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Boy dies from leukemia; 13 kids ill
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2. ARAFAT'S CEASEFIRE: THREE ATTACKS, TWO MORTARS, ONE FULL-SCALE BATTLE
3. UNREST IN JERUSALEM
4. POLICEMEN INVESTIGATED FOR THEIR ROLE IN ISRAELI-ARAB RIOTS
5. 20TH VICTIM SUCCUMBS
6. REFORM PRESIDENT: WE WERE WRONG - ABOUT SOME THINGS
7. NEWS FROM OFRAH
8. BRIEFS
9. EXCERPTS FROM SAFIRE ARTICLE
Saddam Praises Tel Aviv Suicide Bombing
Arafat's Cease-Fire Orders Apply Only to "Area A"
Egypt Steps Up War Rhetoric Against Israel
Egypt & U.S. Launch Military Exercise
Lebanese Anti-Aircraft Guns Fire at Israeli Fighter Planes
Syrian VP to Israel: We Would Retaliate For Any Attack
Syrian Vice-President Collapses in Lebanon
Iran Claims Success in Latest War Games
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Deadly Strain of Meningitis Kills Two Teens
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Subject: [bprlist] Israel: Count Up - Update
From: "research-bpr" <research-bpr@philologos.org>
Date: Mon, 4 Jun 2001 08:37:21 -0400
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Count Up - Update #3
Aaron Lerner Date: 4 June 2001
IDF Radio reported this morning that Israeli diplomatic sources say that the
longer Israel postpones an attack against the PA the harder it will be for
Israel to do so because of opposition from the international community.
------------------------
Count Up - Update #4 - Israel needs another "sacrifice for PR" before it can
strike?
Aaron Lerner Date: 4 June 2001
Israel Radio senior diplomatic correspondent Yoni Ben Menachem explained
on
the noon news program that Israeli diplomatic officials now beleive that the
most recent "sacifice for PR" in Tel Aviv may be too stale for Israel to be
able to offset the bad PR Israel would face if it attacked the PA.
Israeli officials tell Ben Menachem that Israel now finds itself trapped by
Arafat: if and when Israel should attack the PA for whatever reason Arafat
is sure to find a PR angle that would enable him then to justify walking
away from whatever restraint he was in fact enforcing WITHOUT any PR cost
to
Arafat.
At the same time, Israel Radio has been reporting the entire day interviews
with various Palestinian officials explaining that while there is no
shooting that the "intifada" continues.
For some reason not ONE correspondent on Israel Radio has gone to the
trouble of asking the meaning of this line. Given past IMRA interviews with
Palestinian leaders, it is reasonable to assume that among the intifada
activities one can expect to be "acceptable" during a cease-fire would be
rock throwing, destruction of agricultural and other equipment and traffic
"accidents".
Dr. Aaron Lerner, Director
IMRA (Independent Media Review & Analysis)
(mail POB 982 Kfar Sava)
Tel 972-9-7604719/Fax 972-3-5480092
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Subject: [bprlist] Excerpts from Conference Call by Foreign Minister Peres
From: "research-bpr" <research-bpr@philologos.org>
Date: Mon, 4 Jun 2001 08:39:50 -0400
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(IMRA: Is Peres clueless?)Excerpts from Conference Call by Foreign Minister
Shimon Peres to the Conference of Presidents of Major Jewish Organizations
June 3, 2001
Information Division, Israel Foreign Ministry - Jerusalem
[IMRA: Since Foreign Minister Shimon Peres is confident that the Mitchell
Report is a fantastic development for Israel IMRA has been trying with NO
success to find out from official government spokespeople if FM Peres or PM
Sharon have a clue as to how, on a practical level, they see implementation
of the Mitchell Report taking place. So far there is no indication that the
Sharon Administration does in fact have a clear idea regarding
implementation.
Consider the collections of weapons - an issue that has taken on
considerably more weight now that the PA has managed to smuggle in
Strella
anti-aircraft missiles and other equipment but that has been relegated to
the status of "confidence building measures".
To date, IMRA has yet to get an answer from a spokesman as to what Israel
has in mind (and if that information cannot be made public - if the
government DOES know what it has in mind but cannot make public)
regarding
the following questions relating to weapons:
#1 Since weapons collection has the status of "confidence building
measures" and Israeli withdrawal is also on the list of "confidence building
measures" does Israel have a position that withdrawals cannot take place
BEFORE the weapons collections take place?
#2 Does Israel have any a priori expectations regarding the illegal weapons
they expect to be handed over in terms of types and quantities?
#3 There are many reports of senior Israeli officials saying that the
weapons would be handed over to the US. Would there be Israeli observers
or
would Israel get a detailed report or would Israel be satisfied just to hear
from the Americans that everything is OK? It should be noted that America
has a long tradition of reporting that everything is OK come-what-may.
#4 What are the dynamics of the "cooling off period"? If the "cooling off
period" is violated does this zero out the count or can the Palestinains
take periodic "holidays" from the "cooling off period" and murder some Jews
for a day or two and then have those days deducted from the count?
Nuts-and-bolts-qustions. Quetions that could certainly be critical in rhe
future. Unfortunately, these are questions that it appears the Sharon-Peres
Administration hasn't had a chance to think through yet.
Perhaps if more reporters asked them the Sharon-Peres team the situation
would be different.]
Excerpts from Conference Call by Foreign Minister Shimon Peres to the
Conference of Presidents of Major Jewish Organizations June 3, 2001
Information Division, Israel Foreign Ministry - Jerusalem
The tragedy in Tel Aviv was terrible. It was a massacre of young
people and a cynical murder. We have a choice before us: either
to try and do our very best by political means to achieve a
cease-fire or to use our security capabilities to create a
deterrent. Clearly our preference is for cease-fire and peace,
and not to show that we are strong and able to handle the
situation. If we choose the second option, it would be a policy
of contradiction.
If we retaliate immediately, I think many people in the world
would say: okay, now two parties are equal and we have to tell
them not to escalate. I believe that we acted wisely and
courageously by showing restraint and by giving the international
community a chance to tell Arafat the true story. In fact, Arafat
had begun to preside over a coalition of terror on the one hand
and at the same time tried to create an impression of
negotiation. After a very long while, maybe for the first time,
America, Russia, and many other countries turned to Arafat and
told him to stop it and that he will be blamed. It was effective.
The statement that Arafat issued has some good points. The first
thing that he said, in his own voice, in Arabic, is that he will
make an effort to stop the violence. He did not say that he
ordered an end to the violence and to the terror. He combined the
texts of the Jordanian-Egyptian proposal and the Mitchell Report.
The combination has two shortcomings:
a. We submitted our comments to the Egyptians and the Jordanians;
they never responded. So it is a one-sided document led by three
parties - the Egyptians, the Jordanians, and the Palestinians -
without any reference to Israel whatsoever.
b. We are very unhappy with the decision that calls for the
continuation of the intifada and the call to sever themselves
from Israel. We are not begging anybody to do us a favor and talk
to us if they don't want to talk.
Our policy is the following:
As far as Arafat's statement is concerned, we should judge it by
the situation on the ground, by facts on the record. There was no
shooting today, but the day is still not over and we are being
very careful. Clearly that test should take a little bit of time.
We know that Arafat gave orders to his commanders to stop
shooting. We are not sure that he gave them orders to arrest the
people who are responsible and also to try and prevent further
acts. He says he did so, but we shall check it again.
We accept the Mitchell Report in its totality and do not want to
change the words or the sequence. The Mitchell Report should
remain as is without additions, omissions or changes. If minor
changes are made, the report is open to major changes. This is
for the time being the best document for us, so we shall reject
any attempt to change it.
The attitudes of President Bush and Secretary Powell were
extremely positive, helpful, and understanding, and we look
forward to working together with them. We also received support
from congressmen and senators, which came in many forms.
We feel, again, that we need the solidarity of our people because
the test period is not over and many dangers still exist. We have
to be very cautious and work together and be aware that the
situation may change tomorrow. Se we call upon everyone to remain
alert, unified, and to face the situation, with the necessary
serenity.
In response to questions, Foreign Minister Peres added:
* On what Israel wants from the Palestinians concerning the
cease-fire:
We look for signs of confiscation of weapons and basically the
prevention of further acts of terror. We need to prevent
Palestinian leaders from defending the murders. We feel it is
crucial to have a cessation of the incitement because individuals
may take the initiative to continue the violence. This can break
the whole attempt for peace.
* On the road to peace based on the four steps outlined by the
Mitchell Report:
1) Cease-fire: Israel has already announced a unilateral
cease-fire and is waiting for Arafat's cease-fire to be
implemented on the ground.
2) A cooling off period: We suggest that it last for at least 8
weeks. I believe the United States offered 6 weeks and the
parties should be able to live with that.
3) Confidence building measures: There is a list of measures we
have to take and there is a list of measures that the
Palestinians have to take. Our list of measures includes the
issue of the settlements. Our interpretation of the Mitchell
Report is as follows: not to establish new settlements; not to
confiscate land for existing settlements; to freeze building
outside the area of the existing settlements; the future of the
settlements will be dealt with when we start the political
negotiations.
