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| Hariri killing too sophisticated to be terrorists, says King Abdullah | ||
| 2005-02-21 | ||
MADRID — Jordan's King Abdullah believes the assassination of former Lebanese prime minister Rafik Al Hariri was too sophisticated to have been the work of terrorists, the monarch told Spanish newspaper El Pais."We have to be careful with accusations. What I can say is that because of the sophistication of the attacks, as well as the means used, I don't believe it was a terrorist group," King Abdullah said in an interview published yesterday. He gave no further hints as to who he suspected in the attack.
And he said antagonism towards the United States in the Arab street had reached dangerous levels and anger was now being directed at the American people and not just US foreign policy. Arab people have long seen as an "injustice" US policy in the Israeli-Palestinian crisis, and the US occupation of Iraq has only aggravated anti-American sentiment. "We are beginning to see, for the first time, that animosity is not being directed at the foreign policy of the American government, but against the American people. And that is very dangerous. That's where our concern over the clash of civilisations comes from," the King said.
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| Posted by:Steve White |
| #17 I recall many of his persuasion claiming that the destruction of the World Trade Center was too sophisticated for Arabs to have carried out ... |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2005-02-21 10:50:45 PM |
| #16 :-) and as .com sez, we can always drill for oil through the massive sheet of glass |
| Posted by: Frank G 2005-02-21 6:39:09 PM |
| #15 Fused sand makes good bricks, Frank G. There are lots of streets in the world made of bricks. Just start fusing some sand... |
| Posted by: Old Patriot 2005-02-21 6:26:11 PM |
| #14 I can work up a proposal with our friends at the pentagon to repave the angry Muslim street. Typically we use 1-1/2" to 2" asphalt. But if ashes and dust are all that's available it works for me.... |
| Posted by: Frank G 2005-02-21 1:48:03 PM |
| #13 âWe are beginning to see, for the first time, that animosity is not being directed at the foreign policy of the American government, but against the American people." What's this "we", king dude? Been hangin' with the commoners again? Shut up and schedule an election. |
| Posted by: Matt 2005-02-21 1:19:23 PM |
| #12 Agreed, Ship. Ptah - that phrase rings, bro! |
| Posted by: .com 2005-02-21 11:25:55 AM |
| #11 We Americans are the Third Rail of the World Dang! Go Dawg! |
| Posted by: Shipman 2005-02-21 11:23:50 AM |
| #10 well I guess it would be totally unimaginable that good ole Uncle Sam could have had a little side party on his agenda? Maybe?......nah |
| Posted by: Glavith Glavirt2795 2005-02-21 10:30:44 AM |
| #9 Syria govt. did it, when I lived in Germany, I was frequently complemented as not being at all like an American, which the complementer would then proceed to tell me all about. You have to be careful about those who like you -- that is no indication of their opinion of Americans in general. And I have no doubt that your Arab interlocutors were much politer than my Germans -- Germans are fond of proving their intelligence by trotting out their book learning. A friend thought I was possibly a genius because I mentioned that Einstein wrote a specific as well as general theory of relativity (granted, he had a degree in mathematics, and could prove both, so he may have assumed the same of me. Silly of him, but there it is. ;-) ). |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2005-02-21 10:21:52 AM |
| #8 .com is quite right: We take our government as being us quite seriously. I once told the Iranian Students while I was at Graduate school to stop referring to the United States Government in their railing against the Shah, because the American people (who they said, to me, were good people) would take it personally. Instead, I advised them to talk about the Damn American POLITICIANS and CAREER BUREAUCRATS f*cking up international relations in the AMERICAN PEOPLE'S Name. We may identify with our government and our army, but are quite ready to believe in rogue congresscritters or state department bureaucrats screwing up our good name the world over. They never took my advice, which only shows how incomprehensible American Jacksonians seem to be to everyone else in the world (especially the Aris'es thereof, who think themselves as being cleverer than they really are). OBL's biggest mistake was making the intellectual and theological jump away from pushing the standard line that the American people are okay, but the elections are rigged to present only bad/evil people as their leaders, to the one where he said that the American people are to blame and deserve total war to be waged upon them (but it is NOT okay to wage total war upon the Islamic peoples because their governments are dictatorships and not representative of the people.) The MSM is taking up this line: witness the British paper that moaned about 26+ million Americans being wrong when they voted for Bush. Forget about Social Security being the Third Rail. We Americans are the Third Rail of the World, in more ways than they can imagine, even if the majority of our fellow Americans do not see it. They will be in even deeper shit when our fellow Americans DO see it. |
| Posted by: Ptah 2005-02-21 9:58:28 AM |
| #7 Let's not forget,.com.OBL has declared that all American's are legitimate targets,because we pay taxes. |
| Posted by: raptor 2005-02-21 9:05:58 AM |
| #6 I hear that the "Arab Street" in Lebanon is hoping the Americans will come and help them push the Syrians out. |
| Posted by: HV 2005-02-21 8:19:18 AM |
| #5 Headline: Hariri killing too sophisticated to be terrorists, says King Abdullah But of course - Allah himself reached out and struck Hariri down. All that explosive residue - well, you know what they say about Allah working in mysterious ways. |
| Posted by: Zhang Fei 2005-02-21 3:28:13 AM |
| #4 SGDI - I was always amused when, pre 9/11, they would say they loved Americans, but hated the American Govt. Coming from Thug, Klepto, KingyThingys, and Mullahcracies they forget how America works... I would remind them that WE are the Govt. We elect, we choose, those people whom they claim they hate - and the reason they got our vote? Well, because they said they believe and want what we believe and want. They're us. Real conversation stopper, heh. |
| Posted by: .com 2005-02-21 3:04:27 AM |
| #3 Most Arabs genuinely like Americans (the years I was there) it's just the urban 'elites', schooled in the west..their just like our MSM assholes who rag 24/7/365 about regular Americans and GW Bush. BTW from Morocco to Egypt in the desert (Sahara), every person I or we ever met would offer us shelter, food and water/tea!..They do this for anyone...salt of the earth! |
| Posted by: Syria govt. did it 2005-02-21 2:49:21 AM |
| #2 Well King Person really you think so? I am pretty sure Jerkoff J. Jihadi didn't do the killin' I think it was a trained agent of a foreign country with lots to lose if their influence in Lebanon were to wane. Unlike you Kingly personage I'll be frank. It was Syria. I think these âArab streetâ people would be well served to think about the nuclear weapons we do have under the ocean in a neighborhood near them. I as a member of the âAmerican streetâ have had it with their retarded religion cum death cult. So much that I would at this point not be against lighting a miniature sun in some Arab urban area as a demonstration of how little what they think matters in the 21century. |
| Posted by: Sock Puppet of Doom 2005-02-21 12:40:17 AM |
| #1 Article: And he said antagonism towards the United States in the Arab street had reached dangerous levels and anger was now being directed at the American people and not just US foreign policy. Arab people have long seen as an âinjusticeâ US policy in the Israeli-Palestinian crisis, and the US occupation of Iraq has only aggravated anti-American sentiment. Here's what how an American official could have responded: And he said antagonism towards the Muslim world in the American street had reached dangerous levels and anger was now being directed at Islam and not just Muslim foreign policy. American people have long seen as an âinjusticeâ Muslim policy in the Israeli-Palestinian crisis, and the 9/11 attacks have only aggravated anti-Muslim sentiment. |
| Posted by: Zhang Fei 2005-02-21 12:39:05 AM |