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| U.S. Presses Syria To Kill Anti-Israel Resistance: DFLP |
| 2003-04-17 |
| The current American and Zionist pressures on Syria are aimed at bringing to a cessation all forms of support rendered by Syria to Arab movements resisting the Israeli occupation, particularly Hezbollah, Secretary General of the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine (DFLP) Nayeef Hawatma told IslamOnline.net. Speaking over the phone from Syria, Hawatma condemned the latest series of U.S. and Israeli accusations against Syria of harboring Palestinian "terrorist organizations." This is interesting. Here we have the head of what used to be a major Middle Eastern terrorist organization, headquartered of course in Damascus, bitching about U.S. and Israeli "accusations" against Syria of harboring terrorist organizations... "Palestinian organizations and powers (in Syria) are located in refugee camps that house four million Palestinian refugees," he said. "All over the past years, the Palestinian democratic and national factions have got used to cope with different environments and developments, since their first and foremost goal is to liberate the (Palestinian) land and establish the Palestinian state. They will never give up this goal no matter how strong pressures are." And for fifty years the Arab states have actively resisted absorbing the Paleostinian population. Hawatma recalled that Syria has been shouldering the burden of Palestinian refugees, who should come back to the occupied Palestinian territories in conformity with U.N. Security Council resolution 194 of 1948. "The blame, in effect, should be heaped over this country (Israel) which rebuffs all relevant UNSC resolutions and the return of those refugees, who were coerced into leaving their motherland more than 50 years ago," he said. "Israel is fully aware that they (Syrians) are the ones who have been supporting the Palestinian resistance for 40 years and wants to strip them of their weapons and morale to put an end to their uphill struggle against it." That's a true statement. Syria's been absolutely determined that Paleostinians were going to kill themselves trying to kill Israel. They did learn not to engage in conventional warfare with them, though, the hard way... Hawatma also expected that the U.S.-led war on Iraq would have its dramatic changes on the Palestinian cause. "The U.S. pressures will push for killing this struggle once and for all and entrenching other alternatives that suit fine (U.S. President George W.) Bush and (Israeli Prime Minister Ariel) Sharon. One could then understand Bush's tireless attempts to delay the publication of the roadmap, declaring that it will not come to surface unless the Israeli amendments are attached to it." A plan that addresses the concerns of both sides? Unheard of! Hawatma said Syria is capable of halting the "domino policy" adopted by the Bush administration in the Middle East, noting that it started with Iraq while Sharon was trying to take advantage of the status quo and foment a showdown between the U.S. and Syria. Sammy said he was going to do it, too. So'd the mullahs in Afghanistan... |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |
| #2 I absolutly agree to a Paleo State and that non-terrorist Paleo's have a legit beef,but most of the blame lays with Yasser and Co.Hell he is refusing the right of the new Prime Minister to pick his own Cabinet. Peace won't happen till Arab states and Paleo's openly and publiclly accept the right of the state of Israel to exist. |
| Posted by: raptor 2003-04-18 10:17:01 |
| #1 Seriously Fred, I would like to hear somebody say (besides someone with a terorrist ax to grind) that the average Paleo (without AK47) does have a legitimate beef. There's been enough noise from the Arafat types and Israel's right to exist, that it's completely drown out the schmucks languishing in those camps. |
| Posted by: Scott 2003-04-17 21:12:48 |