Fatah calls on Muslims to attack US, UK targets (..in response to war in Iraq)

The Jerusalem Post ^ | Mar. 22, 2003 | Khaled Abu Toameh

[Asher]

Mar. 22, 2003

Fatah calls on Muslims to attack US, UK targets By KHALED ABU TOAMEH

The Aksa Martyrs' Brigades, an offshoot of Yasser Arafat's Fatah movement, on Saturday called on Muslims to attack American, British and Israeli targets all over the world in response to the war in Iraq.

A statement issued by the group in the West Bank city of Nablus said: "This fierce onslaught against the [Arab] nation, which began in Iraq, is aimed at dividing the region in order to establish new Zionist cantons led by neo-Nazis."

The group accused the US, Israel and Britain of seeking to take control over the resources of the Arabs and Muslims through "terror and massacres." It called on "all the honorable in the Arab world to rise against the new international terror by striking at the interests of the three countries."

The statement also urged Palestinians to carry out suicide attacks in Israel as part of the war against the US and its allies.

Palestinian Authority officials said the statement does not reflect the policy of the political leadership of Fatah. "Arafat does not approve of the statement," commented one official. He said the statement could have been issued by a small minority in Fatah that

The Fatah threat follows an appeal by Hamas and Islamic Jihad to the Iraqi people to carry out suicide attacks against the US and UK troops.

Hamas declared Monday a day of fasting in support of Saddam Hussein. It urged Muslims to hold special prayers to call for the annihilation of the US and its allies and called on Arab governments to cut off diplomatic relations with Washington and London.

For the second day running, tens of thousands of Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza Strip took to the streets Saturday to protest against the war in Iraq. Most of the demonstrations took place in the Gaza Strip, where protestors carried posters of the Iraqi president and chanted "Death to America, Death to Bush." In many refugee camps Palestinians burned Israeli, American and British flags.

Some 15,000 students from the Islamic University in Gaza City marched in the streets to protest against the "crusade" campaign against Iraq. The demonstrators held a special prayer calling for the destruction of the US and Great Britain and for the victory of Iraq.

In the West Bank, thousands of Palestinians staged protests in Bethlehem and Ramallah on Friday and Saturday, denouncing the Arab presidents and monarchs as "traitors and dogs."

[areafiftyone]

I am getting so sick of those FATWADS and their threats!!!

[LisaAnne]

Ditto.

[Bahbah]

Hello, Asher. It seems to me I've heard this song before. Not a pretty tune.

[Asclepius]

... new Zionist cantons led by neo-Nazis ...

And what about those evil black Klansmen.

[soycd]

Wherever these calls for fatwah originate we need to send a GDAM. If we can't pinpoint it then use a MOAB and so on...

[areafiftyone]

I think we should start issuing some threats to them in the name of our group called MOAB!

[goldstategop]

I know. Its a worldwide conspiracy led by the imperialist Yankees and the Elders Of Zion.

[Dog Gone]

The Fatah threat follows an appeal by Hamas and Islamic Jihad to the Iraqi people to carry out suicide attacks against the US and UK troops.

Someone should point out to them that the days of $25,000 checks from Saddam to the families of bombers are over.

[bucephalus]

Rushdie was fatwaed on Feb 14, 1989 and he's still with us.

[Boundless]

> ...Aksa Martyrs' Brigades ... called on Muslims to attack

This is not news. It is not a change in their posture.

It is instructive that no attacks have taken place. We
could assume that had they had a retaliatory plan in place,
it would have been ready to execute when GW’s deadline
expired, and certainly no later that the commencement of
obvious hostilities in Baghdad.

Nothing. Nada. El zippo, anywhere.

> Palestinian Authority officials said the statement
> does not reflect the policy of the political
> leadership of Fatah. "Arafat does not approve of
> the statement,"

Yes, but only because the statement wasn’t strong enough
for Arafat.

[tomahawk]

Destroy Fatah.

[Mister Baredog]

demonstrators held a special prayer calling for the destruction of the US and Great Britain and for the victory of Iraq.

I'm sure that's going to work, NOT!

