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  • Archbishop who ran arms to PLO said aboard seized Gaza aid ship

    02/05/2009 6:53:24 AM PST · by atomic conspiracy · 16 replies · 848+ views
    Haaretz ^ | 2-5-09 | Anshel Pfeffer, Avi Issacharoff and Roni Singer-Heruti,
    The Israel Defense Forces on Thursday confirmed that its navy had taken control of a Lebanese ship carrying aid to the Gaza Strip and redirected it to the Israeli port of Ashdod. Military sources said that on board the vessel - dubbed the "Brotherhood Ship" - were nine people, including Greek-Catholic Archbishop of Jerusalem Monsignor Hilarion Capucci, who was arrested in 1974 after caught smuggling weapons from Lebanon to activists in the Palestine Liberation Organization. Capuccini was sentenced to 12 years in prison, but was released after three years upon a papal request to the Israeli government. He has made...
  • Remembering and then forgetting the Clintons

    02/17/2008 10:55:26 AM PST · by kingattax · 28 replies · 47+ views
    Arkansas News Bureau ^ | Feb 17, 2008 | David Sanders
    Hillary Clinton is far from being an afterthought in the Democratic presidential contest, but she is fading fast. It would be easy, but inaccurate, to assert that she has no one to blame but herself. At least some of the blame for her downward trajectory must be placed at the feet of her husband. Bill Clinton turned into an attack dog in New Hampshire and played the race card in South Carolina, but it's more than that. Conventional wisdom held that she needed him around to win, but having him around probably reminded Democratic voters of the Clintons' unsavory side,...
  • Hillary: She's Now Open to 2004 Prez Bid

    08/28/2003 3:37:21 PM PDT · by NotJustAnotherPrettyFace · 139 replies · 302+ views
    OFFnews ^ | August 28, 2003 | OFFnews
    Hillary: She's Now Open to 2004 Prez Bid New York Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton has subtly but carefully altered her stance on running for president in 2004. Senator Clinton has made some revealing statements while on her book tour in Europe that indicate she is moving to a 2004 run. During her trip to London this weekend, Mrs. Clinton hinted during a television interview that a 2004 run "might happen." Appearing Friday on BBC Channel 4's "Richard and Judy Show," Mrs. Clinton was pressed on whether she might challenge President Bush as early as next year. "You never know what...