Posted on 11/21/2003 1:46:14 PM PST by anotherview
Nov. 21, 2003
Israel extends hand to Turkey, warns Europe against apathy
By JPOST.COM STAFF AND AP
Israel will share its experience with Turkey
Photo: AP
Mossad chief Meir Dagan traveled to Turkey this week to offer anti-terror expertise after a wave of suicide bombings in Istanbul killed at least 50 people and wounded hundreds, Channel 2 reported Friday.
Dagan shared with Turkish officials Israel's experience in dealing with suicide bombings during three years of fighting with Palestinians. Channel Two did not give an exact date for Dagan's trip or say how long he stayed.
Dagan's trip was part of an Israeli campaign to make countries around the world understand that terror is not just an Israeli problem and every country should work to stop it, the TV said.
"It is not just Israel anymore but a danger to the whole free world. There is no compromise with terror," ime Minister Sharon was quoted as saying on Thursday.
An official from the Prime Minister's office, which oversees the Mossad, would not comment on the report.
Also on Friday, Israel warned European nations that "they would be next" on the al-Qaida hit list, and that Europe and the so-called moderate Muslim states had no choice but to join the battle against fundamentalist Islamic terrorism.
"The Europeans are not really aware of the seriousness of this phenomenon of international terrorism, which has not hit them yet," Israeli government spokesman Avi Pazner told AFP.
"The risk is closing down on them and the free world must unite to stop this tidal wave of blind violence which has already struck America, Indonesia, Thailand, the Philippines, Tunisia, Morocco and Saudi Arabia," he said.
On Thursday, former Mossad chief Shabtai Shavit said that European and Muslim countries now had no choice but to join the free world against Islamic terrorism. "WW3 has started and the battlefield in this war is everywhere," Shavit said on Channel 10.
Senior security officials in Israel refused to comment this week when asked if Turkey and Israel were cooperating in efforts to combat terrorism. But they claimed to know who was behind the bombings and said they were connected to al-Qaida.
Turkish and U.S. authorities have also pointed blame at al-Qaida for the simultaneous bombings Thursday at the British consulate and a London-based bank in Istanbul and two other suicide attacks on Nov. 15 at synagogues in the city.
After the attacks, Israel jumped to Turkey's aide, sending a rescue team for the synagogue bombings and offering to send blood donations. Much of the sympathy in Israel stems from the belief that Turkey was targeted due to its ties with Israel, which are based on a broad military agreement signed in 1996.
According to an Israeli intelligence source, Turkey was targeted "because it is on the threshold of Europe, because of its secular and pro-Western regime and because it is seeking to join the European Union."
"Choosing Turkey as a target for terrorist attacks, and hitting Jewish or Western interests is tantamount to warning Europe it is next on the list," Pazner said.
Hebrew language newspapers warned against European apathy.
"This war of the worlds is now underway. But not everyone in the West understands yet that they could be the next stop. Sleeper cells such as the ones that operated in Turkey are spread throughout the countries of Western Europe," the Yediot Aharonot said.
"Now it is just a matter of making a decision in the Al-Qaeda umbrella organization: When and whom to strike. Has it been blocked in one place? It will continue and strike in another place. Jihad is a malignant disease. But Europe continues to sleep," the top-selling daily added.
Thank goodness there are liberal socialist pondscum (LSP) in this country who will serve as first targets because they form the soft underbelly. The rest of us will thereby have a warning and know when to start "playing" cowboys and muslims to take care of the problem for once and for all.
The problem is that some real innocents will be taken out with the LSP, like kids in school busses, and American capitalists in the financial centers, both of which will be targets as thay are left unprotected due to LSP appeasement policies......
When the on-going, repetitive, stupid muslim death tricks arrive in their neighborhood.
I'll save them the trouble. Here's the checklist for Turkey:
1. REFUSE to address the root problem and kill the enemy.
2. Adopt a tolerance policy for bombings. As long as they aren't too frequent and the kill count isn't >20 per incident, and it doesn't fall on a significant religious holiday, there won't be any response.
3. Pre-select an empty building to 'raid' if it becomes necessary to appear to fight the problem ignored in #1.
4. If things get bad, issue empty threats against terrorists who've been living with you for decades.
5. Pursue an insane 'peace' plan guaranteed to destroy your country that will appease a genocidial muslim enemy for about 4 seconds.
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