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Politics : Israel to U.S. : Now Deal with Syria and Iran -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Thomas M. who wrote (1645)	9/8/2003 5:24:27 PM
From: DeplorableIrredeemableRedneck	Respond to of 22250

Aren't religions stupid?

To: Thomas M. who wrote (1645)	9/9/2003 9:11:45 PM
From: Emile Vidrine	Respond to of 22250

DemandsForNeoConWolfowitz's and Rumsfeld Resignation == WASHINGTON, D.C.: Rep. Obey calls for Rumsfeld's resignation BY TOM WEBB Washington Correspondent As troubles in Iraq continue and Americans grow apprehensive, congressional Democrats seem to have returned from the August recess in a more outspoken mood about Bush administration policies. U.S. Rep. David Obey, D-Wis., on Friday sought the resignation of Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and his deputy, Paul Wolfowitz, for what he called "a disaster" in planning for post-war Iraq. "It is impossible to review the record of the past year and not conclude that they have made repeated and serious miscalculations," Obey wrote in a letter to President Bush. truncated full twincities.com/mld/twincities/news/politics/6703833.htm

To: Thomas M. who wrote (1645)	9/10/2003 1:38:53 PM
From: DeplorableIrredeemableRedneck	Respond to of 22250

Koranics stealing from the poor..nice, really nice: Sep 10, 11:12 AM EDT Ex-Head of Islamic Charity Pleads Guilty customwire.ap.org DETROIT (AP) -- The former head of an Islamic charity accused of having ties to terrorism has pleaded guilty to bank and visa fraud. Bassem Khafagi, who is Egyptian, was ordered deported earlier this year. He pleaded guilty Tuesday. The FBI said Khafagi is a founding member of the Islamic Assembly of North America, a charity that purports to promote Islam. Federal investigators contend the charity, and another man - Sami Omar Al-Hussayen - provided Web sites for two radical Saudi sheiks, Salman Al-Awdah and Safar al-Hawali. Both have direct contact with Osama bin Laden, authorities said. Al-Hussayen, a University of Idaho student who was working toward his doctorate in computer science, was arrested Feb. 26 in Idaho on charges of visa fraud and lying to federal officials. Al-Hussayen, who is Saudi, remains in custody and is awaiting a January trial for immigration violations. The Islamic Assembly is affiliated with Help the Needy, a nonprofit organization based in Syracuse, N.Y., that also is under investigation by the FBI. Federal investigators said Islamic Assembly has funneled money to activities supporting terrorism and has published material advocating suicide attacks on the United States. Khafagi was one of four men arrested during an investigation of a group of people in the Moscow, Idaho, and Pullman, Wash., area that federal investigators say is linked to the two Islamic charities. The men were either current or former students at the University of Idaho and Washington State University. U.S. Attorney Jeffrey Collins said in a statement that Khafagi admitted during a plea hearing that he passed bad checks for thousands of dollars at two banks. The incidents took place during February and June 2001. He said Khafagi also "confessed ... he made false material statements" on his nonimmigrant visa application on Nov. 8, 2000, in Kuwait City, Kuwait. Khafagi, who graduated from the University of Idaho in 1988, was arrested in New York in January. He had been in custody in Detroit because the charity was based in Ypsilanti, Mich., about 36 miles west of Detroit. Khafagi faces up to 30 years in prison and a $1 million fine for each of the two counts of bank fraud, and 10 years and a $250,000 fine on the visa fraud conviction. Sentencing is scheduled for Dec. 4. Copyright 2003 Associated Press. All rights reserved.

To: Thomas M. who wrote (1645)	9/12/2003 8:46:40 AM
From: rrufff	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 22250

Very telling Washington Times Editorial In the wake of Tuesday's twin suicide bombings, the peace process — or what's left of it — seems to be rapidly disintegrating. Israel's security cabinet voted yesterday to expel Palestinian Authority (PA) Chairman Yasser Arafat from the West Bank. While the cabinet has delayed the actual implementation of such a move, the announcement clearly indicates that Israel is running out of patience with the status quo. The Israeli reaction is in response to the fact that Mr. Arafat is sitting in his compound in Ramallah, sending money to terrorist groups and working behind the scenes to thwart the development of an alternative Palestinian leadership that might be willing to move against terrorist organizations. Mahmoud Abbas, who resigned as Palestinian prime minister last weekend, blamed Mr. Arafat's behind-the-scenes sabotage in part for his departure. A growing number of Israelis and Palestinians appear to think that Mr. Arafat's removal from the scene is an essential condition for improving the situation. Saying that it is intolerable to allow Mr. Arafat to continue fomenting terrorism, while his own physical safety is protected, the Jerusalem Post yesterday unprecedentedly called for his assassination. Also yesterday, Mr. Arafat had an ugly confrontation with Palestinian Gen. Nasser Youssef, nominated to serve as interior minister by new Palestinian Prime Minister Ahmed Korei. The Jerusalem Post reported that Mr. Arafat stormed out of a meeting of Fatah's central council in Ramallah after Gen. Youssef called him "the most incompetent revolutionary leader in history." In response, Mr. Arafat, as he stalked out of the room, hurled insults at Gen. Youssef. (Palestinian sources deny he spat at Gen. Youssef.) It is hardly surprising that Palestinians, as well as Israelis, are running out of patience with Mr. Arafat. His mendacity and duplicity have brought them nothing but suffering and misery. Ever since he signed the Oslo I agreement 10 years ago tomorrow with Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin at the White House, Mr. Arafat has played a double game: stating publicly a desire for a peace, while working behind the scenes to undermine it. From the beginning of the peace process, Mr. Arafat permitted the Palestinian media that he controls to engage in anti-Semitic, anti-Israeli incitement, and refused to take action to uproot terrorist groups. In 2000, he rejected the opportunity to build a contiguous Palestinian state in the 97 percent of the West Bank. Since the current wave of violence began nearly 36 months ago, more than 800 Israelis have died in the violence, and the Palestinian death toll is more than double that number. The question now is where the parties go from here. President Bush's road map, which appears virtually finished, was a last-gasp effort to salvage the peace process after Mr. Arafat torpedoed it at Camp David three years ago, then unleashed a wave of violence in September 2000 that continues to this day. Aside from Mr. Arafat himself, another significant factor in the deteriorating situation may be the upsurge in violence in Iraq. There was reason for optimism that, with Saddam Hussein out of power and Iraq being stabilized, that Washington would gain leverage to press both Israelis and Palestinians into making concessions for peace. But the recent upsurge in violence in Iraq may have undercut Washington's ability to press the parties to move forward. Now, almost 10 years to the day since the signing of Oslo I, the peace process seems to be on the verge of being replaced by a higher magnitude of violence and chaos. washingtontimes.com