Visit our website: HTTP://WWW.STOPNATO.ORG.UK --------------------------------------------- ----- Original Message ----- From: JamiatKZN <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, September 19, 2001 1:23 PM Subject: [Spy News] Misdirection > Letter from Ramallah - "Israel is pounding us even as I write" > > Sept 16, 2001 - Ramallah > > I am writing to you now to the sound of Israel's "Defense Forces" pounding the > living daylights out of my hometown Ramallah. As the whole world is too busy > paying tributes to the victims of terror attacks in NYC and DC, Israel has had > a field day in terror attacks of their own on us here. Since the attacks in the > US, the Israelis have taken their assaults on Palestinians to new heights. > Every day they have invaded a few cities using tanks, helicopters, and fighter > jets. Since the beginning of the intifada, there has not been so much Israeli > aggression like that witnessed since last Tuesday. > > No one could put this clearer than Shaul Mofaz, Israel's Chief of Staffs, who > boasted that his forces have killed tens of Palestinians and no one in the > world said anything. Indeed, since last Tuesday there have been unrelenting > attacks on each Palestinian city for no reason. Since the beginning of the > Intifada Israelis have carried out only 2 or 3 such attacks, while since > Tuesday, there has been at least a dozen. Tens of Palestinian martyrs have > fallen, and their cries have fallen on deaf ears in this world. Everyone seems > to be more interested in backing that raging cowboy Bush as he declares his > country going into war against a yet unidentified enemy. The attack on the WTC > and Pentagon, is a clear act of terror that I, and millions of Palestinians, > denounce. Yet it must be really painful to see how the whole world has had > nothing to do in the last few days but mourn the victims, while more than a > million and a half civilian Iraqis have died since the beginning of the US > terror campaign on Iraq. Why did no one weep for them, why did no one weep for > the hundreds of thousands in Rwanda, and why is my people's suffering under the > illegal Israeli occupation no longer interesting to anyone? > > Excuse me if my thoughts are a bit incoherent, or if my sentences seem to make > little sense, but it is really hard to concentrate with Apache choppers > hovering a few hundred feet above your head, armored tanks unleashing their > might on your neighborhood, all sorts of missiles flashing across your window, > and a nearby building being obliterated to rubble. If you don't hear from me > anymore, then know that one of those missiles has managed to find its way to my > room, turning me into a meaningless number in a meaningless statistic that no > one will pay attention to. For some inexplicable reason I felt like writing > this here and now, and sharing it with you, I would really appreciate it if you > could pass it on to as many people as possible. Israel must not be allowed to > continue its attacks on Palestinians. > > If terror is to be fought in this world, state terror is the first terror that > must be eradicated. American attacks on civilians in Iraq, Sudan, and > Yugoslavia, and Israel's continued terror in Palestine are primary examples. > > Finally, my heart goes out to every victim of terror in the world, to the > people of Hiroshima, Auschwitz, Rwanda, Baghdad, Belgrade, Vietnam, New York, > and DC, it is at moments like this that I feel your suffering and pain. I can > now honestly say that I know what it feels like to be a victim. > > Yours > > Saifedean Ammous > > 16/9/20001 > Ramallah, Palestine > > Source (Islamic Association of Palestine) > > > > ------------------------ Yahoo! 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