Return-Path: <sentto-279987-2779-1002550996-fc=all.net@returns.onelist.com> Delivered-To: fc@all.net Received: from 204.181.12.215 by localhost with POP3 (fetchmail-5.1.0) for fc@localhost (single-drop); Mon, 08 Oct 2001 07:24:07 -0700 (PDT) Received: (qmail 13297 invoked by uid 510); 8 Oct 2001 14:23:13 -0000 Received: from n23.groups.yahoo.com (216.115.96.73) by 204.181.12.215 with SMTP; 8 Oct 2001 14:23:13 -0000 X-eGroups-Return: sentto-279987-2779-1002550996-fc=all.net@returns.onelist.com Received: from [10.1.1.222] by n23.groups.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 08 Oct 2001 14:23:17 -0000 X-Sender: fc@big.all.net X-Apparently-To: iwar@onelist.com Received: (EGP: mail-7_4_1); 8 Oct 2001 14:23:16 -0000 Received: (qmail 81341 invoked from network); 8 Oct 2001 14:23:13 -0000 Received: from unknown (10.1.10.26) by 10.1.1.222 with QMQP; 8 Oct 2001 14:23:13 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO big.all.net) (65.0.156.78) by mta1 with SMTP; 8 Oct 2001 14:23:13 -0000 Received: (from fc@localhost) by big.all.net (8.9.3/8.7.3) id HAA11044 for iwar@onelist.com; Mon, 8 Oct 2001 07:23:12 -0700 Message-Id: <200110081423.HAA11044@big.all.net> To: iwar@onelist.com (Information Warfare Mailing List) Organization: I'm not allowed to say X-Mailer: don't even ask X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.5 PL1] From: Fred Cohen <fc@all.net> Mailing-List: list iwar@yahoogroups.com; contact iwar-owner@yahoogroups.com Delivered-To: mailing list iwar@yahoogroups.com Precedence: bulk List-Unsubscribe: <mailto:iwar-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com> Date: Mon, 8 Oct 2001 07:23:12 -0700 (PDT) Reply-To: iwar@yahoogroups.com Subject: [iwar] [fc:Palestinians:.No.bin.Laden.Support] Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit One consequence of Israel's strategy to weaken the PLO has been an increased radicalization of the average Palestinian and greater support on the street for Hamas and Islamic Jihad (both are clearly evident in polls posted over last year on G2-Fwd). This has now created an opening for bin Ladin to exploit via his televised psyops. Note Sharon's comment at end of article "There's no need to worry. We're not in this war," This is a far cry from his implied comparison of President Bush to Neville Chamberlain last week. Palestinians: No bin Laden Support By STEVE WEIZMAN Associated Press Writer October 8, 2001, 7:25 AM EDT JERUSALEM -- Palestinian officials rushed to distance themselves Monday from accused terror mastermind Osama bin Laden who, in a shift of emphasis, said he was confronting the United States in defense of the Palestinians. The Palestinian Authority also tried to quell expressions of support for the Saudi exile accused of leading the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks in the United States. In Gaza City, police fired tear gas, wielded clubs and shot several live rounds in the air to keep back 150 Islamic University students chanting: "Long live Palestine, long live Afghanistan, long live Islam." Several demonstrators shouted "Bin Laden, bin Laden." Police forced journalists to leave the area. In videotaped remarks, Bin Laden sought to draw a parallel between his confrontation with America and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. "In these days, Israeli tanks infest Palestine -- in Jenin, Ramallah, Rafah, Beit Jalla, and other places in the land of Islam, and we don't hear anyone raising his voice or moving a limb," bin Laden said in apparent criticism of the Arab world. Later in his speech broadcast on Qatar's Al-Jazeera television, bin Laden said that "neither America nor the people who live in it will dream of security before we live it in Palestine." Palestinian Information Minister Yasser Abed Rabbo said the Palestinian issue should not be used as an excuse for extremist political or religious positions. "We don't want crimes committed in the name of Palestine," he said. Bin Laden has called for driving Israel out of the Middle East before. However, his main emphasis has been on forcing U.S. troops out of his native Saudi Arabia, home to Islam's holiest shrines. Rabbo said the Palestinian leadership had not decided whether it supports the U.S.-led attacks against Afghanistan. He said he expected the topic to be discussed during a meeting of Arab foreign ministers. No date had been set. "It's true that there is an unfair situation and continuous crimes and killings exerted against the Palestinians," he said. "This does not justify or give cover for anyone to kill or terrorize innocent civilians." The official Palestinian response stood in marked contrast to the position adopted in 1990 when Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein said he was waging war with the United States on behalf of the Palestinians. At the time, Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat sided with Saddam against the United States, a decision Palestinian officials have privately acknowledged was a mistake. Arafat and several of his ministers were scheduled to travel to Cairo on Monday for talks with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak on events in Afghanistan. The radical Islamic movement Hamas, which has carried out dozens of suicide bombings in Israel and has condemned U.S. support for the Israelis, was relatively restrained in its response to the campaign against Afghanistan's ruling Taliban militia, which has been protecting bin Laden. "We should boycott all American products and raise our voices against this new aggression against Islam," said Ismail Abu Shanab, a Hamas leader in Gaza. Israelis, meanwhile, were told by their leaders they would probably not become a target of retaliatory strikes. "There's no need to worry. We're not in this war," Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon said. Copyright © 2001, The Associated Press ------------------------ Yahoo! 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