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| Another boomer in Jerusalem |
| 2002-03-21 |
Second day in a row. They'll keep coming until Zinni's out of sight. Is that three or four since he showed up? The blast had quick consequences on the diplomatic front, threatening to roll back progress that stemmed from Vice President Dick Cheney's attempts over the past weekend to broker a cease-fire in the violence that has exploded in the region over the past 18 months. That's what it's supposed to do. Israel suspended a scheduled U.S.-sponsored security meeting with Palestinian officials, while the Bush administration ratcheted up its pressure on Palestinian Authority President Yasser Arafat to control Palestinian terror groups. More yap-yap and deploring isn't pressure. The 82nd Airborne's pressure. B52s are pressure. The Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, a military wing of Arafat's Fatah organization, claimed responsibility for the attack. Not Hamas or Islamic Jihad, but Yasser's own stable of thugs. Ain't that interestin'? Appearing before cameras several hours after the attack, Arafat said, "We strongly condemn the operation that happened in West Jerusalem today, especially that was directed against the innocent Israeli civilians. We will take all immediate measures." I heard on the radio that Powell told him he had to condemn the boomers himself, no spokesmen, and that he had to do it both in English and in Arabic. Fat lot of good it'll do. Arafat made no mention of the Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades in his statement, but promised to arrest "those who stand behind it. We will not save any effort in doing so. ... We will continue exerting maximum efforts to ensure the success of the mission" of U.S. Middle East envoy Anthony Zinni to negotiate a cease-fire between Israelis and Palestinians. Remember the 33 terror Bigs that Yasser was supposed to arrest? He rounded up ten of them - or maybe it was 17, the number changed from day to day. They were sprung at the first excuse. At one point, Hamas was paying a $3000 bounty to guys to serve some time in jug in place of the boomers and snuffies. |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |