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Israel Arrests Palestinians in Bush Assassination Plot

Sat, Jul 19, 2008 at 9:02:24 am PDT

Six Arabs have been arrested in Israel for plotting to murder President Bush.

Israel today accused six Arabs of trying to set up an al-Qaeda cell within the country and said one of them had proposed attacking helicopters used during a visit by President Bush.

Israel’s Shin Bet counter-intelligence agency said that one of the suspects had used his mobile phone to film helicopters at a sports stadium in Jerusalem that was used as a landing site for Mr Bush’s delegation.

Two of the suspects are Arab Israelis and four are Palestinians from East Jerusalem.

The two Israeli citizens were named as Ibrahim Nashaf, from Taybeh, and Mohammed Nejam, from Nazareth. Both are students at Hebrew University in Jerusalem.

Mr Nejam is suspected of having studied and photographed the helicopter landing area on the university campus with the view to an eventual attack on it, the spokesman said. Mr Bush landed there during his visit in January.

Let’s give them a state!

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Tags: Palestinians, Bush, Assassination Plot, Israel

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Truck Monkey Sat, Jul 19, 2008 9:04:21am

SHOCKA!

Sharmuta Sat, Jul 19, 2008 9:05:02am

Let’s give them a state!

And a bunch of money!

Sunlight Sat, Jul 19, 2008 9:05:46am

If you give a state, these folks probably wouldn't be part of it. They have all the benefits Israel gives (including a college education) and would probably not give them up.

Truck Monkey Sat, Jul 19, 2008 9:05:48am

re: #2 Sharmuta

And a bunch of money!

And The Obammessiah too! ..... please?

AG in Houston Sat, Jul 19, 2008 9:05:59am

They deserve a state, I thought...

jorline Sat, Jul 19, 2008 9:07:11am

al-Qaeda in the west bank?

Must be a misprint or I would have heard of this earlier through the MSM.

MandyManners Sat, Jul 19, 2008 9:08:12am

When will they use them in a prisoner exchange?

jorline Sat, Jul 19, 2008 9:08:33am

re: #2 Sharmuta

And a bunch of money!

Food for oil worked so well...make another deal just like it.

sattv4u2 Sat, Jul 19, 2008 9:08:56am

Just some mis-quided YUTES who wouldn't have had to resort to such things if only the Israelis would end their occupation and the USA would elect someone that stands for CHANGE!

(if I send that to the New York Times, think they'll hire me ?)

Dianna Sat, Jul 19, 2008 9:09:09am

re: #3 Sunlight

If you give a state, these folks probably wouldn't be part of it. They have all the benefits Israel gives (including a college education) and would probably not give them up.

Well, now they've given them up for the benefits of an Israeli prison. Congrats, guys.

Dr. Shalit Sat, Jul 19, 2008 9:10:22am

re: #7 MandyManners

When will they use them in a prisoner exchange?

"Mandy" -

Was thinking the same thing. -S-

jorline Sat, Jul 19, 2008 9:10:25am

re: #7 MandyManners

When will they use them in a prisoner exchange?

When more Israeli soldiers are captured and killed.

mj Sat, Jul 19, 2008 9:11:32am

I'm sure Condi Rice and the entire appeasement team at the State Department are very upset over this news.

solomonpanting Sat, Jul 19, 2008 9:11:44am

One of the comments after the article:

Israel stepping up their propganda campaign so the US allows them and assists them to take out Iran! They accuse Irans president of wanting to wipe them off the map (mistranslation) but surely they are the ones wiping Palestine off the map with their continuing illegal settlements!

zed, leeds,

And one can see the results in a Pali poulation that has grown into the millions since 1948.

solomonpanting Sat, Jul 19, 2008 9:12:25am

population

shanec99 Sat, Jul 19, 2008 9:12:46am

I wish those young adherants to the Religion of Peace had been made to rest in peace rather than captured arrested and housed at tax payers expense.

Make them martyrs and send them to the 72 virgins.

They should be afforded the same fate they plot to execute to hurt others.

FurryOldGuyJeans Sat, Jul 19, 2008 9:13:22am

We need to understand better their grievances so we can do more to make such people like us. The US (and Bush) must have done something to make them hate us so much.

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sattv4u2 Sat, Jul 19, 2008 9:14:43am

re: #16 shanec99

I wish those young adherants to the Religion of Peace had been made to rest in peace rather than captured arrested and housed at tax payers expense.

Make them martyrs and send them to the 72 virgins.

