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To: paul_philp who wrote (65553)	1/12/2003 1:18:23 PM
From: Nadine Carroll	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

The Palestinians are getting ready to dance on the rooftops for Saddam again, the morons. The PA is trying to damp it down this time around, but it's too late, they won't be able to: Gaza Hamas leader calls for suicide attacks against US By KHALED ABU TOAMEH Gaza Hamas leader Abdel Aziz Rantisi made Hamas's first threat to launch suicide attacks against the US, in an address to thousands of supporters in Gaza City Friday. "I call on Iraq to prepare an army of would-be martyrs and prepare tens of thousands of explosive belts," Hamas official Abdel Aziz Rantisi declared at the pro-Iraq rally. "Blow yourselves up against the American army. Bomb them in Baghdad," Rantisi added. "I call on all Arab nations to burn the ground underneath the feet of the Americans in all capitals." Shouting "Death to America" and "Victory from Jerusalem to Baghdad," tens of thousands of Hamas supporters marched in the streets of Gaza City to protest against US threats to launch a war against Iraq. The demonstrators burned US, Israeli, and British flags as Rantisi and other other Hamas leaders urged Muslims to carry out suicide attacks against the US. In addition to Rantisi, the rally was attended by Hamas officials Nizar Abu Rayan and Ismail Abu Shanab. Palestinian Authority security officials told The Jerusalem Post that the Hamas rally reflected growing hostility among the Palestinians toward the US and Britain. They noted that the PA had banned pro-Iraq rallies in the West Bank and Gaza Strip for fear that such events would threaten its relationship with the US and other Western countries. The three Hamas leaders said the demonstration was the beginning of an Arab and Islamic intifada to support the Iraqi people. They also condemned pro-Western Arab governments for supporting the US and providing bases on their territories for American and British troops. "The masses who gathered here today came to tell [US President] George Bush that his terrorism in Iraq will not triumph and that his soldiers will be crushed," Rantisi said. "Iraq will turn into a graveyard for the American and British invaders. The Crusade campaign that Bush is leading against Islam and the Muslims is doomed to failure." Addressing the Iraqi people, the senior Hamas official said: "Be patient, remain steadfast, and fear Allah. American revelry will be defeated, by God's will, in Iraq. They will not taste victory." jpost.com