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Posted on 09/29/2002 1:39:39 AM PDT by HAL9000
Palestinian ties to Iraq and Iran are a focus of a "60 Minutes" report to be broadcast on CBS Television on Sunday. CBS said in a statement that its report will present what Israel says is proof of these ties, including documents confiscated by Israeli troops during a takeover of Arafat's office earlier this year.Palestinian militants have been trained in Iraq by a group supported by Saddam Hussein to carry out terror attacks against Israel with the knowledge of Palestinian Authority Chairman Yasser Arafat, a senior Israeli official said Saturday.
The Israeli official, speaking on condition of anonymity to the Associated Press, said three Iraqi-backed Palestinian militants were arrested as they tried to enter Israel recently with plans to carry out attacks at Israel's Ben Gurion International Airport, which was apparently foiled by the tight security there. In their interrogation they said they were members of the Palestinian Liberation Front and that they had been trained in the Front's camps in Iraq .
The men allegedly were trained by Mohammed Abbas, known by the nom de guerre Abul Abbas - an Iraqi-based ally of Arafat who oversaw the the 1985 hijacking of the Italian cruise ship Achille Lauro. Abbas announced in October 2000 he was resuming attacks on Israel due to the renewed wave of clashes between Palestinians and Israel in the West Bank and Gaza Strip.
Israeli security authorities are concerned that Iraqi agents might try to carry out attacks in the region, at the beginning of the American offensive on Iraq .
CBS said Israeli documents indicated that Arafat has supplied money to some members of Abbas' Palestine Liberation Front in the West Bank, though it was not immediately clear if alleged recipients of the funds were involved in guerrilla activity. The group also was long involved in internal Palestinian politics.
The CBS report also said the Israeli intelligence officials said the Palestinians are buying smuggled Iraqi oil in violation of a UN-sanctioned embargo.
Israel has long accused Iran of helping the Palestinians through the Hezbollah organization in Lebanon. CBS quoted Israeli intelligence officials as saying some Palestinians interrogated over the past two years have said they were trained in Iran.
Wonder what they consider proof? For CNN, the proof was Israel asking them to pack and leave the country.
Oh well, better luck next time.
Yes, Iran is also mentioned, as is Libya, which is on the verge of getting bioterrorist weaponry.
Israel's got a treasure trove of information, and it's all been shared with the United States and Britain.
I do believe that's the illusion the liberal media is attempting to create. Show pictures, lots of pictures. SAY one thing that sounds "unbiased", (to the best of their liberal ability), but SHOW pictures THEY want you to see. The brainwashing works.
Today, the TV was on ABC when I walked into the room. The 6:30 world news was on, so I watched it. The issue was Klamith Falls, farmers, and dead fish. Although they did mention the farmers need for irragation to survive, the pictures they showed were dead fish. Lots of dead fish. Over and over.
Now, after the broadcast, is you were unaware of the brainwashing, the thing you would remember is.....dead fish. Lots of poor, dead, fish.
Pictures register in the subconscience, where words are easily forgotten. Remember that. Watch for it. ABC, NBC, CBS are notorious!
60 Minutes doesn't have the documents; the Israelis do.
They got them when they destroyed Arafat's offices in Ramallah back in April. There's a warehouse FULL of incrimination.
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