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To: Alighieri who wrote (157838)	1/10/2003 4:24:56 PM
From: Tenchusatsu	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1583391

Al, from the article you posted: In the Gaza Strip (news - web sites), a leader of the Palestinian group Hamas urged Iraqis to adopt the suicide bomb tactics against any invaders that Hamas has employed against Israelis. "Blow yourselves up against the American army," Abdel Aziz al-Rantissi told a pro-Iraq rally. "Bomb them in Baghdad." Oh yeah, and suicide bombings have worked SO WELL in Israel. Ever wonder why Hamas hasn't tried any suicide bombings on American soil? It's not like America's homeland security is any better than Israel's; in fact, it's probably a lot worse. Think about it. Tenchusatsu

To: Alighieri who wrote (157838)	1/10/2003 4:38:45 PM
From: Tenchusatsu	Respond to of 1583391

Al, here's more: Hamas pledges support to Iraq usatoday.com [I'll bet they're worried that America will bite the hand that feeds Hamas. So much for Iraq not being a sponsor of terrorism.] JABALIYA REFUGEE CAMP, Gaza Strip (AP) — The militant group Hamas, which has carried out scores of suicide bombings in Israel, urged Iraq on Friday to copy its tactics and send thousands of attackers with explosives strapped to their bodies into a battle against the West. "We call on the Arabs and Muslims to burn the land under the feet of the American invaders, especially our brothers in Saudi Arabia because this war is not against Iraq, it's against the Islamic nation," Hamas leader Abdel Aziz Rantisi told a rally in this impoverished shanty encampment. Hamas has dispatched most of the 92 suicide bombers that have killed hundreds of Israelis in more than two years of Israel-Palestinian fighting. Rantisi's remarks were unusual for Hamas, which has focused on fighting Israel since taking up arms in 1987 at the start of the first Palestinian uprising. An Israeli terrorism expert, Boaz Ganor, said Hamas was likely trying to position itself as part of a global Islamic revolution against the West, but without steering the focus of its struggle away from Israel. "Iraq is trying to show the Muslim world that the conflict that is going to happen is part of a Western campaign against the Muslim world and Hamas supports that," said Ganor, director of Israel's International Policy Institute for Counter-Terrorism. Ganor said Hamas leaders may also want to keep ties strong with Iraq because Saddam Hussein frequently pays the families of Palestinians, including suicide bombers, who die in confrontations with Israeli soldiers. Rantisi told about 2,000 people that Iraq should train and outfit cells of suicide attackers with "thousands of highly explosive belts" to fight American and British troops in Iraq. "We urge the Iraqi leadership to open the door for Muslim volunteers who should perform their role in defense of Iraq because all Muslims are targeted by the USA," Rantisi said. The demonstrators shouted pro-Iraq slogans and set fire to American, British and Israeli flags. Meanwhile Friday, Israeli soldiers shot and killed a 17-year-old boy, Tareq Abu Jawdu, during a clash in the Aida refugee camp in the West Bank town of Bethlehem. Doctors at Beit Jalla Hospital said the boy was shot in the abdomen and two others were lightly wounded. The army did not immediately comment on the incident. Israeli soldiers also demolished the home of Darin Abu Aisheh, a suicide bomber, in a West Bank village near the city of Nablus. The woman set off explosives inside a car at an Israeli military checkpoint last February, killing herself and wounding three policemen. Israel routinely demolishes the homes of suspected Palestinian militants and suicide bombers, believing it discourages attacks. Palestinians say the demolitions violate international law and are a form of collective punishment. Israel also closed military liaison offices in the West Bank towns of Tulkarem, Qalqilya and Nablus, one of the last remnants of a 1993 interim peace agreement that set up cooperation between Israeli and Palestinian security forces. An army spokesman said the offices were closed because there is no longer any security cooperation between the two sides and having armed Palestinians in the offices posed a security risk.