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

To: E. T. who wrote (2225)	4/13/2002 9:18:29 AM
From: sylvester80	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 32591

I can't be the one to answer as I am not Arafat or the Palestinian people. So I can not tell you from their perspective if it was so off track. I only pointed to the article cause it does give reasons why it was off track. On the issue of suicide bombers I gave an answer on a previous message. For that in a state of hopelessness against a very much more advance military, people will use whatever means possible. Greeks did it 500 years ago against the Turks for the same reasons when the Muslim Turks had occupied their country. If you want to see a parallel I suggest you read about the 400+ year occupation of Greece by the Muslim Turks and the Greeks fight for freedom. The parallel is startling. There are Greek martyrs and suicide bombers everywhere. Cause when you are fighting for your land in a state of hopelessness everything goes. JMHO.

To: E. T. who wrote (2225)	4/13/2002 9:58:11 AM
From: stockman_scott	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 32591

Arafat condemns terrorism By Eli J. Lake UPI State Department Correspondent From the International Desk Published 4/13/2002 9:49 AM JERUSALEM, April 13 (UPI) -- Under mounting pressure from the United States following a suicide bombing Friday in Jerusalem, Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat issued a statement Saturday condemning terrorism against Israelis and Palestinians. "President Arafat and the Palestinian leadership express their condemnation of all terrorist actions which target civilians, Israeli or Palestinians," the statement said. U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell cancelled his scheduled meeting with Arafat in Ramallah after a suicide bomber killed six Israelis in downtown Jerusalem Friday afternoon. Palestinian sources said the condemnation statement was made to try to salvage the postponed meeting. A senior State Department official said Saturday, "We've got the statement and we are looking at it. We expected him to condemn terrorism, now he has made a statement, and we are looking at it." On MSNBC Saturday, Palestinian Minister for Jerusalem Affairs, Abu Zaid said the statement would be issued on Palestinian radio and television. Since March, the White House has pressed Arafat to condemn terrorism in Arabic. To date, the Palestinian leader has not done so. Last month he even made a speech calling for martyrs to liberate Jerusalem, drawing criticism from U.S. officials. After the Jerusalem bombing Friday Powell's spokesman Richard Boucher said, "The secretary condemns in the strongest possible terms today's terrorist attacks and expects Chairman Arafat to do so as well." (with reporting by Saud Abu Ramadan in Gaza.) Copyright © 2002 United Press International