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2005-09-07 Israel-Palestine

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Posted by Steve White 2005-09-07 00:00|| || Front Page|| [6 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 buh bye.

Posted by Sock Puppet OÂ´ Doom 2005-09-07 00:31|| 2005-09-07 00:31|| Front Page Top

#2 by "gunmen in Gaza"? Do they not want to say they are other Palestinians?

Posted by Jan 2005-09-07 00:38|| 2005-09-07 00:38|| Front Page Top

#3 Debka sez Gaza will soon look like Beirut in the 70s. Can't wait, especially the liberal handwringing and demands 'somebody do something'. Which of course won't happen, cos no one is ~~crazy enough~~ going to send their troops to breakup a paleo civil.

Posted by phil_b 2005-09-07 02:12|| 2005-09-07 02:12|| Front Page Top

#4 Dahlan earning his pay cheque?

Posted by Paul Moloney 2005-09-07 03:34|| 2005-09-07 03:34|| Front Page Top

#5 Mark my words, someday the paleos will look back on "occupation" as their golden age of peace and prosperity. Effin' savages.

Posted by Scooter McGruder 2005-09-07 04:48|| 2005-09-07 04:48|| Front Page Top

#6 Say hi to Feliks and Reinhard for us, too.

Posted by 11A5S 2005-09-07 07:31|| 2005-09-07 07:31|| Front Page Top

#7 New info.
'We killed Moussa Arafat since the PA took no action'
The Popular Resistance Committees, a violent group made up largely of former members of Abbas' Fatah movement, later claimed responsibility. The group said it killed Arafat, a cousin of the late Yasser Arafat, to punish him for alleged corruption after the Palestinian security forces had taken no action against him.

Posted by gromgoru 2005-09-07 07:35|| 2005-09-07 07:35|| Front Page Top

#8 "Mark my [Scooter McGruder] words, someday the paleos will look back on "occupation" as their golden age of peace and prosperity."

Not only the Paleos. I think Egypt, Jordan and the Saudis were secretly hoping that Israel would stay in the Gaza.

Posted by mhw 2005-09-07 08:01|| 2005-09-07 08:01|| Front Page Top

#9 To contain Arafatâs fury at being sidelined, Abbas retained him in the position of special security adviser.

Thereby vividly illustrating the phrase "Keep your friends close and your enemies closer".

Posted by tu3031 2005-09-07 08:58|| 2005-09-07 08:58|| Front Page Top

#10 Could not have happened to a nicer family.

Posted by MunkarKat 2005-09-07 09:03|| 2005-09-07 09:03|| Front Page Top

#11 Enjoy hell.

Posted by Chris W. 2005-09-07 09:04|| 2005-09-07 09:04|| Front Page Top

#12 interesting question, Paul. The public reaction from all concerned is that this shows the weakness of Pal security, since they couldnt protect as big a name as Moussa Arafat from what LOOKS like the usual gang of street thugs/idealistic resistance group. The Israelis are taking the opportunity to remind Abbas that he needs to get his house in order and restore security. OTOH its hard not to notice that the Abbas regime had no love for Moussa, and the death of one of the more corrupt members of the old regime is not inconvenient. The whining about insecurity could well be cover, and the Israelis could certainly be in on the cover.

Posted by liberalhawk 2005-09-07 09:13|| 2005-09-07 09:13|| Front Page Top

#13 Hey! Does anyone know Saeb Erekat's address? Ima thinkr he needs a "candygram" too

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2005-09-07 09:41|| 2005-09-07 09:41|| Front Page Top

#14 OTOH its hard not to notice that the Abbas regime had no love for Moussa, and the death of one of the more corrupt members of the old regime is not inconvenient.

They're biggest beef with him was his corruption was cutting in on their corruption.

Posted by Robert Crawford">Robert Crawford 2005-09-07 09:50|| http://www.kloognome.com/]">[http://www.kloognome.com/] 2005-09-07 09:50|| Front Page Top

#15 Paul and LH

Dahlan has been hospitalized lately. In fact he flew out of the country (Egypt or Jordan) for treatment. Of course this could have been part of the cover.

Posted by mhw 2005-09-07 09:50|| 2005-09-07 09:50|| Front Page Top

#16 A shame. I understand him top have been the very model of a modern major general.

Posted by Mrs. Davis 2005-09-07 11:06|| 2005-09-07 11:06|| Front Page Top

#17 A shame. I understand him top have been the very model of a modern major general.

The guy had a knack w/splodydopes, cash, and bowel movements.

Posted by Red Dog 2005-09-07 11:15|| 2005-09-07 11:15|| Front Page Top

#18 Mrs. Davis---Great reference to Gilbert & Sullivan. They had this guy pegged a hundred years ago. Heh.

Posted by Al-Aska Paul 2005-09-07 16:09|| 2005-09-07 16:09|| Front Page Top

#19 Wretchard : Speechless in Gaza

Posted by 3dc 2005-09-07 18:12|| 2005-09-07 18:12|| Front Page Top

#20 Arafat probably double-crossed the Committees. Bad move.

Posted by Colt 2005-09-07 18:28|| www.eurabiantimes.com]">[www.eurabiantimes.com] 2005-09-07 18:28|| Front Page Top

#21 Eyewitnesses reported that some of the gunmen who participated in the raid on Arafat's two-story villa in the Tal al-Hawa neighborhood used armored vehicles belonging to one of the security organizations.

There has also been speculation that the Committees are simply a deniable arm of the PA, like the PFLP or ANO to the PLO in the 1970s and 80s.

Posted by Colt 2005-09-07 18:29|| www.eurabiantimes.com]">[www.eurabiantimes.com] 2005-09-07 18:29|| Front Page Top

#22 Could the security situation worsen to the point that the UN and EU deem it too dangerous to dispense their welfare payments?

Posted by RWV 2005-09-07 23:32|| 2005-09-07 23:32|| Front Page Top

#23 by that time they'll be ransoms...

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2005-09-07 23:39|| 2005-09-07 23:39|| Front Page Top

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