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Thread ID: 6092 | Posts: 3 | Started: 2003-04-10
2003-04-10 23:38 | User Profile
Israel to Palestinians: Learn Lesson of Iraq War
Reuters Apr 10, 2003
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel said on Thursday it hoped the fall of Iraqi President Saddam Hussein would teach the Palestinians the lesson that they must install new leaders and abandon their uprising for independence.
But militant groups spearheading the 30-month-old revolt said they would not be cowed by the U.S. conquest of Baghdad and instead threatened to intensify attacks on Israel.
Israeli Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz hammered home his government's wish that the U.S.-led war on Iraq would not only eliminate one of Israel's sworn enemies but chasten Palestinian militants into laying down their arms.
"I hope that in the era after the toppling of Saddam Hussein's regime, the Palestinians will understand that the world has changed," he told reporters.
Opinion polls show Israelis' already strong support for Washington's military campaign against Saddam has grown as the perceived danger of Iraqi missile strikes against the Jewish state has faded.
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2003-04-11 18:27 | User Profile
Look for more hook-nosed noggins to be rolling merrily down the streets of lovely Tel Aviv.
Opinion polls show Israelis' already strong support for Washington's military campaign against Saddam has grown as the perceived danger of Iraqi missile strikes against the Jewish state has faded.
That's our tough, brawny jewboys.....
2003-04-12 08:09 | User Profile
Originally posted by N.B. Forrest@Apr 11 2003, 12:27 ** That's our tough, brawny jewboys..... **
Watch what you say about them, or they'll send Josh "The Enforcer" Saviano to beat you up! :lol: