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2006-12-29 Israel-Palestine-Jordan

In 2007, Expect Palestinian Arab Factions To Wage War

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Posted by .com 2006-12-29 06:59|| || Front Page|| [3 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 ...a full-scale factional war will erupt among the Palestinian Arabs

What's the downside? If they are waging war amongst themselves; they won't be so likely to wage war or conduct terrorism on others.

Posted by JohnQC 2006-12-29 07:22|| 2006-12-29 07:22|| Front Page Top

#2 In Israel which in the summer of 2006 painfully discovered the limits of its military prowess against Hezbollah's guerrilla-style warfare in Lebanon politicians and the military will find that their enemies have been further emboldened.

Dream on Ahmad.

Posted by gromgoru 2006-12-29 07:35|| 2006-12-29 07:35|| Front Page Top

#3 Granted the headline is what the NY Sun used but this rambling list of predictions would more properly be "Columnist predicts Bad Stuff to get Worse in the Middle East".

Regarding fractional war, there has already been a full decade of this already, although the violence has been intermittent.

I don't know what Ibrahim means by a full scale factional war. It won't likely be an Algeria type situation because neither side is that strong and because many Paleo extended families have both Hamas and Fatah supporters.

Posted by mhw 2006-12-29 08:29|| http://hypocrisy-incorporated.blogspot.com/]">[http://hypocrisy-incorporated.blogspot.com/] 2006-12-29 08:29|| Front Page Top

#4 Wow. This guy reminds me of, like, Nostradamus or Kreskin or something...

Posted by tu3031 2006-12-29 08:48|| 2006-12-29 08:48|| Front Page Top

#5 a full-scale factional war will erupt among the Palestinian Arabs, with unpredictable consequences.

OK, here's one predictable consequence: Pop-Secret sales go through the roof. I'm putting a "buy" on the parent company.

Posted by Jackal">Jackal 2006-12-29 09:11|| http://home.earthlink.net/~sleepyjackal/index.html]">[http://home.earthlink.net/~sleepyjackal/index.html] 2006-12-29 09:11|| Front Page Top

#6 outside sponsors such as Iran, Syria, and Jordan will supply the bullets, rockets, money [to Hamas].

Clearly, this is why Egypt is sending weapons to Fatah and why Israel and the US approve.

Posted by PlanetDan 2006-12-29 09:25|| 2006-12-29 09:25|| Front Page Top

#7 many Paleo extended families have both Hamas and Fatah supporters.

And your evidence for this mhw?

Posted by gromgoru 2006-12-29 09:26|| 2006-12-29 09:26|| Front Page Top

#8 Fatah, Hamas, Islamic Jihad, and other assorted mafias will participate

Well, well. Looks like a few of them a catching on...

Posted by tu3031 2006-12-29 14:08|| 2006-12-29 14:08|| Front Page Top

#9 In Israel which in the summer of 2006 painfully discovered the limits of its military prowess against Hezbollah's guerrilla-style warfare in Lebanon...

More like "discovered the cost of acting like leftist anti-war pussies while fighting against people who want to exterminate you". And yeah, the cost will be high.

As for the forthcoming Paleo Cage Match, my only concern is there may not be enough popcorn on the entire planet. May the last man standing shoot himself out of shame and embarrassment for decades of hatred and idiocy.

Posted by SteveS 2006-12-29 18:26|| 2006-12-29 18:26|| Front Page Top

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