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2007-11-02 Israel-Palestine-Jordan

Fatah Promises 'Hundreds of Rockets' in Further Escalation

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Posted by anonymous5089 2007-11-02 09:04|| || Front Page|| [11127 views ] Top

#1 Should that start Israel should just warm up the D-9s and drive toward the sea.

Posted by 3dc 2007-11-02 10:45|| 2007-11-02 10:45|| Front Page Top

#2 Isn't Fatah the group that Israel favors and deals with in a civil manner ?

Posted by wxjames 2007-11-02 11:22|| 2007-11-02 11:22|| Front Page Top

#3 Cancel the Annapolis meeting due to an act of war by one of the participants.

Posted by trailing wife 2007-11-02 11:51|| 2007-11-02 11:51|| Front Page Top

#4 So on the eve of a "peace conference" one of the particpants threatens to escalate violence.

Clearly, the last thing they want is their own state.

I think that's proof enough to conclude that paleos would rather retain "victim" status than be responsible for their own well being.

Posted by PlanetDan">PlanetDan 2007-11-02 12:06|| 2007-11-02 12:06|| Front Page Top

#5 despite the INN trying to spin this as if AAMB was simply the armed wing of Fatah, like Al qassedine (?) is to Hamas, in fact since the death of Arafat AAMB has been at odds with the Abbas - AAMB has defied Pal Auth security forces in Nablus, and elsewhere. OTOH Abbas is naturally reluctant to come down too hard on AAMB, both cause of his own forces weakness, but also cause the blood feud between AAMB and Hamas is one of the obstacle to Hamas making trouble in the West Bank.

Clearly the last thing Israel should do is hold Abbas personally responsible for AAMB words and actions, which may well have been done precisely to embarrass Abbas. It should be noted that Abbas has even less leverage over AAMB elements in Gaza. Israel should, however, feel no compunction about killing AAMB members, and AFAIK, they do not (feel any compunction, that is)

Posted by Liberalhawk 2007-11-02 12:44|| 2007-11-02 12:44|| Front Page Top

#6 Ah, that's okay. It's Fatah, the good terrorists, the ones we're gonna give all that money to...

Posted by tu3031 2007-11-02 12:48|| 2007-11-02 12:48|| Front Page Top

#7 It's Fatah, the good terrorists, the ones we're gonna give all that money to...

Please, tu3031, you got the "good terrorist" meme exactly right but please don't use vague terms like "all that money". Let's all be precise. It's FOUR FUCKING HUNDRED DAMNED MILLION STINKING DOLLARS! Yes, that's $400,000,000 of our TAXPAYER MONEY being pissed away down the Palestinian shithole by do-gooder Bush in order to support these genocidal Islamic vermin. And, yes, I know that "genocidal Islamic vermin" is a triple redundancy. If Bush must be impeached, it should be for knowingly supporting an active terrorist organization.

Posted by Zenster">Zenster 2007-11-02 13:29|| 2007-11-02 13:29|| Front Page Top

#8 Everything is taquiyya on the part of muslims regarding Israel. The muslim countries in the mideast want Israel gone. They do not want an Israel to exist. They do not want to negotiate a peace. All policy on the part of the West should be based upon this reality.

Posted by JohnQC 2007-11-02 14:26|| 2007-11-02 14:26|| Front Page Top

#9
Once Hillary wins her wife Huma Abedin will make sure of a final solution to the Israeli problem.

Posted by 3dc 2007-11-02 14:43|| 2007-11-02 14:43|| Front Page Top

#10 Actually I hope we're giving most of the money to the PA as an institution, rather than to Fatah per se. We need to encourage the distinction between Fatah and the PA as institutions, even while supporting a heavily (but not completely - Fayed is an independent) Fatah govt of the PA. The identification of state and party, a basically Leninnist notion, natural to Arafat, is a bad model for governance.

Again, I see no evidence that Abbas approves of or in any way supports this statement by AAMB.

Posted by Liberalhawk 2007-11-02 15:05|| 2007-11-02 15:05|| Front Page Top

#11 Again, I see no evidence that Abbas approves

How about even a scintilla of evidence that Abbas sincerely disapproves?

Posted by Zenster">Zenster 2007-11-02 15:11|| 2007-11-02 15:11|| Front Page Top

#12 ISTR seeing mentions of PA security forces disarming AAMB folks over the last couple of months, but I dont have any citations handy.

Whether that was "SINCERE" or just politically motivated, I of course cannot prove. Just as I cant prove that George Bush sincerely believes in tax cuts, say. I cant prove statements about politicians hearts. At some point the constant references to "taqiyah" are unfalsifiable.

Posted by Liberalhawk 2007-11-02 15:15|| 2007-11-02 15:15|| Front Page Top

#13 Well, the PA has cooperated with the IDF for 3 months now in demolishing the Hamas, Islamic Jihad and PLF/PFLP biggies (for that matter Egypt has also cooperated with the IDF during that time).

So the Al Asqa competitors in the west bank have been severely degraded (and the competitors know it).

The statement by this faction is probably just low grade BS and the taqiya here is Fatah propaganda to try to deceive some soft Hamas supporters in Gaza (and it won't fool very many).

Posted by mhw">mhw 2007-11-02 16:07|| http://hypocrisy-incorporated.blogspot.com/]">[http://hypocrisy-incorporated.blogspot.com/] 2007-11-02 16:07|| Front Page Top

#14 LiberalHawk.
No money to any paleos for any reason!
NONE!

Posted by 3dc 2007-11-02 16:51|| 2007-11-02 16:51|| Front Page Top

#15 DEBKA > Paleo officio warns there will be no Israeli-Paleo peace treaty wid out a de facto deadline for a de facto [post-PA?]stronger Paleo State.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2007-11-02 23:22|| 2007-11-02 23:22|| Front Page Top

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