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> Israeli Kach Militants Attack US Consulate, Assault Security Guard > > Friday, July 19 2002 @ 05:36 PM GMT > Palestine Chronicle Reporter > > JERUSALEM: The Israeli militant group Kach staged a riot outside the US > Consulate in Jerusalem Friday afternoon, attacking the Consulate and > assaulting a Consulate security guard. > > The condition of the security guard is unknown. Two rioters were held and > questioned by the Israeli police, according to the Israeli army radio. > > The riots were sparked in protest of what Kach calls America�s �biased� and > unjust intervention in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Kach supporters say > that the US has no right interfering in Israel�s domestic disputes. > > Israel is the largest recipient of American foreign and military aid in the > world, currently 4 out of 5 American tax dollars that are spent on foreign aid > go directly to Israel. > > Foreign aid�s estimates to the Jewish state varies, while some put it around 3 > billion US dollars a year, others say that it reaches as high as 12 billion. > > Meanwhile, the US congress has pressured the Bush administration to withhold > all aid to the Palestinian Authority. > > Israeli authorities are yet to comment on the US Consulate assault. --------------------------- ANTI-NATO INFORMATION LIST ==^================================================================ This email was sent to: [email protected] EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?a84x2u.bacIlu Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^================================================================
