Posted on 08/25/2003 12:01:48 AM PDT by A CONSERVATIVE ONE
Edited on 08/25/2003 1:13:15 AM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]
HERE IS WHY:
Hamas Calls Bush 'Islam's Biggest Enemy'
The Associated Press
Saturday, August 23, 2003; 12:02 PM
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip -
A leader of the Palestinian militant group Hamas on Saturday called President Bush an enemy of Islam because the U.S. government froze the assets of Hamas leaders in response to a suicide bombing of a bus in Jerusalem.
Speaking to Dubai-based Al-Arabiya TV, Abdel Aziz Rantisi called the action "a theft of Muslim money by the Americans" and said the frozen money doesn't belong to Hamas.
"Hamas does not have any money in the U.S., Europe or even in the Arab states. President Bush has become Islam's biggest enemy," Rantisi said in the interview.
On Friday, the United States froze the assets of six Hamas leaders, including Rantisi, an aide to Sheik Ahmed Yassin, the group's spiritual leader.
The United States also froze the assets of five European-based organizations that it said raise money for the radical Palestinian group.
Bush said he ordered the assets frozen because Hamas claimed responsibility for Tuesday's suicide attack on a packed bus in Jerusalem that killed 20 people, including six children.
Hamas has vowed revenge for an Israeli helicopter attack on Thursday that killed Ismail Abu Shanab, one of its most senior figures. Rantisi survived an Israeli rocket attack on his car in June.
The Lebanese representative of the militant group on Saturday urged European nations to reject U.S. demands to freeze the funds of Hamas officials and pro-Palestinian charities.
"We call on the countries that the Americans are trying to pressure not to respond to the pressure," Osama Hamdan said in a statement, adding that the "American decisions ... are based on Israel's interests."
A similar call was issued by one of the charities named by the U.S. government, the Sanabel Endowment for Relief and Development, which denied having links to Hamas and expressed "astonishment at the unjustified" freeze.
© 2003 The Associated Press
This is indeed a good thing! I hope this opinion only increases for them.
You obviously have very opinions of the Israelis, if you think the U.S. President can dictate Israeli policy, especially when it comes to self defense. PM Sharon has signed onto this approach for a reason.
While I am sometimes puzzled and/or frustrated by the Administration's tender balancing act in the Israeli terror environment, I would never stoop so low as to accuse President Bush of being a hypocrite because I'm not privy to all the details of what's going on.
President Bush and his advisors are the best hope you and your family have of not being hurt/killed by evil cowards. Remember that.
He's got my vote in 2004.
You may well be disgusted, but please forgive me for saying that I could never take such a laughable statement seriously.
And a beautifully functioning economy would last about ten seconds if terrorists pulled off another attack of the 9/11 magnitude. Fortunately a lot of Americans intuitively understand this.
Duh! should read "...obviously have very low opinions..."
The Preview button is our friend.
I don't think that I could ever - even at the point of a gun - vote for Hillary - However, I am not committed to voting for Bush again.
I believe that if he thinks he has the right wing vote sown up, we can't expect anything from him. Rove already believes that we have no where else to go. Why confirm it for them by committing yourself this far in advance? If he has your vote - NO MATTER WHAT HE DOES - he doesn't need to pay attention to you, does he?
Can you expand on this thought. What do you think would happen in a Dem administration that would cause the downfall of the USA?
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