Palestinians in Lebanon fire with joy at anti-US attacks

Yahoo ^ | Tuesday September 11, 10:10 PM

[American in Israel]

AIN AL-HELWEH, Lebanon, Sept 11 (AFP) -
Dozens of Palestinian refugees fired into the air with joy Tuesday at news of apparent anti-US terrorist attacks in New York and Washington, AFP correspondents witnessed.

Guerrillas in military fatigues from various factions fired assault rifles and rocket-propelled grenades into the air in the Ain al-Helweh refugee camp at the outskirts of the southern port city of Sidon, one correspondent said.

Camp residents, some still in pyjamas, interrupted afternoon rests to rush down to the streets and fire assault rifles into the air, they said.

At the Shatila refugee camp in Beirut, Palestinian fighters also went out to the streets as soon as they heard the news from their television sets to fire into the air with joy, an AFP correspondent said.

[Ann Archy]

You are a freepin' Embarrassment...go back to your asement in Chappaqua and continue your boot licking. Clinton bombed the factory at NIGHT when no one but an innocent janitor was there. He bombed an empty camp....he was a great President, wasn't he? Thank God it's not Clinton's wussy admin. or Gore's even wussier admin. that's in charge. It's WAR!

[Howlin]

started accusing him of "wagging the dog," or of intentionally destroying aspirin factories.

Are you now saying that the TRUTH should not be reported? Maybe you should do some research into the aspirin factory. It was BOGUS.

[rebelsoldier]

It's past time for "Palestine", a "country" that never was, and whose population had no more claim to the land they swear was their own, to cease to exist once and for all.

[wny]

I think I mentioned yesterday you're an idiot. I see nothing has changed.

[Howlin]

And he did it to cover his ass. Anybody who thinks differently doesn't know what they are talking about. I refer them to Christopher Hitchens' book, No One Left To Lie To.

[KLT]

Mark my word, this is Bin Laden's MO....This was one of his factions.....This is the truth....10,000 dead here in NYC....If that isn't war, then I don't know what is!

[beowolf]

Palestinians celebrate attacks

By Amos Harel, Ha'aretz Correspondent and Agencies

Palestinians celebrating the aircraft attacks on New York and Washington. (Photo: AP)

Palestinians across the West Bank on Tuesday celebrated the series of aircraft attacks on New York and Washington. There were scenes of celebration in the West Bank cities of Nablus, Tul Karm, Bethlehem and the Balata refugee camp.

While Palestinian Authority Chairman Yasser Arafat condemned the attacks which levelled the twin towers of the World Trade Center in New York City and struck the Pentagon in Washington, hundreds of Palestinians distributed sweets in Nablus.

"I feel I am in a dream. I never believed that one day the United States would come to pay a price for its support to Israel," said Mustafa, a 24-year-old Palestinian gunman.

Several dozen Palestinian youths gathered in East Jerusalem to celebrate as well, honking out wedding tunes on their car horns. "We are so happy that America was hit. America is against us in supporting Israel," Suleiman, one of the demonstrators, said.

In Nablus, motorists honked their horns and gunmen fired into the air from assault rifles to cheer on the attacks which unfolded in the space of a few hours.

Tell me that you think that the Mossad did this, like you did about the attack on the USS Cole, 'Bert. I don't have much of a sense of humor, right now. 10,000+ Americans dead courtesy of the JIHADISTS. May they, the JIHADISTS, rot in hell.

[Paine's Ghost]

I am not qualified to speak on any of this, so I will.
I have reached the conclusion that this action has been in the works for years, and maybe a decade. This is not a bunch of nickel-dime terrorist who woke up one day and decide to raise a little hell.

People were put in place, policies were altered, huge amounts of money was raised, people in both high and low places have been making things happen for a long time and this morning was just the end (maybe) result.

Were rogue pilots planted? Were flight crew personnel corrupted? Did we have spies working in airports at the security check points?, baggage handling?

During the Clinton administration, security was essentially non-existence. Was this part of the prerequisites? Was the China-gate part of this? Was the dive in the DOW about this? (money manipulation from abroad).

Terrorists have always been replete with loose lips. In a society that appeals to the lowest of humankind, it has always been necessary for them to employ less than professional assistance to pull off their plots. These people often deal in drugs and other sundry activities to support their lifestyle. These people draw a reasonable amount of attention from our trusted resources. So why were we not aware of a plot of this magnitude?

I believe this was not a terrorist attack but an invasion from without. I suspect China and believe they are playing us against the middle-east so they can benefit from the spoils. I also think Clinton played a role in staging this.

Everyone agreed that Clinton would not surrender his power after leaving the Presidency. Maybe he hasn’t.

[adx]

Not bad! Can you do one for Mecca?

[Andrew Byler]

It would not be hard to simply send out our armed forces and kill every Muslim Palestinian. 'Twould teach a great lesson to our enemies as well. Their rejoicing won't be going on for long.

[The Irishman]

Note the word "refugees". If you were a "refugee" how sympathetic would you be to the principle backer of the nation that put you into "refugeehood". They probably have no knowledge of the disgusting attack on the towers or any ability to carry them out. They have only the animus associated with their refugee status and the inability to do anything about it. Killing these people would accomplish only one thing, making new martyrs and new enemies across the muslim world. Where will that all end? I pray for the families and that our leaders will keep their heads and not act rashly and for short term political advantage. Regards

[monkeyshine]

Remember what happened to them when they supported Saddam? 300,000 ejected from Saudi Arabia. Now they support these scum? What is their major malfunction? Is Arafat this obtuse, or does he just hate the west as much as Bin Laden?

[Ciexyz]

I've posted many times on FR that "Israel is in a fight for life." Now it seems that America is in a fight for life, too.

[beowolf]

Fox News just announced that they are going to play the actual footage of these celebrations in Nablus. Tune in to see the 'joy' of these people.

[B4Ranch]

Palestinians

[Twins613]

Had Clinton gotten more support from Americans and the American press when he was trying to DO something about this problem, maybe what happened today would never have happened.

Are you always this funny by nature, or does it take the deaths of 10,000 or so Americans in cold blood to warm you up?

Go away.

[xJones]

Palestinians in this country have been remarkably quiet today, however. Palestinians in this country have been remarkably quiet today, however. Thus proving they are still capable of rational behavior.

Right, they're afraid of being deported. They should be condemning the attacks - but that would be as false as Arafat's comments. Damn the celebrators of mass American murder.