On the Palestinian side, they have to collect arms, to reduce the
police force and to make sure that peace will prevail. This
should occur in the third stage, six weeks after the announcement
of the cease-fire. The third stage should also include the
cessation of incitement, improvement of conditions in the
territories, and the redeployment of Israeli forces to the point
that existed before the Intifada started in September of last
year.
4) The beginning of political negotiations: There were different
ideas, including negotiating an interim or a permanent solution.
Our proposal is:
a) We are ready to negotiate with the aim of achieving a
solution based on 242 and 338, but the first item on the agenda
should be the implementation of the existing agreements. The two
agreements signed by both sides should be equally implemented. We
feel that we have invested too much effort in the definitions and
not enough effort in the implementation.
b) As per the timetable, the Palestinians suggest that after
six months there should be a review of the negotiations and there
should be a one-year time limit for the negotiations. We are
ready to put a time limit, but we think that one year is too
short. Our aims are to take the Mitchell Report, as is, without
changes and without any acrobatics, and to use the cease-fire to
lead us to a renewal of the negotiations.
* On Chairman Arafat:
There is a struggle between Arafat and ourselves to win over the
international community. We think that in order to bring peace,
it is not enough that the two sides negotiate, but it is also
necessary that the United States, Europe, and Russia and other
communities will take a clear stand. In my judgment, Arafat can
hardly continue his way without the support of Europe, the US and
Russia, and we want to make it clear that this support is
conditioned upon peace and not upon violence. If we would declare
that Arafat is a terrorist, I am not sure that this would be
sufficient. There is an organization of nonaligned nations of 110
countries, which would immediately declare him as a fighter for
liberty. We don't want to do it and I don't think that titles
will help.
I think what we need now is to mobilize the international
community to stand against terror and to stand for the renewal of
the negotiations. Our aim is peace; we do not want to dominate
other people. We do not want to endanger other people. Our policy
is clearly self-defense on the one hand and achieving peace on
the other.
Our national unity government is facing many difficulties in this
crucial moment in Israeli history. The eyes of many Israelis are
filled with tears. We don't act with a pleasure or
light-mindedness, but with a responsibility for the future of our
people. We are acting together, right wing and left wing. We need
to work together and keep our differences for another day. By and
large people understand what we are doing and we enjoy wide
support because we are united and because people feel their views
are represented in the Cabinet. Although we are upset, we remain
cool and rational.
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Subject: [bprlist] 'Living metronome' the key to rhythm
From: "research-bpr" <research-bpr@philologos.org>
Date: Mon, 4 Jun 2001 08:50:28 -0400
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'Living metronome' the key to rhythm
By Chris Gray
04 June 2001
The secret of how Fred Astaire kept time during his tap
dancing routines may finally be out. Scientists in the United
States have discovered humans possess an internal clock so
accurate they unconsciously respond to tiny changes in a
beat.
Astaire and other performers blessed with dancing feet rely on
a living metronome when they step out on to the floor, which
enables them to move perfectly in time to the music.
The mechanism has been discovered by Bruno Repp, an
American psychologist and musician who is researching the
perception and performance of music at Haskins Laboratories
in Connecticut.
He tested how eight people tapped a silent key in response to
a series of pulsing tones from a digital piano and found they
successfully adjusted their tapping in response to beat
changes of just 1 or 2 per cent. The changes were so small
they could not be consciously detected but the eight people
were not warned the timing would be altered. Throughout five
experiments, they all remained synchronised with the tones.
A spokesman for the American Psychological Association,
which published the findings in this month's issue of the
Journal of Experimental Psychology, said they suggested the
existence of an "internal timekeeper".
http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/science/story.jsp?story=76100
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Subject: [bprlist] Nasa to test the 5,000mph surfboard
From: "research-bpr" <research-bpr@philologos.org>
Date: Mon, 4 Jun 2001 08:52:23 -0400
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Nasa to test the 5,000mph surfboard that could lead to
hypersonic travel
By Charles Arthur, Technology Editor
02 June 2001
It will be the world's fastest plane, travelling at seven times the
speed of sound and could lead to super-high-speed piloted
aircraft in about 20 years.
The US space agency, Nasa, will today send a 12ft (3.6m)
surfboard-shaped jet called the X-43A whizzing over the Pacific
Ocean, on what it hopes will be a record-breaking flight.
Although rockets have reached and exceeded the speeds that
the X-43A should achieve, of about Mach 7 (5,320mph), those
rely entirely on chemicals stored on board, which are burnt in
the engines. The X43-A, by contrast, burns its hydrogen fuel
with air scooped in from the atmosphere, in what is known as a
"scramjet".
The flight will be a key stage in Nasa's "Hyper-X" programme,
which has for decades tried to develop high-speed air-breathing
craft to replace rockets. Vince Rausch, Hyper-X programme
manager at Nasa's Langley facility in Virginia, said: "The
Hyper-X programme takes what we've been doing for the last 40
years in wind tunnel research to flight. Flight is reality. The
programme is structured around the scramjet engine and
should be a major leap forward in the national capability for
access to space. The country is looking for safer, more
flexible, less expensive ways to get to space, and that's what
the scramjet engine would bring."
However, the British inventor Alan Bond, who in the 1980s
designed an air-breathing craft called Hotol, intended to reach
space, said: "Scramjets are like Formula 1 cars whereas to
get into space, you need the equivalent of a dragster, which will
accelerate to top speed very quickly. Scramjets are fine for
mixed speeds and cruising say, if you want a Mach 10 cruise
missile but they are really not for getting into orbit."
Nasa hopes that future scramjet-based aircraft could take off
from the ground and offer a cheaper means of doing most of the
tasks now done by the rocket-powered Space Shuttle. It could
also provide a path towards high-speed aircraft for the public.
The unmanned X-43A craft, which has a wingspan of 5ft, will be
launched from a rocket that itself will be set off from a B-52
bomber this afternoon. Once the rocket reaches an altitude of
100,000ft, the scramjet will ignite and fly for about 10 seconds,
during which it should cover roughly 17 miles. The engines will
then cut out and the plane will crash into the ocean.
If it succeeds, the X-43A will break the speed record of Mach
6.7 for an atmospheric craft, which was set in 1967 by the
rocket-powered X-15 craft. It will also mark the first time that an
"air-breathing" plane has flown faster than Mach 5. Nasa is
spending $185m (£131m) on the X-43 project, and aims to fly
three of the experimental planes in the next 18 months. The
next step would be to build planes that could be up to 200ft
long and even to develop piloted versions by 2025.
http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/science/story.jsp?story=75796
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To: Steven <Syksteven@aol.com>
Subject: [bprlist] Three Nights and Three Days.
From: Pam
Date: Mon, 04 Jun 2001 09:04:17 -0400
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Dear Steven:
The ‘Three Days and Three Nights´ by Milburn Cockrell led me to the
following. If it is correct, and it looks as though it is, all credit
goes to him and to the Lord. Praise the Lord!
God Bless you. Charlie Baker.
Three Nights and Three Days
Matthew 12:40
"For as Jonas was three days and three nights in the whale´s belly;
(Jonah 1:17)
so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of
the earth."
Fact: The scriptures tell us a 12 hour period of darkness, our ‘night´,
is followed by a 12 hour period of light, our ‘day´ - the ‘evening´ and
the ‘morning´ of Genesis 1:3
Event Sequence
Jesus is taken in the garden, tried and found guilty by the Sanhedrin.
Next morning He is hauled before Pilate; is chosen to be crucified
instead of Barnabbas; is nailed to the cross then, ‘gives up the ghost´
at the ‘9th hour´ - 3 pm, our time.
3 pm to 6 pm - Joseph of Aramathea goes to Pilate, gets permission to
take Jesus´ body; buys clean, white linen; takes Jesus body down from
the cross; wraps it in the linen cloth; puts it into the tomb then,
rolls a stone in front of the tomb. Note: Not enough time to buy,
prepare and apply spices.
Chief Priests and Pharisees seal the stone and set a watch, Matt.
27:62-66. Timing ?
1st evening, 6 pm to 6 am - first half of Passover.
1st morning, 6 am to 6 pm - second half of Passover.
2nd evening, 6 pm to 6 am - tomb under guard.
2nd morning, 6 am to 6 pm - tomb under guard; the two women buy and
prepare the spices.
3rd evening, 6pm to 6 am - first half of 7th day Sabbath, Saturday;
tomb under guard.
3rd morning, 6 am to 6 pm - second half of 7th day Sabbath, Saturday;
tomb under guard.
Saturday - 6 pm to 6 am - first half of first day of the week, Sunday;
tomb under guard.
Sunday - 6 am to 6 pm - second half of first day of the week, Sunday.
Women go to tomb; find stone rolled away! Praise the Lord!
Time Sequence - mornings and evenings, working backwards.
4th morning, second half of first day of the week, 6 am to 6 pm.
