Posted on 01/01/2007 2:03:39 PM PST by West Coast Conservative
The Sidney Morning Herald reported that 30 years ago former Australian Prime Minister Bob Hawke, then Labor Party and ACTU president, faced assassination at the hands of Palestinian militants for his strong pro-Israel views.
According to the report, the Australian Security Intelligence Organization (ASIO) also believed prominent pro-Jewish figures, Isi Liebler and journalist Sam Lipski, were on the hit list.
The Herald report said Cabinet documents for 1976 - released by the National Archives of Australia today under the 30-year rule - reveal security authorities and the government were deeply concerned about the rising tide of Palestinian terrorism.
Most worryingly, ASIO believed pro-Palestinian terrorists had a clear operational interest in Australia and that had been demonstrated by visits from militants, the report said.
But former Palestinian ambassador for Australia and the South Pacific Ali Kazak told the Herald that the whole plot was designed by the Israeli spy agency Mossad and accepted without investigation by ASIO.
According to the report, Kazak told the Australian Associated Press that, "It has never been the intention of Palestine to bring this (Middle East) conflict to Australia and we made this clear to ASIO."
"This was part of Mossad's campaign against Palestine."
The Herald report said that in September 1973, Abdulhamid Abdulla Azzam, a member of the military branch of Al Fatah - the principal Palestinian terror group - visited Melbourne. He was arrested on his way out, charged with immigration offences and subsequently deported, the report said.
The report said that information from the Israeli Security Service claimed he was a member of the extremist Black September group, who had launched a terror attacks in Thailand and was interested in operations against Israeli targets in Australia.
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Well come think of it did Arafat order hit on those two US diplomat that were found dead back in da day
Huh? Why is some small town Montana newpaper making this such a big story?
In this day and age, it seems we can't even offend the very people that want us dead.
But them three diplomats were ambushed and killed in Gaza a couple years ago. We don't much care about that either. Killing infidels is what palestinians do after all.
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OH OKAY thank Jackson i hear story but not whole story who was President at the time Jimmy Carter or Richard Nixon
I can't imagine President reagan let Arafat pass like this
March, 1973. Equally out of character for Nixon. I presume the intercepts were known to Nixon immediately, to Nixon and his successors. Most disappointing is Bush I, who brought Arafat out of Libya to play his part on the world scene. He still considers Madrid and the Oslo "process" one of his great accomplishments.
And how about GWB giving the palestinians a pass on the murder of three diplomats in Gaza in 2003. IMO, the liklihood that their identity is unknown approaches zero.
Hell, I don't want to offend them....
I want to bleed the bastards white - and destroy their world to the level they can't mount an offensive any more effective than a 7th century camel humping bastard should be capable of mounting...
I want to return them to being crowded around their campfires in the dark caves - muttering about the men who came from the West and destroyed their world...
"Death to the miliant Islamists" should become a polite greeting used by all non-Muslims throughout the world..
Semper Fi
good post , river rat , . . . btw ,
... it has been reported , "the blind sheik" is about to ,
" shuffle off of this mortal coil" , [ that's how Bob Grant used to put it]
Now, now - we must make nicey with the Palestinians.
"Huh? Why is some small town Montana newpaper making this such a big story?"
Because our biased news media tries to tell us what the news is.
Good idea! It would also be a good idea to have a 'Bounty' system in operation for the lesser players.
Say, $1000 US for the head-and-hands of any full-grown male terrorist that lights-off a rocket, or plants an IED, or fires a sniper rifle - stuff like that, no questions asked. 'DNA checks OK - here's yer thousand bucks!'
Raise the price on the heads of the Mullahs and Leader-Clerics, and let them live under the permanent threat-of-death. If nothing else, there'd be a lot less muzzies to deal with after a short while....................FRegards
I deal with these 7'th century throwbacks on a daily basis.
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