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To: Eclectus who wrote (84390)	4/12/2002 9:19:39 PM
From: IngotWeTrust	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 116786

Hallelujah!!! I had no idea our efforts toward our friend, Israel, since the early 70s had paid such handsome peace through strength dividends in that region!! Thanks, Electus. This updated version of Israel's military might and power is mucho appreciated! And I'm glad they have no aversion to the yellow metal either<grin> That article's a keeper! AND fwiw, I am not fooled for a second: Israel is not thumbing her nose at us as the uncomfortable spin meisters are spinning... it's more like we are providing political cover for Sharon who's got a job to do and is only 11 days into "search and destroy"... We've been pounding on our enemies since 9/11...surely no-one among us thinks 11 days is sufficient to get "the job done" on Israel's watch. President Bush tried to warn us that the war we are in is a different one...in that is doesn't look like a "traditional war"...and it hasn't been. Since Israel has knocked Afghanistan off the front pages, makes me wonder what we are doing while everyone is watching another conflagration...??? Our enemies are hoping "it" is over soon. And Israel's enemies are hoping "it" is over soon. The American motorist better be grateful Israel is so strong: Afterall, wasn't it JUST today's that new CPI data showing oil related items had goosed the inflation index higher in March? Oh, yeah, I forgot..."there isn't any inflation"...as long as Israel remains strong and only using a couple dozen tanks instead of all 4000 of them for example. If she used all 4000 of them plus all those jets on a 3,000 sorties per day "regular basis," some American might be hoofing it to work instead of burning rubber on some super slab... g_t

To: Eclectus who wrote (84390)	4/14/2002 9:11:12 PM
From: long-gone	Respond to of 116786

Arabs have mixed views on Arafat's statement on terror but are united in criticism of U.S. Sun Apr 14, 3:27 PM ET By DONNA ABU NASR, Associated Press Writer RIYADH, Saudi Arabia - Even Arabs who supported Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat (news - web sites)'s decision to speak out against violence called it a painful choice Sunday, and many accused U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell (news - web sites) of siding with Israel in his Mideast peace mission. Audio/Video Palestinians Protest Israeli West Bank Raids (Reuters) "Once again, President Arafat yields to pressure, especially American pressure," said an unsigned column in the Saudi Al Watan daily. Arafat issued a statement Saturday condemning attacks on civilians, including a suicide bombing that killed six people in a Jerusalem market the night before, fulfilling a condition from Powell, who said he would not meet with the Palestinian leader until he denounced such attacks. "We strongly condemn all attacks targeting civilians from both sides, and especially the attack that took place against Israeli citizens yesterday in Jerusalem," said Arafat, who also condemned what he called the "massacre" committed by Israeli troops in their West Bank offensive. The Al Watan column said Arafat should have turned the tables on Powell, reflecting a widespread view among Arabs that U.S. policy is slanted in favor of Israel and that Powell's mission is no exception. "Wouldn't it have been better for President Arafat to change the rules of the game by taking a courageous decision to refuse to receive Powell before Israel pulls out of the Palestinian areas?" In Jordan, columnist Rakan al-Majali expressed support for Arafat's statement, which he described as a "painful precondition" for the meeting with Powell. The two met Sunday. "Although this decision isn't popular, it is justified as a pillar to move toward searching for a political solution," al-Majali wrote in Ad-Dustour, Jordan's second-largest newspaper. But al-Majali called the U.S. demand for a statement from Arafat "American political terrorism," saying, "It is illogical to ask the victim to denounce terrorism and not to ask the butcher to stop his terrorism." In the Saudi-owned, London-based Al Hayat daily, Saudi columnist Dawood al-Shirian also accused the United States of supporting Israel's West Bank offensive and warned it would prompt terrorist attacks against the United States. Israel's incursion in the West Bank "is more of a threat to American interests than the New York and Washington attacks and it will create a terror that is fiercer than al-Qaida's terror," al-Shirian wrote. In Syria, the state-run Tishrin newspaper expressed disappointment that the United States has not forced Israel to withdraw its forces from Palestinian areas. Israel ignored repeated U.S. calls for a swift withdrawal. "We had expected that U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell would take a strict stand toward Israel's dangerous violations of U.N. principles," Tishrin said. "But what happened was absolutely the opposite." In Damascus, about 200 Syrian lawyers staged a government-approved demonstration against Israel's conduct on the West Bank. Israel, "with suspicious international silence and flagrant U.S. collusion, is disregarding all international accords and resolutions and conducting the most horrible aspects of Nazi practices," the lawyers said in a statement. Protests that had swept the Arab world since Israel launched the West Bank offensive March 29 have begun to taper off, but about 7,000 students rallied peacefully Sunday at Egypt's Alexandria University, where one student was killed and more than 200 injured last Tuesday in clashes with police. In Oman, two pro-Palestinian rallies turned violent for the first time, with protesters smashing the windows of two McDonald's restaurants in the capital, Muscat, and in Sahar, 200 kilometers (125 miles) north. Omani leader Sultan Qaboos, meanwhile, led a government-run fund-raiser for the Palestinians with the first donation, said Ali bin Ibrahim bin Shanoun, executive director of the Omani Charity Authority. He declined to say how much Qaboos had donated, only that the campaign had raised nearly 3 million Omani riyals (about dlrs 11 million) and more than 100 kilograms (220 pounds) of gold since it started Saturday. (pvs/rr/hhr) story.news.yahoo.com