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To: Emile Vidrine who wrote (5623)	10/1/2001 6:27:31 PM
From: Emile Vidrine	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 23908

ALERT! ISRAEL'S GENETIC WARFARE NEARING REALITY Israel is working on an illegal genetic weapon that would target Arabs and not effect Jews! (This article appeared in the London Times (November 1998).) Research into "ethnic bombs" is the creation of biohazard at the highest level. It amounts to the fulfillment of every worst fear that ever was raised by the research related to the Human Genome Diversity Project. This article clearly shows exposes Zionism's real objectives in Palestine and the Middle East. ************************************** Israel planning 'ethnic' bomb as Saddam caves in by Uzi Mahnaimi and Marie Colvin ISRAEL is working on a biological weapon that would harm Arabs but not Jews, according to Israeli military and western intelligence sources. The weapon, targeting victims by ethnic origin, is seen as Israel's response to Iraq's threat of chemical and biological attacks. Yesterday Saddam Hussein, the Iraqi leader, backed away from the brink of war and agreed to resume co-operation with the inspection teams seeking his suspected chemical and biological weapons plants. Kofi Annan, the United Nation secretary-general, said he believed Iraq had met UN requirements. As Britain and America stood by to bomb Saddam, however, Tony Blair's office said compliance must be unconditional. The White House, which is threatening Iraq with the biggest onslaught since the Gulf war, said President Bill Clinton's advisers were assessing whether Iraq's offer was adequate. The Pentagon is ready to bomb within days. Last week Downing Street warned Labour MPs that Saddam could be only weeks away from completing the construction of offensive biological weapons mounted on Scud missiles. Israel was hit by Scuds during the Gulf war and fears it would be the prime target. In developing their "ethno-bomb", Israeli scientists are trying to exploit medical advances by identifying distinctive genes carried by some Arabs, then create a genetically modified bacterium or virus. The intention is to use the ability of viruses and certain bacteria to alter the DNA inside their host's living cells. The scientists are trying to engineer deadly micro-organisms that attack only those bearing the distinctive genes. The programme is based at the biological institute in Nes Tziyona, the main research facility for Israel's clandestine arsenal of chemical and biological weapons. A scientist there said the task was hugely complicated because both Arabs and Jews are of semitic origin. But he added: "They have, however, succeeded in pinpointing a particular characteristic in the genetic profile of certain Arab communities, particularly the Iraqi people." The disease could be spread by spraying the organisms into the air or putting them in water supplies. The research mirrors biological studies conducted by South African scientists during the apartheid era and revealed in testimony before the truth and reconciliation commission. The idea of a Jewish state conducting such research has already provoked outrage in some quarters because of parallels with the genetic experiments of Dr Josef Mengele, the Nazi scientist at Auschwitz. Dedi Zucker, a member of knesset, the Israeli parliament, denounced the research yesterday. "Morally, based on our history, and our tradition and our experience, such a weapon is monstrous and should be denied," he said. Some experts said that although the concept of an ethnically targeted weapon was feasible, the practical aspects of creating one were enormous. Dr Daan Goosen, head of a South African chemical and biological warfare plant, said his team was ordered in the 1980s to develop a "pigmentation weapon" to target only black people. He said the team discussed spreading a disease in beer, maize or even vaccinations but never managed to develop one. However, a confidential Pentagon report warned last year that biological agents could be genetically engineered to produce new lethal weapons. William Cohen, the American defence secretary, revealed that he had received reports of countries working to create "certain types of pathogens that would be ethnic-specific". A senior western intelligence source confirmed last week that Israel was one of the countries Cohen had in mind. The "ethno-bomb" claims have been given further credence in Foreign Report, a Jane's publication that closely monitors security and defence matters. It reports unnamed South African sources as saying Israeli scientists have used some of the South African research in trying to develop an "ethnic bullet" against Arabs. It also says Israelis discovered aspects of the Arab genetic make-up by researching on "Jews of Arab origin, especially Iraqis". The British Medical Association has become so concerned about the lethal potential of genetically based biological weapons that it has opened an investigation, which is due to report in January. Dr Vivienne Nathanson, who organised the research, said: "With an ethnically targeted weapon, you could even hit groups within a population. The history of warfare, in which many conflicts have an ethnic factor, shows us how dangerous this could be." Porton Down, Britain's biological defence establishment, said last week that such weapons were theoretically possible. "We have reached a point now where there is an obvious need for an international convention to control biological weapons," said a spokesman. Additional reporting: Matthew Campbell in Washington, Hugh McManners

