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Palestinian Incitement to Kill and Hate Americans
by Itamar Marcus

Introduction:

Vicious incitement of hatred towards the United States continues unabated in
the controlled Palestinian media. The PA daily condemned the Khawza Shiite
institutions, for not encouraging suicide terror against the US in Iraq.
President Bush and Secretary Rumsfeld are "bloodthirsty beasts", Bush is
"the Great Liar", the USA is the "imperialist power". American involvement
in Iraq is called: "fascism and cruelty... repression and humiliation of the
Iraqi people". It should be noted that the PA leadership is not limiting its
incitement against the US to the PA areas. In a speech in Brazilian
Parliament a PA National Council Member called the "triangle of terror and
evil... Bush, Sharon and Blair" and their policies "organized terror... and
war crimes." USAID, while it continues transferring hundreds of millions of
dollars to the PA, is called "spies". [A full report on PA attacks on USAID
will be distributed next week.]

The following are 4 articles that appeared recently in the PA press:

Article #1: The PA daily criticizes the Shiite leadership for not supporting
terrorism against the US, using a play on words: "Shahid" -"Martyr" and
"Shaa'hid" - "a witness". The Shiite religious leaders are condemned for
merely "Shaa'hid" - "witnessing" the terrorism and not encouraging its
people to become "Shahids" "Martyrs", fighting Americans.

Title: "The Shaa'hid and the Shahid" [The Witness and the Martyr]

"There is consensus in Iraq that American and British forces symbolize
military occupation of Iraqi territories... Recent activities against
America forces including helicopter interception, bombing of command centers
and convoys and attacking political targets undoubtedly prove that the
resistance is getting stronger. And that there are many reasons, foremost
among them the occupation's fascism and cruelty, which helps the flow of
many to the Iraqi resistance... The Khawza [Shiite religious institutions]
admit publicly - and can not do otherwise - that the U.S. forces are
invading forces, but they [the Khawza institutions] offer unclear and
unconvincing ways for the long run concerning the attitude towards them [the
U.S. forces]. The Khawza Shiite institutions try to achieve historic benefit
from the presence of these forces... even if this involves participation in
the Ruling Council, which is appointed by the American Governor!!!

Are the [institutions of] Khawza capable of maintaining this dangerous
balance?! Are they capable of reaping substantial achievements... in this
way; after all, the people of the Shiite Congregation historically have been
Martyrs [Shahids] and view the Martyrdom [Shahada] - since their first
Martyr [Shahid], Ali, as a sacred obligation. Can the Khawza convince the
Shiites to [merely] witness [Shaa'hid] the armed resistance that is growing
more fierce due to the increased American repression and humiliation of the
entire Iraqi people... Will the Khawza keep silent and [merely] witness
[Shaa'hid], leaning toward the American occupier in the middle of a sea of
Martyrs [Shahids]?" [Al-Ayyam Oct. 27, 2003]

Article # 2: PA leadership is not limiting its incitement against the US to
the PA areas. Palestinian National Council representative, Basam Abu Sharif,
attacked the United States while meeting with Brazilian officials. In a
speech in Brazilian Parliament he referred to the "triangle of terror and
evil... Bush, Sharon and Blair" and their policies "organized terror... and
war crimes." He called for a boycott of the United States by Brazil.

"[Palestinian National Council representative] Basam Abu Sharif spoke later
in [Brazilian] Parliament about the dangerous developments in the Middle
East and Palestine. He called for the nations and the UN to confront the
triangle of terror and evil, in the figures of Bush, Sharon and Blair. He
further stated that the sources of organized terror are the occupation and
war crimes that these three states are committing in order to subjugate the
nations and force hegemony and enslavement... He asked the representatives
of the Brazilian nation to support the Palestinian people politically and
boycott Israel the US and Britain until the occupation ends and the UN
decision are implemented."
[Al Hayat Al Jadida, Oct. 30, 2003]

Article # 3: Bush and Rumsfeld "are human beings whose ambitions have turned
them into bloodthirsty beasts" is the conclusion of this article condemning
US involvement in Iraq, written by a Member of the PA Legislative Council in
the official PA daily, Al Hayat Al Jadida.

".The American soldiers [in Iraq] are collapsing emotionally, because they
are fighting a cruel war, that in their opinion has no justification and
which appear to have no end. And this, while their enemy believes in their
battle.

Bush says that he will stay in Iraq and win. To which victory is he
referring? Did he not rain missiles down on Iraq, projectiles and
explosives that equal at least 3 nuclear bombs? Did he not enlist the army,
the navy, aircrafts and hundreds of millions of dollars in order to take
over Baghdad, thanks to the treason of some spies? What additional victory
does he want? Does he want the Iraqis to turn into domestic animals that
surrender and bear the [yoke of] occupation while seeing the oil and the
good of the land plundered, and when the honorable Iraqis turn to beggars,
expecting the grace of the Americans.

"Donald Rumsfeld recently spoke about the victory of the, what he called:
"the war of ideas". Which war and which ideas? Is it possible to put entire
nation into solitary confinement.

"Is this victory about which Rumsfeld speaks? Is it enough that Rumsfeld
calls the "occupation" - "liberation", "interests" "theft" and the
"military administration" "independence"? Is it enough to overthrow the
legitimate government of the country [whether or not it is really
legitimate] and replace it with Al-Jalabi and similar people .

"No, no, no! I do not think that Bush, Sharon and their counterparts like
Rumsfeld and Mofaz truly believe that they have any logical sense. They are
human beings whose ambitions have turned them into bloodthirsty beasts."
[Nahidh Muneer Al-Ris, PA Legislative Council Rep, official PA daily
Al-Hayat Al-Jadida Nov. 3, 2003]

Article # 4: Since Bush is the "The Great Liar" the US "has to bury all of
its imperialistic illusions," as the primary condition for victoryin the war
fo ideas over terror.

"The American Agency for International Development [USAID] (of spies)
decided to award a grant of $1,350,000 to fund the training of 50 [Egyptian]
journalists in an American University so that when they return to Egypt and
work in the Egyptian press, they will be able to speak about the United
States with "professional expression" that humiliate the Egyptian people and
nation. The [American] Ambassador represents a country where the majority
of the inhabitants refer to their president as "The Great Liar". He [the
Ambassador] accused the Egyptian press of "distorting the facts" at the very
time it became clear to the whole world and to most of the American citizens
that the "lie" and the "distortion of facts" were the basis for the excuses
of the Bush administration for waging war on Iraq. [It also became clear]
that the American press needs, more than any other press, "professionalism"
in its expression.

Rumsfeld wanted to resurrect the bones of the "Liberal" American idea, which
have rotted. In order to implement this miracle, America, first and
foremost, on its own and with the help of other nations, has to bury all of
its imperialistic illusions. The death of the USA as and imperialist power
is the primary condition for its victory in the "ideas war" against "terror"
and "terrorists". How nice it would have been had those who are as dead as
Rumsfeld, would buried their dead."
[PA daily, Al-Ayyam November 1, 2003, Jawad Al-Bashiti, PA columnist and
political commentator, living in Jordan]

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