The real source of terror

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THE WORRYING part about whether the ceasefire in Gaza can hold together will be whether the international community can stop the flow of arms to the terrorists.

Because Israel is getting its planes and tanks and missiles from somewhere, and until this supply is cut off, there's every chance it could start up again.

The disregard for life from these terrorists and their supporters is shocking. For example, Thomas Friedman, the New York Times columnist, wrote that the purpose of the Israeli attack must be to "inflict a heavy death toll and heavy pain on the Gaza population."

Replace "Gaza" with "Western," and that could have been written by al-Qaeda. Maybe this is the problem: The Israelis are writing their policies by downloading statements from an Islamic Jihad Web site, and just changing the place names. Also, if the Israelis think the Hamas rockets are as lethal as they say, why don't they swap their F-16 fighters and Apache helicopters for a few of them? ...

http://socialistworker.org/2009/01/23/real-source-of-terror">Mark Steel / SocialistWorker.org - read more