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To: manny t who wrote (20095)	7/8/2003 12:35:15 AM
From: Thomas M.	Respond to of 23908

More precisely, such violence is an especially pleasing expression of religious sacrifice, a feverishly ritualistic slaughter of innocents designed to elicit divine favor. The leading suicide bombing group is not a religious-based group like Hamas or Islamic Jihad, but rather the secular Al Aqsa Brigade? terrorismanswers.com Contrary to conventional wisdom on the subject, Arab suicide bombers care little for land or for better living conditions or for Palestinian statehood. Okay, so that explains why the author lied about the religious component - he's simply a Zionist trying to deflect from the fact that Israel is to blame for the Palestinian rage. To be sure, Palestinian hatred of Jews is deep and far-reaching. But if the despised Jew did not exist, Arab terrorists would have to invent him. So we are assured by the author, who would NEVER lie (though he did in the previous paragraph). It is strange, isn't it, that "Arab terrorists" did not invent the "despised Jew" before the Zionists came to Palestine? Before then, Jews lived throughout the Middle East (including in Palestine) in peace and harmony. This article is exactly what I expect from bigoted fanatical Jews such as you and Haim. Tom

To: manny t who wrote (20095)	7/8/2003 8:14:19 AM
From: DeplorableIrredeemableRedneck	Respond to of 23908

Good article. Thanks for the post!

To: manny t who wrote (20095)	7/8/2003 10:14:17 PM
From: lorne	Respond to of 23908

Manny. Good article....muslim homocide bombers are islamic nutbars and one thing that is very worrisome is how does one deprogram all the thousands of arab kids who have been taught from birth the islamic murderous ways. These kids believe that their religion is the only correct one just like kids who belong to a more civilized religion. Do the crazy murderous islamic leaders now say to all the programmed kids....hey we were only kidding.....we lied to you....paradise is full, no room for anymore homicide bombers..... A real mess these idiot arabs have created.

To: manny t who wrote (20095)	7/8/2003 10:15:46 PM
From: lorne	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 23908

MEMRI Special Report - No. 17 July 3, 2003 No.17 Saudi Royal Family's Financial Support to the Palestinians 1998-2003: More than 15 Billion Riyals ($4 Billion U.S.) Given to 'Mujahideen Fighters' and 'Families of Martyrs' By: Steven Stalinsky INDEX I. Introduction II. Prince Salman Ibn Abd Al-Aziz and "The Popular Committee for Assisting the Palestinian Mujahideen" III. Prince Nayef Ibn Abd Al-Aziz and "The Support to the Committee for the Al-Quds Intifada" and "The Al-Aqsa Fund" IV. "Account 98" Saudi Policy Statements on Support to the Palestinians Part I: Introduction Saudi Government Committees to Support Palestinians For decades the royal family of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has been the main financial supporter of Palestinian groups fighting Israel, through the creation of two major committees. The Popular Committee for Assisting Palestinian Mujahideen and The Support Committee for the Al-Quds Intifada and The Al-Aqsa Fund have to date given over 15 billion Saudi Riyals (4 billion $U.S.) and reportedly pledged Palestinians up to 1 billion dollars to finance the continuation of the Intifada, which is also commonly referred to by Saudi officials as "Jihad" [1] and "resistance." [2] The Popular Committee for Assisting the Palestinian Mujahideen Headed by Prince Salman Ibn Abd Al-Aziz, the Governor of Riyadh, the Popular Committee for Assisting the Palestinian Mujahideen was established after the Arab-Israeli war in 1967. [3] I n February 1994, King Fahd Ibn Abd Al-Aziz issued an updated directive to Prince Salman to support the Palestinians with a national campaign drive in the Kingdom. [4] The committee is responsible for "assisting the freedom fighters of Palestine," [5] and "extending assistance to members of the families of the martyrs." [6] The committee has donated at least 298,784,151 Saudi Riyals (SR) . [7] The Committee for the Al-Quds Intifada and the Al-Aqsa Fund The Arab summit held in Cairo in October 2000 adopted the recommendation of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to establish two funds: one to be called "The Fund of the Al-Quds Intifada," with a capital of $200 million, for the families of the Palestinian martyrs killed during the Intifada, and the other to be called "The Al-Aqsa Fund," with a capital of $800 million, for the purpose of financing projects to help preserve the Arab and Islamic characteristics of Jerusalem, and to enable the Palestinians to liberate themselves. [8] Crown Prince Abdullah Ibn Abd Al-Aziz said that Saudi Arabia would pay one-quarter of the $1 billion capital for the two funds, while King Fahd Ibn Abd Al-Aziz would undertake the support of 1,000 Palestinian families of martyrs. A directive by governors of all regions in Saudi Arabia to initiate campaigns for every citizen to donate to the Al-Quds Intifada Fund was also implemented. [9] Prince Nayef bin Abd Al-Aziz, Interior Minister of Saudi Arabia , is the chairman of "The Saudi Committee for the Al-Quds Intifada" and the "Al-Aqsa Fund," which has transferred over 15,442,105,150 Saudi Riyals (SR) [10] to the Palestinians, including money to the martyrs fund. [11] This is in addition to Prince Nayef's separate support committee, which has donated 20,000 Saudi Riyals (SR) ($5,333 U.S.) to each martyr's family. [12] Saudi Banks, Account 98, and the Palestinian Authority Treasury Saudi funds which originate in the Jeddah based Islamic Development Bank (IDB) reach the Palestinian Authority Treasury Department via Account 98 of the Saudi Development Fund (SDF). All funds for Prince Salman Ibn Abd Al-Aziz's Popular Committee for Assisting the Palestinian Mujahideen go directly to the PLO, while Prince Nayef's funds from the Support Committee for the Al-Quds Intifada and Al-Aqsa Fund go to the Palestinian Authority. According to official Saudi sources, leading members of the Saudi royal family, Crown Prince, Deputy Prime Minister and Commander of the National Guard Abdullah Ibn Abd Al-Aziz, Second Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defence and Aviation and Inspector General Prince Sultan Ibn Abd Al-Aziz, Minister of Interior Prince Nayef Ibn Abd Al-Aziz, Minister of State and Cabinet member Prince Abd Al-Aziz Ibn Fahd Ibn Abd Al-Aziz, have worked directly with leading Palestinian officials Yasser Arafat as well as Nabil Shaath to ensure the funds were both sent and received. This report, based entirely on official Saudi government sources, details the Saudi government support to the Popular Committee for Assisting the Mujahideen and the Saudi Committee for the Al-Quds Intifada and The Al-Aqsa Fund between 1998-2003. Charting Saudi Government Support for: "The Popular Committee for Assisting the Mujahideen, Al-Quds Intifada, and the Al-Aqsa Fund" * full article. >>> memri.org