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From: MElsant@aol.com Date: Tue 12 Feb 2002 Subject: Support Israel! Urge Israel to dismantle terrorist Palestinian Authority!(VIPAC) Dear Mr. President: On February 11 your spokesman Richard Boucher although recognizing Israel's right to self defense still condemned Israel's retaliatory measures against the terrorist Palestinian Authority. I am appending his statements at the end of this message for your ease of reference. I think your administration is wrong to take this approach. Instead of discouraging Israeli attacks on the personnel and infrastructure of Arafat's terrorist Palestinian Authority you should be encouraging them even with the unfortunate but inevitable collateral damage that is part of any military campaign. You should do so not only for Israel's sake but for America's sake as well. The Islamic terrorism that struck America on 9/11 and still threatens America today is the same Islamic terrorism that Israel is fighting when it attacks Arafat's Palestinian Authority. This has been made particularly clear by the recent reports from the Times of London and the New York Post that the Al Qaida terrorist leaders that escaped our military in Afghanistan have found a new safe haven in the territory controlled by Arafat's Palestinian Authority. Thus your administration's coddling of Arafat not only endangers Israelis but Americans too. You had it right the first time Mr. President when in the wake of the Karine A's capture by Israel you said that Arafat was "enhancing terror." It is time for your administration to stop enhancing Arafat and his Palestinian Authority. You should encourage Israel to dismantle the terrorist PLO and to liberate Judea Samaria and Gaza from Arafat's reign of terror. Sincerely Feb. 11 statement by Bush State Department Spokesman Richard Boucher: "Though we understand the need for Israel to take steps to ensure its self-defense we're seriously concerned about Israeli attacks over the past several days on Palestinian Authority facilities particularly in areas that are heavily populated by civilians" Boucher said. "We're especially concerned by attacks on or near Palestinian prison facilities reported releases of prisoners detained in those areas and reports the United Nations facility was struck with possibly a UN official wounded. "Attacks such as these are counterproductive to efforts to reduce the violence and restore calm and we think that both sides need to remain focused on the need for substantive ongoing security cooperation." ==^====================================== The President's email: president@whitehouse.gov The Vice President's email: vice.president@whitehouse.gov White House phone: 202-456-1414 Fax: 202-456-2461 Click on "Govt. Email Addresses" at www.vipac.org for other officials. TO UNSUBSCRIBE: Send an email to majordomo@vipac.org with "unsubscribe vipac-letters" in the body of the message. ==^====================================== |
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