Return-Path: <sentto-279987-3065-1003368656-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); Wed, 17 Oct 2001 18:32:07 -0700 (PDT) Received: (qmail 20840 invoked by uid 510); 18 Oct 2001 01:30:36 -0000 Received: from n5.groups.yahoo.com (216.115.96.55) by 204.181.12.215 with SMTP; 18 Oct 2001 01:30:36 -0000 X-eGroups-Return: sentto-279987-3065-1003368656-fc=all.net@returns.onelist.com Received: from [10.1.4.54] by n5.groups.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 18 Oct 2001 01:30:56 -0000 X-Sender: fc@big.all.net X-Apparently-To: iwar@onelist.com Received: (EGP: mail-8_0_0_1); 18 Oct 2001 01:30:56 -0000 Received: (qmail 53082 invoked from network); 18 Oct 2001 01:30:55 -0000 Received: from unknown (10.1.10.26) by l8.egroups.com with QMQP; 18 Oct 2001 01:30:55 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO big.all.net) (65.0.156.78) by mta1 with SMTP; 18 Oct 2001 01:30:55 -0000 Received: (from fc@localhost) by big.all.net (8.9.3/8.7.3) id SAA05303 for iwar@onelist.com; Wed, 17 Oct 2001 18:30:55 -0700 Message-Id: <200110180130.SAA05303@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> X-Yahoo-Profile: fcallnet 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: Wed, 17 Oct 2001 18:30:55 -0700 (PDT) Reply-To: iwar@yahoogroups.com Subject: [iwar] [fc:Israel.vows.new.era.of.war.on.terrorism.after.minister.slain] Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Wednesday October 17, 9:14 PM Israel vows new era of war on terrorism after minister slain JERUSALEM, Oct 17 (AFP) - Israel's Prime Minister Ariel Sharon vowed a new era of war on terrorism Wednesday after a radical Palestinian group gunned down his ultra-nationalist tourism minister. He accused Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat of ultimate responsibility for the killing, which derailed the stumbling Middle East peace process once more and thwarted Washington's efforts to restore calm amid its attacks on Afghanistan. "I hold Arafat fully responsible, inasmuch as he set the terrorism in motion, even though he knew very well what the consequences would be," Sharon told a special session of the Israeli parliament convened to pay respect to Rehavam Zeevi. "We will wage a war without mercy against the terrorists" Sharon warned. "Only criminal terrorists could dream of assassinating elected members of a democratic state," he said. Sharon's brief speech was reminiscent of US President George W. Bush's declaration of war on terrorism following the attacks on New York and Washington on September 11. Israeli radio said all political contact with the Palestinian Authority had been suspended until the "terrorism" was halted. The Palestinian Authority condemned the killing, but also slammed Israel's policy of liquidating Palestinians suspected of involvement in anti-Israeli attacks. Palestinian information minister Yasser Abed Rabbo said he felt "sorry for the killing" and called for an "end to this vicious cycle of violence." He said that despite Zeevi's belief in the "forced transfer of millions of Palestinians as well as the killing of Palestinian leaders and ... his opposition to the peace process, such an extremist position does not justify polictical assassinations." The radical Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) said it had shot Zeevi, a far-right hawk in favour of expelling the Palestinians from the West Bank and Gaza Strip who resigned his cabinet post Monday in protest at peace moves urged by Washington. It said the killing was to avenge Israel's assassination of its leader, Abu Ali Moustapha, in a helicopter gunship attack on his office in the West Bank town of Ramallah in August. "The terrorist Sharon and his criminal band must know that Palestinian blood is so precious, and the wave of attacks against Palestinian officials and militants will not go unpunished." "From now on the political and military leaders of the Zionist entity will be the targets of our special forces," a PFLP statement added. Israel immediately halted the relaxation of its military grip on the Palestinian territories, which it had started in line with the ceasefire it agreed to with Arafat three weeks ago. A roadblock near Ramallah was re-established. Britain's Prime Minister Tony Blair, who backed a Palestinian state and a new peace initiative during a visit by Arafat Monday, urged "restraint on all sides in response to the men of violence who only want to wreck any proposals for peace." But a European Commission spokesman said the attack "will most certainly slow down efforts for the Middle East peace process." The killing whipped up emotions among hardliners on both sides. A leader of the hardcore Jewish settlers in the West Bank city of Hebron demanded that Israel "eliminate" Arafat in revenge for the death of Zeevi, who had championed the settlers' cause. "The first thing which needs to be done is the elimination of the Palestinian Authority and Yasser Arafat," said settler spokesman David Wilder. "Yasser Arafat is the head of a snake that represents practices of terror. If you don't chop off the head of the snake, it continues to attack and kill." The radical Islamist group Hamas, which blames Israel for the death of three of its activists this week, said the Jewish state had reaped what it had sown. "Who started killing political leaders? The Jews. And now they pay the price," said Hamas leader Abdel Aziz al-Rantissi. And in Palestinian refugee camps in Lebanon, hundreds of Palestinians danced with joy and handed out sweets to celebrate the killing of the former Israeli general. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> Pinpoint the right security solution for your company- Learn how to add 128- bit encryption and to authenticate your web site with VeriSign's FREE guide! http://us.click.yahoo.com/yQix2C/33_CAA/yigFAA/kgFolB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> ------------------ http://all.net/ Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
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