They should be afforded the same fate they plot to execute to hurt others.

C'Mon now. They murder, mutilate and behead. We have a dog bark at them and put a pair of panties on their heads. It's EXACTLY the same fate !

(must I?

sattv4u2 Sat, Jul 19, 2008 9:15:16am

re: #17 FurryOldGuyJeans

see my #9

jcm Sat, Jul 19, 2008 9:15:25am

Must be a mistake, they are our partners in peace.

Luigi Sat, Jul 19, 2008 9:15:58am

Obama makes visit to Kuwait that nobody is supposed to talk about. The official 'first leg' of his tour is Afghanistan, but he apparently had some pressing business in Kuwait they don't want you to know about.

[Link: www.politico.com...]

Then someone posted suggesting the item should be made private, and it promptly was taken offline.

Politico asked Obama's campaign to comment on the post, and they asked us not to write about it, for security reasons. We asked whether it would assuage their security concerns if we simply reported that he had already departed on his world tour, without naming a destination. They said it would still pose a problem, and that any early reporting on the trip could raise real security issues that would affect the trip itself.

He was officially there "visiting the troops". In Kuwait? Yeah, right. He was probably visiting his donors and collecting instructions for acceptable ways to go to Israel.

Luigi Sat, Jul 19, 2008 9:18:16am

On Obama in Kuwait.

Why he would fly hundreds or thousands of miles out of his way to make a secret visit to some obscure American troop base is ludicrous. That doesn't make any sense at all. There must be other people her wanted to met there without anyone knowing.

I'll bet this is the sort of thing that ties quite nicely into his not accepting campaign limits.

debutaunt Sat, Jul 19, 2008 9:18:45am

re: #21 Luigi

Obama makes visit to Kuwait that nobody is supposed to talk about. The official 'first leg' of his tour is Afghanistan, but he apparently had some pressing business in Kuwait they don't want you to know about.

[Link: www.politico.com...]

He was officially there "visiting the troops". In Kuwait? Yeah, right. He was probably visiting his donors and collecting instructions for acceptable ways to go to Israel.

Luigi the cynic.

The Other Les Sat, Jul 19, 2008 9:19:15am

A Carthaginian Peace is better than no peace at all.

shanec99 Sat, Jul 19, 2008 9:19:38am

re: #18 sattv4u2

C'Mon now. They murder, mutilate and behead. We have a dog bark at them and put a pair of panties on their heads. It's EXACTLY the same fate !

(must I?

Now if we have to house them... put up wallpaper with the three little pigs.
If we have to feed them then bacon should be on thr menu for breakfast everyday, ham sandwiches for lunch and pork chops for dinner.
And if we have to clothe them... then thier shoe leather should be made from pig skin.

Luigi Sat, Jul 19, 2008 9:19:42am

debutaunt, you've got my number.

JammieWearingFool Sat, Jul 19, 2008 9:19:42am

re: #20 jcm

I'll drop you a line when I get a chance, but I wanted to thank you for your thoughts and the flowers you sent. Much appreciated. Everything went well this week and I left for vacation early Friday.

Heading off to the beach shortly.

If anyone sees 3 wood and realwest around, give them my thanks and let them know I'll email them when I get the chance.

Steffan Sat, Jul 19, 2008 9:20:11am

With what the Israeli government has been doing lately, I have to wonder what their response would be if the Palis managed to get their hands on enough yellowcake to make a "dirty" bomb.

Would Olmert do anything, or would he wag his finger at them and tell them how doubleplusungood that was?

debutaunt Sat, Jul 19, 2008 9:20:30am

re: #26 Luigi

debutaunt, you've got my number.

I know you inside out.
You ain't no eagle scout.

Spiny Norman Sat, Jul 19, 2008 9:21:12am

Six Arabs have been arrested in Israel for plotting to murder President Bush.

Seething at DKos, HuffPo, DU to commence in 5... 4... 3...

doriangrey Sat, Jul 19, 2008 9:21:12am

re: #23 debutaunt

Luigi the cynic.

The US is massing troops in Kuwait, possibly for a soon to come Iranian vacation. Obama wants to confirm their presence so he can inform his Iranian ~~masters~~ brothers of the evil Bushitlers intentions.

Dianna Sat, Jul 19, 2008 9:21:21am

re: #27 JammieWearingFool

I'm glad to see you're doing OK.

jcm Sat, Jul 19, 2008 9:21:23am

re: #27 JammieWearingFool

I'll drop you a line when I get a chance, but I wanted to thank you for your thoughts and the flowers you sent. Much appreciated. Everything went well this week and I left for vacation early Friday.

