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Politics : WAR on Terror. Will it engulf the Entire Middle East? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Nadine Carroll who wrote (589)	11/26/2001 2:03:38 AM
From: Scoobah	Respond to of 32591

I think that they are half right, but it doesnt matter; WAR is coming to Lebanon soon, and perhaps Syria simultaneously if they arent smart enough to pull out first. This will substantially weaken Arafat further, and maybe even cause his assassination from within his own ranks, and the next generation of "leaders" better have some answers to the poverty that their current leader has wrought on them, other than working in Israel, or selling their produce there. So far their chief export is death. In my opinion, Arafat will continue to produce war, death and tyranny, and will be leading more of his people to their graves. Israel may soon be given the green light by Bush to operate freely in the territories thus establishing their borders where they see fit for security purposes, and the Palestinian people will be left with far less land then they were offered by Barak, in his moment of insanity. I am fearful that the more likely scenario is that Arafat miscalculates the US for the last time, and uses his Hizbollah and Iraqui allies to launch campaigns on the three fronts of Lebanon, West Bank and Gaza, causing the IDF to clean them up, once and for all.

To: Nadine Carroll who wrote (589)	11/26/2001 2:17:54 AM
From: Scoobah	Respond to of 32591

Bomber kills self, wounds 2 Border Police at Gaza entrance Nadine, this is what Arafat thinks of that article; he just sends more suicide killers. By Amos Harel, Ha'aretz Correspondent, and agencies A Palestinian suicide bomber killed himself and lightly wounded two Border Policemen on Monday morning next to the Erez industrial area in the Gaza Strip. The attack took place at the crossing point for Palestinians entering Israel, where the bomber joined workers waiting to be cleared for entry. The two policemen sustained wounds to the legs from shrapnel and were taken to Barzilai Hospital in Askelon. Their lives were not in danger, a Magen David Adom official said. More than 15 mortar shells landed on settlements and IDF posts in the Gaza Strip on Sunday evening. There were no injuries in all the incidents. One mortar landed near a caravan in one of the Gaza Strip settlements and caused it slight damage. Defense Minister Benjamin Ben-Eliezer said at a cabinet meeting Sunday that there was a sharp increase in the number of mortars fired in the area, and that some 22 mortars were fired at Israeli targets over the weekend. One of the mortars killed IDF reservist Barak Madmon from Holon, and injured two other soldiers. Meanwhile, Palestinian sources said that IDF troops had entered a Palestinian-controlled area in the north of the Gaza Strip. Bombs explode next to convoy with IDF Chief of Staff Two roadside bombs exploded alongside a convoy in which Israel Defense Forces Chief of Staff Shaul Mofaz was traveling Sunday afternoon in the Hebron area. There were no injuries to Mofaz or anyone else. The attack took place in the Beit Hagai area, south of Hebron. The bombs detonated alongside the first jeep in the convoy, causing damage to it. Mofaz was accompanied by bodyguards and senior IDF officials. He was taken to a nearby IDF base after the explosions occurred, and later flown to Tel Aviv. Security sources said there were no specific warnings of an attempt to assassinate the head of the IDF, and that the explosions were not aimed at Mofaz. The sources said that Palestinians may have noticed a larger than usual number of vehicles in the convoy, and assumed that a senior official was in it. IDF troops kill 13-year-old in Bethlehem Israel Defense Forces troops shot a 13-year-old Palestinian during confrontations Sunday that followed a Hamas demonstration in the West Bank town of Bethlehem, witnesses said. Palestinian medical officials said Tfah Obeid died in hospital of his wounds. The army said "serious clashes" had taken place at the scene, near Rachel's Tomb, and that Obeid was shot at when he tried to throw a Molotov cocktail at IDF soldiers.

To: Nadine Carroll who wrote (589)	11/26/2001 2:35:11 AM
From: Scoobah	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 32591

Nadine, perhaps this best answers your question? P.A. Textbooks: New State Will Replace Israel The Palestinian Authority is educating its young that a future Palestinian state will not live alongside Israel in peace, but will rather replace Israel. Thus reports Journalist David Bedein of The Israel Resource News Agency based on excerpts from more than 60 new Palestinian Authority textbooks, published on the website of the Center for Monitoring the Impact of Peace, "www.edume.org". The excerpts indicate that the PA is continuing its policy of educating its students to liberate all of Palestine - not just Judea, Samaria, and Gaza - for an independent Palestinian state. Bedein notes that the PA school system is financed through special grants from Japan, the US, Canada, and the European Union. The following excerpts show that the PA school system does not envision a Palestinian state living peacefully side-by-side with Israel, but actually replacing Israel: "In the case of our country, Palestine, this interaction [between the inhabitants' efforts and the available resources] faces challenges of which the most important ones are: the establishment of the independent Palestinian state on our entire national soil." --- (The Palestinian Society - Demographic Education, Grade 11, p. 134) "There is no (relinquishment) of our right in Palestine." --- (Language exercise, Our Beautiful Language, Grade 6, pt. 1, p. 27) "I thought it advisable to return to my book in order to reassemble it anew and present it to the sons of Arabdom in general and to the sons of Palestine in particular, so that they will remember their usurped homeland and work for its rescue." --- (From the preface of Mustafa Murad al-Dabbagh's book "Our country, Palestine" as quoted in: Our Beautiful Language, Grade 6, pt. 1, p. 112) "The Jewish claim to historical rights to Palestine has no justification, it is a deceitful and disproved claim with no parallel in history, it is a blatant lie... they [the Arabs] have resided in it [Palestine] since the dawn of the land's history, before there were Jews in the world ... The Jews entered our homeland and left it just as other transient nations have entered and left it ... The Arabs, and not the Jews, are those who have the connection [to the land]. The return of the Jews to Palestine and permitting them to establish a Jewish State contradicts history" --- Introduction to the "Our Country, Palestine" encyclopedia "There is no alternative to destroying Israel" (ibid., p. 13). "The Achievements of the Palestinian Liberation Organization [include] the establishment of the independent Palestinian entity on the Palestinian lands that would be liberated." --- (National Education, Grade 6, 2000, p. 23) "The demographic problem has occupied a central place in the Arab-Israeli conflict during the last two decades. From the Palestinian point of view it has become the numerical challenge that will enable the Palestinian people during the coming two decades to stand against the Zionist settlement expansion and overcome it. From the Israeli point of view the demographic problem has become the danger hidden in the rates of natural increase among Palestinian families, which threatens in the foreseeable future the existence of a Jewish majority population... Therefore, the increase of fertility rates is a demographic weapon that can be used in resisting the occupation. It plays a positive role in winning the Arab-Israeli conflict... The net migration of the Palestinians from 1948 until 1992 was always negative, in the sense that the number of emigrants from Palestine was much greater than the number of those who entered it. The net migration became positive in 1992..." --- (The Palestinian Society - Demographic Education, Grade 11, p. 29, 36) Kahane was Right!

