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Israel-Palestine
Hamas-Hizbullah agree on elevating coordination
2004-03-29
The Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas, and the Lebanese Hizbullah party have agreed on the importance of coordination among all Arab and Muslim resistance factions. Hamas, in a statement a copy of which was made available to the PIC, said that a Hamas delegation led by Khaled Mishaal, the Movement’s political bureau chief, and a delegation of the Hizbullah party led by Hasan Nasrallah, the party’s’ secretary general, discussed in a meeting repercussions of the Zionist assassination crime of Sheikh Ahmed Yassin.
"Awright, youse guys! Which one of us is gonna be next?"
The statement noted that both parties strongly condemned the terrorist crime that targeted one of the Muslim Ummah’s symbols and great leaders. The heinous crime would not, however, weaken resistance but rather would inflame resistance against Zionist occupation and would initiate a qualitative leap in the role and performance of resistance in Palestine, the statement elaborated. It quoted both parties as appreciating the Arab and Muslim masses’ reaction that proved anew the vitality of those masses and their true affiliation. The statement in conclusion said that Mishaal thanked Nasrallah and his brothers for their genuine fraternal feelings and backing to the Movement and Palestine, affirming that such a spirit would accelerate the Ummah’s renaissance and efforts to regain its occupied lands and wasted dignity. The party delegation had affirmed absolute solidarity with the Hamas Movement and declared that all party potentials were under the disposal of Hamas.
Hmmm... A merger, is it?
Posted by:Fred

#12  Aris, (wiping tears) well said!
Posted by: Frank G   2004-04-04 9:58:22 PM  

#11  The Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas, and the Lebanese Hizbullah party have agreed on the importance of coordination among all Arab and Muslim resistance factions.

Great news! Now let's get them all into the same tent. Makes it a lot easier for the guy hovering over the bombsight.

Posted by: Zenster   2004-04-04 9:32:41 PM  

#10  Good point Aris :)

I would like to point out that by sponsoring and supporting the targetting and murder of innocent civilians (usually an act of war in most countries) Hamas and the PA and Hizbullah and all the rest are already in a state of war with Israel. Do you think they would, for one second, hesitate to murder Sharon (or any Jew for that matter)?
Posted by: CrazyFool   2004-03-30 12:04:32 AM  

#9  he IDF needs to keep its crosshairs on Rantisi with one in the chamber.

Not just Rantisi, but Nasrallah as well. If these terrorist organizations are going to have a merger of sorts, then there's every reason to whack ALL the leaders, no matter which "division" they belong to.
Posted by: Bomb-a-rama   2004-03-29 10:16:35 PM  

#8  Don't let the leaders of Hamas, PFLP, IH, Fatah, have more than 3 days on the job training.

So much for their 401(k) plan...
Posted by: Raj   2004-03-29 9:10:13 PM  

#7  Aris. Well said!
Posted by: 11A5S   2004-03-29 9:02:55 PM  

#6  Well dang... I'm with Aris again. That 3 times this year.

Don't let the leaders of Hamas, PFLP, IH, Fatah, have more than 3 days on the job training.
Posted by: Shipman   2004-03-29 8:41:19 PM  

#5  Thank you, Aris. That's a point I've made many times in the past. There's always more cannon fodder to be had. The way to win a war is to take out the enemy high command, who, by the process of conducting warfare, become legitimate targets. If Hamas should succeed in bumping off Sharon, by the way, the same principle would appy, though I'd react differently.
Posted by: Fred   2004-03-29 8:39:10 PM  

#4  Bull. If we're to take the stance (which I believe is a correct and justified one) that the terrorist leaders of Hamas are killed because they're a constant military enemy with whom there can exist no meaningful negotiations since their positions are fundamentally opposed, then there's no reason whatsoever in "keeping the crosshairs on Rantissi". This isn't a negotiation. This is war.

Take Rantissi out the moment you have him on said crosshairs. Then take out the next one who'll step on his place. And the next one. And the next one. Waiting until they "get too frisky" means what exactly, allowing them time to regroup? Or has there been some declaration of peace on the part of Hamas that I've not been aware of? Hamas has already declared full out war, they are already as frisky as one can get.

And Israel should also treat this as full-out war between itself and Hamas, because if it doesn't, even the death of Yassin becomes mere foolishness rather than justified.
Posted by: Aris Katsaris   2004-03-29 8:13:10 PM  

#3  Is this algorithm re-entrant? There have been coding errors in previous routines (e.g. Hunting Elephants) -- the pros know you have to put a qualifying datum in the last location to be searched so you don't end up in an endless loop. Mebbe they should put Ramallah last, just in case...
Posted by: .com   2004-03-29 8:07:42 PM  

#2  The IDF needs to keep its crosshairs on Rantisi with one in the chamber. If Hamas-Hizb'allah gets too frisky, then take another one out and reload.

Continue the above loop until:
1 run out of resistance, or
2 run out of leaders, or both.
Posted by: Alaska Paul   2004-03-29 8:00:43 PM  

#1  This is standard super-villain (TM) ranting that doesn't mean anything. We have seen at the Arab Leauge summit that never was that Arab solidarity doesn't exist outside these kinds of ravings.

Also Israel has been proved right. Kill a terrorist leader and the level of terrorism goes down for a while.
Posted by: Phil B   2004-03-29 7:43:03 PM  

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