Heading off to the beach shortly.

If anyone sees 3 wood and realwest around, give them my thanks and let them know I'll email them when I get the chance.

Welcome back.
The least I could do for you and your family.

My nic's email blue.

debutaunt Sat, Jul 19, 2008 9:22:30am

re: #29 debutaunt

I know you inside out.
You ain't no eagle scout.

I know unfamiliar song lyrics.

pre-Boomer Marine brat Sat, Jul 19, 2008 9:22:54am

The usual seething in the comments below that Times article

/I'm shocked SHOCKED

Luigi Sat, Jul 19, 2008 9:25:19am

deb...

[Link: en.wikipedia.org...]

akak Sat, Jul 19, 2008 9:26:52am

re: #28 Steffan

With what the Israeli government has been doing lately, I have to wonder what their response would be if the Palis managed to get their hands on enough yellowcake to make a "dirty" bomb.

Would Olmert do anything, or would he wag his finger at them and tell them how doubleplusungood that was?

He would install nuke detectors on the border.

VegasRick Sat, Jul 19, 2008 9:27:31am

obambi is a fraud (just thought I'd throw that out there).

debutaunt Sat, Jul 19, 2008 9:27:53am

re: #36 Luigi

deb...

[Link: en.wikipedia.org...]

That's the one! I do like that song!

shanec99 Sat, Jul 19, 2008 9:28:30am

re: #31 doriangrey

The US is massing troops in Kuwait, possibly for a soon to come Iranian vacation. Obama wants to confirm their presence so he can inform his Iranian ~~masters~~ brothers of the evil Bushitlers intentions.

If there is information that the US has increased the number of troops in Kuwait, then it should be classified.

Be careful that you are not posting information on troop movement... if what you say is true then you might be increasing their risk for attack.

Luigi Sat, Jul 19, 2008 9:28:36am

re: #31 doriangrey

The US is massing troops in Kuwait, possibly for a soon to come Iranian vacation. Obama wants to confirm their presence so he can inform his Iranian ~~masters~~ brothers of the evil Bushitlers intentions.

If that's true he should have had the decency to avoid the place. He is, after all, on one of the most watched international trips since Lindberg.

jcm Sat, Jul 19, 2008 9:28:39am

re: #38 VegasRick

obambi is a fraud (just thought I'd throw that out there).

Worse, a Soros puppet.

akak Sat, Jul 19, 2008 9:28:57am

shocker blunt message from Iran, lol

these idiots in charge of all our tax money

please donate to my new monitor fund

kynna Sat, Jul 19, 2008 9:30:26am

The leftists in this country actually think this is even more reason to reward the Palestinians.

I mean, why wouldn't they want to kill President Bush?

/channelling Obamaniacs

EC Marm Sat, Jul 19, 2008 9:32:25am

re: #6 jorline

al-Qaeda in the west bank?

Must be a misprint or I would have heard of this earlier through the MSM.

No, but a subliminal 'al q' in the McCain ad Charles had a link to yesterday. The evil Rethuglicans inserted a subliminal message in an ad 'attacking'* Barack Obama. The letters 'al qD' appear on the screen for a millisecond.
Google search on 'al qD' returns this:
Did you mean: al qaeda
Proof!
link

* actually just showing his flip-flopping

jas88 Sat, Jul 19, 2008 9:33:18am

Yep, give them a "state"; I'm not sure which, but "solid" isn't working out too well - should we try liquid or gas next?

shanec99 Sat, Jul 19, 2008 9:34:27am

re: #44 kynna

The leftists in this country actually think this is even more reason to reward the Palestinians.

I mean, why wouldn't they want to kill President Bush?

/channelling Obamaniacs

I don't know if the left wants to kill the President, but I do know that they delighted in the illness of various members of his administration, the most recent example being the celebration in some quarters in Tony Snow's illness and eventual demise.

debutaunt Sat, Jul 19, 2008 9:34:32am

re: #46 jas88

Yep, give them a "state"; I'm not sure which, but "solid" isn't working out too well - should we try liquid or gas next?

States 51-57.

freedombilly Sat, Jul 19, 2008 9:34:47am

Maybe Obama can swing by there after Iraq and talk with the six people who I'm sure he considers misunderstood. The Messiah can convince them to change and then everything will be fixed.

Terp Mole Sat, Jul 19, 2008 9:37:05am

four are Palestinians from East Jerusalem.

