From: Barry Stoller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [R-G] Thousands of Palestinians rally for bin Laden Reuters. 8 October 2001. Israel Praises, Palestinians Protest U.S. Strikes. JERUSALEM -- U.S.-led air strikes against Afghanistan drew Israeli praise and sparked Palestinian protests Monday. Israeli Foreign Minister Shimon Peres called the campaign courageous and said he was confident the offensive, in response to the September 11 attacks in the United States, would end in a U.S. victory. In Palestinian-ruled Gaza, police firing live bullets and teargas clashed with thousands marching in support of Saudi-born militant Osama bin Laden, who has espoused the Palestinian cause and threatened the United States, Israel's guardian ally. At least four people were wounded at the demonstration called by the militant Islamic group Hamas in defiance of a Palestinian Authority ban, witnesses said. "Hamas hails bin Laden," protesters chanted. Abdel-Aziz Rantissi, a Hamas spokesman in Gaza, told Reuters the U.S. campaign was "a war against Islam and we stand beside our brothers in Afghanistan." A Hamas statement faxed to Reuters in Damascus added: "We affirm that the United States has no real justification that authorizes it to launch this aggressive and terrorist campaign." The Palestinian Authority, which condemned last month's attacks in New York and Washington, withheld official reaction to Sunday's air strikes on Afghanistan. Palestinian Information Minister Yasser Abed Rabbo said the Authority was still studying the U.S. action. "We will discuss it at the meeting of Arab and Muslim foreign ministers in Qatar (on Wednesday) to come out with a joint position," Abed Rabbo told Voice of Palestine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Barry Stoller http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ProletarianNews with continuing coverage of WWIII _________________________________________________ KOMINFORM P.O. Box 66 00841 Helsinki Phone +358-40-7177941 Fax +358-9-7591081 http://www.kominf.pp.fi General class struggle news: [EMAIL PROTECTED] subscribe mails to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Geopolitical news: [EMAIL PROTECTED] subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] __________________________________________________
