Not surprising, but funny anyway.
Laurent
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DUBAI, - The Arab League ''strongly condemned'' this week the =
launch of the NASA space shuttle Columbia with Israeli astronaut Col. =
Ilan Ramon on board. ''We strongly condemn this illegal Zionist =
activity'' said Arab League spokesman Abr Souffla. ''We will not sit =
idly by and permit this usurpation of a cosmos that by birthright =
belongs to the Palestinian people and their Arab and Muslim brethren. =
The Zionists must not be permitted any further territorial grabs of =
Historic Palestine, whether in the West Bank or in low earth orbit''.=20
Souffla added that Palestinians and Muslims in general have a =
historic linkage to outer space arising from Mohammed's "celestial night =
journey" to the heavens. The celestial zone was described by Souffla as =
"Islam's fourth holiest site".
In New York today, UN Secretary General Kofi Annan said that an =
Israeli presence in space is ''unhelpful'' and would only serve to =
further aggravate tensions between Israelis and Arabs. The sentiment was =
echoed from Madrid by EU representative Javier Solana, who said that =
what the Middle East needed was more negotiation, and ''less cosmic =
adventurism.''
In Gaza City, thousands of Palestinians marched in the streets, =
many firing weapons into the air. ''With our blood and our souls, we =
will strike the orbital Zionists,'' chanted the protestors. Sheikh =
Yermani-Makr, appearing on Palestinian television, said, ''It is not =
enough that the unbelievers have come on our land, but now they defile =
our heavens?
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