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2005-02-09 Israel-Palestine

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Posted by Sock Puppet of Doom 2005-02-09 04:15|| || Front Page|| [6 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Abbas certainly has an alphabet soup of terminally insecure morons to answer to. Prolly needs a hall pass to take a leak.

It's interesting to me that asshats always seem to think the Good Guys are stupid, despite the phreaking mountain of evidence to the contrary (a real mountain of bodies...), and prolly don't realize that the IDF must be in full intel-acquisition mode during this little hudna thingy. First break in the ceasefire should bring some nasty helizaps of Abbas' real tormentors, his own brother terrorists, and not limited to just the West Bank and Gaza, either.

Posted by .com 2005-02-09 6:50:07 AM|| 2005-02-09 6:50:07 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 For a time I defined the difference between the Right and the Left as 'The Left is sure they smarter despite the evidence, while the Right is sure it is smarter because of the evidence.'

Posted by phil_b 2005-02-09 6:56:33 AM|| 2005-02-09 6:56:33 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 "Palestinians Say Hizbollah Trying to Wreck Truce
37 minutes ago World - Reuters
By Diala Saadeh

RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) - Lebanese Hizbollah guerrillas are trying to recruit Palestinian militants for attacks on Israelis in order to sabotage Middle East peace efforts, senior Palestinian officials said on Wednesday.

The accusations from political and security officials, a day after Israel and the Palestinians announced a cease-fire, echoed charges from the Jewish state. The officials declined to be identified.

Hizbollah, backed by Syria and Iran, declined comment.

One top Palestinian official said security services were investigating Hizbollah funding for militants in the occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip (news - web sites). Another said clear links had been identified through intercepted communications.

"We know that Hizbollah has been trying to recruit suicide bombers in the name of al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades to carry out attacks which would sabotage the truce," said one official, referring to a militant group inside Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas' Fatah (news - web sites) faction.

Another official said intercepted e-mail communications and bank transactions suggested Hizbollah had raised its cash offers to militants, but it was unclear if this reflected a heightened desire to see violence flare up or a dearth of recruits.

"Now they are willing to pay $100,000 for a whole operation (suicide bombing) whereas in the past they paid $20,000, then raised it to $50,000," the second official told Reuters

Posted by Liberalhawk 2005-02-09 9:06:46 AM|| 2005-02-09 9:06:46 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 Yes, yes yes. It's not us, its Hizb'allah. Don't stop the concessions.

Posted by gromgorru 2005-02-09 10:44:42 AM|| 2005-02-09 10:44:42 AM|| Front Page Top

#5 thats not how I read it - more like now there a source, the Pals, who the left cant ignore, who are fingering Hezbullah - and by extension, Syria and Iran. Dahlans (cause i think hes the source) contribution to making the case.

Posted by Liberalhawk 2005-02-09 10:53:31 AM|| 2005-02-09 10:53:31 AM|| Front Page Top

#6 Was Jimmy Morrison prescient?:

Gently they stir, gently rise
The dead are newborn awakening
With ravaged limbs and wet souls
Gently they sigh in rapt funeral amazement
Who called these dead to dance?
Was it the young woman learning to play the ghost song on her baby grand?
Was it the wilderness children?
Was it the ghost God himself, stuttering, cheering, chatting blindly?
I called you up to anoint the earth
I called you to announce sadness falling like burned skin
I called you to wish you well
To glory in self like a new monster
And now I call you to pray

Posted by mojo 2005-02-09 12:12:10 PM|| 2005-02-09 12:12:10 PM|| Front Page Top

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