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 > >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. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >____________________________ > >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 > > > >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 > > > > > >==^===============================================================> >EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?a84AiN.a9zxtC > >Or send an email To: Gush_Shalom.int_k-unsubscribe-AT-topica.com > >This email was sent to: cwduff-AT-hotmail.com > > > >T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! > >http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register > >==^===============================================================> > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp
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