To: Emile Vidrine who wrote (5623)	10/1/2001 6:28:30 PM
From: Machaon	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 23908

<< Israel's weapons of mass destruction(nuclear, chemical and biological) are all illegal ... >> You have no proof of any of these weapons, other than Nuclear. The Arab nations KNOW that Israel will use these weapons if faced with total war with the racist, Arab nations. That is why the huge Arab nations are so terrified of teensy, tiny Israel. God be praised for that! The huge Arab bullies being pushed around by the 90lb weakling. Another David and Goliath story. << And that's not all! Israel is also illegally working on an ethnic/genetic biological weapon that would target Arabs genetically but not Jews! >> Emile, old buddy, I sure hope that you are right! What a great solution to world terrorism! God is great!

To: Emile Vidrine who wrote (5623)	10/1/2001 6:49:47 PM
From: Gabriel	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 23908

Middle East Conflict: Seek Palestinian Confidence in What? Henry Siegman Tuesday, July 17, 2001 NEW YORK The Oslo accords failed to produce a permanent status agreement for many reasons, but primarily and most importantly because Israel never committed itself to the only goal that could have made possible such an agreement - a viable, sovereign Palestinian state in the West Bank and Gaza. Without such a clearly defined goal, so-called confidence-building measures have no chance whatever of achieving their purpose. . Confidence is not an abstraction that exists for its own sake; it assumes meaning in relation to a goal - it is confidence that the goal can be achieved. In the context of Oslo, "confidence-building measures" can only mean steps that lead Palestinians to believe that they will achieve viable statehood. But if the goal of viable Palestinian statehood remains unconfirmed by Israel, as it was under Yitzhak Rabin and Ehud Barak, or is explicitly denied, as it has been by Ariel Sharon, what meaning could "confidence-building measures" conceivably have? In these circumstances, incremental steps, far from building confidence, undermine it, for Palestinians fear that each partial measure may be intended by their adversary as the last. . Mr. Sharon has stated categorically that permanent status negotiations are not on his agenda, and that the best Palestinians can hope for is a nonbelligerency pact and the continuation of the status quo for another generation. . The absurdity of returning to this proven prescription for failure - "confidence-building measures" unrelated to a goal that begins to address the most basic aspiration to meaningful statehood - boggles the imagination. And yet that remains the basis of U.S. diplomacy. Most Israelis, including those who identified with what used to be Israel's left, no longer accept the preceding argument. They now insist that whatever merits the argument may once have had, those merits disappeared when Mr. Barak offered a viable state to Yasser Arafat at Camp David and Mr. Arafat rejected it. In fact, Mr. Barak made no such offer at camp David. The notion that he did so is fiction. . But let us assume that the notion is true, and that Mr. Arafat rejected the offer of a viable Palestinian state. If viable Palestinian statehood is a right of the Palestinian people, based on UN Resolutions 242 and 338, Mr. Arafat's rejection of Mr. Barak's proposals, however ill-advised or even malevolent, does not cause those rights to evaporate. The Israeli notion that a Palestinian rejection of a particular Israeli proposal cancels Palestinian rights to the West Bank and Gaza, rights that were recognized by the international community, has no basis in international law. . If Israel believes that it can prolong the occupation of the territories because of Palestinian "ingratitude," it is because Israel has never really accepted the legitimacy and authenticity of Palestinian national identity. Palestinian claims to statehood are seen by Israel as subject to Israeli acquiescence and to the vagaries of its own domestic political consensus. . A peace process based on such false and insulting assumptions could not have succeeded in the past, and stands no chance of succeeding in the future. If the United States and Europe wish to play an effective role in persuading Palestinians to implement a cease-fire and to abjure violence, two conditions must be met. First, the cease-fire must be linked to a resumption of a political process in ways far more credible than is now the case. Second, the United States and Europe must be prepared to declare that however reluctant Israel may be to affirm viable Palestinian statehood as the goal of the political process, they do not share that reluctance. . With such an assurance from the United States and the European countries, Palestinians are given a concrete reason to pursue their goal by political means; a return to violence would jeopardize this significant diplomatic achievement. Without such an affirmation by at least the United States and the Europeans, a return to violence and bloodshed is all one can see on the horizon. . The writer is a senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations. He contributed this personal comment to the International Herald Tribune. For Related Topics See: Opinion & Editorial