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Originally posted by XXXManager@Sep 15 2003, 08:59 PM
Are you sure you quoted it right?
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straight cut and paste from the state departments report....
Since they are not by the state departments own definition a "terrorist group" they do not show up on the State Departments list of Terrorist Organizations...
That IS the rationale used from 1983 through 9/11/2001...
Whether you want to believe it or not... It is fact and there is plenty of supporting documentation.....
As far as the PLO and ALL palestinian organizations being "terrorist" groups, the same rationale is used by the palestinians and other groups to lavbel Israel as a terrorist nation....
"premeditated, politically motivated violence perpetrated against noncombatant/*/ targets by subnational groups or clandestine agents, usually intended to influence an audience. "
Would accurately define sending tanks into refugee camps....
Now...Let me make one thing totally, perfectly clear.....
I am not the enemy here... I support Israel and most of it's actions...
BUT I am a realist....In order to solve any problem, you must be able to understand both sides of the issue. I understand the Israeli side of the equation, I also understand the Palestinian side of the equation.... There are some that are right on both sides and there are some that are wrong...
To believe it is a one way street, that only one side is right in any way in this whole thing is to guarantee that the whole thing never gets settled....
Whether we like it or not, Arafat was elected to represent the Palestinian Authority... The PA is designated to represent the Palestinian people in their negotiations with Israel.... If Arafat is taken out by anyone except himself or the Palestinian people you will see violence in Israel and the Middle East like never before....
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here are the groups identified as terrorist in the 2000 report
http://www.state.gov/s/ct/rls/pgtrpt/2000/2450.htm
Last edited by sarettah at Sep 15 2003, 09:21 PM