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The picture, its dateline, and the blood flowing in the street stand.

No sorry, that's NOT documentation in any fashion of the very crass and inflammatory (now apparently slanderous) statements you made. Here is what exactly what you stated:

"In Ramallah, Arafat is encouraged to continue his wanton murder Jews and Americans by Latin Patriarch Michel Sabbah, Roman Catholic clergyman

Now. Once again can you provide evidence that this priest encourages "wanton murder of Jews and Americans" or are you a liar who is bearing false witness and intentionally maligning a Catholics?

Put up or shut up please. I'm no fan of many hierarchical types in my church, but I need to know if I should put you on my "trusted" list or my "liars" list.

I am the sort of Roman Catholic who wants long-time Marxist operative Arafat (the counterfeit Palestinian who is actually an Egyptian formerly on the payroll of the Bulgarian KGB to the tune of $250 thousand per month according to the recent WSJ article of his former Bulgarian paymaster) squashed like a bug. I also have little use for Sabbah just as I have little use for some AmChurch prelates like Los Angeles's Roger Cardinal Mahoney. I also favor Israel in its tussles with the despicable criminals who try to besiege Israel and think of Sharon as a moderate who ought to really unleash his forces.

That having been said, you will have to do better than a photo, a time reference and simultaneous innocent Jewish blood flowing in the streets. John Paul II met with soviet bosses on several occasions. That did not make him responsible for the gulag or for the Iron Curtain. In fact, his efforts were a major contribution to bringing both down. If you don't believe me, ask the non-Catholic Mrs. Thatcher. She knows what went on.

More than you apparently recognize, Catholics are your friends and not your enemies. That Archbishop Sabbah is simultaneously a Palestinian, a Catholic prelate and a fool is not without precedent. No religion has been so blessed as to be bereft of idjits. Abe Foxman does not speak for all Jews, as many of his subsidiary leaders in ADL have often publicly reminded him. Nor does Rabbi Hier.

Unless you have better justification or withdraw your ill considered anti-Catholic post, I guess we will have to add you to the bigot list.