March 08, 2009
Hey, remember that time when the US gave the Palestinians $900 million on the promise that Palestinian PM Fayyad would make sure none of the money got to terrorists? Opps: Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas on Saturday asked his prime minister, Salaam Fayad, to stay in office pending the ...
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January 09, 2009
Remember that time when abysmal failure Gen. Kieth Dayton - sent to Gaza by the State Department to arm and train Fatah forces - abrasively brushed off Israeli concerns about making concessions and giving weapons to weak Palestinian forces? And then when those same concerns were aired in Congress he...
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November 24, 2008
Remember that time in October 2007 when the Pentagon wanted to give Lebanon cutting edge military tech even though it was obvious that Hezbollah would eventually take over the government and grab the weapons? And then Hezbollah took over the government but the Pentagon still wanted to provide the se...
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May 06, 2008
Just kidding, obviously. When the Palestinians do it in the West Bank, it's a US-backed security campaign: A Palestinian teen was seriously wounded in Kabatiya Tuesday when gunmen fired at Palestinian Authority security forces that began deploying in the village located south of Jenin. The PA forces...
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March 20, 2008
Remember that time last week when Abbas said that he's reconsidering a two-state solution and then Congress naturally responded by putting a hold on that assistance? Mr. Abbas spoke with pride of violence he had waged in his past, suggested that terrorism could start anew in the future, and essentia...
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February 26, 2008
Not their most original move. But at least this time they're giving the sycophantic international press something shiny to look at while they orchestrate a takeover and grab billions worth of weapons and aid: In recent days Hamas has mostly focused on a different arena: against Fatah in the West Ban...
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