and international capitalism.
Does this ring a familiar bell?
The second myth is Hamas and Islamic Jihad eventually
will come to the negotiating table and accept any deal Arafat and
the PA reaches with Israel. To date, there is no sign this will
happen. Indeed, every time a ray of hope appears in the peace process
Hamas or Islamic Jihad strike to extinguish that light.
The third myth is all suicide bombers are operating
on ideological grounds and they are similar to the ruthless but
educated bombers who carried out the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks
in the United States. They are not. Current research in Israel reveals
a complex set or circumstances that lead to certain individuals
being identified by Hamas and Islamic Jihad as potential human bombs.
In some cases, the bomber had a terminal illness. They are generally
poorly educated and from lower income groups. Once identified, leaders
outline to the prospective suicide bomber the generous package his
family would receive if the operation were carried out successfully.
Many states and individuals appear willing to finance such packages.
Iraq is known to offer financial assistance to the families (usually
paid in U.S. dollars) and so do individuals from countries such
as Saudi Arabia. The stereotype developed by the Western media of
the bomber being a highly committed and religious figure is therefore
simplistic. Yes, some of the bombers act out of a simple hatred
for Israel, and most do believe in their cause. The majority, however,
are manipulated by evil men with a dark agenda.
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Just how did the Allies justify setting up the state
of Israel in the first place? I mean what if, instead of the Mid
east, Israel had been set up in Kenya as was offered? Why is it
accepted by the West that it
was OK to take a piece of Palestine and declare it a Jewish homeland,
while Rhodesia was condemned as a racist country? Is there not a
glaring inconsistency here? I do not condone nor support terrorism,
especially when it is exported out of the Middle East, but I do
have trouble reconciling the establishment of the Israeli state
to begin with. Am I making sense here?
Mike Harkins
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Isreal Vs Arafat
I was listening to your program today and was impressed by thought
that you feel the Bush Administration was planning to attack Iraq
and overthrow the government and replace it with a pro-US Democracy.
This is exactly what we did at the end of World War II in Germany
and Japan and it has worked very well.
Using the above logic, why shouldn't the right approach for Israel
be to remove Arafat and his Terrorist sponsoring Dictatorship and
replace it with a Palestinian Democracy that would take its place
as a responsible member of the world community. That would join
the fight against terrorism. This should be something that Egypt,
Turkey, and other moderate Arab nations should be willing to support
once the knew that Israel was not trying to take over and rule the
Palestinians but only wanted a safe and secure Israel.
I would be interested to hear your comments on this idea. I have
not heard it expressed anywhere else and it seems like a winner
to me.
I enjoy listening to your show. I am a sales rep and spend many
hours in the car and look forward to listening to you at every opportunity.
Thanks,
Bob
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Arafats wealth assessed as tens of billions of dollars
According to reports Arafat has put aside millions of dollars in
a Swiss bank account which he has now offered to Iraqi President
Saddam Hussein in exchange for a safe haven if he is forced to leave
the Palestinian areas.
Meanwhile, Arafat's personal wealth, assessed by security officials
as tens of billions of dollars, stems from his days as head of the
terrorist Palestine Liberation Organization, when he transferred
funds he received from various countries for the organization to
his private bank accounts in Switzerland, the US, and Europe.
Despite the hardships faced by the Palestinians today, Arafat prefers
to portray the Palestinian people as victims of the occupation so
as to gain world sympathy and funds, rather than dipping into his
own pocket, a security official said yesterday.
Arafat has set aside a relatively small portion of his wealth,
estimated at tens of billions of dollars, and not $20 million
as was reported in the press, for Saddam, in preparation for an
escape, with the remaining billions continuing to be heavily invested
in real estate in Europe, Canada, and Australia and in stock in
international companies.
Citing several examples of how Arafat amassed his fortune, the
official said: "In accordance with a decision made by the Arab
League 30 to 40 years ago, Arab and Gulf State countries paid the
PLO tax money for the Palestinian laborers working in their countries.
He [Arafat] also received large sums of money for military training
in various countries and was deft in arms trading, and received
money from terrorist organizations to perpetrate attacks.
Just like the most corrupt rulers in the Third World, so does Arafat
plunder his own people, while expanding his own personal financial
holdings. THE Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat has salted away billions
of pounds for the Palestinian Liberation Organization in secret
foreign bank accounts and investments, including property in London.New
details of the vast PLO fortune he controls have come to light following
a series of computer break-ins at the headquarters of the Palestine
Liberation Organization in Tunis.
