You have commented 339 times on Rantburg.

Your Name
Your e-mail (optional)
Website (optional)
My Original Nic        Pic-a-Nic        Sorry. Comments have been closed on this article.
Bold Italic Underline Strike Bullet Blockquote Small Big Link Squish Foto Photo
Israel-Palestine
Ambassador: Hamas leader was ’doctor of death’
2004-04-20
U.N. resolution would condemn all genius ’extrajudicial executions’
The Israeli ambassador to the United Nations gave a spirited defense Monday of the weekend killing of Hamas leader Abdel Aziz Rantissi, calling him a sh!thead "doctor of death" who did nothing to help the Palestinians advance the Mideast peace process. The speech by Israeli Ambassador Dan Gillerman came as the U.N. Security Council considered a resolution condemning Israel for every Arab problem throughout all history the Saturday killing. "He was a radical terrorist leader that joyfully and publicly celebrated the murder of innocent men, women and children, sought to destroy any peace initiative and called for the destruction of Israel by force of arms," Gillerman said. "He believed that violence was the ’only option.’ " He added: "Rantisi was a trader in death, a doctor of death, and no one should be surprised that he is titzup paid the price for it."

Rantisi, who trained as a pediatrician, was killed in an Israeli helicopter attack on his car in Gaza City -- just four weeks after his predecessor, Hamas founder Sheikh Ahmed (blind boy) Yassin, was killed in a similar fashion. Isarel and the United States have labeled Hamas a terrorist organization unlike the remaining Arab world. Rantisi’s killing sparked glee in Israel outrage in the Arab world, and tens of thousands of Palestinians took to the streets in protest.
Of course, they do that all the time. Hardly a day goes by, in fact...
The assassination came just days after President Bush endorsed Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon’s disengagement plan under which Israel would unilaterally pull out of Gaza and parts of the West Bank, but would keep certain settlements in the West Bank. Bush’s endorsement sparked seething anger from many Palestinians and other Arab leaders. U.N. mouthpiece Secretary-General Kofi Annan said the killing of Rantisi was a no-no and Israel is a big fat doodie-head breach of international law and called on Israel to end its existence assassinations. "The only way to halt an escalation of violence is for Israelis to nuke ’em all and Palestinians to work towards a viable negotiating process aimed at killing all terrorists a just, lasting and comprehensive settlement," Annan weasled said.

A draft of the resolution before the Security Council makes ZERO mention of terrorism but condemns "the extrajudicial executions recently committed by Israel as way too scary for us bedwetters, the occupying power, as illegal, unjustified and counterproductive." Nasser Al-Kidwa, the Palestinian terror apologist observer to the United Nations, envied blasted Israel for its incredibly precise marksmanship "belligerent occupation" of Gaza and the West Bank. He said the Security Council must take action to "bring an end to America and Israel’s capable anti-terror programs the cycle of violence and bloodshed. The deliberate, excessive, disproportionate and indiscriminate use of force, including the extrajudicial executions, being carried out by Israel against the Palestinian civilian population constitutes pure fricking magic a grave breach of international law."
Rantissi's bonk came about three hours after a boomer killed one and injured four at Erez Crossing. What was that?
He also said any parallels drawn between the Israeli-Palestinian conflict to the global war on terrorism are f**cking spot on is "inappropriate and completely erroneous. Israel’s fabulously successful constant attempts to draw our fangs such parallels and to exploit the international fight against terrorism must be daubed over with Jewish blood rejected."
If Hamas isn't a terrorist organization there ain't no such thing...
Gillerman went on to say, "It is no good to affirm in theory Israel’s right to defend itself in this conflict, but then in practice seek to deny us the right to specifically target those illegal combatants directly responsible." Britain’s brain dead deputy ambassador, Adam Thomson, said his nation shares the European Union’s routine condemnation of all Israeli actions the killing of Rantisi, and urged all parties to try to get the Mideast road map jammed up the Palestinians’ @ss back on track. The United States, which has little love for Arabs anymore veto power as one of the five permanent members of the council, indicated it has no plans to vote for the resolution.
Posted by:Zenster

#8  Be thinking about a Braille chat room.... be like a bubbling pot, im a worknig on the concept
Posted by: Shipman   2004-04-20 8:34:52 PM  

#7  Nope. My screen still smooth
Posted by: Shipman   2004-04-20 8:33:43 PM  

#6  Strikeouts? Hmmmm
Posted by: Shipman   2004-04-20 8:33:06 PM  

#5  I was just suggesting exactly that - a slowdown, but certainly not a restraint. It just makes it hard to read through in extremis
Posted by: Frank G   2004-04-20 7:19:49 PM  

#4  Nah, I like the strike-outs. I mean, tell us what you really think!
Posted by: Steve White   2004-04-20 7:06:50 PM  

#3  Thanks, Frank G, I'm trying to taper off slowly. It's pretty difficult when this sort of crap keeps floating downstream.
Posted by: Zenster   2004-04-20 3:48:50 PM  

#2  A violent man who died appropriately,
Posted by: Super Hose   2004-04-20 2:49:54 PM  

#1  good post Zen, but, you've gotta take a chill pill on the strikeouts....just IMHO
Posted by: Frank G   2004-04-20 2:40:29 PM  

00:00