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| Israeli Minister Warns of Potential Attack on Jerusalem Shrine |
| 2004-07-25 |
| From the WTF? files... Israel's Security Minister warned Saturday of a possible attack on a Jerusalem mosque that is Islam's third holiest shrine by Israeli right wing groups seeking to derail a plan to pull out of Gaza. The comments follow a report by Israel's secret service that there is an increasing threat of an attack on Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon by right-wing groups who oppose his plan to pull troops out of Gaza and dismantle all 21 settlements. "The level of threat (of an attack) on the Temple Mount by Jewish extremists and fanatics, in order to ... be a catalyser for the change of the entire political process, has risen during the past few months, especially during the last few weeks, more than ever before," Internal Security Minister Tzahi Hanegbi said. Hedid not say whether the security services had received a specific threat by a group or individual. Keep an eye on this story...somehow I think it's gonna get twisted...bet Rooters won't mind using the "T-word" if something happens. |
| Posted by:Seafarious |
| #5 Joseph’s Tomb |
| Posted by: ed 2004-07-26 12:43:57 AM |
| #4 I am all for a pact with the Russians to turn Mecca and Medina is to glowing holes if these Moose Limbs done settle down. |
| Posted by: Anonymous5896 2004-07-26 12:08:17 AM |
| #3 Tell us about Joseph's Tomb, ed. |
| Posted by: Zenster 2004-07-25 11:46:51 PM |
| #2 Do to the Dome of the Rock what was done to Joseph's Tomb. |
| Posted by: ed 2004-07-25 11:16:12 PM |
| #1 Not too surprising, actually. The Dome of the Rock is a sitting duck for extremist Jewish retaliation. F&%k knows that the local Arab population has been begging for some sort of major object lesson about why you need to respect other people's shrines. Does anyone else remember how the Arabs turned The Wailing Wall into a pissoir during their occupation of the Temple Mount? I seem to recall similar desecration of The Church of the Nativity during that other recent standoff as well. If only because of the immense bloodshed to follow, I have to hope that The Dome of the Rock is not vandalized. If it somehow is, I will be obliged to wonder if Islam will suddenly become a little more sensitive about the vulnerability of their remaining shrines. They really need to be acutely aware of how Mecca and Medina will go into the crosshairs after a few more terrorist atrocities. |
| Posted by: Zenster 2004-07-25 11:06:36 PM |