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Boo Hoo. Maybe Hamas can go after the money Arafat stole from the Palestinian people.
1 posted on 01/28/2006 6:31:34 AM PST by infocats
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Golly sakes alive!

Cut off the mother's milk...MONEY!

2 posted on 01/28/2006 6:33:28 AM PST by pointsal
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Iran will bankroll them, with strings attached.


3 posted on 01/28/2006 6:34:01 AM PST by Semper Paratus
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Let them eat their bombs.


4 posted on 01/28/2006 6:34:30 AM PST by The_Victor (If all I want is a warm feeling, I should just wet my pants.)
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I still like Rush's idea about no aid to the "international excrement list"


5 posted on 01/28/2006 6:36:58 AM PST by xcamel (Exposing clandestine operations is treason. 13 knots make a noose.)
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Who the heck is bankrolling their terrorist activities now? It isn't Ireland. Let Iran pick up the whole tab of funding terrorists--salaries, food and all. It shouldn't be us.


7 posted on 01/28/2006 6:37:43 AM PST by freeangel ( (free speech is only good until someone else doesn't like what you say))
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Glad you posted this as this was something I was pondering.

So what if we cut off money to the 'palestinians'. What's the downside?

They will get what they want from Iran anyway, as long as it contributes to the demise of Israel.


10 posted on 01/28/2006 6:41:48 AM PST by Lijahsbubbe (Pelosi employs thousands and won't allow them to unionize)
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if the money isn't cut off from these types....
it will not bode well for the Middle East......
It will show the terrorist killers all that one
has to do is get elected and you too can receive
American money from the gullible Americans, which
can be used to kill more.


11 posted on 01/28/2006 6:41:57 AM PST by From One - Many (Trust the Old Media At Your Own Risk)
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What I don't get is that when Arafat died they acted like they loved him so. Now we are hearing about how they hate the corruption.

Were they slow on the uptake or was someone not telling the truth? Who lied, them or the MSM? ( I went to Europe a few times when the bent one was in office. MSM kept telling us the EUers loved him, they didn't at all. The word "gangster" kept coming up.) We know we can't trust either.

If they can't be on their best behavior, cut off their allowance.

17 posted on 01/28/2006 6:47:09 AM PST by lizma
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So they will lie and get the money.
The left in this country will be outraged if money isn't sent b/c we have to "give them a chance and we have to understand what they have been through" (said very nasally and whiney) and the UN will stand in favor of the "people" of Palestine and will remind everyone how rotten and rich those American are as they are being paid via the back door.

Hamas will denounce violence against others (remember Jews are not people and neither are infidels so therefore they are not 'others') this will come out of one side of their mouths as they are telling kids how to strap on the bombs from the other side of their mouths. They will do this under another extremist Islamic name (see Hamas has done nothing wrong) and it will all be funded by your tax dollars

There problem solved.
18 posted on 01/28/2006 6:47:15 AM PST by socialismisinsidious (Liberals are all about choice UNTIL you choose differently than them.)
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I keep hearing Hamas, who is Hamas, is there a 'face' or is this just a mob called by a singular name.
19 posted on 01/28/2006 6:48:44 AM PST by Just mythoughts
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What, exactly, is our obligation to the Arabs ?


22 posted on 01/28/2006 6:53:23 AM PST by Eric in the Ozarks (BTUs are my Beat.)
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The Palestinian Authority is functionally bankrupt, with a deficit of $69 million for January alone.

The "palestinian" authority has always been bankrupt.
It produces nothing.
It maintains nothing.
It creates nothing.
It is the world's biggest and most expensive zoo.

"palestine" has existed as a huge, useless parasite at the east end of the mediterranean, sucking up the work and wealth of Europeans, Americans and Israeli citizens for 57 freakin' years!

Most any other group in the world could have built a civilized, self-sufficient society with all the infrastructure necessary to maintain itself with the trillions of $ it has received.

As far as I am concerned, they can just become another Biafra or Sudan, dry up and blow away.
With apologies for Biafra and Sudan. The didn't export explosives and mass murderers.

