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Date: 2001-10-01 22:22:18
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                         The Limitless Tyranny
                        Official Fatah Release
              http://www.fateh.net/e_editor/01/150901.htm

The human feelings we felt towards the catastrophe that befell US
citizens were clearly stronger than those we may have against the US as
a result of its biased policies.  This attitude does not include
hypocritical statements made by those who feared the ‘wounded lion’,
‘master of the jungle’.  We, the Palestinian people, managed to balance
our feelings towards the catastrophe whose perpetrators are unknown but
whose reasons are clear, with those feelings we have towards the US that
fully supports Israel’s aggression against us. 

Sharon’s attempt to abuse the ensuing situation for his own wicked and
embarrassing ends, failed when the US recognized its need to form a
strong alliance that includes many of the countries that Sharon would
accuse of being terrorist. 

Not only did the attack against the US lead to the death of thousands of
people, but it also undermined the political power of a super power
whose symbols of economic and military strength, the Pentagon and the
World Trade Center, were destroyed. 

The massive operation showed the failure of the US to protect itself
when those it oppressed reacted to the policies of hegemony and
discrimination it has been practicing throughout the world.  Technology
and all methods of combating terrorism failed to help the US avoid the
inevitable explosion. 

Some of the sensible people in the US realized the need to reflect on
what caused the tragedy.  Mr.  Norman Finklestein of the University of
De Pole talked of the misery and intimidation the US government has sown
in many countries such as Lebanon (1982), Iraq (1991) and recently in
Serbia.  In his view, the US is now reaping what it has sown, especially
the mass killings it committed for no reason.  Finklestein added that
the US as the only super power felt that it would pay no price for all
the acts of arrogance acts it has committed.  The list includes among
other things its withdrawal from Durban conference, withdrawal from the
Kyoto agreement, and its attempt to nullify the anti-Ballistic Missiles
Pact.  According to Finklestein, the US should reconsider its position
since no party is immune to retribution. 

The US Administration turned a deaf ear to this type of thinking and
acted arrogantly when the Council of Foreign Relations convened in an
emergency session.  The meeting drew a comparison between what happened
in Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, and the tragedy of September 2001,
as an indication of their intention to go to war.  The excessive use of
power replaced the security failure.  Forty billion dollars were devoted
to the coming war and thousands of reservists were called up.  And the
idea of an international alliance against terrorism started to take
shape.  The alliance is supposed to include the NATO countries in
addition to some moderate ones in Asia and the Middle East. 

The US adopted a new policy according to which countries that do not
support the US are against it.  The undersecretary of the Defense
Department, Paul Wolvotz, insisted that the US would wage a lasting and
broad campaign against terror.  As a member of the Zionist lobby, he is
of the opinion that the US should attack Syria, Iran and the Palestinian
people – the enemies of Israel and the US.  Collin Powel, however,
prefers a surgical military operation. 

Amid this international idiocy that is being directed against an
unspecified enemy, Israel continues its occupation as the clearest form
of terrorism.  Ethnic cleansing, confiscation of land, killing people,
imposing closure and assassinating activists and political leaders are
examples of the policies Israel adopted during the last year.  The US
Administration that provided the necessary diplomatic protection
especially at the UN Security Council supported these acts. 

In its attempt to forge the new alliance, the US wants to keep Sharon’s
violence to a minimum to make it less embarrassing for that alliance. 
However, Arab and Muslim countries should know how to use the current
developments for their own advantage.  To do so, they need to work out a
definition that does not serve the interests of the US Administration
and the Zionist lobby.  Both seek to put an end to the Intifada and
impose Israel’s hegemony on our area. 

The Palestinian people warn against the Zionist plot that aims to
liquidate the Intifada as a legitimate form of resistance against the
Israeli occupation and the construction of settlements.  The
continuation of the Intifada does not contradict the principle of going
back to the negotiating table.  Negotiations should be based on clear
terms of reference including basically the UN resolutions relevant to
the Palestinian issue.  Sponsorship should not be confined to the US;
the UN and the Security Council should play an effective role.  The
Intifada and the support of the Arab and Muslim nation should continue
to accompany any future negotiations. 

Arabs and Muslims have only two options: either to have the power of
unity and the justice of their cause to maintain their dignity and
protect their civilization, or to have the weakness of disunity and
therefore cause their civilization to collapse. 

Therefore,any country that approaches the US without coordinating its
position with the rest of the Arab and Muslim world will weaken our
stance for the sake of its own interests.  A unified Arab and Muslim
position on what constitutes world terrorism will make the US realize
that it cannot mobilize all countries against ghosts or individuals it
cannot indict.  The US should not be allowed to ignore the
assassinations and daily killings in Palestine being carried out by a
real murderer, Sharon, who is still at large. 

Imposing our priorities on the new alliance will help protect the
Palestinian people who are being targeted by the US and the Zionist
entity.  Both parties should understand that calling for quiet and
stability cannot veil their true intentions.  Such a tactic may become a
strategy unless the US and Israel are pressured into acting upon
international resolutions pertaining to the Palestinian issue.  The
Intifada as a legitimate form of resistance should make clear the
distinction between two things: the right of any people to fight against
occupation, on the one hand, and atrocities against civilians as what
happened in the US on December 11, 2001, on the other hand.  Similar
atrocities were committed in Palestine during the last fifty years.  The
following locations bear evidence of the atrocities that were carried
out by Sharon: Qibya, Nahalin, and Qalqilya in the 1950’s; al-Samou’ in
the 1960’s; Gaza in the 1970’s; and Sabra and Shatila in the 1980’s. 
Sharon never let a decade go by without committing an atrocity.  But the
master of terror in the third millennium is still at large in the
company of Liberman and Ze’evi who call for the transfer of Arabs to
build the ‘Greater Israel’.  Arab and Muslim countries should not allow
themselves to be blackmailed by the US Administration that categorizes
countries that stand against its biased policies as terrorist ones.  The
new definition of terrorism should explicitly force Israel as a strong
ally of the US to acknowledge its responsibility for the injustices it
has inflicted on the Palestinian people.  Otherwise, the tyranny based
on the US definition of terrorism will grow limitless.  Until Sharon’s
terror fades away and justice prevails, and until our goals are
achieved, the Palestinian people will continue to solidify their
internal unity. 

Revolution until victory. 


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