Sunday
4th evening, first half of first day of the week, 6 pm to 6 am
Sat./Sun
Jesus body rises at the end of the three nights and three days!
3rd morning, second half of 7th Day Sabbath, 6 am to 6 pm. Saturday
3rd evening, first half of 7th Day Sabbath, 6pm to 6 am. Fri./Sat.
2nd morning, second half of Sabbath preparation day, 6 am to 6 pm.
Friday
2nd evening, first half of Sabbath preparation day, 6 pm to 6 am.
Thurs./Fri.
1st morning, second half of Passover day, 6 am to 6 pm. Thursday
1st evening, first half of Passover day, 6 pm to 6 am. Wed./Thurs.
Jesus was crucified and his body was placed in the tomb by 6 pm on
Wednesday!
Praise the Lord!
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Subject: Re: [bprlist] Three Nights and Three Days.
From: "Beverly"
Date: Mon, 4 Jun 2001 17:50:50 -0400
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I think this is a good time to give light to the fact that the Jews
believe the spirit hovers over the body and can enter back into it for 3
days and there fore a true resurrection in Lazarus and Jesus case can only
be recognized "after" the 3rd day..
I hope I am saying this correctly .. any one out there have any insight on
this.
----- Original Message -----
From: Pam
To: Steven
<bprlist@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Monday, June 04, 2001 9:04 AM
Subject: [bprlist] Three Nights and Three Days.
> Dear Steven:
>
> The 'Three Days and Three Nights' by Milburn Cockrell led me to the
> following. If it is correct, and it looks as though it is, all credit
> goes to him and to the Lord. Praise the Lord!
>
> God Bless you. Charlie Baker.
>
> Three Nights and Three Days
> Matthew 12:40
> "For as Jonas was three days and three nights in the whale's belly;
> (Jonah 1:17)
> so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of
> the earth."
>
> Fact: The scriptures tell us a 12 hour period of darkness, our 'night',
> is followed by a 12 hour period of light, our 'day' - the 'evening' and
> the 'morning' of Genesis 1:3
>
> Event Sequence
>
> Jesus is taken in the garden, tried and found guilty by the Sanhedrin.
> Next morning He is hauled before Pilate; is chosen to be crucified
> instead of Barnabbas; is nailed to the cross then, 'gives up the ghost'
> at the '9th hour' - 3 pm, our time.
> 3 pm to 6 pm - Joseph of Aramathea goes to Pilate, gets permission to
> take Jesus' body; buys clean, white linen; takes Jesus body down from
> the cross; wraps it in the linen cloth; puts it into the tomb then,
> rolls a stone in front of the tomb. Note: Not enough time to buy,
> prepare and apply spices.
> Chief Priests and Pharisees seal the stone and set a watch, Matt.
> 27:62-66. Timing ?
> 1st evening, 6 pm to 6 am - first half of Passover.
> 1st morning, 6 am to 6 pm - second half of Passover.
> 2nd evening, 6 pm to 6 am - tomb under guard.
> 2nd morning, 6 am to 6 pm - tomb under guard; the two women buy and
> prepare the spices.
> 3rd evening, 6pm to 6 am - first half of 7th day Sabbath, Saturday;
> tomb under guard.
> 3rd morning, 6 am to 6 pm - second half of 7th day Sabbath, Saturday;
> tomb under guard.
> Saturday - 6 pm to 6 am - first half of first day of the week, Sunday;
> tomb under guard.
> Sunday - 6 am to 6 pm - second half of first day of the week, Sunday.
> Women go to tomb; find stone rolled away! Praise the Lord!
>
> Time Sequence - mornings and evenings, working backwards.
>
> 4th morning, second half of first day of the week, 6 am to 6 pm.
> Sunday
> 4th evening, first half of first day of the week, 6 pm to 6 am
> Sat./Sun
> Jesus body rises at the end of the three nights and three days!
> 3rd morning, second half of 7th Day Sabbath, 6 am to 6 pm. Saturday
> 3rd evening, first half of 7th Day Sabbath, 6pm to 6 am. Fri./Sat.
> 2nd morning, second half of Sabbath preparation day, 6 am to 6 pm.
> Friday
> 2nd evening, first half of Sabbath preparation day, 6 pm to 6 am.
> Thurs./Fri.
> 1st morning, second half of Passover day, 6 am to 6 pm. Thursday
> 1st evening, first half of Passover day, 6 pm to 6 am. Wed./Thurs.
> Jesus was crucified and his body was placed in the tomb by 6 pm on
> Wednesday!
>
> Praise the Lord!
>
>
>
>
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Subject: [bprlist] ISRAEL: IT'S TIME TO RATE THE RUMORS
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Date: Mon, 4 Jun 2001 09:11:23 -0500
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ISRAEL: IT'S TIME TO RATE THE RUMORS
Posted By: BARRY CHAMISH
Date: Sunday, 3 June 2001, 12:41 p.m.
IT'S TIME TO RATE THE RUMORS
by Barry Chamish
The Rumor Scale:
* - don't listen to it
** - don't bet on it
*** - where there's smoke...
**** - there's fire!
Feisel El-Husseini Was Murdered.
Suspicions that the PLO's Jerusalem chief Feisel El-Husseini did not have a
heart attack in Kuwait but was knocked off are everywhere. The day of the
funeral, the Israeli newspaper Hatsofe ran a front page piece called, Suspicions
About Husseini's Murder Rampant In Europe. Even the hardline Middle East
Report noted the "suspicious circumstances" of the death.
It seems Husseini and his entourage got into a loud row with Kuwaiti security
personnel at his hotel and then he was taken to the hospital, reportedly,
already dead. Hatsofe noted that Arafat hated Husseini and cut off his
Jerusalem funding, thus was a suspect but the Middle East Report identified a
better motive.
Arafat's days are numbered. The two front-runners to take over his mantle
were Husseini and PLO Police Chief Jibril Rajoub. Rajoub is the CIA's puppet,
and they personally trained his elite guards and hit squads.
The heads of CIA are appointed by the Council On Foreign Relations (CFR),
who control events in the Middle East. The CIA has a huge presence in
Kuwait and they know how to eliminate pesky rivals.
**** A fine scenario and one that makes more sense than the trim and healthy
61 year old Husseini suddenly having a heart attack while brawling with
security personnel.
___________
Omri Sharon Was Kidnapped By The PLO
Last month, PM Sharon suffered a small setback when he was reprimanded by
the Knesset for sending his son Omri to Europe on a secret mission with the
PLO leadership. A few days before, reports of Omri's meeting were leaked to
the Israeli press but not the full story behind them.
Sharon's son was lured to Europe but not on a diplomatic mission, at least not
intentionally. Sharon would have been far too suspicious to send his son
unprotected to the lair of the PLO. Israeli security law absolutely bans such
meetings out of the fear of kidnapping and blackmail.
Omri Sharon was tortured and warned that he would be sought out wherever
he went if his father dared open a serious war with the PLO.
Sharon got the message. He is left with only one choice: he must save his son
or his country. So far, his son is coming first.
** It's easy to dismiss except for that nagging quandary: Sharon would never
have endangered his son or the country in the first place by willingly sending
Omri directly into the claws of the beast.
__________
The Versailles Wedding Hall Crash Was Sabotage
After ten days, Israel Police engineers cannot identify the cause of the crash
of the Versailles. They originally arrested 11 building owners, subcontractors,
engineers but released the builder and his partner, who had been doing
improvements on the Versailles for a few months previous to the disaster.
Their workers were Arabs and one of them interviewed on Israel TV on the
night of the tragedy lied outright about the work his crew had been doing and
then suddenly forgot how to speak in Hebrew. They were in a position to
loosen the building's pillars and retaining walls using a material called Snail-
Dynamite. It is a replacement for dynamite when blasting is impractical. It is
absorbed by rock and concrete and over a few weeks to months breaks them
down into more manageable rubble.
The police have vilified the engineering method used in the building's floors
but can recall no other cave-in similar to the Versailles in buildings which
utilized the method.
If true, Israel will suffer other building collapses until the people have no more
heart to live in their country. It's all part of the demoralization plan.
* Nothing is impossible but for the time being we should draw the line.
Maybe the police engineers will find the cause of the collapse. If their
explanation isn't convincing, then we'll raise the rating. We pray we don't have
to verify it after another building disintegrates.
_________
If The Dead Weren't Russians, Israel Would Be At War Today
If those nineteen teenagers exploded to bits in Tel Aviv had names like
Recanati or Weizman, and lived in Savion or Ramat Aviv, Sharon would have
been forced to take the proper military action to save his land. But the victims
were immigrants from Russia, a few not Jewish, others raised by single
mothers. They weren't worth fighting for.
Many Russian Israelis feel just this way and have been protesting in the
streets. They are certain the bombing showed the true bigoted face of the
Israeli ruling elite.
