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| Harsh IDF response to Hamas attacks expected over the weekend |
| 2003-09-11 |
| From Haaretz...EFL... Prime Minister Ariel Sharon will convene his security cabinet for an emergency meeting this afternoon to weigh Israel’s response to Tuesday’s suicide bombings in Tzrifin and Jerusalem, which killed 15 people and wounded dozens. Sources who accompanied Sharon on his curtailed visit to India said before leaving New Delhi yesterday that the response would be harsh and swift, and would be delivered in the coming weekend. Sharon himself said that Israel "will do what needs to be done; we will make every effort to put an end to terror." ... In addition, the Israel Defense Forces warned the governor of Ramallah last night that it intends to begin operations there and in neighboring El Bireh, and that anyone bearing arms in those cities, including Palestinian security personnel, is liable to be attacked by IDF soldiers. In response, the Palestinian Authority’s security services stepped up their alert level - especially around PA Chairman Yasser Arafat’s Muqata compound, for fear that he would be the target of Israel’s operation. Asked about the growing calls inside Israel for Arafat’s expulsion, a senior member of the Israeli delegation to India said that "a decision will have to be made about him. Arafat is the main hindrance to the peace process, and we have seen how he brought about the resignation of Abu Mazen [former Palestinian prime minister Mahmoud Abbas]. Arafat continues to advocate a strategy of terror as a means ofexerting pressure during negotiations, and he will not be allowed to succeed." ... Israel may finally be taking the gloves off. We will soon see. |
| Posted by:Alaska Paul |
| #6 No stick him into a interrogation room and watch him try to make a deal. Video-tape it secretly, and play it on TV. After that, let him go free. Remember to follow Arafat with a camcorder and tape the exact moment he's stoned to death by his own people. |
| Posted by: Charles 2003-9-11 10:52:51 PM |
| #5 I think the best thing to do is capture Arafat alive, stick him in a cage and have a big photo-op press conference so everyone can see the caged Arafat on TV. Great propaganda value. Then stick him in jail, hard time. Solitary, no visitors, phone, or other luxuries. End of problem! It worked with Abimeal Guzman in Peru. |
| Posted by: Scooter McGruder 2003-9-11 9:49:18 PM |
| #4 Thanks for the paragraph repairs, Fred! Couldn't do it without you..heh heh.. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2003-9-11 4:57:31 PM |
| #3 Israel may finally be taking the gloves off. We will soon see. Although my fervent wish is for this to happen, I won't be holding my breath. |
| Posted by: Bomb-a-rama 2003-9-11 4:41:35 PM |
| #2 No problem. |
| Posted by: seafarious 2003-9-11 3:32:33 PM |
| #1 Sorry about the chopped up paragraphs. I thought that the returns had been cleared.... |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2003-9-11 3:20:39 PM |