The hackers discovered that the PLO maintains about £5 billion
in numbered bank accounts in Zurich, Geneva and New York. It also
holds accounts with smaller sums in North Africa, Europe and Asia.
They are not registered in the PLO's name, but in the names of private
individuals.
The records also showed that the PLO owns shares on the Frankfurt,
Paris and Tokyo stock exchanges, including stock in the German car
giant Mercedes Benz, and property in prestigious areas of European
capitals, including Mayfair in London. The PLO, which once specialized
in aircraft hijackings, also has shares in several airlines, including
the national carriers of the Maldives and Guinea Bissau. The computer
security breach is believed on the West Bank to have been carried
out by PLO officials disgruntled with Arafat's leadership. "They
wished to dispel the smokescreen created around the PLO's finances,"
a Palestinian official told The Telegraph.
Yasser Arafat has always refused to comment on reports about the
foreign bank accounts. But the disclosures caused anger in poverty-stricken
Gaza. One embittered Palestinian said:
"Why is he sitting on a mountain of gold, while there is a
desperate lack of jobs and medical supplies here?"
Yasser Arafat is both president of the Palestinian Authority, the
semi-autonomous organization that governs parts of Gaza and the
West Bank, and the chairman of the PLO, which maintains its terrorist
headquarters in Tunis. The creation of the Palestinian Authority,
the embryonic government for a future Palestinian state, was supposed
to lead to the winding-up of the PLO - and make the Palestinian
leadership accountable and law-abiding. But the authority has in
fact been repeatedly accused of rampant corruption, mismanagement,
and terrorism.
The web of secret bank accounts and assets held around the world
is believed to be so complex that only Arafat himself and two of
his most trusted aides know the overall picture. Much of the money
is the result of "taxes" levied on Palestinians working
in Kuwait and other Gulf states in the Seventies and Eighties, and
of donations from wealthy states such as Saudi Arabia The assets
are controlled by Yasser Arafat himself and it is not known what
would happen to them if the 70 plus year old, who is said to be
suffering from Parkinson's disease, should die. An intelligence
analyst said: "These revelations are almost certainly not the
whole story. No one can know the full extent of the Arafat's assets.
They are so well hidden."
It leads one to ask why Yasser Arafat is still demanding
aid for his Palestinian authority.
Israel Action Info
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Who is the "Human Rights Watch" ?Why are they only investigating
Israel ? With all the atrocities the Arabs have done thoughout the
world, especially the U.S. since the 80's, with no peep from this
HRW.
Don't understand.... Iraq has war with Iran for years, invades
their friends Kuwait and Saudi Arabia and is still loved in this
crazy world(except U.S. and Israel). Seams like the massacre in
Jenin was just more exaggeration like everything else we've heard
from Arafat. Rush keep up the good work and getting the truth out
there.
Bernard / Michigan
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Did you see the Sunday morn Foxnews that showed Palestinians carrying
a supposibly dead person in Jenin. Well the person fell off the
stretcher got up,hopped back in the stretcher and fell out again.
When the Palestinians noticed that they were being filmed by Israel
personnel they all ran away.(Even the "dead" person.)
Bernard Malamud
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I am new to your site and am glad to of found a place with people
who share similar ideas as myself.
I am a bit confused about the current state of our wonderful country's
position concerning Israel. While at this point, I still have faith
in our government completely, I do not understand why we restrict
Israel from defending themselves completely and without question.
A few months before the horrid attacks on our country, I was watching
the "wall cam" at http://www.aish.com/wallcam/&nb
sp;and noticed that there was significantly more people there than
usual and what seemed to be a lot of commotion. I had not been keeping
up with current events as much as usual, but come to find out..
the next day on the news, the Palestinians were there at the wall
throwing rocks at the innocent Jews. I remember thinking, how could
people get away with this? The Jews were innocent, they were guilty
of nothing but praying as usual. Now I watch our president put political
pressure on Israel to stop the current violence. However, when our
country was attacked.. it wasn't long and we were in Afghanistan
bombing, and there was not a country in site who could stop that.
Now Israel is trying to do the same thing and is hindered by the
U.S. It is my current opinion that Israel should be allowed to defend
themselves accordingly. The Jews have been persecuted since the
beginning of time, and have been very patient and forgiving in my
opinion. What will it take for the madness to stop and a real resolution
to be found? I can only hope and pray that President Bush has a
plan and that this conflict will be resolved as it should be, not
as the enemies and their supporters dictate.
