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Newsday - Quotes on Israelâs Killing of Hamas Chief
Some comments from both sides after Israelâs killing of Hamas leader Sheik Ahmed Yassin: "The Israeli air force this morning killed the mastermind of all evil, Ahmed Yassin, who was a preacher of death." -- Chief Israeli military spokeswoman Brig. Gen. Ruth Yaron. "The war against terror has not ended and will continue day after day, everywhere. ... This is a difficult struggle that all the countries of the enlightened world must participate in. It is the natural right of the Jewish people, like that of all nations in the world that love life, to hunt down those who rise to destroy it." -- Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon. "Justice has been done." -- Agriculture Minister Israel Katz. "The operation attests to complete lunacy. The decision came from the gut and not from the head." -- Avshalom Vilan, a lawmaker from the dovish Yahad Party. "This is one of the biggest crimes that the Israeli government has committed." -- Palestinian Prime Minister Ahmed Qureia. "He (Yasser Arafat) is like a man who was hit on the head because they killed Yassin and now they could kill him. He feels his turn is next and he is sad and worried." -- an aide to Arafat, describing the Palestinian leaderâs reaction. "Words cannot describe the emotion of anger and hate inside our hearts." -- Ismail Haniyeh, a close associate of Yassin. "Yassin is a man in a nation, and a nation in a man. And the retaliation of this nation will be of the size of this man. ... You will see deeds not words." -- Hamas leader Abdel Aziz Rantissi. "The Zionists didnât carry out their operation without getting the consent of the terrorist American administration, and it must take responsibility for this crime." -- Hamas statement to The Associated Press. "The United States urges all sides to remain calm and exercise restraint." -- U.S. State Department spokesman Lou Fintor. Posted by: Super Hose 2004-03-22 |
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