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2005-11-15 Israel-Palestine-Jordan

DEBKA: Al Qaeda deliberately targeted the Palestinian Authority

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Posted by Steve 2005-11-15 09:00|| || Front Page|| [3 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Red on red, as they call it.

Cool. Where's the popcorn?

Posted by Mike 2005-11-15 10:25|| 2005-11-15 10:25|| Front Page Top

#2 I hjave a salt mine available cheap.

Posted by Chaising Jump7884 2005-11-15 10:38|| 2005-11-15 10:38|| Front Page Top

#3 If true, this is splendid news. There is no better wake-up call that Abbas could receive regarding just how out of control his situation is.

Admittedly, the part about targeting the wedding makes nowhere as much sense as the part of nailing the PA, Jordanian and Saudi security officials. Al Qaeda has ZERO interest in seeing the PA succeed.

First off, any resolution of the Palestinian conflict pulls the rug out from under the longest standing reason for all Middle East tyrants to drag their feet on democratic reforms. Secondly, Abbas' willingness to negotiate peace with Israel is seen as a move towards ending the ~~putsch~~ push against Israel's existence. Something that Hamas and Hizbullah both have yet to forsake.

We can only hope that DEBKA may be onto something here. As always, there is no more splendid lesson to be gained from all of this than the glee with which Muslims slaughter their fellow Muslims and Zarqawi is the penultimate posterboy for this bit of savagery.

One can only hope that Abbas takes this to heart and begins culling the jihadist factions from his midst. His only alternative is being culled himself.

Posted by Zenster 2005-11-15 11:02|| 2005-11-15 11:02|| Front Page Top

#4 A.Q. trying to position itself as the strong horse?

Posted by Pappy 2005-11-15 11:11|| 2005-11-15 11:11|| Front Page Top

#5 I'm sure Abbas knows exactly how precarious his situation is. The signs have been there since before Arafat achieved stability. The thing that has saved him thus far, I think, is that his position was only a variant of Arafat's: the Palestinians should continue to outbreed the Israelis, and push them off the land by sheer population pressure. To Abbas, overt violence only turned the world against the Palestinian cause, although he was always quite willing to continue a low level, deniable war, while frittering away time with endless -- and pointless -- negotiations. Unfortunately for his plans, the facts on the ground have changed.

Posted by trailing wife 2005-11-15 12:05|| 2005-11-15 12:05|| Front Page Top

#6 Targeting a wedding and even a hotel is ominous but shows the Islamization doesn't compromise. It's like Hariri's assassination. Did anyone notice that the targets in France included a daycare, where working moms drop off kids and the woman dragged out of her car by the hair was unveiled? This is definitely a wakeup call for everyone.

Posted by Danielle 2005-11-15 18:20|| 2005-11-15 18:20|| Front Page Top

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