***1/2 - The victims' families have no political pull. If the teenagers were of
the landed gentry, the political and military pressure would have proved too
much for Sharon to resist. The country might not be united in a war for the
settlers but the elite will defend their own children once they are cut down like
animals by the savages. Perhaps, the suicide bomber knew precisely where to
detonate his explosives.
__________
Carmi Gillon Is Hauling His Tuches
Shimon Peres has just appointed Carmi Gillon to be Israel's Ambassador to
Denmark. Now why would Peres do that and why would Gillon accept? Gillon
earns four times more as chairman of Peres's Peace Center than he will make as
an ambassador. What for the huge cut in salary? And why the hurry? The
appointment came out of nowhere.
Well, not really. Gillon was head of the secret services (Shabak) from the early
days of the Oslo "peace" process and in that position he carried out a long
series of heinous crimes against those who opposed Oslo, especially the
Yesha settlers who had to be removed from their homes according to the
unpublicized clauses of Oslo. The high point of the Peres-Gillon syndicate was
the Rabin assassination.
Gillon thought Peres's power was enough to assure him protection, wealth and
fame, so he hopped onto his train. However, the train got derailed by the
Rabin murder. Too many people know the truth now and the whole story,
including the dirty tricks/hit team run by Gillon could be exposed by Avishai
Raviv's trial scheduled for this month.
Gillon wants to be as dissociated from Peres as possible and has chosen a
comfortable country from which to fight extradition when the detritus hits the
fan.
**** Yeah, that's what happened. It would be nice if a few people protested
Gillon's appointment as an ambassador to their country. Even a letter to the
media or Foreign Ministry would be a fine gesture. In these troubled times of
ours, even rumors must be followed up. They have a way of turning into the
truth.
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Date: Mon, 4 Jun 2001 13:26:41 -0400
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Ha'aretz: Soldier and officer injured in Gaza Strip gunbattle
By Amos Harel and Agencies
updated: 15:28 4 June 2001
A soldier and an officer were lightly wounded Monday when Palestinian
gunmen
opened fire on an IDF force near the Gaza Strip city of Rafah. The two were
treated in the field and did not need medical treatment.
The incident occurred when Palestinians fired anti-tank grenades and light
weapons at IDF troops manning positions near the Israeli-Egyptian border,
the troops returned fire.
Palestinian sources claimed that an IDF force entered Palestinian controlled
territory in the Gaza Strip and destroyed 12 acres of agricultural land near
the village of Dir el-Balah. Witnesses said that the force - accompanied by
tanks - left rolls of barbed wire at the site before returning to Israel.
The IDF denied these reports, saying that no force had entered into
Palestinian controlled territory in the Gaza Strip.
A policeman was lightly injured in Jerusalem after dozens of youths threw
stones at police near the Temple Mount
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Date: Mon, 4 Jun 2001 13:27:51 -0400
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PA official: Jews have no rights to the Tomb of the Patriarchs (Alharam
Alibrahimi)
[IMRA: The Tomb of the Patriarchs is the only standing Second Temple
period
structure in the region. The structure has been used by several religions.
After the Moslem invasion the structure was converted into a mosque.
Christians then converted the mosque into a church and then Moslems
converted the church into a mosque. In 1967, in sharp contrast to the
practice of both Christian and Moslem rulers, Israel did not replace the
place of worship with their own one - a synagogue - but instead developed
arrangements so that both Moslems and Jews would be able to share the
structure. Paradoxically, Israel's ecumenical approach towards holy sites
has been rewarded by continuing efforts to deny Jews access to these holy
sites rather than an appreciation that Israel did not learn from others and
simply eject the Moslems and build a synagogue.
The IDF Spokesperson told IMRA this afternoon that there is a general
closure in the West Bank in the wake of the terrorist attack last Friday
evening. The Tomb of the Patriarchs is in the general area that is subject
to closure and thus there is no access to it at this time.]
The occupation troops closed the gates of Alharam Al-Ibrahimi in Hebron
http://www.wafa.pna.net/EngText/04-06-2001/page005.htm
Hebron 4th June Wafa (Official Palestine News Agency) - The Israeli
occupation troops closed today, the gates of Alharam Al-Ibrahimi in Hebron,
denying the Moslem worshippers their rights of free access to their Holy
Places, especially today on the Prophet Muhammad Birthday.
Sheikh Azuz Amro, Deputy General Manager of the Ministry of religious
affairs, condemned this provocative action and said that the Israeli
government will be responsible for its consequences.
He added that he was surprised by this provocation intended to add tension
to the already tense atmosphere in the city, complying with the settlers
demands!, he emphasized that Alharam Alibrahimi is a Moslem Mosque, and
Islamic Waqf, and the Jews have no rights in it.
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Date: Mon, 4 Jun 2001 13:38:02 -0400
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Biotech world to converge in S.D.
Industry leaders will face an estimated 5,000 demonstrators
By Penni Crabtree
UNION-TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER
June 2, 2001
This month, San Diego will be center stage for the world's largest
gathering of biotechnology leaders and for a growing global battle
between the industry and its critics.
About 15,000 biotech executives are expected to attend Bio2001, a
four-day conference that will showcase developments ranging from the
breakthrough mapping of the human genome to the latest in lifesaving
therapies.
Many of the nation's estimated 1,280 biotech companies -- 216 of them
based in San Diego, home to the third-largest cluster of U.S. biotech
firms -- will strive to present their best corporate face during the
eighth annual event. It begins June 24 at the San Diego Convention
Center.
Their message? A Golden Age of biotechnology has arrived, fueled by
new research tools and a wealth of information gleaned from the recent
mapping of our roughly 35,000 human genes, the chemical building
blocks of life.
"There is a real revolution in the understanding of life that may
change how we look at ourselves, and biotech is the corporate face of
that," said Hank Greely, co-director of Stanford University's program
in genomics, ethics and society.
But it's a face that frightens some opponents.
The conference is expected to draw up to 5,000 demonstrators,
including environmentalists and anti-globalization activists who hope
to grab the spotlight with rallies, acts of civil disobedience and a
multi-day counterevent called BioDevastation.
Their vision of biotech is decidedly dark: a science-run-amok world of
"Frankenfood," human cloning and corporations that seek to own and
manipulate the world's genetic resources.
"The whole natural world is at their disposal," said Doreen Stabinsky,
a spokeswoman for Greenpeace. "Genes are the oil of the Information
Age, another resource for corporations to make money off of."
Industry leaders defend their science as both sound and sufficiently
regulated by government. The goal, they say, is to find solutions to
the world's food and medical needs while turning a profit for
shareholders.
"Science has not run amok, but public education about the science has
certainly not kept pace. That's the warp we are in now," said Carl
Feldbaum, president of the Biotechnology Industry Organization. The
BIO, a national trade organization representing more than 900 of the
nation's biotech companies, sponsors the industry conference.
Such disparate stances are likely to spark heated debate, if not
constructive dialogue, when the two sides are in San Diego later this
month. A bewildered public may be the better for the verbal sparring,
Greely said.
"For major social changes, some level of debate is a good thing," he
said, "and biotechnology is likely to lead to major social changes."
As protesters take their concerns to the streets, Bio2001 conference
participants will tackle some of the same issues in sessions and
workshops inside the convention center -- though from an industry
perspective.
Among the subjects to be discussed:
Efforts to develop new drugs and vaccines to treat the worldwide AIDS
epidemic. The drug industry took a public-relations beating this year
over the cost of such treatments and the inability of many developing
countries to afford them.
The recent mapping of the human genome, and the staggering amount of
data that biotech researchers are exploring. New insights into genes
raise some thorny issues, including ownership of gene patents and how
to safeguard the genetic privacy rights of individuals.
Efforts to genetically engineer crops and ways to ensure that
bioengineered corn, soybeans and other gene-altered products that
haven't been approved for human consumption stay out of the food
supply.
Issues surrounding patient rights and the ethical conduct of
experimental drug studies. Since the 1999 death of Jesse Gelsinger, an
18-year-old who suffered a fatal reaction to an experimental gene
therapy, a number of sanctions and guidelines have been imposed by
regulators.
These and other issues affecting biotech companies come at a time when
the industry is moving rapidly from gawky adolescence to adulthood.
Born just a few decades ago, biotech is coming into its own with a
slew of new products, from monoclonal antibodies that specifically
target cancer cells to gene-altered seeds that resist pests and weeds.
Last year, U.S. biotechnology companies generated $22.3 billion in
revenue and won government approval for 32 new drugs or existing drugs
with new uses, according to the BIO.
Biotech has also become a force -- though a high-risk one -- on Wall
Street. Last year the industry raised about $35 billion in investor
dollars, despite the fact that a vast majority of companies do not
make a profit and have not won federal approval for their products.
Yet for all of the gee-whiz scientific glamour, there continue to be
growing pains.
In the industry's early years, biotechnology was mostly about science
and business -- how to take an idea out of a research laboratory and
put enough capital behind it to bring a product to market.
Now it's also about politics and ethics. New research technologies,
coupled with powerful computing tools, have advanced scientific
knowledge by leaps. But with the knowledge come questions about how
the science gets used and who profits.
