[jwalsh07]

I admire their work ethic. You really have to work at it to appear this stupid.

[Prodigal Son]

Ultimately, it matters little whether the Israeli assertions are true.

Excuse me? Of course it matters.

Let's say I draw the conclusion from this article that Israel is wrong and this ship has no connection to the PA. It still begs the question, where was the ship going and for whom were the 50 tons of weapons? They did not address that point.

I don't care how many discrepencies they see in it. There is a PA connection to this ship and to the arms. This is as blatantly obvious as the fact that OJ got away with murder.

[Z-28]

Wherever this shipment of arms was going in the Middle East; if it wasn't going to Israel, it was going to the enemy.

[xm177e2]

Several details undermine claims that the Palestinian Authority was directly involved in the purchase and smuggling of weapons. For example, the timing of the seizure provided a convenient means of thwarting progress toward peace talks during a four-day visit by U.S. envoy Anthony Zinni.

Well, unless the whole thing was a setup, the Israelis really weren't able to make the ship set sail at a more convenient time.

[weikel]

Where is the BARF ALERT.

[Pistolshot]

Several details undermine claims that the Palestinian Authority was directly involved in the purchase and smuggling of weapons.

Notice how NONE of the "several" details is listed anywhere in this article???

[Publius6961]

Arms Seizure Backfires, Wounds Israel

Ha h ah ah ha ha ha ha ha
The Muslim/Arabprop Tag Team is working overtime...

I expect to see the Mad Hatter and the Queen of hearts soon...
These losers from an alternate universe are clueless.
They expect to flim flam the whole world? Hmmmmm.

The "Palestinians" have been caught redhanded once again violating every pledge and promise ever made by them.
The Muslim Mass Murderers are self-destructing and inviting somebody to bomb them into oblivion.

[Torie]

This piece is totally incoherent and non-sensical. Stratfor sucks. But then I have been saying that since the Kosovo days.

[blackbag]

Stratfor use to be a decent source but they have continued to drop the ball lately. As for this article, it provides zero support for the opinion it promotes... Are they on drugs or what ? Another Debka ? Has Zogby got his fingers in stratfor ?

[blackbag]

Stratfor use to be a decent source but they have continued to drop the ball lately. As for this article, it provides zero support for the opinion it promotes... Are they on drugs or what ? Another Debka ? Has Zogby got his fingers in stratfor ?

[annalex]

Somehow, both the fact that PA was stupid enough to have its officers on board, and crafty enough not to register the ship directly, are supposed to point to holes in Israel's story.

[monkeyshine]

Stratfor has issued a clarification regarding this article. FYI :

Stratfor tries to repair image, issues damage control "clarification"