EFL from WND
The firebombing of a Jewish elementary school in Montreal was executed yesterday as direct retaliation for the Israeli-sponsored assassination of Sheik Ahmed Yassin, the founder of the Hamas terrorist group, according to a "warning" note left outside the burned-out library, the Citizen has learned.
I guess we need to agree on a definition of the term "direct retaliation". Attacking a school in Montreal can’t really be considered a direct retaliation for Yassin’s death which occured in a location about ten time zones east from Montreal.
| Have to work on the definition of "warning," too. Usually you'd expect it to come before the school got burned own... |
Mr. Yassin was killed when Israeli helicopters launched a missile attack on him as he left a mosque in Gaza City. Shortly after the killing, Hamas vowed revenge against Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon.
So Kosher deli’s in Maryland beware.
Police would not discuss the contents of the note. CTV News quoted a portion of the letter, as saying: "Our goal was only to sound the alarm without causing deaths. ... but this is just a beginning. If your crimes continue in the Middle East, our attacks will continue."
| I'm trying to recall just what the Great White North's crimes in the Middle East are... |
Sharon better stop or somebody might splodeydope Sesame Street.
The firebombing attack came on the eve of Passover, around 2:30 a.m. yesterday. "It’s an act of terrorism, plain and simple," said Sidney Benudiz, principal of United Talmud Torah school, set in a residential Montreal neighbourhood. The fire left the school library in ruins. No one was in the school at the time of the fire. The fire is now under criminal investigation. Police say the unknown attackers were inspired by hate. Jewish leaders and police said anti-Semitic leaflets, including a "warning" note, were left behind by the perpetrators.
| Oh, is that where Boris went on his vacation? |
The attack has shaken Montreal’s Jewish community, with leaders boosting security across the city. "There’s shock. That’s the first reaction. But we’re a strong community and it will continue to do what we do and we will do whatever we can to stop this senseless, hateful violence," said Bill Surkis, executive director of the Quebec region of B’nai Brith Canada. The attack on the elementary school sparked indignation across the country yesterday. Prime Minister Paul Martin condemned the attack, saying it’s against values espoused by Canadians. "We must all utterly condemn this cowardly and racist act, and draw together to fight such an abomination which, like cancer, undermines the harmonious relations among the diverse communities that make Canada an example throughout the world," Mr. Martin said in a statement.
I thought that all Canada was big into making donations to Hamas and IJ.
"On behalf of all Canadians, I would like to express our solidarity toward the Jewish community around the world in Montreal and across Canada. ... This is not my Canada and this is not our Canada." Justice Minister Irwin Cotler, a Montreal MP and a graduate of the school, expressed outrage while surveying the damage. "What we have witnessed here today is the anti-Semitism of hate and of racism. The anti-Semitism of violence, anti-Semitism that consists of an assault on the inherent dignity of being human.
| There are other kinds of anti-Semitism? |
"Everyone is hurt when these types of actions take place," Salam Elmenyawi, president of the Muslim Council of Montreal, said in a written statement. Mohamed Elmasry, president of the Canadian Islamic Congress, said he hoped that a Muslim was not involved, as this would undoubtedly fuel anti-Muslim sentiment. "It was a hate crime, and the agony will be double if it was committed by a Muslim," he said. The fire comes after a recent spate of anti-Semitic violence in Toronto. Acts of anti-Semitism are on the rise in Canada, according to an audit released recently by B’nai Brith Canada. The report recorded 584 incidents of anti-Semitism in 2003 -- the highest number of cases in 21 years when B’nai Brith first started keeping tabs on the problem. Most of the 2003 incidents occurred during the buildup to the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq. The Montreal region accounted for 102 of those incidents last year. That’s a 17-per-cent rise from the 87 cases recorded in 2002.
I’m sure that Bush will be blamed for the rise in anti-semitism. And it will be suggested that Israel refrain from taking action against Humus to protect other Jewish property in Canada. |