If PA fingerprints are established, this constitutes an act of war against the United States.

Recall Bush 41 assassination plot was casus belli #9 in the Congressional Iraq War Resolution (P.L. 107–243);

Whereas the current Iraqi regime has demonstrated its continuing hostility toward, and willingness to attack, the United States, including by attempting in 1993 to assassinate former President Bush...

Truck Monkey Sat, Jul 19, 2008 9:37:52am

re: #38 VegasRick

obambi is a fraud (just thought I'd throw that out there).

But he sure can "cut the rug" as the youngsters say. Did you see him on The Ellen Show? I think that he wrapped up my vote right there!

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mojo9 Sat, Jul 19, 2008 9:40:22am

the palis really are asking for a major ass whuppin', aren't they? if they ever succeed with one of their "attempts".

jorline Sat, Jul 19, 2008 9:41:33am

re: #45 EC Marm

No, but a subliminal 'al q' in the McCain ad Charles had a link to yesterday. The evil Rethuglicans inserted a subliminal message in an ad 'attacking'* Barack Obama. The letters 'al qD' appear on the screen for a millisecond.
Google search on 'al qD' returns this:
Did you mean: al qaeda
Proof!
link

* actually just showing his flip-flopping

thanks for the link EC

VegasRick Sat, Jul 19, 2008 9:41:34am

re: #51 Truck Monkey

But he sure can "cut the rug" as the youngsters say. Did you see him on The Ellen Show? I think that he wrapped up my vote right there!

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I think he "cut the cheese".

jcm Sat, Jul 19, 2008 9:42:54am

BHO in Afghanistan.

"Iraq is not the central front in the war on terrorism, and it never has been."

Well, some folks disagree with you Barry.

Osama bin Laden and Ayman al Zawahiri have repeatedly called Iraq the "front line" in their war against Western civilization.

Neo Con since 9-11 Sat, Jul 19, 2008 9:43:47am

re: #46 jas88

I plussed your comment but then I looked at your nic. What's the 88 stand for?

jones Sat, Jul 19, 2008 9:45:13am

If one judges a man by his enemies...

A ringing endorsement of W.

shanec99 Sat, Jul 19, 2008 9:45:26am

re: #51 Truck Monkey

But he sure can "cut the rug" as the youngsters say. Did you see him on The Ellen Show? I think that he wrapped up my vote right there!

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So now I get it, Sen Obama's qualifications:
President of Harvard Law Review.
US Senator, (can anyone describe or even list his major legislative accomplishments?)
Eloquent orator... (is he any good at extemporaneous speech or does everything have to be on the teleprompter?).
Dances well...
Is there anything else? Please inform me, there must be more to a 'President of the US than this.

Even Jimmy Carter was more qualified...
he was Governor of a state
nuclear engineer
Submarine Executive Officer
Farmer

opinionated Sat, Jul 19, 2008 9:46:22am

What is this give then a State nonsense? Keep up people.

They need two States. West Palestine for the bad terrorists in Gaza and East Palestine for the sometime terrorist killers, sometime good terrorist peacemakers of Abbas and Fatah. West Palestine to be allied with Iran. East Palestine to be allied with our friends the Saudis.

And seeing as two of these animals were not "poor uneducated destitute stateless Arabs" so loved by the State Dept and Tony Blair, but were in fact Israeli citizens with full rights educated at one of the world's best schools, and from Nazareth, no one expects them to move to West or East Palestine, so what about a State for them somewhere in Israel too. Somewhere up north so that they can easily give coordinates to Hezbulah, who already have a State, but want to continue killing Jews anyway.

shanec99 Sat, Jul 19, 2008 9:48:43am

re: #59 opinionated

My lord... the idea of two more anti-America and anti-Israel votes in the UN.

freedombilly Sat, Jul 19, 2008 9:49:08am

re: #58 shanec99

US Senator, (can anyone describe or even list his major legislative accomplishments?)

He actually has less legislative accomplishments than John Kerry did in 2004. And that is not easy. I am pretty convinced that he will win the nomination but I am clinging to the hope that the guy won't be able to pass any of his social agenda due to his incredible lack of political experience.

I must admit it feels weird clinging to something other than my religion or my gun.

Terp Mole Sat, Jul 19, 2008 9:50:21am

This is clearly just another case of Arabs expressing their free speech rights;

Assassination chic artist of the day
An artist’s video game that is being exhibited at a free-speech exhibit in Chicago challenges players to kill the president.