Jake
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If Bush and the conservatives keep this up Democrat fund raising
among those who seek a safe haven for Israel has to dry up. No one
will dare cross the line. The Jewish vote has for a long time voted
against their own financial interests, now it's insane to vote for
liberal tax and spend party. We are not crazy, just a might altruistic,
perhaps too long. This could be a change. The Republicans will have
it all. Saudi Arabia and Kuwait needs U.S. Strike down Saddam and
you have Egypt and Syria. Iran will behave. Terrorism will be muted
and ultimately disappear.
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Right on Rush ! You can say it so much better than I, but we are
on the same page, paragraph and line. ditto , ditto,ditto ! I'm
72 years old. Grew up in world war II. In fact that's how I learned
my world geography, following the war on a world globe as a teenager.
I'm a veteran of Korea and I was proud to serve. While I'm no genius,
I have been around long enough to have a pretty good feel of life
and I know that bunch of rag headed sandbags in the middle east
are a malcontent, worthless bunch of inbred stupid camel jockeys
that don't even want to find their way in out of a sandstorm. I'm
tired of us sucking up to 'em for their oil and then having them
turn right around and spit in my eye yelling "death to the
infidels" and calling the US the great Satan ! Puhleeeze!
I'm backing the Israelis 100% right down the line because they are
the only ones over there that have a lick of sense and the only ones
we might even consider a friend. They ARE the bedrock, the foundation,
the anchor in the middle east and we had better never ever turn our
back on Israel and leave her out there to flap in the breeze. And
no, I am not Jewish. Not married to a Jew. No connection. Just a good
ole boy from Texas that knows right from wrong.
George
* * *
Of course the Arabs and other middle east nations support and fund
Palestinian terrorism because they kill two chickens with one stone.
How ingenious is it to get rid of the Palestinians and the Israelis
at the same time. The other middle east nations don't want the Palestinians
refugeeing on their sacred land nor do they want to support the
Palestinians in other ways through housing, medical care, maybe
jobs? hmmm let's let the Israelis and American tax payers take care
of these things instead. The Arabs may be overall crazy but some
are crazier - like a fox.
Linda
* * *
Human Sacrifice - for Money - a better word for Suicide Bombing
Human sacrifice went out of style with the Aztecs, only to be reintroduced
by the Palestines. To make matters worse, the families of the sacrificer
are collecting on this sacrifice. What blasphemy.
Ron
* * *
Why hasn't the media pointed out the hypocrisy of the terrorists
in Bethleham who sought refuge and sanctuary in the Church and then
violated that sanctuary by taking all its occupants--priests, women
andchildren as hostages and are using them as shields? Isn't there
some bias here?
From Irving
* * *
I'm a christian, an American, and I'm a black man. I voted for
President Bush because I believed in his integrity and willingness
to do the best job possible and, hopefully, restore some degree
of respect to our country. First, I have to admit to being biased
to a high degree when it comes to international matters impacting
our country. I've been waiting for the President to tell the world,
especially the Arab world and the U.N. that Israel is our ally and
that the suicide bombings against their people is an act of terrorism
that Israel has the right to deal with in their own way - short
of annihilation.
Furthermore, that if any Arab nations have a notion of attacking
Israel while they act against
terrorism in order to defend themselves, the United States of America
stands ready to help our friends - so don't even try it.
I believe that the agenda of the Arab world cannot be stopped because
they are training their little ones to continue the holy war. America
needs to let the Arab world know that if they attack us from wherever,
that we will respond immediately, and that they should consider
whether the true purpose of their agenda really is holy. If they
are trying to destroy us, then I say that we must destroy them -
whomever they may be. I don't believe the Lord expects a nation
to sit still and watch its people terrorize by groups which believe
they are more righteous. The Bible says, "there is no one righteous,
no, not one..." This being the case, I hope that we will not
continue to try and solve a problem (even by political means), which
can't be solved because the hatred of the Arabs is too old and too
dark. They won't even allow the light of reason to reach their minds
so that the may consider how wrong it is to kill innocent people
in an attempt to take from the Israelis what has belonged to them
for thousands of years.
Phillip
* * *
What state did the palestinians live in before
1967 ? In 1967 Jordan attacked ISRAEL, Jordan lost and gave the
west bank to ISRAEL. Did not require it back from ISRAEL but GAVE
IT TO ISRAEL Not to PLO!!!!!! The PLO thugs really are a shameless
bunch. What occupation are the PLO talking about? They should go
home to Jordan, it is Jordan that they lived in. So, nobody took
away their country, Jordan is still there.The PLO is the one who
is occupying ISRAEL.
Thank you for giving me the opportunity to
write,
N. Novak
MUCH MORE --- GO TO: PG 2
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