Saddam capture a warning for Palestinians and Damascus: Israel

[durutti]

http://sg.news.yahoo.com/031215/1/3gobq.html

Israel said Saddam Hussein's capture was a lesson to Palestinians and Syria to abandon "terrorism" as Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom sought to patch up relations with the United States on a trip to Washington.

"The fall of Saddam Hussein should serve as a lesson to the Palestinians as well as Syria," senior government spokesman Avi Pazner told AFP.

"The Palestinians must proceed to examine their conscience and give up their support for Saddam by recognising that resorting to violence and terrorism will not bring them anything," Pazner said Monday.

"The Syrian president, Bashar al-Assad, who forged a close alliance with Saddam Hussein, must also learn the lessons" of falling foul of Washington, said Pazner.

[fisher99]

1. WTF

"Falling foul of Washington."
It seems pretty easy to do that these days, you don't even have to own a country, try it, it's fun.

[PurityOfEssence]

4. Maybe they're talking about all those birds that Cheney killed...

The falling fowl of Washington.

Watch it, inferior creatures, you could be next...

[bemildred]

2. Dream on.

[markus]

3. Coming from Sharon's government

this is almost as sickly funny as Henry Kissinger getting the Nobel Peace Prize.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/1817749.stm

This probably belongs in the Palestinian/Isreali affairs section, or will soon.

[nn2004]

7. Even Arafat got a Nobel prize

Maybe it was from his creative use of explosives?

[truthspeaker]

5. now we see the real reason we attacked Iraq

not to protect the US from terrorism, but to protect Israel. American tax dollars (and blood) at work.

[mmm]

6. agreed

[nn2004]

8. That sounds resonable

How can we get Dean and others to bring this fact up and pound dubya over the head with it? I have sent emails asking them to bring it up.

[damnraddem]

9. What possible connection is there?

I would say, rather, that it's a warning to Sharon -- heads of state can become ex heads of state, and ex heads of state can be captured and charged with government-sponsored terrorism.

[truthspeaker]

10. only if they are alleged to have secret nuclear weapons programs

wait...

[Forkboy]

11. I hate to say it but he's right

The Palestinians have to realize that people like Arafat,Hamas etc do NOT have the Pals best interest at heart.They are being used by both sides in this conflict.

[loudnclear]

12. OK, when will we capture Sharon?

Shouldn't Israel be giving up their WMDs right about now?

[lumpy]

13. They certainly should be giving up the

incurions and land grabbing in the Gaza, their WMDs and their home grown war criminal Sharon.