To: Nadine Carroll who wrote (589)	11/26/2001 2:45:34 AM
From: Scoobah	Respond to of 32591

And this is what they have in store for the Christians: Vatican Expresses Concern Over Planned Nazareth Mosque (IsraelNationalNews.com) Vatican official Cardinal Walter Casper announced the Vatican is concerned over the granting of a permit for the construction of a mosque in Nazareth in proximity to the Church of the Annunciation.

To: Nadine Carroll who wrote (589)	11/26/2001 10:10:38 AM
From: Scoobah	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 32591

Mossad Chief on Arafat, Israel, and Pollard "Arafat lives in a world of lies and perpetual fantasy." So said Mossad Chief Ephraim HaLevy last night, speaking to the students of the pre-military yeshiva academy in Eli, near Shilo. "Arafat tells everyone who will listen that the Mossad, and not the Palestinians, murdered Rehavam Ze'evi, and crashed into the Twin Towers in New York." HaLevy said that Israel will be able to reach a lasting agreement only with Arafat's successor, whether he be Abu Mazen, Abu Ala, or Muhammad Dahlan. "The three of them know that Arafat is leading the Palestinians nowhere," he said. Regarding Israel's international position: "There are many world leaders who don't side with Israel," he said, "but who understand Israel's position in its present conflict with the PA. They are also interested in a strong Israel in order to maintain stability in the Middle East." Addressing other issues, HaLevy said that Israel's announcement that the three abducted soldiers were dead placed Hizbullah in a very uncomfortable position. He said that Israel has no clue as to the whereabouts of Ron Arad, and rejected accusations that Israel had abandoned Jonathan Pollard.

To: Nadine Carroll who wrote (589)	11/26/2001 11:12:07 AM
From: Scoobah	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 32591

Pentagon builds case on Iraq By Barbara Slavin, USA TODAY 11/19/2001 - Updated 07:16 AM ET usatoday.com WASHINGTON — Defense Department strategists are building a case for a massive bombing of Iraq as a new phase of President Bush's war against terrorism, congressional and Pentagon sources say. Proponents of attacking Iraq, spearheaded by Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz, are now arguing privately that still-elusive evidence linking Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein's regime to the terrorist attacks Sept. 11 is not necessary to trigger a military strike. In Geneva Monday the United States said it strongly suspects Iraq of building up a germ warfare program, but stopped short of saying that country might supply biological weapons to Osama bin Laden's terrorist network. ''The United States strongly suspects that Iraq has taken advantage of three years of no U.N. inspections to improve all phases of its offensive biological weapons program,'' said John R. Bolton, undersecretary of state for arms control. ''The existence of Iraq's program is beyond dispute.'' He also said the United States was ''quite concerned'' about Libya, Syria and Sudan, all of which appeared to have biological weapons programs. Pentagon officials contend that Iraq should be hit because it supports terrorism, is trying to build nuclear, biological and chemical weapons and has refused to admit U.N. weapons inspectors for nearly 3 years. National security adviser Condoleezza Rice said Sunday on NBC's Meet the Press, "We didn't need Sept. 11 to tell us that Saddam Hussein is a very dangerous man." U.S. officials say no decision on bombing Iraq has been made. The top U.S. priority, they stress, remains tracking down Osama bin Laden, the alleged mastermind of the Sept. 11 attacks, and his al-Qa'eda network in Afghanistan. Officials say the campaign won't stop there. Besides Iraq, Pentagon officials are eyeing al-Qa'eda operations in Somalia, Sudan, and South America. "The war on terrorism neither begins or ends with Afghanistan," Pentagon spokeswoman Victoria Clarke said Sunday. The president will decide the next target. Word of a new push to attack Iraq came as the Navy said it was searching for two sailors aboard an oil tanker that sank in the northern Persian Gulf. The sailors from the destroyer USS Peterson had been trying to keep the tanker afloat after it had been interdicted for allegedly smuggling nearly 2,000 tons of Iraqi oil. The tanker, carrying the flag of the United Arab Emirates, sank because it was overloaded and in poor condition, according to the Navy. It said one member of the tanker's 14-man crew drowned and three others were missing. A source on Capitol Hill said Pentagon strategists are looking at an array of military targets in Iraq, including barracks and headquarters of the elite Republican Guard. The State Department has adamantly opposed broadening the war to Iraq out of concern that it would infuriate Arab public opinion and fracture the U.S.-led alliance against al-Qa'eda. Contributing: Jonathan Weisman, the Associated Press