Those questions are increasingly the stuff of banner headlines and
congressional debate. As in January, when an international team of
doctors announced its intention to clone a human. Or with last year's
contamination of taco shells and other foods with a bioengineered corn
not approved for human consumption.
Such controversy is fodder for a relatively small but vocal
international protest movement that is targeting gatherings like
Bio2001. Last year, when the industry held its annual gathering in
Boston, about 2,500 protesters took part in a largely peaceful
anti-biotech demonstration.
In 1999, another loose-knit coalition of protesters with similar
anti-globalization aims disrupted the World Trade Organization meeting
in Seattle, and rioting resulted in numerous arrests.
San Diego police are taking security precautions, planning for a
worst-case WTO scenario but hoping the protests will prove uneventful.
The price tag for San Diego taxpayers is expected to be a minimum of
$2 million for additional police training, overtime and special
equipment, said John Welter, assistant police chief.
Welter said police are communicating with protest organizers and
biotech industry leaders, and that both sides are working to ensure a
peaceful gathering.
"The unfortunate part is we aren't sure the people who might be
violent will be the ones talking to us," he said. "It would be nice to
have a crystal ball, but since we don't, we will prepare for the
worst-case scenario."
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Date: Mon, 4 Jun 2001 13:41:42 -0400
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Monday, June 4, 2001 | Print this story
Fields of Gene Factories
For the bioengineering revolution, the next big step may be plants
that can make industrial chemicals and drugs. Why build expensive
facilities when you can just grow what you need?
By AARON ZITNER, Times Staff Writer
OMAHA--Stepping over the stubble of last year's cornstalks, Barry
Wiggins used a measuring wheel to pace off an exact acre of farmland.
He marked the plot with orange flags, then used a hand-held gizmo to
take a satellite reading of its precise location on Earth. Only then
did Wiggins rip open a bag of seed corn and pour it into the planting
equipment that sat behind his tractor.
When the corn sprouts here, it will not look like anything special.
But the federal government is requiring unusual measures to mark this
field because this corn is not intended for anyone's dinner plate.
Instead, it has been genetically engineered to produce a
pharmaceutical: a protein being tested as a vaccine for hepatitis B.
For the gene revolution, this looks to be the next big step: turning
plants into factories to make drugs and industrial chemicals. And for
a world already sorting out its views on genetically modified foods,
the coming wave of crops adds new and urgent questions about the
practice of tinkering with genes.
Already, human trials have begun on "edible vaccines" grown in
genetically engineered corn and potatoes. Building medicines into
cornflakes or other foods could be especially helpful for developing
countries, where syringes, refrigeration and trained medical workers
often are scarce. "There's no doubt that this could be very
important," said Jose Luis Di Fabio, an official with the Pan American
Health Organization. About 1.6 million unvaccinated children die each
year of diseases for which vaccines exist, he said.
U.S. farmers also could benefit, as companies promise to pay a premium
for growing the new plants. In a bid to help ailing tobacco farmers,
Congress and the state of Virginia have funded research on modifying
tobacco to produce pharmaceuticals, which might lead to new,
high-value crops.
For chemical makers, the new crops offer a tantalizing proposition:
Why build expensive factories when you can simply grow chemicals? By
moving a chicken gene into corn, one company already makes an
industrial protein used in labs around the world. Other companies are
betting that gene-altered plants will cut the costs of making
chemicals used in plastics, detergents and construction materials.
"Think of all the things that could be grown this way," said Anthony
Laos, president of ProdiGene Inc., the Texas company that employs
Wiggins and created the hepatitis B corn, the result of adding a virus
gene to the crop. "Nothing's going to happen overnight, but in 10
years I could see 10% of the country's corn acres devoted to this."
Known as "biopharming," the process of growing chemicals in modified
plants marks a new direction for biotechnology. Scientists first added
genes to plants in 1983, but so far the technology has mostly been
used to make crops resistant to weedkillers and insects--which cuts
the cost of farming.
Biopharming raises many questions familiar from the debate about
genetically engineered foods. The main fears are that adding foreign
genes to plants will prompt allergic reactions in people who eat them,
and that the genes might cause unwanted changes in soil, in insect
populations and in the broader environment. But in transforming plants
to grow things that people do not normally consume, biopharming may
raise additional concerns.
"Now we also have to worry about taking vaccines unexpectedly from
these plants," said Joseph Mendelson, legal director for the Center
for Food Safety, a critic of industrial agriculture. "When you talk
about something like a vaccine or chemical that could spread to the
environment, I would say that it raises the concerns to a higher
level."
Some groups see genetic manipulation as an unacceptable exploitation
of nature. One radical group, the Earth Liberation Front, even says it
set fires recently at a Seattle genetics research laboratory and an
Oregon tree nursery, doing more than $3 million in damage.
Federal regulators say they are keeping a watchful eye on biopharming,
requiring permits when new crops are grown in open fields. To prevent
pollen from carrying modified genes to new plants, the U.S. Department
of Agriculture requires farmers to separate gene-altered plants from
conventional crops by several hundred feet. The agency sometimes asks
growers to remove the pollen-bearing parts of the plant as well.
To clarify the permit requirements, the Agriculture Department and the
Food and Drug Administration expect to publish a "guidance" document
this summer that spells out what companies must do to grow, transport
and contain biopharmed crops. "They're not going to process them
anywhere near your food," said Kathryn Stein, an FDA official. "The
facility would have to be dedicated to pharmaceuticals.
"Also, we have control over the disposal of all waste materials--what
happens to the residue of the corn, for example--and we will restrict
that so that it does not go into food or feed."
Still, a debacle last year involving one type of genetically
engineered corn gave a black eye to regulators and to biotechnology
companies and has sharpened scrutiny of their work. Sold under the
name StarLink, the corn won approval as an animal feed but not for
human consumption, as regulators wanted more evidence that it would
not provoke allergies.
StarLink was grown on less than 0.4% of U.S. corn acreage in 1999. But
thanks largely to poor controls after harvest, it turned up in 430
million bushels of corn and triggered a recall of more than 300 brands
of taco shells, corn breads and other processed foods. Its creator,
Aventis SA of France, is expected to pay $400 million to farmers in
crop buyback programs and other costs. U.S. taxpayers will spend as
much as $20 million to buy contaminated seed stocks from seed
distributors.
The episode prompted some critics to say that corn and other food
crops should never be modified for nonfood purposes. "Promises were
made about containment and segregation, and they weren't kept, and you
might say they could never be kept," said Philip Regal, a University
of Minnesota biologist.
Biopharming firms say comparisons to StarLink are unfair. StarLink and
most other genetically engineered seeds are sold to farmers, who then
market the crops. But ProdiGene does not sell its seeds. It pays
farmers for the use of farmland and for certain growing chores. Laos
said: "We basically do all the harvesting. What's valuable to us needs
to be extracted from the corn, so we never let it get out of our
hands."
Biopharming companies also say that, in some ways, their work is not
novel.
The biotechnology industry already makes dozens of drugs by moving
human or other genes into bacteria, yeast or hamster ovary cells, then
encouraging those genes to make proteins. Many proteins can be used as
drugs or as industrial chemicals.
The process, however, requires highly sterile factories, with
fermentation tanks and sophisticated purification processes. By moving
the same genes into plants, companies might save millions of dollars
in construction and operating costs. If a protein drug is a big hit,
its manufacturer would simply plant more of it. And if the market
collapses, the company would just grow less.
One company, Epicyte Pharmaceutical Inc. of San Diego, says it will be
able to make the same quantity of drugs with 200 acres of corn that a
$400-million factory would produce in one year.
ProdiGene makes a similar claim. Since 1996, it has been selling a
version of avidin, a marker protein that helps laboratory workers
track what is going on in chemical reactions.
Avidin has traditionally come from chicken eggs, but ProdiGene
scientists moved the avidin gene out of chickens and into corn. Today,
the company says, a single $2.50 bushel of corn yields the same amount
of avidin that comes from a ton of eggs, which costs about $1,000.
The new wave of crops is aimed at sizable markets. The $2-billion
market for antibody drugs, used to treat cancer, inflammation and
other ailments, is expected to grow to $8 billion by 2004. Epicyte is
developing several "plantibodies," or human antibodies grown in
plants.
One scientist, Guy Cardineau of Dow AgroSciences, told a conference
last year that biopharmed chemicals and drugs could be a $200-billion
market within 10 years.
However, the cost of extracting proteins from plants could make some
biopharmed products too costly. And like other drug-makers,
biopharming companies must show the FDA that their products are safe
and effective. Because of the way plants manipulate sugars, a protein
made in plants is sometimes different than the same protein made in
mammalian cells.
Plants also may cleave or fold the protein incorrectly, said Dr.
William Haseltine, chief executive of Human Genome Sciences Inc.,
which has invested heavily in traditional methods of making
gene-derived drugs. "We believe there are enough risks in the
development of new drugs. To add another one--that is, the method of
production--is unwise."
