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Israel rejects Mubarak deal on soldier
2006-06-30
Palestinian militants have agreed to a conditional release of the kidnapped Israeli soldier, but Israel has not yet accepted their terms, an Egyptian newspaper quoted Hosni Mubarak, the Egyptian president, as saying. In an interview published on Friday, Egypt's leading pro-government newspaper, Al-Ahram, quoted Mubarak as saying that “Egyptian contacts with several Hamas leaders resulted in preliminary, positive results in the shape of a conditional agreement to hand over the Israeli soldier as soon as possible to avoid an escalation. "But agreement on this has not yet been reached with the Israeli side," Mubarak said.

The president said that he had asked Ehud Olmert, the Israeli prime minister, "not to hurry" the military offensive in Gaza, but to "give additional time to find a peaceful solution to the problem of the kidnapped soldier." Israel suspended a planned ground invasion of northern Gaza on Thursday, giving diplomacy another chance to free the Israeli soldier, Cpl. Gilad Shalit, whom militants linked to Hamas kidnapped on Sunday from an Israeli camp near Gaza. Mubarak's remark implied that he was claiming a role in Israel's decision.
Posted by:Fred

#14  "When you go on a spree, go the whole hog"

mmmmm.......

hog - bacon mmm.. sausage mmm RIB aaahhhH! time to a whole hog slow cooked and smoked for days... drool..

(I know I shouldn't post before eating but now I am truly hungry and will have to cook something up..)
Posted by: 3dc   2006-06-30 12:23  

#13  RWV,
I am a generous person and nothing is too expensive for the Paleo's :)
or as was hinted in the words of a very elderly and wise gentlemen I know :" When you go on a spree, go the whole hog including the postage!"
Posted by: Elder of Zion   2006-06-30 10:23  

#12  It is time for the Israelis to completely sever all ties with Palestinians. If they need cheap labor, perhaps they can work out a deal with Mexico.
Posted by: RWV   2006-06-30 10:11  

#11  Elder, if you are going to use napalm, why waste JDAMS. The kits cost around $25K apiece. For what you have in mind, accuracy is not important.
Posted by: RWV   2006-06-30 10:09  

#10  Hammas has invaded our territory, attacked and killed two soldiers and kidnapped a third soldier.
This is undisputably an act of aggression of one "government" aginst another sovereign Government.
This is a Cassus Belli or an act justifying a formal declaration of war against the democratically elected Hamas Government.
You cannot claim to be a lawfull democratically elected Gov'mint and keep behaving like a bunch of terrorists.
We have to teach them a dire lesson and the hell with collateral damage. The Buck has to stop somewhere.
I recommend incendiary bombs and NAPALM as an appetiser followed by a rain of JDAMS and an assortment of "Stupid Ammo" for the main course, you really dont want to know what's planned for dessert.
I am Sick and tired of the biggotted Paleos.

Hunting season is open !
Posted by: Elder of Zion   2006-06-30 10:06  

#9  "Not that they can actually feel the humiliation, mind you, since they don't feel shame like we do."

My impression is that part of their problem is that they feel shame TOO intensely, whether its an officer who wont admit to his superiors how bad things are, or a whole culture struggling about how to take lessons from barbarians.
Posted by: liberalhawk   2006-06-30 09:37  

#8  Unless you take a planeload or boatload of US Navy personnel.
Posted by: Besoeker   2006-06-30 08:36  

#7  invasion, attacking, and kidnapping a soldier IS an act of war.
Posted by: Frank G   2006-06-30 08:35  

#6  Hamas has control over the release of the kidnapped soldier. Since Hamas is the government, wouldn't their complicity be an act of war?
Posted by: PlanetDan   2006-06-30 06:33  

#5  Given the uncanny Paleo knack of making a bad situation worse, I suspect Cpl. Shalik is already dead. Not having a live hostage to return is going to make the 'negotiations' a little more complicated. I hope I'm wrong.
Posted by: SteveS   2006-06-30 02:39  

#4  He's probably already dead, unless they plan to publically torture him. It's hard to be strong with your son in harms way, my heart goes out to this family.
Posted by: Jan   2006-06-30 01:38  

#3  I think the humiliation is going on now, with the guys who make faces and strut around with guns scurrying like rats to get out of the way of the real soldiers. Not that they can actually feel the humiliation, mind you, since they don't feel shame like we do.
Posted by: Fred   2006-06-30 01:21  

#2  Mubarak. An honest brocker.
Posted by: gromgoru   2006-06-30 00:57  

#1  I say, make 'em beg....

"Say 'Please take back Shalit and give us water and electricity!'"
...
"Now say 'Pretty please, with sugar on top'"

Humiliate the bastards. Publicly. Maybe ask how that whole intifada thing is working out... and make 'em air it all on Al Jazeera.
Posted by: Scooter McGruder   2006-06-30 00:51  

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