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To: critical_mass who wrote (7616)	7/15/2006 2:17:43 PM
From: elmatador	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 220282

Iran to give PA 50 million dollars Iranians pledge to offer financial assistance to Palestinians in face of growing PA crisis ELMAT: It could be the case that the money supporting Hezbollah is part of the deal, as a bundle. Plus materials and on the job traning Iranians pledge to offer financial assistance to Palestinians in face of growing PA crisis Dudi Cohen Iran will be offering the Palestinian Authority financial assistance to the tune of USD 50 million, Iranian television reported Sunday evening. At this time it is unclear how and when the funds will be transferred, and whether the Iranians would be able to transfer the money to the Palestinians. PA Crisis PA finance minister: Salaries to be paid / Roee Nahmias Palestinian Authority expects to receive loans, grants next week, which will enable it to pay Palestinian clerks' overdue salaries, Omar Abdel Razek says Full Story Iranian Foreign Minister Manuchehr Mottaki said Tehran has already earmarked USD 50 million dollars for assistance to the Palestinian people. The official Iranian news agency reported that Mottaki made the remarks at the concluding session of the international conference of support for the Palestinian people, held in Tehran in recent days. The Tehran conference was attended by several terror leaders in the Middle East. During the conference, Hamas' Politburo Chief Khaled Mashaal made it clear "the Palestinians will never recognize Israel" and added there was no point in initiating talks with the Jewish State. On Friday, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad spoke at the conference and said Israel's existence constitutes a "threat on the Islamic world," but vowed to remove the threat soon, characterizing Israel as a "rotten tree." Unpaid salaries Earlier Sunday, Palestinian Finance Minister Omar Abdel Razek announced that the PA is expecting to receive loans and grants next week that would allow it to pay public service salaries held back since last month. The statements were reported by Palestinian newspaper al-Hayat al-Jadida, but the minister did not specify where the money would arrive from and did not provide actual sums. Meanwhile, 140,000 Palestinian Authority officials are waiting for their salaries to be paid.

To: critical_mass who wrote (7616)	7/15/2006 3:05:58 PM
From: TobagoJack	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 220282

I think israel has no strategy forward, all bad options, cannot exit, will not win any engagement, and will be worn down, by geographic reality, demographic action, loss of moral highground, and at some point, military equation, unless it manages to draw iran into a fight with the usa for israel cannot hope to win against iran without nukes by using nukes, the world changes so, either the usa gets drawn into another unwinnable war, is shown to be less than potent, or israel uses nukes, or islam goes fully nuclear while angry recommendation: buy gold chugs, j

To: critical_mass who wrote (7616)	7/16/2006 8:14:30 AM
From: Moominoid	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 220282

Seems Israel has decided to destroy Hizballah... but they need to destroy Lebanon in the process... this is looking like 1982 all over again and is now worrying. Clearly there is a strong connection between Hizballah and Iran but what the financial arrangements are exactly I don't know. I don't think the Syrian military would last very long in a direct conflict with Israel (The Israeli military wouldn't last long in a direct conflict with the US.... ). I guess that is why I am not worried by all the talk there is of "wider Middle East conflict etc." But now we seem to be looking possibly at prolonged fight between Hizballah and Israel involving the destruction of Lebanon again in the process. That is very bad in itself.