weird Hitchens comments on Israel

Michael Pugliese debsian at pacbell.net
Wed Dec 4 14:52:15 PST 2002


Uri Avnery>...The last time, Saddam threw Scuds at us, just in order to win popularity in the Arab world. (At that time somebody invented the story that "the Palestinians are dancing on their roofs"'...

Huh? That's ridiculous. If I was a Palestinian in the West Bank or Gaza, I'd have celebrated the Iraqi Scuds hitting Israel in Gulf War, version 1.0 in '91, too, or as they did on 9/11. (Remember the silly thread started on Brazilian indymedia that said the CNN footage was faked? That Counterpunch ran with for a few days?) http://www.google.com/search?q=palestinians+scuds+gulf+war http://www.aish.com/jewishissues/middleeast/Arab-Israeli_Conflict_7_The_1991_Gulf_War.asp The PLO, Libya, and Iraq were the only members who opposed an Arab League resolution calling for an Iraqi withdrawal from Kuwait. Throughout the crisis, the Palestinians were Saddam's most vocal supporters. The intifada leadership, for example, sent a cable of congratulations to Saddam Hussein, describing the invasion of Kuwait as the first step toward the "liberation of Palestine." In Jenin on the West Bank, 1,000 Palestinians marched, shouting: "Saddam, the hero, attack Israel with chemical weapons."" (Associated Press, August 12, 1990).

Michael Pugliese



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