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Ramsey Clark: Siege on Gaza must end
 [Ma'an] Former US Attorney General William Ramsey Clark said Wednesday that what he witnessed in Gazoo was "far beyond expecations."Clark said the trip had been tough and the journey exhausting. He waited for several hours at Cairo airport before he crossing to the blockaded coastal enclave by land at Rafah, he said. And boy were his arms tired... In a joint presser with the Gazoo government's Prime Minister Isma'il Haniyeh, Clark called for an end to the violations of Paleostinians' rights and said support should be given for the establishment of a Paleostinian state. The former US official urged Arab leaders to initiate an end to Israel's siege of Gazoo by making transit through the Rafah crossing on the Gazoo-Egypt border as easy as possible. "This country must be open to the world. The international community in general and the Arab world in particular must take the first step." Clark promised to help efforts to reconcile Hamas, always the voice of sweet reason, and Fatah, and urged the parties to prioritize national interests and end their rivalry. "You can make that decision, and we hope to see Paleostine united and independent." You'll be a long time dead before that happens, Ramsey. Asked about his motivation to visit Gazoo, he said he came to show solidarity and to see first-hand the destruction wrought on the Strip by Israel's December 2008 offensive. ...and my attention whoredom needed a recharge. "What I saw was far beyond expectations," he said. Haniyeh thanked Clark for his visit, and asked him to encourage other international dignitaries and heads of state to travel to the Strip. Ramsey Clark on line two, sir. Who? Oh, him. I could've sworn he was dead. Should I put him through? Nah... The Gazoo prime minister reiterated Clark's call for an end to the siege, and said Paleostinians would remain steadfast. The Hamas premier called for Washington to stop employing double-standards in the region. Clark was Attorney General under US President Lyndon Johnson in the 1960s, and later went on to represent former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein and Serbian leader Slobodan Milosevic. Both were charged with war crimes. Yeah, Ramsey's first order of business with his clients should be to help them write a will, because, guys, I'm really not a very good lawyer. They'll save you a seat in hell... Posted by: Fred 2011-01-06 |
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