[SJackson]

Working hard on the "Road Map" to peace.

Syrian riot police form a barrier to stop some of the one thousand Syrian and Palestinian students demonstrating from reaching the US Embassy(AFP/Louai Beshara)

Palestinians carrying Hamas and Iraqi flags and a portrait of Saddam Hussein (news - web sites) march in Gaza city March 21, 2003. The militant Islamic group Hamas urged Iraqis on Friday to carry out suicide bombings against invading U.S. and British forces in Iraq (news - web sites). REUTERS/Jose Manuel Ribeiro

Palestinian boy holds a toy machine gun in front of an Iraqi flag during a march in Gaza city, March 21, 2003. The militant Islamic group Hamas urged Iraqis to carry out suicide bombings against invading U.S. and British forces in Iraq (news - web sites). In a clear attempt to appeal to Muslim emotions beyond his frontiers, the Iraqi leader called for a jihad (holy war). REUTERS/Mohammed Salem - Mar 21 12:17 PM ET

Palestinian school boys burn U.S. and Israeli flags as they carry an Iraqi flag during a pro-Iraq (news - web sites) demonstration in the West Bank city of Nablus, March 22, 2003. REUTERS/Abed Omar Qusini

A Jordanian man steps on the United States flag on arrival at Friday prayers at the Palestinian refugees camp of Wehdat in Amman March 21, 2003. Hundreds of Jordanian riot police were deployed in Amman on Friday after Islamist leaders urged their supporters to defy a government ban on demonstrations against the U.S.-led invasion of neighbouring Iraq (news - web sites). REUTERS/Majed Jaber - Mar 21 9:08 AM ET

Magzouza Nazir hold up a picture of her slain son Mahmod under an Iraqi flag during a ceremony where families affected in the fighting between the Israeli's and Palestinians received about US$30, 000 in aid from the Arab Liberation Front, a Palestinian faction financially backed by Iraqi President Saddam Hussein (news - web sites), in Beit Hanoun in the Gaza strip (news - web sites), Friday, March 21. 2003. (AP Photo/Karel Prinsloo)

Demonstrators try to remove the razor wire set up by Lebanese police to block protesters from reaching the U.S. embassy in Aukar, suburb north of Beirut, Lebanon, Friday, March 21, 2003. About 500 Lebanese and Palestinians chanted slogans against America, Israel and some Arab leaders and burned an Israeli flag to protest the U.S.-led war on Iraq (news - web sites). (AP Photo/str)

A Palestinian woman chants anti-war slogans, holding a portrait of Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein (news - web sites) during an anti-US demonstration in the West Bank city of Ramallah(AFP/Jamal Aruri)

[TheConservator]

Inasmuch as Fatah has, in effect, just declared war on the United States, perhaps we should reserve 10% of the ordnance scheduled for tomorrow's "shock and awe" campaign for them.

[samtheman]

So why didn't these people move to Iraq long ago to live in glorious harmony under Sadam?

[templar]

Wherever these calls for fatwah originate we need to send a GDAM. If we can't pinpoint it then use a MOAB and so on...

Yeah, especially if they should come out of someplace like NYC or LA.

[Asher]

"So why didn't these people move to Iraq long ago to live in glorious harmony under Sadam?"

More appropriate, given the Europeans love them so much they really should up sticks and move to Paris, Brussels and Berlin. Of course, their crime rates will go through the roof and my fellow Jews will finally be compelled to move to civilised countries like America and Israel, but, all in all, I am quite content with such an outcome. Far better Jews leave now under their own steam than be murdered at some later date.

[rageaholic]

Hamas ...urged Muslims to hold special prayers to call for the annihilation of the US and its allies...

When will these creepy clowns figure out that Al-haha isn't listening to them? It seems to me that Al-haha hates muslims.

[rageaholic]

I really hope 'em flags are gen-u-ine made in the USA. Seems they have a never-ending supply, and that helps our economy, keeps Americans employed and reduces the trade deficit. So here's a big ol' Zionist Imperialist thanks to you unwashed Pali terror flag desecrating scum!