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

To: Hawkmoon who wrote (2355)	4/13/2002 11:52:20 PM
From: Haim R. Branisteanu	Respond to of 32591

IDF Explains - "A balanced person does not booby-trap his house with the intent of returning to it," Brig.-Gen. Eyal Shlein, who commands the fighting in the Jenin region, said yesterday. "Among the detainees [that we arrested], there was a large number of suicide bombers who were prepared with videos already en-route to carry out suicide attacks... Explosive belts [that we found] are too numerous to be counted... The terrorist hardcore exploits local residents who do not want to fight. Some of them are hostages, whose houses are being used as booby traps..." Asked about allegations of a massacre and the prevention of media coverage, Shlein said, "There was no massacre whatsoever. If we wanted to perform a massacre, we could have taken over the camp in one day. The IDF did not use artillery or aircraft. The IDF is one of the most humanitarian armies in the world. It is important to emphasize that whoever uses women, children and the elderly as defensive shields - would pay a price for doing so. We have also paid our price." Asked if the army intends to destroy the area, Shlein said, "No. Many buildings are booby-trapped. The more we enter the center of the camp, the more booby traps we encounter. We do not want to suffer casualties. We intend to demolish the buildings which are booby-trapped because after we get everyone out, they will accuse us of leaving houses with bombs in them." Q: "What about the allegations regarding the prevention of humanitarian support?" A: "During the battle, the curfew was lifted. We made possible the supply of food, fuel and electricity in the hospital. Some of the houses were indeed destroyed, but the ones who are responsible for this destruction are those who had arranged the village for this kind of fighting."

To: Hawkmoon who wrote (2355)	4/14/2002 12:52:44 AM
From: sylvester80	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 32591

This is my tax money that is killing innocent civilians in Janins. That is my paid tanks that are stepping over mothers and children. When I can give $3 billion a year and even much more back when Israel was just starting to build it's military power, when my tax money can give you nuclear capabilities, you bet I have a problem that is of my own making and one that I need to solve first or else I'm just fighting the symptom but not curing the disease. America is full of peace loving people. People that are always first in willing to help other people in need not by color or religion but because they are just some people in need. We are currently the lone Super Power in the world. It's about time we acted responsibly with it instead of irrational with our current foreign policy. Instead of just "our own special interests", it's about time we looked at the "world's special interests" and do the right thing. And the right thing is to force our paid puppet in the ME into peace with the Palestinians. We were so close and the issue was Jerusalem. So freaking give them Jerusalem. And if after they get their state and their peace, and unprovoked decide to make a move towards Israel, then and only then nuke them. Cause they would have been given a fair chance to prove to the world what they want to be. Thugs or civilized people. They so far have not had the chance. Time to give it to them. JMHO.