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2006-12-28 Terror Networks

Arafat ordered a hit on US Diplomats in 73

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Posted by PlanetDan 2006-12-28 13:10|| || Front Page|| [11128 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 The big deal here is that the State Department DENIED this to give Arafat "diplomatic cover" for more than 30 years.

State LIED to the public, deliberately, and with intent to decieve.

The State Dept cannot be trusted and must be cleaned top to bottom.

Posted by OldSpook 2006-12-28 14:22|| 2006-12-28 14:22|| Front Page Top

#2 Here's the document text:

THE SEIZURE OF THE SAUDI ARABIAN EMBASSY IN KHARTOUM

Summary

In the early evening hours of 1 March 1973, eight Black September Organization (BSO) terrorists seized the Saudi Arabian Embassy in Khartoum as a diplomatic reception honoring the departing United States Deputy Chief of Mission (DCM) was ending. After slightly wounding the United States Ambassador and the Belgian Charge d'Affaires, the terrorists took these officials plus the United States DCM, the Saudi Arabian Ambassador and the Jordanian Charge d'Affaires hostage. In return for the freedom of the hostages, the captors demanded the release of various individuals, mostly Palestinian guerrillas, imprisoned in Jordan, Israel and the United States.

The Khartoum operation was planned and carried out with the full knowledge and personal approval of Yasir Arafat, Chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), and the head of Fatah. Fatah representatives based in Khartoum participated in the attack, using a Fatah vehicle to transport the terrorists to the Saudi Arabian Embassy.

Initially, the main objective of the attack appeared to be to secure the release of Fatah/BSO leader Muhammed Awadh (Abu Da'ud) from Jordanian captivity. Information acquired subsequently reveals that the Fatah/BSO leaders did not expect Awadh to be freed, and indicates that one of the primary goals of the operation was to strike at the United States because of its efforts to achieve a Middle East peace settlement which many Arabs believe would be inimical to Palestinian interests.

Negotiations with the BSO terrorist team were conducted primarily by the Sudanese Ministers of Interior and of Health. No effort was spared, within the capabilities of the Sudanese Government, to secure the freedom of the hostages. The terrorists extended their deadlines three times, but when they became convinced that their demands would not be met and after they reportedly had received orders from Fatah headquarters in Beirut, they killed the two United States officials and the Belgian Charge. Thirty-four hours later, upon receipt of orders from Yasir Arafat in Beirut to surrender, the terrorists released their other hostages unharmed and surrendered to Sudanese authorities.

The Khartoum operation again demonstrated the ability of the BSO to strike where least expected. The open participation of Fatah representatives in Khartoum in the attack provides
further evidence of the Fatah/BSO relationship. The emergence of the United States as a primary fedayeen target indicates a serious threat of further incidents similar to that which occurred in Khartoum.
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Yet one more item on an endless list of reasons why Arafat should have been strangled in the cradle. That Yasser lived long enough to cause so much grief is a monument to needless diplomatic compromises. Arafat should have been offed the instant his organization began to hijack airplanes. The amount of suffering that can be traced back to this one single person is a resounding condemnation of all who ever supported him and, especially, those who could have stopped this demon and eliminated all further opportunity for him to cause even more sorrow.

Arafat's early demise could have assisted in a much swifter dismantling of existing terrorist organizations at that time. Leaving him alive in order that his intense corruption could scatter and distract PLO operatives through mismanagement of resources and infighting should never have been an option. Damn those who thought it was.

Posted by Zenster">Zenster 2006-12-28 15:26|| 2006-12-28 15:26|| Front Page Top

#3 What is your major malfunction? Why not post a fucking link - maybe with a small excerpt - and then pontificate? That you DIDN'T post a link to your text is double-plus ungood, BTW. Sheesh.

Posted by .com 2006-12-28 15:30|| 2006-12-28 15:30|| Front Page Top

#4 Double-plus ungood! LOL! Does that call for Double-secret probation?

Posted by Mike N. 2006-12-28 15:55|| 2006-12-28 15:55|| Front Page Top

#5 I'm game, lol.

Posted by .com 2006-12-28 15:56|| 2006-12-28 15:56|| Front Page Top

#6 State lied, people died. But most of the people were just a bunch of Jews, so f*** 'em.

Posted by J. Baker 2006-12-28 16:14|| 2006-12-28 16:14|| Front Page Top

#7 It wasn't that lengthy of a document. One printed page. I thought that people would enjoy seeing it without some having to go through the burdensome process of downloading a PDF. Feel free to delete it and I'll just repost my own comments. Your own comment in the original post seemed to invite presenting the entire document. My mistake.

Posted by Zenster">Zenster 2006-12-28 16:18|| 2006-12-28 16:18|| Front Page Top

#8 Screw State.