The video game is part of a “confrontational art” exhibit by Chicago-based artist Wafaa Bilal.

In the 3-D game, “The Night of Bush Capturing; A Virtual Jihadi,” players are sent on a mission to kill President George W. Bush.

FYI: Bilal was inspired by al Qaeda’s “Night of Bush capturing” jihadi propaganda video.

His website is “The Virtual Jihadi.”

And Obama and his grievance-mongering supporters have the nerve to whine about that New Yorker cartoon…

Dr. Shalit Sat, Jul 19, 2008 9:50:56am

re: #59 opinionated

Opinionated -

Good point - If you count Southern Lebanon there are already 3 de-facto "Palestinian" States.

-S-

jones Sat, Jul 19, 2008 9:51:40am

re: #61 freedombilly

If he is elected, he will be a Wesley Mouch- figurehead. Kennedys' et. al. will do all the behind the scenes work.

Opinionated Sat, Jul 19, 2008 9:52:17am

re: #63 Dr. Shalit

Opinionated -

Good point - If you count Southern Lebanon there are already 3 de-facto "Palestinian" States.

-S-

Four. Jordan

Alone in NY Sat, Jul 19, 2008 9:53:50am

but hey, why should the Islamofacists be any different then Daily Kos?

Truck Monkey Sat, Jul 19, 2008 9:57:36am

re: #65 Opinionated

Four. Jordan

Which, I believe, is over 80% Palestinian.

Miss Molly Sat, Jul 19, 2008 9:59:19am

And how soon will Barack have his picture taken with the troops? I'm betting he will not look much like a Commader in Chief regardless of how hard he is trying to look the part.

itellu3times Sat, Jul 19, 2008 10:00:14am

re: #46 jas88

Yep, give them a "state"; I'm not sure which, but "solid" isn't working out too well - should we try liquid or gas next?

The Plasmastinian state.

KenJen Sat, Jul 19, 2008 10:03:19am

Why are we still sending foreign-aid to these thugs? Nothing good comes out of these people. We are talking about the most foregin-aid dependent society on earth and they want to kill the leader of one of their largest donors?

doriangrey Sat, Jul 19, 2008 10:04:13am

re: #56 Neo Con since 9-11

I plussed your comment but then I looked at your nic. What's the 88 stand for?

Eighth letter of the alphabet repeated.. HH..........figure it out...

jas88 Sat, Jul 19, 2008 10:05:29am

re: #56 Neo Con since 9-11

I plussed your comment but then I looked at your nic. What's the 88 stand for?

Just random numbers, actually - my old university used initials (JAS in my case) plus a number to make it unique. Some other guy with the same initials already had the username jas87, so I got jas88 and the next will be given jas89. We used those usernames for everything, so it's stuck with me. For a while after graduating, I tried to use my first name, but of course there are millions of guys called James out there; JamesS doesn't help much, but jas88 is almost always free.

(I've heard of some fringe Nazi groups using 18 and 88 to stand for AH and HH respectively, but I like to think that's pretty obscure; even Germany, which bans things like HJ from license plates because of the association with the Hitler Youth, is happy to use HH as the region code for all Hamburg plates, so it can't be that commonly used!)

akak Sat, Jul 19, 2008 10:10:02am

Will he go sniper watching with CNN & Taliban & AP?

debutaunt Sat, Jul 19, 2008 10:26:28am

re: #71 doriangrey

Eighth letter of the alphabet repeated.. HH..........figure it out...

Hubert Horatio Humphrey?

ploome hineni[deleted] Sat, Jul 19, 2008 10:29:09am

jas88 Sat, Jul 19, 2008 10:29:47am

re: #71 doriangrey

Eighth letter of the alphabet repeated.. HH..........figure it out...

Nothing to do with the alphabet, actually.

As for an actual geographical state, I agree: they've got Jordan, which is pretty much the Palestine they claim to be demanding, both in geography and in population. Beyond that, though, they've got borders, a flag, a President and far, far more weapons and combatants than could possibly be justified - it's even recognized as the "State of Palestine" by over 100 countries, so what's their real demand?

Sure, they want to expand their borders to include someone else's country - just like Hitler's Germany did; the Gaza Strip and West Bank aren't "contiguous" - just like the US with Washington and Alaska; they keep having problems with terrorists which require foreign troops to sort out, just like Iraq and Afghanistan. None of those prevents those countries from actually being countries - so what concession is it they are really demanding now - more territory to be carved out of Israel, or is the whole "statehood" demand just an excuse for never-ending aggression?

