Return-Path: <sentto-279987-3310-1003849954-fc=all.net@returns.onelist.com> Delivered-To: fc@all.net Received: from 204.181.12.215 [204.181.12.215] by localhost with POP3 (fetchmail-5.7.4) for fc@localhost (single-drop); Tue, 23 Oct 2001 08:14:08 -0700 (PDT) Received: (qmail 19699 invoked by uid 510); 23 Oct 2001 15:12:03 -0000 Received: from n30.groups.yahoo.com (216.115.96.80) by 204.181.12.215 with SMTP; 23 Oct 2001 15:12:03 -0000 X-eGroups-Return: sentto-279987-3310-1003849954-fc=all.net@returns.onelist.com Received: from [10.1.4.53] by n30.groups.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 23 Oct 2001 15:12:34 -0000 X-Sender: fc@red.all.net X-Apparently-To: iwar@onelist.com Received: (EGP: mail-8_0_0_1); 23 Oct 2001 15:12:34 -0000 Received: (qmail 88874 invoked from network); 23 Oct 2001 15:12:33 -0000 Received: from unknown (10.1.10.27) by l7.egroups.com with QMQP; 23 Oct 2001 15:12:33 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO red.all.net) (65.0.156.78) by mta2 with SMTP; 23 Oct 2001 15:12:33 -0000 Received: (from fc@localhost) by red.all.net (8.11.2/8.11.2) id f9NFCsP21071 for iwar@onelist.com; Tue, 23 Oct 2001 08:12:54 -0700 Message-Id: <200110231512.f9NFCsP21071@red.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 PL3] 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: Tue, 23 Oct 2001 08:12:54 -0700 (PDT) Reply-To: iwar@yahoogroups.com Subject: [iwar] [fc:Senior.U.S..Official:.Terror.Groups.That.Target.Israel.Will.Be.At.Risk] Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit InsideDefense.com October 22, 2001 Senior U.S. Official: Terror Groups That Target Israel Will Be At Risk LEESBURG, VA -- Terrorist groups that principally target Israel will find themselves at risk when the United States broadens its war against terrorism in a second phase, expected after the initial thrust against Osama bin Laden and his Taliban-supported al Qaeda network in Afghanistan, a senior Bush administration official said yesterday. Appearing at a conference on terrorism and the Middle East, the official was asked if the United States would consider members of Hamas, Islamic Jihad or Hezbollah among terrorists with "global reach," a standard the administration has set for those in the crosshairs when the U.S. counter-terrorism campaign is globalized. The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, simply responded, "Yes." Together the Palestinian extremist groups Hamas and Islamic Jihad -- increasingly backed by Lebanon-based Hezbollah -- have claimed dozens of Israeli lives and injured scores more in suicide attacks and car and bus bombs over the past several years. Middle East watchers have wondered if the Bush administration would exclude these groups from U.S. attack in coming months and years because they have limited their attacks to Israel. In his Sept. 20 address to Congress, President Bush said, "Our war on terror begins with al Qaeda, but it does not end there. It will not end until every terrorist group of global reach has been found, stopped and defeated." The State Department did include Hamas, Islamic Jihad and Hezbollah on its official list of foreign terrorist organizations, most recently issued Oct. 5. It defines terrorist groups as foreign organizations whose activities "threaten the security of U.S. nationals or the national security (national defense, foreign relations, or the economic interests) of the United States." The senior administration official implied that although these three Middle Eastern groups operate on foreign soil, their "reach" indeed affects the United States and thus they would find themselves in jeopardy in the second, broader phase of the nation's war on terrorism. "It is clear that a lot of people are understanding Israel's situation in a different light since Sept. 11 than they did before," the official said at the conference, sponsored by the Washington Institute for Near East Policy. "The Israelis have been dealing with a terrible terrorist problem and we now face a terrible terrorist problem. There are other countries of the world that also face it, and there is now, I think, a greater sense of community among the countries that have been victimized by terrorism. That includes Muslim countries as well." The official added, "If we're going to do this job right on a global basis, there's going to have to be lots of cooperation." But, he said, "It doesn't mean necessarily that each country has to coordinate its military action with every other country; that's not going to happen." -- Elaine M. Grossman ------------------------ Yahoo! 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