Moreover, it is unclear whether edible vaccines from plants actually
work. The body's digestive system is designed to break down proteins
before they reach the bloodstream. Very few oral vaccines exist today;
the oral polio vaccine is the most common.
But some scientists say that is only a function of cost. "What if you
need 1,000 or 10,000 times the protein to make an oral vaccine work?"
asked John Howard, chief scientific officer at ProdiGene. "The cost
would be prohibitive--except if you grew it in plants."
Hugh Mason, a plant biologist at Cornell University, and colleagues
last year showed that a hepatitis B vaccine grown in potatoes produced
an immune response when fed to mice. Similar tests have been conducted
on humans, but they have not yet been published. "I can say they were
encouraging," Mason said.
At the Nebraska cornfield that Wiggins planted recently, the focus was
not on whether the hepatitis B corn would ever find a market. Instead,
Wiggins and other ProdiGene workers were trying to make sure it would
not find its way to any other field.
After measuring and mapping their test plot, they planted two rows of
conventional corn around the edges. The conventional corn was intended
to catch any pollen that might escape from the gene-altered crop. And
next year, workers said, this plot would be planted with soy, another
way to make sure that stray pollen does not move to new corn plants.
"The only pollen flying around here will be non-transgenic," said
Donna Delaney, a plant geneticist, as she supervised the planting.
"Make sure that people know we're doing our best to keep this stuff
out of their food."
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From: Shophar_Sho_Good
Date: 4 Jun 2001 14:14:44 EDT
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Seems like these two threads have ended up tied in a nice neat bow. I know
when I was first presented with the Wednesday afternoon crucifixion I found it
hard to believe that so many have had it so wrong for so long...but it is
there if you but read and glean...not to mention the obvious parallels to the
Feast Days and their meanings happening concurrently...parallels exist to the
Feasts into Pentecost and the parallels to some of the remaining Feasts have
yet to be fulfilled. These type of threads are why I like BPR so much!, SSG
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Date: Mon, 4 Jun 2001 18:33:55 -0400
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*** Iraq halts most oil exports
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - Iraq followed up on its threat to halt most oil
exports, stopping the flow early Monday to all but neighboring
Turkey and Jordan. The indefinite halt was meant to protest a U.N.
Security Council decision to extend by one month instead of the
usual six months the program under which Iraq can sell oil. Baghdad
has chafed at U.N. controls over its oil exports - its sole foreign
exchange earner - that stem from sanctions imposed for Iraq's 1990
invasion of Kuwait. War and sanctions have crippled the Iraqi
economy, leaving many Iraqis dependent on government rations
financed by the U.N.-supervised oil exports. Iraq needs the oil
revenue to buy food. It has cash reserves, but it was unclear how
long it could survive without further sales. It had been pumping
about 3 million barrels a day. Iraqis see the U.N. oil-for-food
program as an attempt to control what the government can buy,
including food.
*** Also: OPEC looks to calm oil market fears, see
http://www.infobeat.com/fullArticle?article=407940684
Full article at: http://www.infobeat.com/fullArticle?article=407939459
*** ACLU appeals ruling on Mormon park
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - The American Civil Liberties Union is appealing
a judge's ruling that the Mormon Church may restrict speech in a
downtown private park that formerly was a public street. U.S.
District Judge Ted Stewart in May dismissed the ACLU's legal
challenge of several restrictions in the park, ruling that the
collection of fountains, reflecting pools, plants and statues was a
private religious garden, exempt from First Amendment protection of
free speech. ACLU attorney Stephen Clark filed the appeal Monday
with the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Denver. The city sold
the block of Main Street to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day
Saints in 1999 for $8.1 million, reserving the public's right to
24-hour public access but agreeing to a list of restrictions.
Full article at: http://www.infobeat.com/fullArticle?article=407938901
*** Embassy prosecutor called 'crusader'
NEW YORK (AP) - Patrick J. Fitzgerald has transformed the nation's
fight against terrorism by treating it as organized crime. The
mob-busting federal prosecutor won guilty verdicts last week on all
302 counts against four men charged in the deadly 1998 bombings of
two U.S. embassies in Africa - a case stemming from the biggest
terrorism investigation in U.S. history. Fitzgerald, an assistant
U.S. attorney, is now seeking the death penalty against one of the
defendants in proceedings that continued Monday. It would be the
first death penalty in this federal district in 47 years. "He's a
crusader in the best and worst sense of the word," said Lynne
Stewart, a defense attorney in one of Fitzgerald's earlier terrorism
cases. Now, at 40, the Brooklyn-born Fitzgerald may be about to
break through to the top echelon of federal prosecutors.
Full article at: http://www.infobeat.com/fullArticle?article=407942025
*** Rumsfeld: Aid to Iraq causes risks
INCIRLIK AIR BASE, Turkey (AP) - The help Iraq has received from
China and other countries to strengthen its air defenses is raising
the risks to U.S. and British pilots flying over northern and
southern Iraq, Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld said Monday.
After meetings with senior Turkish government officials in Ankara,
Rumsfeld visited Incirlik Air Base in south-central Turkey and spoke
with U.S. pilots who patrol the northern zone and told him of the
heightened danger. From inside an aircraft hangar, Rumsfeld praised
the troops for risking their lives to help contain Iraq's military
and limit the threat to the Kurds in the northern region of the
country. A U.S. Air Force fighter pilot who has flown missions over
northern Iraq since February said in an interview the threat from
that country's air defenses has become greater in recent months.
*** Also: Rumsfeld thanks U.S. troops in Iraq, see
http://www.infobeat.com/fullArticle?article=407941025
Full article at: http://www.infobeat.com/fullArticle?article=407939531
*** South Africa cholera outbreak grows
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) - The number of people infected by a
cholera outbreak in South Africa broke the 100,000 mark Monday, and
authorities said there was no end in sight to the epidemic. Since it
surfaced last August, the highly infectious, waterborne disease has
killed 208 people in the country's southeast, mostly poor rural
dwellers without access to clean water and proper sanitation in
KwaZulu-Natal province. "From the word go, a lot of experts were
saying to us (cholera) is going to be with us for the next two to
three years," said Dave McGlew, the KwaZulu-Natal health
department's head of communications. In the early 1980s, South
Africa's worst cholera epidemic infected more than 105,400 people
over a four-year period. More than 340 people died. Cholera attacks
the intestine of humans and can cause death by severe dehydration
resulting from diarrhea.
Full article at: http://www.infobeat.com/fullArticle?article=407940347
*** Boy dies from leukemia; 13 kids ill
FALLON, Nev. (AP) - A 10-year-old boy has become the first to die
among 14 youngsters afflicted by a mysterious cluster of leukemia
cases in the Fallon area. Adam Jernee, who became ill about 18
months ago, died Sunday at Orange County Children's Hospital in
Southern California, where he was taken to be near his mother's
family, said his father, Richard Jernee. Jernee said he planned to
return to the northern Nevada community, 60 miles east of Reno, to
press officials to find the cause of the cluster. Since 1997, 13
children who lived in the Fallon area for varying lengths of time
have been diagnosed with acute lymphocytic leukemia, the most common
form of the blood cell cancer. A 14th child was diagnosed with a
less common form, acute myelogenous leukemia.
Full article at: http://www.infobeat.com/fullArticle?article=407939236
*** Mild quakes shake western Turkey
ISTANBUL, Turkey (AP) - Seven small earthquakes, the strongest with a
preliminary magnitude of 3.7, shook western Turkey late Sunday and
Monday, the Istanbul-based Kandilli Observatory said. The quakes
struck the western town of Bergama, some 38 miles north of Izmir,
with the first at 11:45 p.m. on Sunday and the last at 7:21 a.m. on
Monday, seismologists at Kandilli said. There were no reports of
injuries or damage. Most of Turkey lies on the active Anatolian
fault and earthquakes are frequent. Two massive quakes in 1999
killed some 18,000 people and devastated large parts of northwestern
Turkey.
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SPECIAL: Solar Blast
Tue June 05 08:00 PM Eastern Time (60 min) PBS
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wind. (CC) (Stereo) (TVG)
SPECIAL: Space: The Final Junkyard (Documentary)
Tue June 05 09:00 PM Eastern Time (60 min) TLC
Spent rockets and other fragments litter the solar system. (CC) (TVG)
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Blackout. The California energy crisis. (CC) (Stereo
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Arutz Sheva News Service
<http://www.IsraelNationalNews.com>
Monday, June 4, 2001 / Sivan 12, 5761
TODAY'S HEADLINES:
1. PM SHARON: RESTRAINT IS STRENGTH
2. ARAFAT'S CEASEFIRE: THREE ATTACKS, TWO MORTARS, ONE
FULL-SCALE BATTLE
3. UNREST IN JERUSALEM
4. POLICEMEN INVESTIGATED FOR THEIR ROLE IN ISRAELI-ARAB
RIOTS
5. 20TH VICTIM SUCCUMBS
6. REFORM PRESIDENT: WE WERE WRONG - ABOUT SOME THINGS
7. NEWS FROM OFRAH
8. BRIEFS
9. EXCERPTS FROM SAFIRE ARTICLE
1. PM SHARON: RESTRAINT IS STRENGTH
Prime Minister Ariel Sharon earned praise from left-wing MKs such as
Meretz's Zahava Gal'on for remarks he made yesterday while visiting
teenagers wounded in the Friday night Dolphinarium suicide slaughter in Tel
Aviv. Sharon said, "I am responsible for running this campaign, the
responsibility for such is on my shoulders, and it is a hard campaign. I
must take into account both the diplomatic and military
considerations... We must see the entire picture. Restraint, too, is a
component of strength."