Posted by Rob Crawford">Rob Crawford 2006-12-28 16:24|| http://www.kloognome.com/]">[http://www.kloognome.com/] 2006-12-28 16:24|| Front Page Top

#9 The comments in the article were Planet Dan's - I just told him he could get the contents with a PDF tool. You still haven't figured out the formatting of RB articles? After thousands upon thousands of comments you've posted? Bullshit.

Still no link to your posted text?

Posted by .com 2006-12-28 16:28|| 2006-12-28 16:28|| Front Page Top

#10 Screw State I must concur Rob Crawford, these a$$holes are anti-American.

'double-plus ungood' is an actual I've seen used in another forum.

extra thin ice Mr. Zen....the penalty box is next....after that you'll have to produce sum muj scalps! Fresh!

Posted by Spembolov 2006-12-28 16:42|| 2006-12-28 16:42|| Front Page Top

#11 I hate to get in the field of fire, but here's a link.

Posted by Nimble Spemble 2006-12-28 16:53|| 2006-12-28 16:53|| Front Page Top

#12 Still no link to your posted text?

Happy to comply: Post #2.

If you check my original postings, you'll find that I am very scrupulous about eliminating needless whitespace from media text. Something that a lot of other posters still have not caught onto quite yet.

Posted by Zenster">Zenster 2006-12-28 16:54|| 2006-12-28 16:54|| Front Page Top

#13 Thanks, NS.

Wrong thread, Zenster.

Posted by .com 2006-12-28 16:57|| 2006-12-28 16:57|| Front Page Top

#14 Wrong thread, Zenster.
wot a hoot! bring back SCALPS!

Posted by Spembolov 2006-12-28 17:07|| 2006-12-28 17:07|| Front Page Top

#15 Thank you. I did not think a link was needed if the post was entirely related to content in the original post. I'll provide an extra link in the future.

Posted by Zenster">Zenster 2006-12-28 17:08|| 2006-12-28 17:08|| Front Page Top

#16 Good Grief. If you assert X sez something, you should post a link to prove it. Duh. You're BS quotient is pegging the meter.

Posted by .com 2006-12-28 17:12|| 2006-12-28 17:12|| Front Page Top

#17 "If you check my original postings, you'll find that I am very scrupulous about eliminating needless whitespace from media text."

I have, and I also find that over the past six months, your comments total more than THREE TIMES the number of bytes as the next most prolific person here, and nearly as much as the four people behind you COMBINED. And since late 2003, your comments here have totalled up to nearly 5 megabytes-- the equivalent of Leo Tolstoy's War And Peace and Anna Karenina strung end-to-end.

You are a bandwidth hog of titanic proportions, Zenster. GIVE IT A BREAK!!!!

Posted by Dave D.">Dave D. 2006-12-28 17:23|| 2006-12-28 17:23|| Front Page Top

#18 Zen: in the future post the link. Thanks.

About the article: this is old news. We actually talked about it on the Burg some time back (in the comments of another article, as I recall). I didn't know at the time, and it was either Fred or Dan Darling who enlightened me. Arafat personally ordered the murder of American diplomats, and both Carter and Clinton brought him to America afterwards.

Posted by Steve White">Steve White 2006-12-28 17:34|| 2006-12-28 17:34|| Front Page Top

#19 This story makes Rudy's expulsion of Yurafart from a State Dinner at Lincoln Center in 1995 all the more impressive.

Posted by doc 2006-12-28 17:55|| 2006-12-28 17:55|| Front Page Top

#20 Mayor Guiliani expelled Arafat in 1995? We were across the ocean at the time and missed the story -- tell it, please!

Posted by trailing wife 2006-12-28 18:14|| 2006-12-28 18:14|| Front Page Top

#21 trailing wife, the first link was published Published: October 27, 1995

NYT: When was the Mayor of New York appointed Secretary of State?

When Rudy Booted Arafat

Posted by Spembolov 2006-12-28 18:30|| 2006-12-28 18:30|| Front Page Top

#22 1973?

How do we know someone didn't financially back Sirhan Sirhan in 1968?

The Arabs have not been our friends forever.

Let's try not being friends back.

Posted by Barbara Skolaut">Barbara Skolaut 2006-12-28 18:37|| http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/page/15bk1/Home_Page.html]">[http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/page/15bk1/Home_Page.html] 2006-12-28 18:37|| Front Page Top

#23 Can't we all get along?

Posted by Thoth 2006-12-28 18:40|| 2006-12-28 18:40|| Front Page Top

#24 over the past six months, your comments total more than THREE TIMES the number of bytes as the next most prolific person here

Joe M?

Posted by Nimble Spemble 2006-12-28 18:42|| 2006-12-28 18:42|| Front Page Top

#25 Thank you, Spembelov (love the nym!). We missed a lot while we were out there.

Posted by trailing wife 2006-12-28 18:42|| 2006-12-28 18:42|| Front Page Top

#26 Nah, NS...his only APPEAR verbose because of the CAPS LOCK thingy.

Posted by BA 2006-12-28 21:12|| 2006-12-28 21:12|| Front Page Top

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