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| Middle East |
| Hamas, Jihad promise more mindless violence |
| 2002-06-21 |
| Hamas and Islamic Jihad vowed yesterday to hit back as Israelis launched more raids in Palestinian areas. What else is new? They vow the same thing almost every week. Rebuffing Yasser Arafat's appeal to cease violence against Israeli civilians, they said such attacks would continue as long as Israel kept killing Palestinian civilians. Does that mean Yasser's irrelevant? Y'mean they agree with the Israelis on something? COLIN! PLUG IN THE PEACE PROCESSOR! A pregnant Palestinian woman was killed in fighting between Israeli troops and Palestinian forces as clashes continued in Jenin, Qalqilya and Nablus. "Why should Israel be allowed to strike us in Nablus and Qalqilya while we are denied the right to strike them in Tel Aviv and Haifa?" said senior Hamas leader Abdel-Aziz Al Rantissi. "You cannot ask someone who is being slaughtered day and night to tie his hands and not to defend himself." Cheeze. Another point of agreement. Senior Jihad leader Nafez Azzam after the Palestinian president made his appeal following Jerusalem bombings: "We are in a process of legitimate self-defence. Israel is the one that kills innocent children and women. This war has been imposed on us by Israel." Yeah, yeah. That line was a snoozer some years back. |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |