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To: Square_Dealings who wrote (10625)	3/22/2004 6:44:26 AM
From: Condor	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 110194

Silver and Gold are excited this morning. Don't know if this is related but....the sht just hit the fan I'll bet. C The following just out>>>>>>>>>>>>>> +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Tensions high after Hamas leader assassinated CTV.ca News Staff Hamas militants are vowing to bring death to every house in Israel after their spiritual leader was killed by missiles fired from Israeli gunships.* Sheikh Ahmed Yassin was killed as he left his Gaza house at daybreak Monday. Helicopter gunships fired missiles at his car as he left for a mosque. Seven others were killed as well. Hamas confirmed the death in an announcement broadcast over mosque loudspeakers. The message vowed revenge against Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon. "Sharon has opened the gates of hell and nothing will stop us from cutting off his head," the message said. Tens of thousands of mourners jammed the streets of Gaza City for Yassin's funeral procession Monday. They carried black flags of mourning, Palestinian flags and pictures of the wheelchair-bound Hamas founder. At an emergency session of the Palestinian cabinet today, Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat declared three days of mourning. The Palestinian Authority condemned the assassination, expressing concern about the potential for further violence. "Assassinations, incursions, walls, will not produce peace and security. On the contrary, it will just add fuel to the fire,'' said cabinet member Saeb Erekat. He later told CNN he will be asking the international community for help with "protection." "I'm afraid things are going back to war... and we call on the international community to help," he said. Witnesses in Yassin's neighbourhood said helicopters fired three missiles at the wheelchair-bound Yassin and two bodyguards. Seven other people were killed and 12 were wounded in the attack, witnesses said. All that was left at the scene by the time cameras arrived were Yassin's wheelchair and pools of blood. Yassin, a quadriplegic since childhood, was by far the most senior Palestinian militant killed in more than three years of Israeli-Palestinian fighting. The Israeli cabinet agreed to step up operations against Palestinian militants one week ago, after two Palestinian suicide bombers struck the heavily defended seaport in Ashod. The government had warned that it would be targeting leadership figures. Yassin founded Hamas in 1987, and the radical Islamic organization grew in power, and was second only to Yasser Arafat's Fatah. In recent years Yassin had no apparent link to the Hamas military wing. Israel held him prisoner for several years, before his release in 1994. The U.S. urged calm. In Washington, State Department spokesman Lou Fintor said: "The United States urges all sides to remain calm and exercise restraint.'' Britain went further and fully condemned the killing. British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw said international law recognizes Israel's need to defend itself against terrorism, but called the assassination "unacceptable,'' and "very unlikely to achieve its objectives.'' Egyptian officials have cancelled a visit to Israel in protest. They had planned to go to Jerusalem tomorrow to take part in ceremonies marking the 25th anniversary of the signing of the Camp David peace treaty between Egypt and Israel. Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak told reporters the killing is "regrettable and cowardly.'' Asked about the killing's likely impact on the peace process, Mubarak replied: "What peace process?'' ctv.ca