Today, Sharon qualified this somewhat by saying that he is not conducting a
policy of restraint but rather "a policy designed to provide protection to
the citizens of Israel." He rejected claims that he was sacrificing
Israeli citizens for the sake of the country's public relations. Sharon
admitted that as opposition head he expressed different opinions than those
he holds now, but, "I did that within the framework of my capacity as head
of the opposition."
Minister Tzippy Livni was asked by Arutz-7 today: "Do you agree with Prime
Minister Sharon's statements that restraint is a component of
strength? Why did he not say it during his election campaign?" Her
response:
"I think that, until this past Shabbat [the day after the Dolphinarium
slaughter], our policy of restraint was correct. We paid a high price, on
the roads of Judea and Samaria and elsewhere, but it did bring us the
benefit of great international pressure on Arafat, to which he is
unfortunately more prone to listen than he is to our military
responses. Starting from Shabbat, however, I think that we should have
decided to react, but in this way: We should have started with some
economic measures as well as some military measures of different levels,
together with continued pressure on Arafat to order a ceasefire… My
disagreement with Sharon is only on the message that Israel should be
transmitting: we must make it clear that Israel will act at its
convenience, and that Arafat should be in suspense, as should the rest of
the world, as to when we will strike. This would be better than announcing
in advance that we are waiting a day or two, or giving ultimatums, or the
like, because as the days pass, it gets harder for us to actually carry out
a military action."
Arutz-7's Ariel Kahane reports that an Israeli attack had actually been
planned at the end of last week, in retaliation for the continuing killings
on the roads of Yesha. It was going to involved Israeli Air Force planes,
but because of the suicide attack in Tel Aviv, the situation changed, the
Palestinians began to flee in expectation of a major retaliation, and
Israel did not want to bomb empty buildings. Despite this, the planes were
again put on the ready during the course of Shabbat, but again the action
was stayed because of Arafat's ceasefire announcement.
2. ARAFAT'S CEASEFIRE: THREE ATTACKS, TWO MORTARS, ONE
FULL-SCALE BATTLE
Has Arafat delivered the ceasefire goods he promised? For one thing,
Palestinian gunmen opened fire on an Israeli patrol traveling within
Israeli territory near Rafiach, and a heavy battle has been raging there
all afternoon. Over 15 Arabs have been wounded, and two Israeli soldiers
were also lightly hurt. The Arab attack includes anti-tank fire,
light-weapons fire, grenades and Molotov cocktails. The IDF spokesman
denied PA allegations that Israeli forces entered PA territory. Also late
this afternoon, mortar shells were fired towards Morag and Atzmonah in
Gush
Katif.
The above was not the first violation of Arafat's ceasefire "orders" since
last night. Residents of Kfar Darom in Gaza spent the night in their
shelters after two mortar shells were fired upon their town; no one was
hurt. Earlier, the Shomron community of Chomesh had been attacked by
terrorist gunfire. This morning, an Israeli woman was lightly hurt when a
terrorist bomb exploded near the community of Barkan, on the Trans-
Shomron
highway west of Ariel. Comprised of a gas canister and explosives, the
bomb was detonated by remote control. Security officials closed the road
for a short time. Terrorist organizations had earlier puzzled observers by
announcing that they would accept Arafat's ceasefire order, but that the
intifada would continue.
The halting of Palestinian media incitement is another Israeli demand as
part of the ceasefire - but it appears to be continuing apace. Voice of
Palestine Radio again broadcast today that the two Arabs who were killed
when their truck overturned yesterday were killed by "settlers." The
official news broadcast opened with a statement by an official Palestinian
source calling for an "end to attacks by settlers against Palestinians,
such as the killing of the two yesterday…" Due to a steering-system
problem, the truck overturned yesterday on a steep downhill slope on the
Ramallah bypass highway about a mile south of the new Assaf Outpost
between
Beit El and Ofrah. In addition, songs praising martyrdom and violence
against Israel continue to be heard; television captions quote the father
of the Dolphinarium suicide murderer saying that he is proud of his son and
wishes he had 20 more like him.
How about the arrest of Hamas terrorists or the collection of illegal
weapons? These too have not yet begun. In fact, Brig.-Gen. Amos Gilad of
IDF Intelligence disclosed today that the day before the suicide slaughter
in Tel Aviv, Arafat freed three terrorist experts in explosive materials,
for the express purpose of increasing the number of casualties in future
attacks.
3. UNREST IN JERUSALEM
About 150 Arabs waving PLO flags took to the streets in Jerusalem late this
morning, blocking motorists and jumping on cars south of the Israel Police
Headquarters. Border Guard police arrived on the scene and were able to
clear traffic in both directions. No one was hurt.
4. POLICEMEN INVESTIGATED FOR THEIR ROLE IN ISRAELI-ARAB
RIOTS
The Ohr Committee resumed its deliberations and hearings today,
investigating the Israeli-Arab riots of last October in which 13 Arabs were
killed in clashes with the police. The hearings were stopped two months
ago after several incidents of Arab violence during the sessions. A glass
partition now separates the witnesses from the audience, which in any event
will now be comprised of no more than one member of each Arab
family. Other family members will be able to view the proceedings by video
in a separate hall.
Arutz-7's Effie Meir reports on today's proceedings:
"Policeman Ilan Haroush testified about the tense, dangerous
atmosphere in
which he and his colleagues worked: 'There were rocks, burning tires, heads
covered with stockings, slingshots - and against all this, we were only
three policemen…' The Arabs who came to view the proceedings staged a
near-violent sit-in, complaining that one of their number was not allowed
in. A Druze policeman who testified provided new information about the
dangers faced by the policemen in a battle near Karmiel: 'Some type of
pistol shots were fired at us from within a large Arab mob' - but the
judges passed over this point, choosing to ask instead about how the
officers responded and exactly towards which alleyway, etc.
"Outside the hall, university students demonstrated against the hearings
themselves. One of them, law student Yitzchak Baumann, explained, 'We
think that this committee will not be able to get to the truth, for several
reasons. For one thing, it is not authorized to investigate the background
of the riots, such as who incited them and who organized them… In
addition, the Arabs who testify do not undergo any sort of
cross-examination, as in any other normal court proceeding; they come and
cry about what happened, but no one asks them why they were there, why
they
threw rocks, who incited them…"
5. 20TH VICTIM SUCCUMBS
The number of victims in the Dolphinarium suicide slaughter of Friday night
has now climbed to 20, with the death yesterday of Yan Blum, 25, a guard at
the building. He immigrated to Israel from the Ukraine a year ago, and
left a wife and a baby daughter. Two more funerals of victims of the
slaughter were held today: Liana Sakian, 16, was buried in Kibbutz Givat
Brenner, and Katarine Kastaniada, 15, was buried in the Catholic cemetery
in Jaffa. Sixteen of the victims were aged 14-19, and eighteen of them
were new immigrants from the former Soviet Union. A poll published in
Yediot Acharonot today shows that, for the overwhelming majority of Russian
immigrants, the events of the past few months have strengthened the ties
they feel with Israel.
6. REFORM PRESIDENT: WE WERE WRONG - ABOUT SOME THINGS
Reform Rabbi Eric H. Yoffie, president of the Union of American Hebrew
Congregations, admitted last week that the Reform movement had been
"wrong
about some very important things" in the context of the Oslo process.
"First and foremost," he told a UAHC national board meeting last week,
"we
have been wrong about Palestinian intentions. We have believed, along with
our allies in the peace camp, that if an Israeli prime minister would be
brave enough to say that Israel must choose peace over territories, the
Palestinian Authority would also choose peace... Ehud Barak bravely offered
a Palestinian state on 96 percent of the West Bank, with its capital in
East Jerusalem... But the offer was not accepted. The voices of reason and
moderation on which we had counted did not appear. And the PLO showed
itself, once again, to be one of the most stupid, murderous, and
bloodthirsty national liberation movements in all of human history… And we
were wrong about something else as well. We did not pay nearly enough
attention to the culture of hatred created and nourished by Palestinian
leaders... Our Movement has said little about such things. We assumed,
wrongly, that if a political settlement were reached, then conciliation
would inevitably follow. But we, along with most of the Jewish world, now
realize that conciliation, at least in some measure, must come first. The
Palestinians must demonstrate, even before an agreement is reached, that
they have a true desire for peace… We were inclined to focus overly much
on the hard choices we had to make, and not enough on the hard choices
that
our Palestinian neighbors had to make."
