Article

2005-10-07 Israel-Palestine-Jordan

Sharp increase in Paleo-on-Paleo violence

Archived material is restricted to Rantburg regulars and members. If you need access email fred.pruitt=at=gmail.com with your nick to be added to the members list. There is no charge to join Rantburg as a member.

Posted by Jackal 2005-10-07 01:19|| || Front Page|| [3 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Well no surprise. After all, barbaric murder IS the basic hallmark of Paleo-ism. They don't have any distinctive language, culture, or artistic traditions....

Posted by Sheik Abu Bin Ali Al-Yahood 2005-10-07 03:52|| 2005-10-07 03:52|| Front Page Top

#2 Wait, there've been claims of Palestinian culture and artistic traditions? The heck're those supposed supposed to be???

Oh, here 's something VERY interesting, sorry for the essential repost:

a couple of days ago about 40 PA policemen stormed the PA parliament, firing in the air to protest the humiliation the police are facing because of attacks by Hamas militants, a day after a fierce clash between the cops and Hamas in Gaza and nearby Shati refugee camp when Hamas gunmen attacked the local police station with assault rifles and rocket-propelled grenades, killing the camp's deputy police chief.

They were begging for bullets to protect the citizens and themselves. Reuters, apparently, quoted one of the black-clad policemen as stating, "We want the PA to take a stand on Hamas. Our blood is flowing for the Authority and they are not doing anything."

The police-Hamas confrontation was triggered when executed Hamas leader Abdel Aziz Rantisi's son was being arrested following a fight that broke out in a line-up at a cash machine outside of a Gaza City bank.

Posted by Edward Yee 2005-10-07 04:10|| http://edwardyee.fanworks.net]">[http://edwardyee.fanworks.net] 2005-10-07 04:10|| Front Page Top

#3 The descent into lawlessness...

Yeah, it really sucks when you're "descending into lawlessness". Thank God they've had a lotta practice so they're good at it...

Posted by tu3031 2005-10-07 08:46|| 2005-10-07 08:46|| Front Page Top

#4 They do so deserve themselves. Institutional mass mental disease accepted as the norm has it's drawbacks it seems. Create a culture of sociopathic killers and the everyman light weapon carrying thug and life gets a little messy and chaotic.

Posted by MunkarKat 2005-10-07 09:41|| 2005-10-07 09:41|| Front Page Top

#5 "Abbas' security chief, Interior Minister Nasser Yousef, argues he can't fight crime without a political decision to confront the armed groups.'

Not having a spine also makes it difficult

Thats exactly what Yousef is saying.

Posted by liberalhawk 2005-10-07 16:24|| 2005-10-07 16:24|| Front Page Top

#6 All right, here is the question no one wants to ask: Is civil war always a bad thing? I mean, people killing people is bad, and that happens in civil war, but what if those wars make lessons that should have been learned long ago finally sink in? Like the idea that homicide bombers do not leave a legacy of glorious martyrdom-they leave a legacy of grief-absorbed orphans, destitute women and stalled economies? Like the idea that starting a new leaf for your children is more valuable than avenging a humiliation? Like the idea that two states who have lived at war with each other for centuries are finally willing to accept each other's existence?

I'm curious-does anyone know what the Koran says about mercy, or the principle of live and let live? Or are those exclusively western notions?

Posted by jules 2 2005-10-07 23:23|| 2005-10-07 23:23|| Front Page Top

23:59 RWV
23:23 jules 2
23:21 Redneck Jim
22:59 Phil Fraering
22:55 Bobby
22:50 Phil Fraering
22:48 Charles
22:37 Dawg
22:36 3dc
22:20 Red Dog
22:13 Red Dog
21:40 Shipman
21:40 CrazyFool
21:34 Shipman
21:32 Shipman
21:30 Shipman
21:28 Shipman
21:26 Shipman
21:22 Shipman
21:19 abu Stretch Wear
21:14 Shipman
21:11 Shipman
21:02 trailing wife
21:00 trailing wife