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Posted on 12/05/2001 8:20:16 AM PST by MeekOneGOP
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By CAROLYN SKORNECK, Associated Press Writer
WASHINGTON (AP) - Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle said Wednesday that ``time has run out'' for Palestinian Authority (news - web sites) leader Yasser Arafat (news - web sites) to crack down on militants who organized and carried out suicide bombings in Jerusalem and Haifa.
``The world demands that Chairman Arafat crack down on the organizations that harbor and support these terrorists,'' Daschle said on the Senate floor, citing weekend attacks in Jerusalem and Haifa and Wednesday morning's attack in Jerusalem.
The three suicide bombings ``ended any patience the world has for excuses and inaction on the part of Chairman Arafat and the Palestinian Authority,'' Daschle said.
After the weekend attacks, the Israelis conducted two days of military strikes in the West Bank and Gaza Strip (news - web sites) that killed two Palestinians and injured more than 100.
Palestinian security officials insist they have taken action. On Wednesday, they said they have arrested 151 suspected militants, including members of Hamas, the Islamic Jihad group and a radical PLO faction, the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine.
Daschle rejected reasons given for why Arafat has not done more that Arafat is not responsible for the attacks, not capable of controlling the terrorists, and that Israel's response hinders the Palestinian Authority's ability to move against the terrorists.
``None of these excuses will stop the violence,'' Daschle said. ``And none is acceptable. Time has run out.''
Arafat's lack of action against terrorists has become, he said, ``a question not of capability, but of will.''
``Only if he chooses to act decisively can he put this perception to rest,'' Daschle said. ``If not, he will confirm the worst fears of the international community - that he is unable and unwilling to confront terror. And without concrete action, Israel will be left with no choice but to continue to defend itself.''
Earlier Stories
White House Presses Arafat on Terror (December 3)
Bush: Arafat Must Capture Killers (December 3)
U.S. Questions Arafat's Control (December 3)
Bush Condemns Suicide Bombings (December 2)
Bush Condemns Suicide Attacks (December 2)
Bush: Bring Bombers to Justice (December 2)
This undated handout photo shows Daoud Abu-Sway, 41, from the West Bank village of Artas, south of Bethlehem. Abu-Sway was identified by the radical group Islamic Jihad as the suicide bomber who detonated explosives outside the Hilton hotel in Jerusalem, Wednesday Dec. 5, 2001, killing himself and lightly wounding two bystanders. (AP Photo/HO)
Speaker of the House of Representatives Dennis Hastert, R-Ill., left, and Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle, D-S.D., right , speak to reporters, Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2001, after a breakfast meeting with President Bush at the White House.(AP Photo/Ron Edmonds)
Members of the Orange County Sheriff's Office keep watch from inside their van during a visit by President Bush Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2001, in Orlando, Fla. (AP Photo/Don Frazier)
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. . .that, and, gee - I don't find anything Daschle-like to warrant one? Strange. . .
Cracking the code here is simple:
#1. Yesterday President Bush announced that several fund raising organizations for the Hamas killers had their assets frozen!
#2. Because of number one, Da$$hole will not get any more hidden donations from these Pro Palestine groups!
#3. Because of #2, Da$$hole's patience with Arafatty has run out!
When it comes to Da$$hole, Hildebea$t and other demonicRats and their behavior just follow the money!
The moment that we connect Opecker oil countries donating to the big US Enviral organizations, Da$$hole will be all for drilling in Alaska to reduce our dependence on Opecker Oil! Of course these envirals donate massive sums to elect their enviral hand puppets like Da$$hole, Boxer, ChiFi and the 3 enviral hand puppet governors on the west coast. Of course the envirals orderer their voting blocs to vote for the demonicRats in most cases. In some states they support some Rinos!
With all of these demonicRats follow the money and the voting block cults like the envirals, the Je$$e votes and the hostile gay agenda voting block!
4. Da$$hole must counteract any press that Bush receives. In this instance, quickly showing that he is just as Pro-Israel as GW. Of course this is after he allows Bush to test the waters and Da$$hole decides whether it is to his personal benefit to be pro or con.
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