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Middle East
Palestinians Slam U.S. Reported Proposal As ‘Absurd’
2003-08-07
Palestinian resistance groups on Wednesday, August 6, rebuffed a reported U.S. proposal for releasing all of their detained members in Israeli jails in return for disbanding their armed wings. The proposal, published by the Saudi-owned Sharq Al-Awsat newspaper a day earlier, was dismissed by Hamas and Islamic Jihad as “rude and absurd”.
"Absurd" I can understand, kinda. "Rude"? Did we fart?
“The American demand is so rude and radical, as we are now fighting only for our land that has been captured since 1948,” said Abdel-Aziz Rantissi, a Hamas leader, highlighting widely-believed views that occupation is a lead to anti-Israel attacks. Vowing to keep fighting on till “our homeland is liberated”, Rantissi offered a reciprocal initiative, whereby “we will stop hunting for Israelis in return for allowing them to get out of our homeland safely”.
Next time they try to kill this guys, they should send guys on foot. And use a barbecue fork.
For Adnan Asfouri, the Hamas leader in Nablus, the American proposal “poses a threat to the Palestinians and all of Arab peoples, as it is an extension of other proposals for ending the Arab power in the region and the beginning of the end for Arab armies”. Life in Palestinian territories is an exception among all world areas, and “we could have been living normally unless there is an occupation,” said Asfouri.
"We'd know all about cause and effect and all those things if it weren't for them Jews. Our kids'd know how to read and write instead of exploding if it weren't for them Jews..."
Abdullah Al-Shami, an Islamic Jihad leader, slammed Washington’s reported proposal as “so absurd”. “The U.S. administration should cut a long road short by pressing for an end to occupation of Palestinian territories,” in order to end resistance attacks, said Shami.
I hope that when the road map is good and failed we press for an end to the occupation of Paleostinian territories by Paleostinians.
Asharq Al-Awsat reported that the United States would present Israel with the proposal and, if agreed upon, would ask Arab countries “to pressure the Palestinians into accepting it”.
Posted by:Fred Pruitt

#7  So compromise. Just release their heads. Keep the bodies in the jug. Let 'em make pissy comments about that.
Posted by: tu3031   2003-8-7 9:33:31 PM  

#6  "The American demand is so rude and radical, as we are now fighting only for our land that has been captured since 1948,” said Abdel-Aziz Rantissi, a Hamas leader
Oops! Rantmouth let the cat out of the bag here, folks. we are now fighting only for our land that has been captured since 1948 means ALL the Jewish State of Israel, which came into being in 1948. This thug has publically stated the obvious truth - that nothing will satisfy the jihadis but the complete elimination of Israel and all its Jewish inhabitants. This, by itself, should be enough to stop the nonsense and bomb the paleos back to the grass-and-earthworm level. NOTHING but the complete elimination of Israel will be enough for "peace" in the Middle East. Take the gloves off, and stop the stupid dancing.
Vowing to keep fighting on till “our homeland is liberated”, Rantissi offered a reciprocal initiative, whereby “we will stop hunting for Israelis in return for allowing them to get out of our homeland safely”.
I think the Israelis have other ideas, and bigger hammers, er, I mean, bombs (hammers wouldn't work anyway - ever hit half-inch sheet steel with a hammer? Headaches for weeks! Paleo heads are harder).

Time to stop playing games, tear down that idiot wall that won't work, and start exporting paleos - there's a nice, deep ocean to the west there.
Posted by: Old Patriot   2003-8-7 4:27:37 PM  

#5  â€œThe U.S. administration should cut a long road short by pressing for an end to occupation of Palestinian territories,” in order to end resistance attacks, said Shami.

Uh huh. And when Jewish settlers and the IDF are totally out of "Palestinian territories" the "resistance attacks" will end?

I suspect that chances of this happening are highly unlikely.
Posted by: Bomb-a-rama   2003-8-7 12:48:38 PM  

#4  Hit the Sheikh in the wheelchair. Better, just have the IDF Infantry push him down a steep hill...you know, for sh!ts and giggles...
Posted by: Brian   2003-8-7 12:37:43 PM  

#3  "Mr. Rantisi, meet Mr. Barrett. Mr. Barrett, Mr. Rantisi. I'll leave you two boys alone so you can get to know each other."
Posted by: Mike   2003-8-7 8:05:38 AM  

#2  I predict RantIssi the Watusi will be gone before the Olsen twins are legal
Posted by: Not Mike Moore   2003-8-7 1:10:56 AM  

#1  RantSissi is a scream and I hope someday to be able to hear him prove it on his way off this mortal plane. He should be number one with a bullet (or Zuni, if more convenient) the instant the Road Map plug is pulled and Israel is finally un-hamstrung by the one-sided cease-fire. Al Shami, another conveniently-named jerkoff, can be second if he'll continue waving his arms and jumping up and down to enhance identification.
Posted by: ·com   2003-8-7 12:42:56 AM  

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