----- Original Message ----- From: "Baardwijk, J. van DTO/SLWPD/RZO/BOZO" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2002 6:44 AM Subject: RE: CNN Breaking News
> > -----Oorspronkelijk bericht----- > > Van: Halupovich Ilana [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Verzonden: woensdag 23 januari 2002 9:13 > > Aan: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Onderwerp: CNN Breaking News > > > <<If you equal restraint with "they have not blanket-bombed the > > the Occupied Territories", then yes. But maybe they have not done that > > because they do not have all that many bomber planes (IMO, Sharon is > > capable of anything).>> > > > > Ilana > > Again I am sending you to look at the map. How many, exactly, planes, > > do you think, you need, to bomb "all of territories"? And, pls, don't > > don't forget, that, thanx to loving neighbors most Jewish settlements > > have bomb shelters. That's one. > > So, what is keeping the Israeli regime from blanket-bombing the Occupied > Territories? Their own people can all hide safely in their bomb shelters -- > only the Palestinians would get killed. And since they are considered > enemies, well, it would not exactly be considered a loss if they were > eradicated, right? > > > > And two - I am fed up with your way of talking about my prime > > ministers. > > Then imagine how I must feel about people on this list who keep hammering on > specific attacks ("killing 12-year old girls" and such) as if only children > are killed? People who seem to *need* those particular arguments because it > is the only way they can defend Israel's aggression? > Well, lets look at the last 10 attacks. 1-22 A gunman has opened fire with an automatic weapon at a bus stop in West Jerusalem, killing 2 1-18 Six shot dead at Bat Mitzfa 1-15 One civilian kidnapped at Palestinian checkpoint, another shot near gas station 1-14 Soldier hit while driving in car 1-10 4 Soldiers hit while in kibbutz army outpost 12-26 Soldier killed in ambush 12-13 Bus ambushed, killing 10 Israelis and wounding 30. 12-10 Bomber wounds 40 civilians near Haifa 12-2 25 killed in bus bombing 12-1 10 killed in pedestrian mall packed with young people. Of the 10 attacks, 7 were on civilians, and 3 were on military personel. None of the attacks on the military were on people actively engaged in fighting at the time. Of the deaths, 55 were civilian, and 6 were military. It certainly would be wrong to characterize the attacks as only on civilians. To be accurate, one should say, instead, that the attacks are mostly on civilians who are simply going about their daily lives, with the overwhelming majority of deaths being civilian deaths. Now that's been said, let me ask again, why do you side with the group that is deliberately targeting unarmed civilians for their most serious attacks? Dan M.
