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Yehiyeh sez knock off with the bombings...
The Palestinian Authority security chief has called for an end to suicide bombings against Israel, describing them as "murders for no reason". Interior Minister Abdel Razak Yehiyeh said he has told the leaders of Palestinian groups, including Hamas and Islamic Jihad, to stop the bombings. "Suicide attacks are contrary to the Palestinian tradition, against international law and harm the Palestinian people," the retired general told the Israeli newspaper Yediot Ahronot. I thought suicide attacks were the Paleostinian tradition? "Children were exploited for these attacks," Yehiyeh said. Several of the bombers have been teenagers. "So do it for The Children™..." Palestinian intellectuals have also called for a halt to the bombings. But polls show that a majority of Palestinians support attacks on Israelis, as a way of settling scores for Israeli military strikes against them. That's 'cuz revenge is a central tenet of Islam. We touched on this last night, and Charles Johnson had still more to say on the subject — he's not impressed. But I'll go against the flow here, and say that Yehiyeh seems to be the only Paleo with the brainpower to realize that the fundos are the biggest obstacle to ever attaining a state. Yasser appointed the guy as a figurehead, primarily, I think, because Yehiyeh's even older than Yasser. He was supposed to be malleable, but he's actually been trying to make some progress toward establishing order. His problem is that he has the title without the machinery of control, so there's no real way to enforce his authority. Posted by: Fred Pruitt 2002-08-31 |
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