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Politics : America Under Siege: The End of Innocence -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: GROUND ZERO™ who wrote (6298)	10/4/2001 10:33:33 PM
From: Carolyn	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 27754

Kind of what I was thinking.

To: GROUND ZERO™ who wrote (6298)	10/4/2001 10:38:11 PM
From: Captain Jack	Respond to of 27754

Past time for the US to wake up.. Sharon: We won't be another Czechoslovakia By Arieh O'Sullivan JERUSALEM (October 5) - Pressured by daily deadly terror attacks, Prime Minister Ariel Sharon last night said all attempts to reach a cease-fire have failed and he has ordered the security forces into action against Palestinian terrorism. "We can rely only on ourselves. And from today forward, we will only rely on ourselves," Sharon said. Speaking after the terror attack in Afula, which left three dead, Sharon called on the West not to "appease" the Arab world by abandoning Israel in the war on terror. "Today Israel suffered another murderous Palestinian terrorist attack which took a heavy toll," Sharon said. "All of our efforts to reach a cease-fire have been torpedoed by the Palestinians. Fire did not cease, not even for one day." Speaking at a press conference in Tel Aviv last night, Sharon said the cabinet has instructed the security forces to take "all necessary measures" to bring full security. "We are currently in the midst of a complex and difficult political campaign. I call on the Western democracies and primarily on the leader of the free world, the United States: Do not repeat the dreadful mistake of 1938, when enlightened European democracies decided to sacrifice Czechoslovakia for a convenient temporary solution. Do not try to appease the Arabs at our expense. This is unacceptable to us. Israel will not be Czechoslovakia. Israel will fight terrorism." "There is no good terrorism and bad terrorism," Sharon said. "It is worse than murder. We have been fighting terrorism for over 100 years. Unfortunately, there is no swift and immediate solution. But if united we confront this terrorism, we will be able to overcome it and bring peace. And we shall overcome." But the government stopped short of saying the cease-fire with the Palestinians is dead. "I don't sign death certificates," said Transportation Minister Ephraim Sneh. "Actually, we are in a situation where a cease-fire is permanently defied by Palestinian terrorism. That is why we have to take the measures to forestall this danger and to fight back." Sneh also refused to elaborate on what security steps will be taken. "Wait and see," he said. Defense Minister Binyamin Ben-Eliezer said last night that the Palestinians "will have to pay a heavy price for this kind of attacks." Chief of General Staff Lt.-Gen. Shaul Mofaz said the IDF has not detected any attempt by the Palestinian Authority to enforce the cease-fire. "There is no war on terror by the Palestinian Authority and they don't even carry out arrests," Mofaz told reporters in Tel Aviv. While not repeating his claim that the PA is a "terrorist entity," Mofaz said it has never abandoned its belligerent goal. Meanwhile, PA Chairman Yasser Arafat convened the PLO leadership in Ramallah yesterday to discuss the situation and how to deal with the latest developments, Palestinian sources said. The PA has been saying that it is unable to arrest terrorists while Israel is killing Palestinians. But Arafat is under growing pressure to take action, a PA source said. He knows that he must deal with militants who are challenging his orders and continue to carry out attacks, the source said. But as Hamas and Islamic Jihad have fought side-by-side with Fatah during the intifada, he can not suddenly start to arrest them, the source added. Arafat wants to first try to convince them to stop carrying out attacks and only then start to make arrests, the source explained. However, many senior officials around Arafat want him to deal with those who violate the orders.