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2003-12-05 Middle East

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Posted by Fred Pruitt 2003-12-05 00:01|| || Front Page|| [3 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 re: funny spelling...correct spelling should be Araflat.

Posted by B 2003-12-5 3:59:03 AM|| 2003-12-5 3:59:03 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 I think we'd all be pleased to see the spectre of Arafat arise - from his cooling remains.

Posted by BH 2003-12-5 10:30:36 AM|| 2003-12-5 10:30:36 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 Why wait for a "mega-attack"? Just make it clear that another suicide/murder bombing in Israel proper will result in the complete devastation of Arafart's compound. If Arafart is inside it at the time, well, that's just how the ball bounces...

Posted by Bomb-a-rama 2003-12-5 10:37:04 AM|| 2003-12-5 10:37:04 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 Expel what's left of his brain onto the ground is what they should do.

Posted by Charles 2003-12-5 12:34:23 PM|| 2003-12-5 12:34:23 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 Looks like the IDF was aiming a little higher than Arafish. From ArabicNews:

An Israeli military source said that Israel was about to consider launching an attack against Syria if a plan to attack an Israeli school had succeeded on Thursday. In his statement to the Israeli radio, the official said "had the aggression against the school succeeded, Israeli would have retaliated, by attacking Syria because the orders came from Damascus." The Israeli official continued "This aggression aimed at undermining a chance to resume the dialogue between Israel and the Palestinians, and affecting the inter- Palestinian dialogue in Cairo, with the aim to reach a truce." The Israeli minister of internal security, Tsahi Hanegbi, had stressed that "had the great aggression took place, Israeli would have expelled the Palestinian President Yasser Arafat."
Worthy mentioning that the Israeli army chief of staff hinted in November of likely Israeli attacks against Syria, similar to those carried out by it two months earlier, and targeted a position near Damascus. This would be if Syria continues to ignore the Israeli messages, as he alleged.

Posted by Steve 2003-12-5 12:59:48 PM|| 2003-12-5 12:59:48 PM|| Front Page Top

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