Israeli defence chiefs propose "exceptional" response to bombings: radio

[DuctapeFatwa]

The defence chiefs, in a meeting with Defence Minister Shaul Mofaz, called for increased pressure on militant groups, the radical movement Hamas in particular, for an unlimited period of time, the radio said.

A senior security source, quoted by the radio, said the proposed moves would be "exceptional in their scope, their intensity and their duration", and include activities "not seen in the Palestinian territories for a long time".

http://www.spacewar.com/2004/040315211901.k41nsqi1.html

[JohnLocke]

1. It's necessary.

[DuctapeFatwa]

4. Hard to imagine how Israel can score more dead Muslim kids without it

And it's sure to mean a little extra pocket-stuffing for the gun-runners!

[mmm]

5. reverse that and you would be dead on

[JohnLocke]

6. Pardon?

[Darranar]

7. How so? n/t

[mmm]

2. come seed... come sod

[Aidoneus]

3. Like what?

nuclear? That's about it. Everything else in the arsenal is quite familiar, and has been seen in the OPT for a long time.. that's sorta kinda maybe why things there are as they are. :shrug:

[bemildred]

8. I assume it is political theater.

I can't really see much sense to it otherwise.
Clearly not addressed to the Palestinians in any case.

[Darranar]

9. Yes, it's an attempt to make themselves look competent. n/t

[DenverDem]

10. You are correct, sir.

<http://www.counterpunch.org/>

From Israeli Refusenik to Organizer
AWOL in New York

By ASAF SHTULL-TRAURING

(snip)

Many people are perhaps unaware of the fact that Israel, towards the end of the 1980s, actively helped in the establishment of the Hamas terrorist organization, hoping to create an Islamic opposition to the more moderate and secular PLO (Palestinian Liberation Organization). Afraid of the PLO's demand for a state, Israel hoped that by creating a fundamentalist opposition to it, they could break its political monopoly in the occupied territories. More than a decade later, it seems that Israel has been very successful: The Hamas and extremist Islamic movements are gaining power and popularity in the Palestinian street. Israel's counter-terrorism is perhaps a continuation of this strategy of killing off the moderate voices by strengthening the Palestinian terrorist groups. This is a cycle of blood and death, where one side gains from the other side, all at the expense of Israeli and Palestinian lives.

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[beanball]

11. Who does the IDF and Sharon

remind you of George Washington and the continental army or Adolph Hitler and his thugs? OK you supporters of Sharon,bring it on.

[Aidoneus]

12. Ok, so I was wrong

There was something 'exceptional' left for them to do.