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To: Tadsamillionaire who wrote (20254)	8/24/2003 12:50:18 PM
From: lorne	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 23908

Hamas leader calls Bush 'enemy of Islam' Associated Press Aug. 23, 2003 chron.com GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip -- A leader of the Palestinian militant group Hamas today called President Bush an enemy of Islam because the U.S. government froze the assets of Hamas leaders in response to a suicide bombing of a bus in Jerusalem. Speaking to Dubai-based Al-Arabiya TV, Abdel Aziz Rantisi called the action "a theft of Muslim money by the Americans" and said the frozen money doesn't belong to Hamas. "Hamas does not have any money in the U.S., Europe or even in the Arab states. President Bush has become Islam's biggest enemy," Rantisi said in the interview. On Friday, the United States froze the assets of six Hamas leaders, including Rantisi, an aide to Sheik Ahmed Yassin, the group's spiritual leader. The United States also froze the assets of five European-based organizations that it said raise money for the radical Palestinian group. Bush said he ordered the assets frozen because Hamas claimed responsibility for Tuesday's suicide attack on a packed bus in Jerusalem that killed 20 people, including six children. Hamas has vowed revenge for an Israeli helicopter attack on Thursday that killed Ismail Abu Shanab, one of its most senior figures. Rantisi survived an Israeli rocket attack on his car in June. The Lebanese representative of the militant group on Saturday urged European nations to reject U.S. demands to freeze the funds of Hamas officials and pro-Palestinian charities. "We call on the countries that the Americans are trying to pressure not to respond to the pressure," Osama Hamdan said in a statement, adding that the "American decisions ... are based on Israel's interests." A similar call was issued by one of the charities named by the U.S. government, the Sanabel Endowment for Relief and Development, which denied having links to Hamas and expressed "astonishment at the unjustified" freeze.

To: Tadsamillionaire who wrote (20254)	8/24/2003 5:37:35 PM
From: Yaacov	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 23908

Tim, here we are facing a serious problem, we have countries that their leadership is officially friends of the United States but their people are enemies. Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Pakistan, all the North African countries, including Egypt. They can come and go as they please. These sons-a-bitches are infecting more neutral and peaceful people like Indonesia! We have a serious problem on hand that will not be solved in near future. Now all these WOGs are present on the US Soil, holding US Citizenship for Green Cards. How can one win a war against a friendly nation(!!!) or from an invisible enemy within? I do not see a way out. Despite all that the law enforcement agencies are doing, we are not going to win this war easily. They will keep trying until they succeed. Only then the authorities will declare a total war against the Islamic Fundamentalism. The first battle ground for this war is US soil. I believe we will see the day that Civil Rights in the United States are curtailed or suspended and the entire, mosques are closed down, and mass deportation commences, and that is not the worse, since the worse is still to come. Now I realized some bleeding heart liberal can tell me this is not the way how things work in a democracy! But then they way I see it, sooner or later we will have no democracy. Therefore maybe Democrats instead of playing games should get behind President Bush and support a total war against the terrorism.