Silicon Investor (SI) -- The First Internet Community

STOCKTALK

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor. We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community. If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.

Politics : Foreign Affairs Discussion Group -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Nadine Carroll who wrote (23206)	4/2/2002 7:42:38 PM
From: Bilow	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

Hi Nadine Carroll; If Israeli intelligence knows who the active militants are, then how come the number of suicide bombings isn't decreasing? It's not as if this has only been going on for a few weeks. If the Israelis are making such great progress, then why did the US Department of State call it a "deteriorating security situation" today and encouraged Americans and dependents of diplomats to go home. They've been telling tourists to stay away since January, but sending dependents of US diplomats home is a new stage and hardly indicative of an expectation that the levels of suicide bombing is about to decrease: U.S. Issues Mideast Travel Warning AP, April 2, 2002 The State Department, citing a "deteriorating security situation," warned Americans on Tuesday to defer travel to Israel, the West Bank and Gaza and said dependents of American diplomats in Jerusalem were being encouraged to go home. "The potential for further terrorist acts remains high," the travel warning said. "The situation in Jerusalem, the West Bank and Gaza remains extremely volatile with continuing terrorist attacks, confrontations and clashes." Similar warnings to Americans to stay away from Israel were issued in December and January. The statement Tuesday was coupled with an announcement that dependents of U.S. diplomats and other American workers at the U.S. consulate in Jerusalem were authorized to go home at government expense. Also, Americans living in Jerusalem, the West Bank and in Gaza were advised to consider relocating. ... foxnews.com If Israel were making progress, then why are they banning journalists from the West Bank? That means that journalists who want to report on the lead news item for the world are going to have to go through the Palestinian side in order to report the news, and that is probably going to be good propaganda for the Palestinians. This has all the appearance of another Lebanon, but worse, since Israel's survival is at stake. -- Carl