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Abbas warns of worse times ahead
2006-07-02
The Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has warned that the worst is yet to come, in the current upsurge of violence in the Gaza Strip. Israel sent troops and tanks into southern Gaza on Wednesday in a clampdown after Palestinian gunmen, some from the armed wing of Hamas, seized Corporal Gilad Shalit in a cross-border raid a week ago. In the latest attack, Israeli helicopter gunships struck the office of the Palestinian Prime Minister, Ismail Haniyeh. Mr Haniyeh has accused Israel of trying to destroy his elected Government and has called for foreign intervention to halt the Israeli intervention into Gaza.

President Abbas is preparing for talks with the UN Middle East envoy, Alvero de Soto, as part of diplomatic efforts to resolve the conflict. But he has warned of worse times ahead. "I am afraid that what is to come is going to be dangerous because we can't bear another serious aggression and another occupation," he said. "What is to come may be more difficult. Our people are living in harsh ways under the shelling and the air strike and the bombs. But what is to come may be more difficult."

The military offensive in the Gaza Strip has been coupled with statements from Israeli leaders that no members of the Hamas-led government should believe they are immune from attack. "We are tightening the pressure and we will continue to do what is necessary to ensure Hamas is made to pay the price," Israeli Interior Minister Roni Bar-On told Army Radio after the night-time helicopter assault. The air strike on Mr Haniyeh's office, he said, was part of an effort aimed at "threatening Hamas's ability to rule".
Posted by:Oztralian

#17  it's easily cured by .45 lobotomy
Posted by: Frank G   2006-07-02 21:25  

#16  grb, ok. It sounds like a classical case of rectal cranio-insertion, apparently.

Thanks, 2b! ;)
Posted by: Swamp Blondie   2006-07-02 21:20  

#15  Swamp Blondie: Israelis call it "Arab thinking". It's hard to describe, but you know it when you experience it.
Posted by: grb   2006-07-02 18:29  

#14  Agreed.
Posted by: Nimble Spemble   2006-07-02 13:42  

#13  Australia, too, Nimble Spemble. Some of the South American countries seem to have gotten enough pragmatic immigrants in the last century to change direction completely -- Chile comes to mind as a prime example. And the Iron Curtain countries are in a race to see whether they will go American or EU style...
Posted by: trailing wife   2006-07-02 13:40  

#12  TW, The same is true of Europe, in my opinion. The people with brains, sense and gumption came to the US. I think the way history will play out is the US gets all the good people and the rest of the world gets the rejects. The end game becomes clear.
Posted by: Nimble Spemble   2006-07-02 11:27  

#11  Abbas is no Jimmy the Greek
Posted by: Captain America   2006-07-02 11:23  

#10  ...emotional, petulant, viciously self-absorbed, and for the most part totally useless.

Aside from that, they're fine people.
Posted by: xbalanke   2006-07-02 09:56  

#9  They've been killing off those who exibit the trait of moderate thinking since the 1920s (that would have been the doing of Yasser Arafat's favorite uncle, the Mufti of Jerusalem's doing). Those clever enough to conceal the trait long enough to realize the risk generally emigrated. There are those who've remained, and they are quiet the source of much of Israel's intelligence about the various terrorist groups in the Territories.
Posted by: trailing wife   2006-07-02 09:56  

#8  swamp blondie - enjoyed your site.
Posted by: 2b   2006-07-02 09:56  

#7  Is there something in the water over there that affects their ability to even grasp a ghost of a clue? Something genetic? Or is it a classic case of nature and nurture working together to create a group of people literally completely incapable of logical thinking?

It's fascinating and frightening at the same time.
Posted by: Swamp Blondie   2006-07-02 09:15  

#6  Bad time for the paleos....priceless.
Kick their ass Israel. They have definately earned it.
Posted by: DarthVader   2006-07-02 09:08  

#5  For a Palestinian, this is like predicting the sun will rise in the East. The level of self-destructive ignorance of these people never ceases to amaze. Palestinians remind me of children who have over-indulgent but mostly absent parents - emotional, petulant, viciously self-absorbed, and for the most part totally useless.
Posted by: RWV   2006-07-02 07:18  

#4  Abbas knows that Fatah will be finished if Israel caves in to the demands made by Hamas. He is hoping that Israel will re-occupy Gaza and crush the militants there, in the hope that this will convince the Paleo public that attacking Israel doesn't achieve anything. Unfortunately the Paleo public are slow learners.
Posted by: Apostate   2006-07-02 05:04  

#3  "Mahmoud Abbas has warned that the worst is yet to come"

For you and ilks, faster please.
Posted by: Duh!   2006-07-02 04:11  

#2  "This is the policy of the jungle and arrogance," Mr Haniyeh told Reuters.

Look who is talking!
While your kassams and splodey boomers are what?

"Nothing will affect our spirit and nothing will affect our steadfastness."

Well killing joos from the realm of ghosts may be a tad tricky. You may be joining your ancestors tomorrow.
Posted by: zazz   2006-07-02 03:37  

#1  Howzat go?

Life is hard.
It's even harder if you're stupid.

Sumthin like that.
Posted by: Glaitch Groting9149   2006-07-02 03:29  

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