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Mashaal: PA leader Abbas 'counts for nothing'
2006-12-20
Hamas's exiled leader Khaled Mashaal said the only road to peace runs through Hamas and, in comments to an Italian newspaper, disparaged Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas for having no influence.

Mashaal's remarks were published in Corriere della Sera on Monday, hours before British Prime Minister Tony Blair praised Abbas during a visit to Ramallah in the West Bank amid renewed factional violence.

"With regards to [Abbas], didn't you realize yet that he counts for nothing?" Mashaal told Corriere. "Nothing when he was Arafat's Number Two, and nothing when he was premier in 2005. Why should he be supported by Europe now? Remember, the only way to peace runs through Hamas."
Posted by:Fred

#10  Glad to hear you're feeling better, tw!
Posted by: Zenster   2006-12-20 23:52  

#9  Not fair! Here I am, quietly recovering my strength after actually cooking a nice dinner for the family and adopted Grandma Lois, when all of a sudden I have to fight not to fall off my chair, I'm laughing so hard. Only at Rantburg do the savants argue over which imaginary tracked thingy gets to clank across our screens!!

Happy winter solstice, y'all!
Posted by: trailing wife   2006-12-20 21:53  

#8  Enough!
I was waiting for a bulldozer expert to post, but finally gave up.

Anyway, in the narrow spaces in Gaza, maybe something in the D5 range is what you want.
Posted by: Jackal   2006-12-20 20:39  

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Stealth Cat
Posted by: Shipman   2006-12-20 18:05  

#6  Actually, I'd prefer these:

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(Merkava, M-1)

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Posted by: Old Patriot   2006-12-20 15:30  

#5  Don't forget the sound FX:

*VRRRROOOOOMMMM! Clank! Clank! Clank.! ...*
Posted by: PBMcL   2006-12-20 15:29  

#4  Jackal, that's D-6.

D-9/D-10:

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Posted by: twobyfour   2006-12-20 12:00  

#3  the only way to peace runs through Hamas

Like this?

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Posted by: Jackal   2006-12-20 08:30  

#2  As Mashaal hides under his daughter's bed in Damascus....
Posted by: Frank G   2006-12-20 07:50  

#1  Remember, the only way to peace runs through Hamas.

YJCMTSU!
Posted by: Zenster   2006-12-20 03:02  

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