Posted on 04/04/2002 9:37:42 PM PST by Davea
ARAFAT SENDS 30 SUICIDE BOMBERS TO JERUSALEM
TEL AVIV [MENL] -- Palestinian Authority Chairman Yasser Arafat has approved plans to send 30 suicide bombers to Jerusalem, Israeli military intelligence officers said.
The officers said Arafat approved plans for a combined effort by his Fatah movement and such Islamic opposition groups as Hamas and Islamic Jihad to send at least 30 suicide bombers to Jerusalem. The officers said Jerusalem was chosen because of its symbolic importance to Arafat and his efforts to convert the city into a Palestinian capital.
"The operation is meant to carry out Arafat's threat to send what he terms a million martyrs to Jerusalem," an intelligence officer said. "When Arafat talks of martyrs, he means suicide bombers."
In all, the officers said, nearly 100 suicide attackers are being prepared for missions in Israeli cities. They said the attackers are being equipped with explosive belts and trained on how to avoid Israeli troops and cross from the West Bank into the Jewish state.
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It looks like Arafat was saving up all of those bombs for a "final" strike against Israel, an attack so massive it would leave the country reeling. Now that Israel has taken his office, and found some of his labs... this is his last chance to make such a strike. So he's going to fire what he has, everything, at the Israelis. If that's what's happening, Sharon will be ready for it.
He runs an arm of the Religion of Peace(TM).
Well, just in case anybody wondered why Sharon had to go into Ramallah, now we know. I would think until Arafat says in Arabic on the world press that suicide bombing is terrorism and should stop, Israel should stay there. Of course being how I live in Jerusalem, I think stopping those killers is a good idea. I hate the sight of body parts, it is a hard picture to forget.
In releasing the funding, President George W Bush waived the Framework's requirement that North Korea allow inspectors to ensure it has not hidden away any weapons-grade plutonium from the original reactors.
Seem he's reversing his stand on North Korea being part of an "axis of evil", too. He apparently can't take criticism.
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