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Arafat calls on world to end Israeli campaign in Gaza
Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat called on the international community on Saturday to act immediately to put a stop to the "criminal and racist" Israeli military campaign underway in the Gaza Strip. "I call on the entire world to act immediately and rapidly to stop the criminal and racist" attack launched by the Israeli army on the northern Gaza Strip, Arafat told journalists outside his headquarters here after an emergency cabinet session. "This is a savage, criminal and inhumane attack on our people," Arafat said.
| These are the same people who boom buses, right? Hmmm... I seem to have left my sympathy meter in my other pants... |
Without saying what time frame he was referring to, Arafat claimed that 63 "martyrs" had lost their lives and another 170 people been wounded, "without counting the martyrs killed by the Israelis who do not want to return their bodies." He accused the Israelis of "using inhumane and illegal weapons, such as fragmentation bombs." At the same time, he denied that any of the rockets fired at Israel had caused any casualties, disputing a claim by Israel that one had killed two children Wednesday night in the southern Israeli town of Sderot. "These rockets the Israelis are talking about have not killed anyone ... and only make noise," he said.
| Then why do the Paleos fire them? They think it's the 4th of July? |
Posted by: Fred 2004-10-03 |