Mich-again Sat, Jul 19, 2008 10:36:43am

Watch your back Hamas. Salafi Jihadists in Gaza: 'Compared to Us, Hamas Is Islamism Lite'

And if the thugs in Hamas take offense with that comment and want to ask this guy a few questions, (maybe have a short meeting on a rooftop?) there is enough information in the article to identify him..

He picks his way across the sand on crutches, his leg wrapped in a cast up to his thigh. The Pakistani clothes he wears are also foreign -- and the white shirt that hangs to his knees makes walking on crutches even more difficult.
... whose beard cascades down his chest...

Abu Mustafa has a degree from the University of Saarbrücken in Germany's far west.

PeggyU Sat, Jul 19, 2008 10:54:26am

Imprison them? How's about they just shoot them and box them up for the next hostage swap? Seems only fair.

Neo Con since 9-11 Sat, Jul 19, 2008 11:22:19am

re: #72 jas88

I'm not really sure how fringe it is, 88's seem to be fairly common on anti-Semitic YouTube video comments but nothing else I've seen written by you seems in the slightest bit sympathetic to the nazi's. It seems you just had the misfortune of having your university attaching a nazi code to the end of your name. Thank you for clearing that up.

Perry Sat, Jul 19, 2008 12:25:22pm

Shin Bet is really on top of things. Tony Blair, now President Bush.

dave in NC Sat, Jul 19, 2008 12:55:37pm

'88' is actually a very common neo-nazi code, frequently obtained as a tattoo in prison.

realwest Sat, Jul 19, 2008 1:01:25pm

test

Bosch Fawstin Sat, Jul 19, 2008 1:30:23pm

Our pals

mikeytrix Sat, Jul 19, 2008 1:35:57pm

Think they'll take Vermont? We can have Dean negotiate the transfer.

Tigger2005 Sat, Jul 19, 2008 1:49:31pm

Do they really want Cheney in charge?

Tigger2005 Sat, Jul 19, 2008 1:50:19pm

re: #85 Tigger2005

Do they really want Cheney in charge?

I mean, as a moonbat of my acqaintance said, "Cheney shot an old guy in the face!"

winston06 Sat, Jul 19, 2008 2:12:08pm

Too bad Israel doesnt have death penalty

jas88 Sat, Jul 19, 2008 2:34:43pm

re: #80 Perry

Shin Bet is really on top of things. Tony Blair, now President Bush.

That, or the terrorists are doing some "traitor tracing", rooting out intelligence sources in their midst; if you have a terrorist cell you think might be infiltrated or under suspicion, have it act suspiciously (like videoing helicopter landing sites) and see what happens. If the cell gets picked up, you know it was being monitored already. (Or you give each cell a different target, then when, for example, Bush and Blair pull out for security reasons but Sarkozy doesn't, you know it's the third cell which was 'clean' and the first two are compromised.)

Or, as the two comments on the Times website so far suggest, it's all just Israeli propaganda, part of their evil plot to deprive that poor misunderstood Ahmadinejad of his peaceful nuclear weapons program... *sigh*

I'm glad Shin Bet's on the ball, anyway.

re: #87 winston06

Too bad Israel doesnt have death penalty

Yep; for a country under such severe threats, I've never understood why they don't. Overcompensating for the Holocaust, perhaps, feeling that allowing the state to take life off the battlefield is just too dangerous whatever the reason? Dead terrorists might be used as recruiting figures - but only live ones fire missiles at you!

Worse still, as with Gitmo, can these guys actually be tried effectively? They were caught before carrying out an attack; they're probably lawyered up already and will be out in a year, with a restraining order banning Shin Bet from looking at them again until they've actually been caught firing missiles at people. The whole law enforcement approach to counter-terrorism just doesn't work, as anyone brighter than a Senator from MA can tell you!

kynna Sat, Jul 19, 2008 2:42:41pm

I've never heard of that 88 thing, but poor jas88 even ended up with the 88th comment. The nazi's are really trying to get to him aren't they?!

BTW -- did you guys know Obama's in Afghanistan? That may be why I haven't seen this particular news tidbit played for what it's worth.

/grrrr

docremulac Sat, Jul 19, 2008 3:27:13pm

We give these pigs our tax payer's hard earned money and they dance in the streets on 9-11 and try to assassinate our President.

I think it's time for a Constitutional amendment that approval for all money sent overseas needs to be subject to a vote by the people who are paying this money: the taxpayers.