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| Newsday - Quotes on Israel’s Killing of Hamas Chief |
| 2004-03-22 |
| Some comments from both sides after Israel’s killing of Hamas leader Sheik Ahmed Yassin: "The Israeli air force this morning killed the mastermind of all evil, Ahmed Yassin, who was a preacher of death." -- Chief Israeli military spokeswoman Brig. Gen. Ruth Yaron. "The war against terror has not ended and will continue day after day, everywhere. ... This is a difficult struggle that all the countries of the enlightened world must participate in. It is the natural right of the Jewish people, like that of all nations in the world that love life, to hunt down those who rise to destroy it." -- Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon. "Justice has been done." -- Agriculture Minister Israel Katz. "The operation attests to complete lunacy. The decision came from the gut and not from the head." -- Avshalom Vilan, a lawmaker from the dovish Yahad Party. "This is one of the biggest crimes that the Israeli government has committed." -- Palestinian Prime Minister Ahmed Qureia. "He (Yasser Arafat) is like a man who was hit on the head because they killed Yassin and now they could kill him. He feels his turn is next and he is sad and worried." -- an aide to Arafat, describing the Palestinian leader’s reaction. "Words cannot describe the emotion of anger and hate inside our hearts." -- Ismail Haniyeh, a close associate of Yassin. "Yassin is a man in a nation, and a nation in a man. And the retaliation of this nation will be of the size of this man. ... You will see deeds not words." -- Hamas leader Abdel Aziz Rantissi. "The Zionists didn’t carry out their operation without getting the consent of the terrorist American administration, and it must take responsibility for this crime." -- Hamas statement to The Associated Press. "The United States urges all sides to remain calm and exercise restraint." -- U.S. State Department spokesman Lou Fintor. |
| Posted by:Super Hose |
| #19 "The United States urges all sides to remain calm and exercise restraint." -- U.S. State Department spokesman Lou Fintor. "Hokay, I'm with you guys." --Delmar O'Donnel, from the film O Brother Where Art Thou? |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2004-3-22 6:47:30 PM |
| #18 i would like to see these bastards try and target the US. hamas is bunch of fucking punk bitches that need to be slapped! we are going after all terrorists and if hamas wants to move up thier timetable, well bring it on! |
| Posted by: Dan 2004-3-22 6:16:01 PM |
| #17 Robert, Do you have a link to them threatening us? I hadn't seen that before. |
| Posted by: Damn_Proud_American 2004-3-22 6:04:45 PM |
| #16 "He (Yasser Arafat) is like a man who was hit on the head because they killed Yassin and now they could kill him. He feels his turn is next and he is sad and worried." -- an aide to Arafat, describing the Palestinian leader’s reaction. Got your attention, did it? Good. |
| Posted by: tu3031 2004-3-22 3:27:11 PM |
#15 "The Zionists didn’t carry out their operation without getting the consent of the terrorist American administration, and it must take responsibility for this crime." -- Hamas statement to The Associated Press."Oh, go stuff a sock in it. Yadda, yadda, yadda. Useless wankers. |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2004-3-22 3:22:53 PM |
| #14 I'm pretty damned tired of all this seething and whining coming from the Arabs in the Middle East. If they can't understand that other people don't like it when they kill their children, maybe we should show them just how mean, evil, wicked, bad, nasty, cruel and heartless we really can be and totally destroy both the West Bank and Gaza for Israel. Too bad we don't still have a Missouri-class battleship or two that could stand twenty miles offshore and slam them until the barrels melted, or until there wasn't anything left to blow up. IF the Arab world ever uses any weapon of mass destruction on the United States, we need to make sure there are no inhabitable cities left in that area. |
| Posted by: Old Patriot 2004-3-22 2:41:53 PM |
| #13 Napalm the funeral parade. That'd get half of the Hamas boomers, right there. |
| Posted by: mojo 2004-3-22 2:07:07 PM |
| #12 "The Zionists didn’t carry out their operation without getting the consent of the terrorist American administration, and it must take responsibility for this crime." Yassin is one person. Three Americans diplomats died last October in Gaza. The Palestinians are still ahead, so why complain? "This is one of the biggest crimes that the Israeli government has committed." If intentionally killing terrorists is a crime, then intentionally killing civilians is an even bigger crime. "Words cannot describe the emotion of anger and hate inside our hearts." Not necessary. Reasonable people know precisely what's inside their hearts. "Yassin is a man in a nation, and a nation in a man. And the retaliation of this nation will be of the size of this man. ... You will see deeds not words." Rantisi, you're next. |
| Posted by: Bomb-a-rama 2004-3-22 12:54:13 PM |
| #11 Mirable dictu, the State Department did not condemn the wack job on the wack job out of hand. |
| Posted by: VRWconspiracy 2004-3-22 11:24:01 AM |
| #10 "This is one of the biggest crimes that the Israeli government has committed." -- Palestinian Prime Minister Ahmed Qureia. I'm surprised that the press still keeps track of this clown. Isn't he sort of irrelevant? He's not even wacky enough to play the Kucinich comic relief role. |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2004-3-22 11:12:34 AM |
| #9 Rantisi you're next. |
| Posted by: BMN 2004-3-22 11:10:49 AM |
| #8 Damn! I'm still paralyzed and it damn hot.... |
| Posted by: Saruman 2004-3-22 11:03:38 AM |
| #7 Frank G -- Bits and goblets riding around in a wheelchair no less. |
| Posted by: Tibor 2004-3-22 10:48:33 AM |
| #6 Its pretty obvious that Egypt and Jordan both gave tacit approval of this otherwise they would have organized some nice street riots and done some frothing of their own. Mubarak said it was 'regrettable...' which is pretty weak and Yassir has only sent his mouthpieces out to speak which is even weaker. |
| Posted by: mhw 2004-3-22 10:21:42 AM |
| #5 Yassin is a man in a nation, and a nation in a man. And the retaliation of this nation will be of the size of this man ahhhh so the retaliation will be inlittle bits and goblets huh? nice shooting IAF! |
| Posted by: Frank G 2004-3-22 9:51:58 AM |
| #4 Next! |
| Posted by: Texan 2004-3-22 9:50:53 AM |
| #3 RC - I happily agree with the idea that this wouldn't have happened had the US not tacitly approved of Yassin whacking quite a while back. |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2004-3-22 9:50:30 AM |
| #2 DPA -- they've said the same thing a hundred times, and no administration has ever taken them on their word. Until we flush out the State Department and get rid of the current crop of Democrats, I don't think we'll be able to act on threats like that. |
| Posted by: Robert Crawford 2004-3-22 9:47:46 AM |
| #1 ""The Zionists didn’t carry out their operation without getting the consent of the terrorist American administration, and it must take responsibility for this crime." -- Hamas statement to The Associated Press." I do believe that's a declaration of war against us. |
| Posted by: Damn_Proud_American 2004-3-22 9:44:55 AM |