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Abbas slams Israel over prison raid

2006-03-16

Palestinian President

Mahmoud Abbas has condemned Israel's raid on a West Bank prison and seizure of a militant leader as a crime that would not be forgiven. Across the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, Palestinians went on strike over an Israeli operation that has boosted interim Prime Minister Ehud Olmert ahead of March 28 general elections.

Israeli security forces were on high alert after Ahmed Saadat's Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) and the Islamist militant group Hamas promised retaliation. Israeli forces used tanks and bulldozers to tear apart the Jericho jail on Tuesday to grab Saadat, accused by Israel of overseeing the 2001 assassination of Israeli cabinet minister Rehavam Zeevi claimed by the PFLP. Speaking at the destroyed jail, Mr Abbas accused British and US monitors supervising the incarceration of Saadat and five other militants who were detained of complicity with Israel. "What happened is an ugly crime which cannot be forgiven and a humiliation for the Palestinian people and a violation of all the agreements - their arrest by Israel is illegal," Mr Abbas said. The United States and Britain, citing security concerns, withdrew the monitors on Tuesday and Israeli forces moved in minutes later.

Posted by:Fred

#9 Oh, shut up Abbas, you sap. Nobody (and I mean NOBODY) gives a crap what you have to say. If you weren't such an asshole, you'd just kill yourself now and save Israel the trouble.

Posted by: mojo 2006-03-16 10:44

#8 Hey, any excuse for rioting, terrorism, martyrdom, and mayhem. Oh, and seething, did I mention seething?

Posted by: Alaska Paul 2006-03-16 10:30

#7 So with their economy in shards, they decide to go on strike because a pack of murderers who were going to be released from prison are in the custody of the people they attacked?

Posted by: Robert Crawford 2006-03-16 07:52

#6 I wonder if the work stoppage applies to suicide bombers?

Nah, I didn't think so, either.....

Posted by: Desert Blondie 2006-03-16 07:27

#5 You cannot, SPoD. It is an alien concept and causes the onset of terminal cognitive dissonance among Arab populations. Besides, nothing a "freedom fighter" does against a Jew counts as a crime, in the Arab world.

Posted by: Shieldwolf 2006-03-16 07:14

#4 Wasn't the reason for this the fact that the PA was going to spring him and others?

How do you say "Don't do the crime if you can't do the time." in Paleo?

Posted by: SPoD 2006-03-16 06:25

#3 That's Humiliation number 2,398,654 and 2,398,655 for the Paleos.

Posted by: mhw 2006-03-16 05:59

#2 The JPost article is much better. It doesn't censor out the constant references to 'humiliation'.

Posted by: phil_b 2006-03-16 05:38

#1 The sand is running out Abu Mazen

Posted by: gromgoru 2006-03-16 04:41

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