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| Mashaal: We will kidnap more soldiers |
| 2009-10-04 |
| [Jerusalem Post Front Page] Hours after Israel released 19 female Palestinian prisoners in exchange for a video proving captive IDF soldier Gilad Schalit was alive, Hamas leader Khaled Mashaal on Friday night threatened to capture more Israeli soldiers in order to win the release of all Palestinian prisoners held in Israeli prisons. In a speech in Damascus, Syria, Mashaal congratulated the Palestinian people on the release of the prisoners and promised to work for the release of thousands of Palestinians held by Israel. Those who were able to capture Schalit and hold him safely for more than three years are capable of capturing "Schalit and Schalit and Schalit until there was not even one prisoner in the enemy's jails," Mashaal said. The Damascus-based leader's comments were followed by remarks from Hamas spokesman Mushir al-Masri, who on Friday night said that the prisoner release proved that Israel had no choice but to give in to the group's demands. "The Zionist enemy has no choice but to accept Hamas's demands," Masri reportedly said. According to Channel 10, Masri told the Hamas television network that "the fact that 20 female prisoners were released today helps Hamas, and the passing time does not help the Zionist enemy, but rather strengthens our position." The Hamas spokesman said that even though it could take a long time, the negotiations with Israel would lead to a prisoner exchange deal. "The negotiations over the deal are being held slowly and will continue for a long time, but we are sure they will be successful," he was quoted as saying. On Friday, Israel almost completed its share of the deal, releasing 19 prisoners, 18 to the West Bank and one to Gaza. The 20th prisoner will be released Sunday, after it turned out that a prisoner released Wednesday was about to complete her sentence and would therefore be released regardless of the deal. Earlier Friday, the prisoners were transferred in four Israel Prison Service vehicles from Hasharon Prison to Ofer Prison and Hashikma Prison, where they were examined by officials from the International Committee of the Red Cross to ascertain that they were in good health. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #3 Too bad we live in a bizzaro world where the criminal complicity of the U.N. goes unchallenged. |
| Posted by: Woozle Uneter9007 2009-10-04 13:29 |
| #2 What's sad is that, despite all the venting and (purposelly engineered) hype about Israel "being above International Law™, committing war crimes, being unspeakably brutal against the Indigenous Noble Savages™, etc, etc....", from both ends of the spectrum (got that from moonbats & wingnusts), the israeli could find a creative response to this... madness (IE kidnapping and organized terror as a way of State policy and international relations) that characterizes the arab/muslim collective mindset. Really, it won't happen unless there is a global "OH SH8T!!!!!" moment and then all bets are off but... what would have happened should the israeli have kidnapped back some paleos hotshots, and maybe scores and scores of cogs? You know, snuffed a few and buried them w/o head or with bacon in th e mouth and then mailed the vids or aired that on paleos teevee... just to show they are serious and that any kidnapped soldier had better be handed back soon in excellent health, or the muslim hostages will get the same treatment, and this would be just the beginning. I know, this is pure fantasy, but I wonder if the arabs would have put up with so much crap over the years, had they been given the SAME treatment back. You know, like, "What would Uncle Stalin Do?". Would the paleos keep with that, faced with the ACTUAL certainty the israeli would give them back the syrian (see hama) or jordanian (see black september) treatment? No, they wouldn't. Too bad we live in bizarro world. |
| Posted by: anonymous5089 2009-10-04 04:47 |
| #1 So much for "thank you". Don't know what the israelis were thinking - trading 20 terrorists for a piece of tape. |
| Posted by: borgboy 2009-10-04 00:59 |