25 posted on 01/28/2006 6:54:44 AM PST by Publius6961
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Not to worry. Hamas will get the funding it needs from the Arab world and Iran. There will also be some funding from Europe.


31 posted on 01/28/2006 6:57:51 AM PST by kabar
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The Palestinian Authority is functionally bankrupt, with a deficit of $69 million for January alone.

Perhaps they will be lucky and find the BILLIONS that Arafat squirreled away while leading the palis???

33 posted on 01/28/2006 6:59:44 AM PST by ExSES (the "bottom-line")
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....especially if, as some American officials fear, Hamas turns to Iran to make up some of the difference.

Fear? Come one--exactly what is US funding accomplishing at this point? Let these parasites be a burden to Iran. Birds of a feather. Unfortunately, I FEAR we will cave and fund their terrorist a$$es anyway.


35 posted on 01/28/2006 7:00:42 AM PST by rbg81
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Don't send money. Send seed, shovels, hoes, rakes and books on agriculture. If they have to grow their own food, they won't have time to dress up in ski masks, stage their RPG parades and plan homicide bombings. The threat of starvation is a great motivator.


37 posted on 01/28/2006 7:02:28 AM PST by Ben Hecks
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It is crazy they were being funded in the first place, But now the place is run by terrorists giving them money !!how is that rationalized??
41 posted on 01/28/2006 7:05:19 AM PST by Steveone (Liberalism is a brain tumor!)
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Why are we supporting TERRORISTS?


45 posted on 01/28/2006 7:08:24 AM PST by TADSLOS (Right Wing Infidel since 1954)
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Hamas is between the rock and a hard place. They have sworn never to disavow destroying Israel and now can't any any $$$ unless they do. If they disavow, their own base will go crazy, and if they don't, they not slowly implode. HUH! HU! HUH
51 posted on 01/28/2006 7:12:20 AM PST by AmericaUnited
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H.R.3057
Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2006 (Engrossed Amendment as Agreed to by Senate)

PALESTINIAN STATEHOOD

SEC. 6055. (a) LIMITATION ON ASSISTANCE- None of the funds appropriated by this Act may be provided to support a Palestinian state unless the Secretary of State determines and certifies to the appropriate congressional committees that--

(1) a new leadership of a Palestinian governing entity has been democratically elected through credible and competitive elections;

(2) the elected governing entity of a new Palestinian state--

(A) has demonstrated a firm commitment to peaceful co-existence with the State of Israel;

(B) is taking appropriate measures to counter terrorism and terrorist financing in the West Bank and Gaza, including the dismantling of terrorist infrastructures;

(C) is establishing a new Palestinian security entity that is cooperative with appropriate Israeli and other appropriate security organizations; and

(3) the Palestinian Authority (or the governing body of a new Palestinian state) is working with other countries in the region to vigorously pursue efforts to establish a just, lasting, and comprehensive peace in the Middle East that will enable Israel and an independent Palestinian state to exist within the context of full and normal relationships, which should include--

(A) termination of all claims or states of belligerency;

(B) respect for and acknowledgement of the sovereignty, territorial integrity, and political independence of every state in the area through measures including the establishment of demilitarized zones;

(C) their right to live in peace within secure and recognized boundaries free from threats or acts of force;

(D) freedom of navigation through international waterways in the area; and

(E) a framework for achieving a just settlement of the refugee problem.

(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS- It is the sense of Congress that the newly-elected governing entity should enact a constitution assuring the rule of law, an independent judiciary, and respect for human rights for its citizens, and should enact other laws and regulations assuring transparent and accountable governance.

(c) WAIVER- The President may waive subsection (a) if he determines that it is vital to the national security interests of the United States to do so.

(d) EXEMPTION- The restriction in subsection (a) shall not apply to assistance intended to help reform the Palestinian Authority and affiliated institutions, or a newly-elected governing entity, in order to help meet the requirements of subsection (a), consistent with the provisions of section 6050 of this Act (`Limitation on Assistance to the Palestinian Authority').


52 posted on 01/28/2006 7:13:07 AM PST by G.Mason
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