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Politics : Foreign Affairs Discussion Group
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To: SirRealist who wrote (19101)2/17/2002 1:38:05 PM
From: Nadine Carroll  Read Replies (1) of 281500
 
Curious report from Debka this morning. They are claiming that not only Israeli, but moderate Palestinian sources, are practicly begging for an Israeli attack to quell the violence. While this may seem strange, Debka says it's because the Palestinian moderates are losing out to the Arafat-Dahlan-Tirawi combo that is gaining power from the terrorist campaign.

I might be inclined to dismiss this, but Debka's reports on what Israeli or PA officials have actually said or done (as opposed to interpretation of what their actions mean or what comes next) have proved pretty reliable in the past, as far as I can judge from comparison with later reports in the mainstream media. Curious. It sounds like Arafat's usual fallback position of fomenting chaos may be spinning out of control.

Insistent demands for an all-out offensive to destroy Arafat’s terror infrastructure are coming from almost every quarter of the country as the Palestinians upgrade their tools of war and methods of operation, focusing both on military targets and civilians.
DEBKAfile ’s military sources report that Israelis are not alone; senior Palestinian factions have also signaled a desperate SOS, warning Israel to take drastic action to quell the violence before it is too late to stave off a terrible disaster – confirming our reports in recent weeks.
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