Hello all,
first let me express my condolenses to all the american people and all
those hurt in these terrible attacks.
Up untill now i have restrained myself from commenting, since as an Israely,
i might be seem partial. (Well partial i am, i am in the party that is against terror). Now to the response:
1. Masha, i don't know where you've seen Saddam condemning the attacks. The truth is quite the opposite, he is the only arab world's leader who has not condemned it and who said that attacks are legitimate. He was so blunt, that some commentators were wondering whether he actually invites the finger to be pointed at him.
2. Yasser Arafat has the list of Islamic Jihad and Hammas leaders that are active terrorists but does nothing to stop them. He arrested foreign journalists that were shooting celebrations on West Bank & Gaza streets after the attack (One such norwegian journalist (don't remember his first name but the last name is Anderseen) is working for AP, and told that his tapes were confiscated by uniform wearing palestinian police).
The leader of Islamic Jihad went on air yesterday on palestinian (state driven) tv, telling that although his group did not performed the acts of terror, "america is our enemy as much as the zionist entity and we congratilate those who performed these attacks".
At arafat's whim this man could have been arrested, but he is not...
3. The mufti of jerusalem has called for the destruction of america, britain and israel in his taped prayer. He was a direct appointment of Yasser Arafat.
4. Look at what happened in denmark...
5. Arab members of Israely parliament, that have long been insighting the Israely Arab population, have refused to sign on condolenses letter to US, because it mentions the celebration that occured in PA. In "racist" Israel however, they are enjoying full immunity as members of parliament.
What's the point of what i'm saying:
1. Many arab leaders had condemned the attacks only as a lip service to avoid being targets of american response.
2. The general attitude of the people in these countries is unfortunately very anti western and anti anything that is not Islam.
3. I know my message suffers from over generalization, and there are many people in the arab world that are strongly against terror, but their voice is unfortunately only heard when threat of american retalliation is near.
A lot can be said about deep roots of this attitude of the muslim world towards the west, and one may find many real reasons, but i don't think this is good enough excuse for terror, and it's wide support in the general population of these countries.
This attitude hurts noone but themselve, after all, look at what happened after the demise of soviet union: many republics had received their freedom, the only one that did not, was the one that choose terror as it's way of action (chechen republic).
Arafat is one of the biggest Terrorist. I almost choked when I saw
him giving blood.. What a bunch of Hipocrits.. This does not fool
our U.S. Government. They know the liars and terrorists they have
to deal with and they will take care of the problem....
Please Jerry, let's be honest, lie and hypocrisy, sorry if it hurts
your feelings, are also features of the american international
policies. And how about harboring the egyptian terrorist?.. Just
don't tell me I am justifying something. I do not. But when fingers
are pointed, let no one be forgotten.
And, these facts are not meant to support that Arafat is good, but
only to show that all Muslim states did express the condemnation,
contrary to the statement of the person who said he did not seen
that on TV.
