File spoon-archives/foucault.archive/foucault_2001/foucault.0108, message 66


From: "genet son of genet" <radiogenet-AT-hotmail.com>
Subject: Fwd: After me the time of .... Arthur Rimbaud
Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2001 05:28:01 +0000




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>After me the time of the assassins said Arthur Rimbaud but she did not see 
>the engulfment and massmurder massacre of the 20-21 centuries which lay 
>ahead. We are the time of assassins.
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> >From: Gush Shalom <info-AT-gush-shalom.org>
> >Reply-To: info-AT-gush-shalom.org
> >To: International List <info-AT-gush-shalom.org>
> >Subject: Last assassination - step towards all-out war after Bush 
>encouraged Sharon
> >Date: Mon, 27 Aug 2001 18:22:45 +0300
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> >GUSH SHALOM - pob 3322, Tel-Aviv 61033 - http://www.gush-shalom.org/
> >
> >Press release - August 27, 2001
> >=====================================================> >Assassination of  Palestinian leader - another step towards all-out war
> >Gush Shalom: President Bush has encouraged Sharon to this escalation
> >=====================================================> >
> >The assassination this morning of Abu Ali Mustafa, Secretary-General of 
>the
> >PFLP is a deeply worrying escalation of an already perilous situation.
> >The policy of  "targeted killings" undertaken by the Sharon Government is 
>a
> >serious violation of international law, and a very dangerous provocation.
> >
> >Today's new development - turning Palestinian political leaders into
> >"legitimate" targets of assassinations - is part of an overall 
>escalation,
> >together with the by now already regular incursions by Israeli tanks and
> >armoured columns deep into Palestinian cities, and the ongoing daily
> >bombardments of populated areas, punctuated by the use of fighter planes 
>with
> >heavy bombs.
> >
> >All this comes in addition to an increasingly tight blockade of 
>Palestinian
> >towns and villages, and the explicit exclusion of Palestinian motorists 
>from
> >main highways, making such highways the exclusive preserve of Israeli 
>settlers
> >and military.
> >
> >Such measures are taken not so much as retaliation for specific acts on 
>the
> >Palestinian side, but rather as part of an ongoing offensive, 
>indiscriminately
> >directed against all Palestinians. For example, the town of Salfit in the
> >Nablus area was subjected to bombing by US-made F-16 planes, following 
>which
> >Salfit's one remaining access road was closed, leaving tens of thousands 
>of
> >inhabitants completely cut off. These measures seem unconnected to any 
>specific
> >event in the Salfit area.
> >
> >PM Sharon last week declared that he had "found the way to fight 
>terrorism"
> >which according to him is "to conduct commando raids."
> >This outlook may be no surprise, coming from a man who started his 
>carreer as a
> >commando officer leading brutal cross-border raids in the 1950's.
> >But it can only lead  - indeed, has already led - to increasingly sharp
> >retaliations from the Palestinian side, until the line seperating "low
> >intensity conflict" from full-scale war is imperceptively crossed.
> >															---
> >Gush Shalom this afternoon sent a protest to the US Emabassy in Tel-
> >Aviv, regarding President Bush's unbalanced statements of the past days 
>which
> >have encouraged Sharon to further escalate his attacks on the 
>Palestinians and
> >inflame the situation.
> >"As Israeli citizens, we are far from happy to see the President of the 
>United
> >States lending unqualified public support to a highly dangerous and
> >irresponsible policy undertaken by our government. Placing the entire 
>blame for
> >violence on the Palestinian side, and ignoring its underlying causes, 
>would not
> >calm the region but alienate the Palestinians and strenghten their most 
>radical
> >factions. Israelis and Palestinians alike, we are all threatened in the
> >widening cycle of bloodshed. Your unbalanced position, Mr. President, is
> >threatening us and undermining our future in this country and this 
>region."
> >
> >For further details:
> >Adam Keller, Gush Shalom Spokesperson, 972-3-5565804  / 056-709603
> >
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