Some discussion has recently been given to where the
Palestinians stand regarding this tragedy. Did the
people celebrate, or only a small minority?
Check this out.....
JDG
The PLO Rx: Give Blood, Threaten Cameramen, Call Me in
the Morning
By Timothy Noah
Posted Thursday, Sept. 13, 2001, at 1:20 p.m. PT
While Chatterbox is delighted to learn that Yasser
Arafat has donated blood in the name of the victims of
the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, he is growing
impatient over the 1994 Nobel Peace Prize recipient's
apparent reluctance to countermand a threat made by
Arafat's Cabinet secretary, Ahmed Abdel Rahman, to a
cameraman who on Sept. 11 filmed for the Associated
Press Palestinians in Nablus celebrating the American
carnage. According to the AP, Rahman told the AP's
Jerusalem bureau that the Palestinian National
Authority, of which Arafat is president, "cannot
guarantee the life" of the cameraman if the footage
airs. (In USA Today, Matthew Kalman reports that
Rahman threatened other news agencies, too.) At the
cameraman's request, the footage did not air, though
AP and other footage of similar celebrations in east
Jerusalem and elsewhere have been shown on TV. (Click
here, scroll to the bottom of the page, and click on
"Worldwide reaction to the attacks--9/11/2001" to view
some.) Nor have still photos of the Nablus
demonstration taken by an AP photographer been
distributed. If Arafat doesn't remove the AP fatwa
soon, Chatterbox may have to drop a dime to the
Norwegians. You don't want to be around these guys
when they get mad.
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John D. Giorgis
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Takoma Park, MD
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