Monday, June 26, 2006
You've probably seen this before, but it's worth noting again: Al-Aksa claims chemical capabilities
In a leaflet distributed in the Gaza Strip, the group, which belongs to Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas's Fatah Party, said the weapons were the result of a three-year effort.
According to the statement, the first of its kind, the group has managed to manufacture and develop at least 20 different types of biological and chemical weapons.
The group said its members would not hesitate to add the new weapons to Kassam rockets that are being fired at Israeli communities almost every day. It also threatened to use the weapons against IDF soldiers if Israel carried out its threats to invade the Gaza Strip.
"We want to tell [Prime Minister Ehud] Olmert and [Defense Minister Amir] Peretz that your threats don't frighten us," the leaflet said.
"We will surprise you with our new weapons the moment the first soldier sets foot in the Gaza Strip."
How is it that a group has gotten to the point that they feel that they can maintain sympathy for their cause by threatening the use of chemical and biological weapons? No need to answer. Once upon a time I think we all would have laughed at the idea of a terror group making such claims...oh, what are they going to do, tie a box of used kleenex to a rocket?...but no more.
And what would happen if they began routinely launching such weapons? What do you do with a population that supports such things? Would the world, would Europeans in particular become more or less sympathetic to Israeli concerns and responses?
If these scumbags weren't launching rockets into Israel, the IDF would not be setting foot into Gaza. Funny that their announcement didn't include any mention of this being "retaliation" for all the chemical/biological assaults they accuse Israel of perpetrating against Palestinians, but I guess they aren't the most refined media release writers, are they?
http://www.torahmitzion.org/eng/resources/showLaw.asp?id=437
Undoubtedly, the MSM, led by the puerile New York Times, would start bleating about the non-existent "cycle of violence" (see my rant of a few months ago on that issue), and proclaim that Israel should "exercise restraint" (because, after all, it's all Israel's fault, anyway). Geez.......