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To: lorne who wrote (16512)	8/21/2002 3:25:11 AM
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Re: But to give you the benefit of doubt you may have a credible link proving what you say? Special Report Secret Israeli Units Lived Among Palestinians for Years By Maureen Meehan December 1998 Israelis are fascinated with the revelation that for the past 40 years Israeli Jewish undercover agents have been passing themselves off as Palestinians and have not only lived with and worked with Palestinians, but have even married and had children with Palestinian women living inside Israel. Published in Ha'aretz, the story revealed the existence of a special branch of the Israeli Shin Bet which sent Arab-born Jews to infiltrate Palestinian towns and families between 1952 and 1959. Some of the agents are still around and remain nameless; some are dead. However, Iraqi-born Shmuel Moriah, founder and commander of the unit, told what he could of the complex story that has been repressed all these years. "Revealing too much could cause serious damage. Especially revealing the names of the people and their families. It's a matter of children, women, and the possibility of revenge," Moriah said. Moriah explained that he recruited young Jewish immigrants from Arab countries and how, once selected, the agents went through psychological and graphological screening. In addition to basic intelligence work, they were taught extensively about Islam and the Qur'an and other aspects of Palestinian culture and history. The most difficult thing, he said, was giving them the Palestinian accent and idiom. Once prepared, which was a difficult task given the closeness of Palestinian society, the young men were given a new identity and a cover story. Most were assigned to the Upper Galilee, Nazareth, Haifa, Shraram and Bedouin encampments in the Negev desert, all within the "Green Line" border of Israel. [...] washington-report.org India has a long history of violence between the Hindu majority and Muslims. Recently, Christians also have been targeted. The New Delhi-based United Christian Forum for Human Rights has documented more than 120 attacks against Christian individuals, churches, and schools, allegedly by Hindu fundamentalists, in the past year. Half of the incidents have occurred in Gujarat. The Roman Catholic Archbishop of Delhi, Alan de Lastic, said extremists were employing a national-level strategy to try to stem the influence of Christians. "It is more pronounced in states where there is a government affiliated to the Hindu ideology and a small Christian population," he said. A resurgence of Hindu fundamentalism has taken place over the past decade, beginning with an RSS [Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh] television campaign in the late 1980s to forge a self-conscious collective Hindu identity. In 1991, present Home Minister L. K. Advani undertook a historic "chariot journey" from a Hindu temple in Gujarat to the legendary birthplace of the Hindu god Ram. The symbolic journey helped transform the BJP from marginal group with just two seats in parliament a decade ago to the ruling party today. In 1992, Muslims became the main targets of Hindus with the destruction of a mosque built in the 16th century on a site some Hindus believe a Hindu temple once stood. International politics professor Bajpai compared the strategy used by the RSS to that of Joerg Haider and the Freedom Party in Austria. "The right here too advocates extreme and flagrant positions and then retreats and recants as a way of disarming critics and opponents - and succeeds only too well." The fundamentalists had also used the fear of "outsiders within" to build a support base. "Immigration has been one way of doing this, but more important here has been the portrayal of religious and ethnic minorities as aliens whose loyalty to the nation is questionable," Bajpai explained. "Measures need to be taken to curb this trend, otherwise it will destroy the multi-cultural fabric of India," warned Mohanty. indianterrorism.mybravenet.com And don't Gussy me!