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Politics : The Palestinian Hoax -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: GROUND ZERO™ who wrote (3203)	12/20/2002 10:33:25 PM
From: lorne	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 3467

Israel gets the word: Won't fight in Iraq war Friday, December 20, 2002 The Bush administration has told Israel that it will not participate in the U.S.-led war against Iraq. Senior U.S. officials told Israeli Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz that the U.S. has decided that Israel will not be involved in the war against Iraq even if Iraq launches a missile attack against Israel. "They [the U.S.] are willing to give us all the necessary aid," Mofaz said according to Middle East Newsline. "I think the State of Israel is better prepared than it was in the past . . . if Iraq will respond with a missile attack against the State of Israel." On Thursday, Secretary of State Colin Powell said that if the U.S. goes to war against Iraq, it will be a quick campaign. "We are doing everything we can to avoid war," Powell said. "The President's made that clear. But if war comes, the only thing I would say about the nature of that conflict is that it will be done in a way that would minimize the loss of life, and it will be done to be accomplished in as swift a manner as possible." On Friday, the quartet group of the United States, Russia, the EU and United Nations meets in Washington to discuss Israeli-PA war. But the U.S. has delayed the adoption of the roadmap proposal for a final settlement to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The roadmap peace plan calls for Israel to commit "unequivocally" to the establishment of an independent Palestinian state in 2005. The three-stage plan calls for firstly an "end to terror and violence" in Israel and the Palestinian Authority. The second stage calls for "Palestinian institution-building" followed by a "transition" period leading to last stage of Palestinian "statehood." "Because of the Israeli election, because of the number of issues that are before the Israeli public right now, we think it would be wiser in this instance for us to continue to work on the roadmap and wait until after the Israeli election is over," Powell said. "It's just a matter of weeks until that is resolved then we will engage with all the parties in the region with respect to a roadmap if we have complete agreement on the elements of the roadmap, at least within the quartet at that time." In Gaza, PA officials criticized the Bush administration for failing to adopt the roadmap plan. The delay causes "a political vacuum in the region," chief Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat said Thursday. Overnight Friday, Palestinian sources said a Palestinian man was killed by Israeli troops after they surrounded the house of a leading Islamic Jihad member. The troops arrested 10 Hamas and Islamic Jihad members. Earlier, Palestinian sources said Israeli troops killed a 11-year-old Palestinian girl in the southern Gaza Strip when automatic gunfire strafed her house. On Friday morning, Israeli security forces safely detonated a bomb placed in a shoe box near a busy mall in the coastal town of Netanya. Earlier, Mofaz said that Israeli troops will remain in Bethlehem over Christmas while allowing Christmas celebrations to continue. worldtribune.com

To: GROUND ZERO™ who wrote (3203)	12/21/2002 12:24:47 PM
From: DeplorableIrredeemableRedneck	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 3467

Chalk up another one for freedom: Saturday, 21 December, 2002, 13:28 GMT Key Pakistan militant dead news.bbc.co.uk Anti-militant operations have proved successful By Zaffar Abbas BBC correspondent in Islamabad Police in Pakistan say one of the five people killed in an explosion in Karachi on Thursday was the country's most-wanted militant, Asif Ramzi. Asif Ramzi was wanted in many criminal cases A police investigator in Karachi said Asif Ramzi's mother was taken to the city morgue for the second time in two days, and she has now confirmed that the body of one of the people killed on Thursday is that of her son. Asif Ramzi was not only involved in a series of killings of minority Shia Muslims, but was also wanted for a number of murderous attacks on foreign nationals, including, it is thought, American journalist Daniel Pearl. In another development, police on Saturday arrested four more suspected militants from Karachi, in a raid which is part of a drive to round up suspected militants from the country. 'Taleban links' A police investigator in Karachi said the police would still like to have a DNA tests done for a positive identification. Karachi has seen many militant attacks Asif Ramzi's body parts were found among those of four other people from the rubble of a warehouse in Karachi. Police believe they were killed in a powerful blast while preparing some explosive devices. Asif Ramzi was head of a banned militant group, the Lashkar-e-Jhangvi, which had been involved in the killing of Shia Muslims. Police say in the last couple of years the group had developed close links with the Taleban and most of its members were trained inside Afghanistan. Police believe Asif Ramzi was also involved in the kidnapping and murder of the Wall Street Journal reporter, Daniel Pearl. Growing success He was also wanted in connection with several bomb attacks against the local Christians and foreign nationals. Pakistani security forces have stepped up the drive against suspected militants and have arrested more than 20 people from different parts of the country. On Saturday, police arrested four members of another banned militant group from Karachi, as they were planning to target American nationals. The recent successes in anti-militant operations have largely been due to the close cooperation of the FBI with Pakistani authorities. At times, FBI officials themselves have taken part in the raids.

To: GROUND ZERO™ who wrote (3203)	12/26/2002 5:34:00 PM
From: Elmer Flugum	Respond to of 3467

Officials Contradict Sharon's Warnings [More stories from the story-tellers] israelnationalnews.com Prime Minister Sharon was also taken to task for his remarks last night about Iraq. He told a television interviewer that there are unconfirmed reports that Iraq has hidden biological and chemical weapons in Syria, that a Palestinian terrorist cell trained in Iraq to use shoulder-launched missiles to shoot down planes at Ben Gurion International Airport was recently caught, that Iraqi nuclear scientists are working in Libya, and that the PA and Iraq are working together. The interview came only hours after Sharon told the country that Iraq could very well attack Israel. Labor Party leaders said that Sharon was "causing panic" merely to divert public attention from the headlines of alleged corruption in the Likud. They were particularly incensed after IDF Intelligence Chief Gen. Aharon Ze'evi-Farkash told the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee that the likelihood that Iraq would attack Israel before an American attack is low. Moshe Arens, who served as Defense Minister during the first Gulf War, also said that the chances of an Iraqi attack are not great. In a related item, the Health Ministry has decided that there is currently no need to incoculate the entire population against smallpox.