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PA apologizes to Czech Republic over weapons in embassy
Jerusalem Post ^ | 19/1/14 | Khaled Abu Toameh

Posted on 01/19/2014 9:43:20 PM PST by Eleutheria5

The Palestinian Authority has officially apologized to the Czech Republic over weapons that were recently discovered in the Palestinian mission in Prague.

Czech authorities discovered 12 weapons and explosives inside the mission after a blast killed Palestinian ambassador Jamal al-Jamal earlier this month.

The PA Foreign Ministry and Czech police said at the time the explosion occurred when Jamal opened an old safe.

The Palestinian Maan news agency said the PA Foreign Ministry sent a letter of apology to the Czech government concerning the weapons and explosives that were found inside the mission compound.

The agency said the PA ministry apologized for not informing the Czech authorities about the existence of the weapons.

The PA ministry expressed hope the discovery would not impact Palestinian-Czech relations.

The PA leadership affirms its respect for the Czech government and people...

Tayseer Jaradat, a senior official with the PA Foreign Ministry, told the agency that the mission in Prague did not notify the Czech authorities about the existence of the weapons “because they were being held inside old bags and the alternation of Palestinian ambassadors.”

Jaradat said the weapons found inside the mission were old and had been presented to Palestinian diplomats as gifts.

(Excerpt) Read more at jpost.com ...


TOPICS: Extended News; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: apology; czechrepublic; paembassy; weapons
The explanation is even more comical than the apology.
1 posted on 01/19/2014 9:43:21 PM PST by Eleutheria5
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To: Eleutheria5

“I swear before Allah, I have no idea how those things got there...”


2 posted on 01/19/2014 9:44:10 PM PST by RichInOC ("In the name of Allah, The Inexorable, The Irresistible...")
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To: Eleutheria5

Expel the lot of them and raze their sham “embassy” to the ground.


3 posted on 01/19/2014 9:46:51 PM PST by Lurker (Violence is rarely the answer. But when it is it is the only answer.)
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To: Eleutheria5

Allow snakes in the garden, expect to get bitten.


4 posted on 01/19/2014 9:51:19 PM PST by armydawg505
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To: Eleutheria5

Safe in the embassy basement blows up after you are pretending to be a normal nation, and not just terrorists.

Awkward,,,


5 posted on 01/19/2014 10:00:23 PM PST by DesertRhino (I was standing with a rifle, waiting for soviet paratroopers, but communists just ran for office.)
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To: Eleutheria5

- police siren -

Okay, pull the embassy over.

- officer and PA Mission staff member talk -

Officer: Let me see your license and registration

PA Staff: Ah officer, I’m a diplomat.

Officer: I couldn’t help but notice you have weapons on the floor in the back here.

PA Staff: Ah officer, this is a diplomatic car. It doesn’t matter what’s on the floor.

Officer: Could you please step out of the Embassy.

PA Staff: I will officer, but you don’t have a right to demand it.

Officer: Look, I’m going to treat you courteously as long as you comply.

PA Staff: I don’t know how those got there. I’ve never seen them before. They’re not mine.

Officer: I don’t write the laws. I just enforce them. You are not allowed to have those weapons. Please lean against the wall and put your hands behind your back.

PA Staff: You must be an Israeli Jew.

Officer: No..., but having seen what you’re like, I’m thinking I’d rather have them in this building than you.


6 posted on 01/19/2014 10:15:46 PM PST by DoughtyOne (ZERO is still zero, and John Kerry is a mock-puppet!)
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To: Eleutheria5

- police siren -

Okay, pull the embassy over.

- officer and PA Mission staff member talk -

Officer: Let me see your Visa and credentials

PA Staff: Ah officer, I’m a diplomat.

Officer: I couldn’t help but notice you have weapons on the floor in the back here.

PA Staff: Ah officer, this is a diplomatic mission. It doesn’t matter what’s on the floor.

Officer: Could you please step out of the Embassy.

PA Staff: I will officer, but you don’t have a right to demand it.

Officer: Look, I’m going to treat you courteously as long as you comply.

PA Staff: I don’t know how those got there. I’ve never seen them before. They’re not mine.

Officer: I don’t write the laws. I just enforce them. You are not allowed to have those weapons. Please lean against the wall and put your hands behind your back.

PA Staff: You must be an Israeli Jew.

Officer: No..., but having seen what you’re like, I’m thinking I’d rather have them in this building than you.


7 posted on 01/19/2014 10:17:19 PM PST by DoughtyOne (ZERO is still zero, and John Kerry is a mock-puppet!)
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To: DoughtyOne

LOL. That was worth reading twice.


8 posted on 01/19/2014 10:20:53 PM PST by Eleutheria5 (End the occupation. Annex today.)
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To: Eleutheria5

In post seven, I replaced the word car, which should never have appeared.

Thanks for the note. :’)


9 posted on 01/19/2014 10:23:34 PM PST by DoughtyOne (ZERO is still zero, and John Kerry is a mock-puppet!)
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To: Eleutheria5

“Why does Pennsylvania have an embassy in Europe and where did the guns come from?” ~Emily Litella


10 posted on 01/19/2014 10:25:21 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet (Jealousy is when you count someone else's blessings instead of your own.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Full of bitter clingers and secessionists;-)


11 posted on 01/19/2014 10:39:51 PM PST by Eleutheria5 (End the occupation. Annex today.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

PA stands for Palistinian Authority, or is Penn. a joke?


12 posted on 01/19/2014 10:48:05 PM PST by gleeaikin
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

PA stands for Palistinian Authority, or is Penn. a joke?


13 posted on 01/19/2014 10:48:09 PM PST by gleeaikin
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To: gleeaikin

You don’t remember Emily or too young?


14 posted on 01/19/2014 10:48:55 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet (Jealousy is when you count someone else's blessings instead of your own.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Definitely not too young, maybe too old. What decade(s) was she active?


15 posted on 01/19/2014 10:55:53 PM PST by gleeaikin
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To: gleeaikin
Emily Littela was a character played by the late Gilda Radner on Saturday Night Live in the 1970's. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emily_Litella
16 posted on 01/19/2014 10:59:40 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet (Jealousy is when you count someone else's blessings instead of your own.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

In the 1970s I was busy raising two children, working part or full time and dealing with a problem husband. I was not watching Saturday Night Live or much else.


17 posted on 01/20/2014 7:41:31 PM PST by gleeaikin
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