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Abu Mazen: At least 40 children in Rafah crippled by pipe bombs they were paid to throw
Israel Defence Force ^ | June 27, 2002 | Israel Defence Force

Posted on 06/27/2002 4:04:42 AM PDT by the_second_moon

"I oppose that little children go to die. It is a horrible thing. At least 40 children in Rafah became cripples after their hands were blown off by pipe bombs. They received 5 Shekels [slightly over $1] to throw them. Who is ready for such a thing to happen to their son or his family? In the end there was a large uproar over the 13 year olds who were sent to the settlements. Why is this done?"

Abu Mazen, Arafat's deputy, in an interview in the Kuwaiti daily Al-Zaman, as quoted in the 20 June 2002 edition of , the Jordanian newspaper A Rai.


TOPICS: Front Page News; Israel; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: arafat; pipebombing; pipebombs

1 posted on 06/27/2002 4:04:43 AM PDT by the_second_moon
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To: the_second_moon
Here's the English link:

http://www.imra.org.il/story.p hp3?id=12644
2 posted on 06/27/2002 4:09:39 AM PDT by the_second_moon
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To: the_second_moon
Well, golly, Abu. It's hard not to tell them to blow themselves up with "Allah" screaming "Murder! Death! Suicide! KILL! KILL! KILL!" and just thirsting for blood! Don't you want them to do "Allah's" will?
3 posted on 06/27/2002 4:16:16 AM PDT by Savage Beast
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To: the_second_moon
Who is ready for such a thing to happen to their son or his family?

Any society who thinks this stuff up is hopeless on it's face.
For anyone to assume that such a brutal, primitive clueless group is ready for "statehood" is criminally ignorant, and ready to embrace feel-goodism over any semblance of real humanity.
Such a casual attitude towards mayhem suggests a readiness to accept casual internal barbarism against each other.

More of Zimbabwe Rwanda, and South Africa anyone?

Oh... I forgot. So long as they're "free" any behavior is tolerable. Indeed, preferable.

4 posted on 06/27/2002 4:24:48 AM PDT by Publius6961
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To: Publius6961
I think the motivation for those outside the Arab world who applaud Palestinian violence is simply a reflection of their desire for class warfare. To them, the Israelis are the "haves" and the Palestinians are the "have nots." (Never mind that some of these terrorists are reported to be grad students at universities, are dressed in designer clothes, and frankly are NOT poverty-stricken that I can see.) Lefties love class warfare, as long as it doesn't involve the folks from the projects showing up in their neighborhoods.
5 posted on 06/27/2002 5:00:02 AM PDT by Anamensis
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To: Anamensis
To them, the Israelis are the "haves" and the Palestinians are the "have nots."

How convenient to forget all about the filthy rich Saudis who are bankrolling terror ops all over the world. The Palestinians are simply their attack dogs.

6 posted on 06/27/2002 5:04:41 AM PDT by Alouette
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To: the_second_moon
Haven't seen this on CNN yet...
7 posted on 06/27/2002 5:07:42 AM PDT by Aquinasfan
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To: Anamensis
To them, the Israelis are the "haves" and the Palestinians are the "have nots."

Well maybe some of them will read this article and realize the Israelis are the "hands" and the Palestinians are the "hand nots."

8 posted on 06/27/2002 5:13:54 AM PDT by hflynn
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To: Alouette
How convenient to forget all about the filthy rich Saudis who are bankrolling terror ops all over the world. The Palestinians are simply their attack dogs.

A point worth repeating.
The concept of war has been redefined.
D'OH!

And self-styled "intellectuals" continue to debate the "rules of war" and the Geneva conventions...
If I ever meet one of these losers face to face, and they spout the c**p that "we can't identify the actual perpetrator's nationality, so we must do nothing!", I may become a criminal...

9 posted on 06/27/2002 5:42:52 AM PDT by Publius6961
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To: Anamensis
From the point of view of the Palestinians, these kids are losers. They didn't die, become martyrs and zip right into heaven for their quota of renewable virgins.:^|
10 posted on 06/27/2002 6:14:32 AM PDT by Kermit
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To: Alouette
How convenient to forget all about the filthy rich Saudis who are bankrolling terror ops all over the world.

Oh, they don't forget about the filthy rich Saudis, they blame the existence of the FTS on US. You see, we deal with them, so somehow they are our fault.

And this drives me nuts: if we deal with whoever is in charge when we deal with a foreign country, we are "propping up" dictators. If we refuse to deal with them, we are starving their children with our embargo. If we try to replace them with a different government, we are "interfering" with their internal affairs and attempting to "peddle influence" and strengthen our "hegemonic grip" on the rest of the world. In other words, no matter what we do, the left hates it. Because they hate the existence of wealth. (They pretend they hate poverty, but their war is truly and obviously against wealth.) That's my rant for today.

11 posted on 06/27/2002 9:26:26 AM PDT by Anamensis
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To: Anamensis
They pretend they hate poverty, but their war is truly and obviously against wealth

They are not against wealth when it's in the hands of creatures like Osama, or for that matter, in their own pockets.

12 posted on 06/27/2002 9:31:47 AM PDT by Alouette
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To: the_second_moon
Could it be that the Palestinians are starting to love their children more than they hate Israelis?
13 posted on 06/27/2002 12:11:45 PM PDT by monkeyshine
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To: hflynn
Perhaps the Palestinian Mothers will now "Take Care of Their Children" like God really intended.Perhaps God Said "Sorry, you're going to have to take of your child the rest of YOUR lives".More than likely is, the Pali's will send them in Wheelchairs Strapped w/ Bombs over a period of future years.This really is a disgusting story.
14 posted on 06/27/2002 1:23:59 PM PDT by Pagey
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To: monkeyshine
No, it's a scam.
15 posted on 06/27/2002 3:29:56 PM PDT by sheik yerbouty
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