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Middle East
Islamic Wakf Authority Blames Israel for Attack against FM Maher
2003-12-23
Adnan Husseini, head of the Islamic Wakf Authority on the Temple Mount told Israel Radio today that the attack against Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Maher on the Temple Mount yesterday was the “fault of Israeli security forces”.
"Yeah. They know we can't control ourselves. They shoulda stopped us."
Husseini added Israel insists on her security forces being on the Mount to “show sovereignty”.
And the Paleos insist on being there so they have someplace nice to riot.
Husseini added that arrangements were made by the Wakf Authority to oversee the visit of the senior Egyptian official, but “as always, unfortunately, Israeli security forces showed up to show they have sovereignty on the place.”
"That's what set everybody off, of course."
“They interfered in the timetable for the visit, delaying the 14:45 time for two hours. It was not the minister’s fault but the Israelis. They always do it, we have experience. He should have come from north to south and this created difficulties for the minister and people who wanted to beat him up greet him. We arranged a scheduled from south to north and the reversal resulted in an unsecured visit.” The Wakf officials added a group numbering less than ten tried to speak with Minister Maher but approached him in an unruly and disrespectful fashion, creating tension. “There was no attack” he explained until Israeli forces became involved.
"Once the Jews showed up, what could we do? We hadda beat the crap out of him!"
Husseini added he already spoke with Egyptian Embassy officials and relations with Egypt will remain good since the incident “was totally not our fault”.
"Them guys wudn't even Paleostinians, hardly..."
The Wakf Council he added will be sending a letter to Egyptian Foreign Minister Maher. “This happens all the time as Israel attempts to show sovereignty but this will never happen – the Mount will always remain an Islamic holy site,” he concluded. Jerusalem District police spokesman Shmuel Ben-Ruby explained that Maher arrived at 16:45 due to high level meetings he was attending. As far as the route chosen, Ben-Ruby explained that since 1967, Israel Police have always used the Mugrabi Gate to access the Mount and this has never changed.
I know, big surprise Muslims would blame their own problems on others.
Posted by:TS

#2  Paleoarab logic:
1. Maher was attacked inside a mosque.
2. Israeli security respected sensitivities, didn't go into the mosque.
3. Ergo: It's the JOOOOOOS fault.

What would have happened if the Israelis did go into the mosque? Even money says all hell would have broken loose. See (3.)

We haven't heard from Araflat. He's scratching his head trying to figure out how the hell to spin this.

al-Jizz now spins Maher wasn't attacked physically, had an asthma attack or something. But why, then, the condemnation from Mubarak? They had to have spoken.
Posted by: Glenn (not Reynolds)   2003-12-23 1:13:04 PM  

#1  Yep, blame Israel for attacks on the Egyptian FM by Palestinians.

Nothing to see here, folks. Move along now, move along.
Posted by: Bomb-a-rama   2003-12-23 12:47:44 PM  

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