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To: goldsnow who wrote (8120)	11/7/2001 4:24:47 AM
From: GUSTAVE JAEGER	Respond to of 23908

Re: We find those kind of remarks highly objectionable." "What we find objectionable is linking the Sept. 11 attacks with Israeli policy or US policy in the Middle East. We think there's no excuse for the murder of innocent civilians. LOL! Ariel Sharon was first to jump on the opportunity to brand Yassir Arafat as Israel's Bin Laden... That's why Israeli intelligence compromised itself in the 911 hijacking plot --they just couldn't miss such an occasion to stir up the Yanks' animosity towards Arabs/Muslims. But then, as I said, the whole Russian-masterminded hijack scheme veered away from its original "low-key" objective and wound up in a "911 apocalypse".... From the Chicago Tribune Terrorism in U.S. puts Sharon, Arafat in a bind By Hugh Dellios Tribune foreign correspondent September 15, 2001 JERICHO, West Bank -- The terrorist strike on the United States poses a dilemma for Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat and Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, with ramifications not only for the Mideast conflict but also for the makeup of any worldwide coalition against terror. The Israelis must choose between exploiting the U.S. disaster to quell the Palestinian uprising and warnings that an escalation in fighting may hurt the Bush administration's efforts to recruit Arab nations into a wider campaign against terrorism. It is similar to the dilemma Israel faced in the 1991 Persian Gulf war, during which it strained to keep a low profile even though Iraq was firing Scud missiles into Tel Aviv. Arafat's problem The quandary is even greater for Arafat. Since Tuesday, he has been urgently signaling that he does not want to repeat his mistake of opposing the United States as he did in the gulf war. But he may not be accepted as a friend of the anti-terror cause unless he finally cracks down on radical Islamic factions carrying out suicide attacks against Israel. Until now, he has insisted that such a crackdown is impossible for him in the Palestinian territories, where support for Hamas and Islamic Jihad radicals is high and increasing after 11 months of fighting. President Bush called Sharon on Friday, asking him to approve much-delayed cease-fire talks between Arafat and Israeli Foreign Minister Shimon Peres to pave the way for coalition building. But Sharon spurned the idea, saying Arafat had not done enough to rein in violence. "Arafat has not stopped being a bin Laden," said Sharon spokesman Raanan Gissin, referring to Osama bin Laden, the suspected mastermind behind Tuesday's terror attacks against the United States. [snip] chicagotribune.com