Yoffie was quick to balance out his confession and advise Israel to freeze
Yesha construction: "Our errors of judgment, of course, do not mean that
Israel's hands are totally clean," he said, condemning Israel's occupation
as "involv[ing] acts of degradation and cruelty" and its settlement policy
as "fanatic," and saying that "her response to terror has raised
questions…" Not only that, but "Israel has also been guilty from time to
time of demonizing her enemies."
But, Yoffie said, "while we have been wrong, we have also been right. In
fact, on most things we have been right. The intifada… has given us no
reason to revise our long-term view of what is necessary for peace. We
believe that in order for there to be peace, Israel must end her occupation
and her rule over the Palestinian people. [ed. note: 98% of the
Palestinians are under control of the Palestinian Authority.] … The primary
burden here falls on Mr. Arafat's shoulders. He says that he wants to talk,
but he cannot expect to come to the table when he is covered in blood. He
says that he wants peace, but this means that he must talk the language of
peace to his own people... He must find a way to say to the citizens of
Israel: "You are here in this land by right, as are we. Welcome home." As
for the Israelis, I believe that they would be wise to freeze temporarily
all settlement construction. They should do this not because the Mitchell
Commission wants it, or because the American government wants it, but
because it is politically wise and morally right..."
In a related item, the Reform Movement leadership has decided to suspend
its youth trips to Israel this summer. The aforementioned Yoffie
explained, in light of the uncertain security situation, "Our religious and
Zionist commitments run deep and are known to all, but this movement never
uses other people's children to make a political or ideological
point." Last year, 1,500 high school students traveled to Israel under the
auspices of a UAHC group; this year's registration was dramatically lower,
but there were still more than 300 families who were prepared to send their
children to visit Israel. National Council of Synagogue Youth, the youth
movement of the Orthodox Union, will be running its annual Israel summer
program this year, albeit on a smaller scale.
7. NEWS FROM OFRAH
Israel's largest religious youth movement, Bnei Akiva, chose to show its
support for the communities in Judea and Samaria by holding its annual
two-day leaders' convention in the Binyamin community of Ofrah. Moti
Yogev, Bnei Akiva's secretary-general and an IDF Colonel in the reserves,
explained to Arutz-7 today, "We have 240 chapter leaders - even though we
have 360 chapters around the country - and of them, 210 came to
Ofrah. This gives us a good feeling, because we specifically chose to hold
the event here out of a feeling of wanting to 'strengthen and be
strengthened, encourage and be encouraged' during these difficult times. I
feel that we are seeing the fruits of our year-long education now in the
fact that so many of them came and did so happily..."
Also from Ofrah today: The parents of a young Palestinian boy who drowned
in the village of Silwad today brought him to the gates of nearby Ofrah,
asking for emergency medical help. The local Magen David Adom medical
team
attempted to resuscitate the boy, but in vain. The Arabs of Silwad have
fired on Ofrah dozens of times in the past months.
8. BRIEFS
Labor and Social Affairs Minister Shlomo Benizri (Shas) says that he is
now doing "teshuvah" - repentance - for his previous support of the Oslo
process. "I allowed myself to be fooled when I supported Oslo and the
entire peace process," he said today. "I was one of the admirers of the
process, and now I regret it. We were lulled by Arafat, and we were
fooled." Benizri said that the Arabs interpret Sharon's restraint as
Israeli weakness...
Damages caused by the ongoing war also include 120 million shekels
worth
of unpicked citrus fruit. Arab workers from the autonomous workers have
been kept away or refused to show up because of the various closures and
disturbances. The Citrus Fruit Council asks that the government provide
compensation to the growers...
Police estimate that 10,000 people of all political stripes attended an
Israel-solidarity rally in New York yesterday afternoon, despite heavy
rain. Demonstrators held pictures of recent terrorist victims, and
chanted, "We are with you! You are not alone!" Over 100 rabbis,
synagogues, and Jewish community organizations sponsored the event...
9. EXCERPTS FROM SAFIRE ARTICLE
Excerpts from William Safire's article in today's New York Times, entitled:
Arafat's Arsenal of Missiles
"In launching a war to drive the Jews from his Palestine, the Arabs'
Arafat has come up with an impressive array of weaponry... But the pride
and joy of Arafat's arsenal is a weapon of mass terror that has no known
defense: the human missile.
"The latest in a series of these, carried by a brainwashed suicide
bomber,
ripped apart a score of young Israelis last week. These were mainly Russian
immigrant women of child-bearing age, a high-priority target for those in
Baghdad, Damascus and Jericho who dream of militarily or demographically
overwhelming the Jews. Because the human missile that massacred Tel
Aviv
teenagers so satisfied the lust for casualties, and because the incredible
restraint of Ariel Sharon was about to snap, Arafat "condemned" this attack
and told a visiting German diplomat he would join Sharon's self-imposed
cease-fire "unconditionally." That means only that Arafat will not insist
on the latest reward for violence recommended by the Mitchell commission,
Bill Clinton's final vehicle for appeasement: cessation of construction in
and around already-existing settlements.
"Sharon had already pledged to build no new settlements, a concession
not
offered by Rabin or Barak, for which he got no credit. An unnatural
"freeze" on the natural growth of existing Israeli settlements would be
fair only with an equivalent restriction on the expansion of Arab villages
in the disputed territories. Not in the cards.
"Arafat's guilty promise of a cease-fire may stay Israel's avenging hand
if he finally takes the steps necessary to stop his war. His word is
worthless because he has long specialized in what the poet Milton called "a
certain clandestine Hostility covered over with the name of Peace."
"Arafat knows... where the human missiles are being programmed and
armed.
Such fanatic indoctrination takes time and isolation; it takes teachers of
terror skilled in evoking visions of a martyrdom and requires recruits from
vulnerably infuriated families who are known to other cells. The
brainwashing is reinforced with official broadcasts of films of a dead boy
beckoning potential suicide killers to join him in paradise...
"Does anybody still believe that Yasir Arafat is out of the loop in all
this? For years, doves have bought the illusion that he was a peacenik at
heart who had to bring along the extremists of the "Arab street." Yet, when
the moment of decision came at Camp David, he was the man in the street,
demanding all or nothing. When nothing was what he got, he became a hero
by
launching a war. Because his terrorists are ecstatic at their famous
victory over the Russian immigrant youths in Tel Aviv, and because his
European allies are a little embarrassed by his bloodletting, Arafat will
lower the level of violence - for a while..."
Hebrew News Editor: Haggai Segal
English News Editor: Hillel Fendel
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Saddam Praises Tel Aviv Suicide Bombing
Iraqi President Saddam Hussein praised a Palestinian suicide bomber who
killed 20 people in Tel Aviv, Iraqi newspapers said on Monday.
"This feda'ee (self-sacrificer) took revenge not only for the Palestinian
people...but also for the Iraqi people for sanctions which are, in essence,
Zionist," the newspapers quoted Saddam as telling a cabinet meeting on
Sunday. "We hail the Palestinian people and its men for this honorable
stand, which we feel proud of day after day," Saddam was quoted as saying.
The suicide bomber killed at least 20 people and wounded more than 90 on
Friday outside a Tel Aviv nightclub. "It hurts me to hear that a feda'ee blew
himself up...but the basic thing in such case is to make the Zionists
understand that they have no future in Palestine," Saddam said. "We thank
God for this operation."
Saddam compared the impact of the attack to the blast caused by an Iraqi
Scud missile that landed in Tel Aviv during the 1991 Gulf War. He also said
Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and Israeli settlers were criminals. "Sharon is
not the only criminal...Everyone who occupies Arab land and the Palestinian
land and settles in it...is criminal," Saddam said. Ha'aretz
Arafat's Cease-Fire Orders Apply Only to "Area A"
Palestinian Authority Chairman Yasser Arafat's cease-fire orders only apply
to Area A, the sectors of the West Bank and Gaza Strip under full
Palestinian control, Army Radio reported Monday.
Israel has been closely monitoring the results of Arafat's cease-fire
declaration, cautioning that if it were only a tactic designed to ward off Israeli
retaliation for the Friday suicide bombing in Tel Aviv that killed 20 young
persons, Israel would go ahead with plans to attack Palestinian targets in the
territories.
The radio said Arafat had ordered his security chiefs "to prevent terror
attacks and firing incidents, but only from Area A," the radio said.
It quoted unnamed Palestinian officials as saying that they were not
responsible for security in areas of the territories that remained under partial
or full Israeli control. Ha'aretz
Egypt Steps Up War Rhetoric Against Israel
The regime of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak has escalated threats of a
Middle East war. Senior aides of Mubarak have warned Israel of the prospect
of war should the Jewish state attack the Palestinian Authority. The aides
asserted that the Egyptian military is ready for any prospect, including a war
with Israel.
"The Egyptian armed forces ready to deter aggression," Defense Minister
Hussein Tantawi said. "They are ready to carry out instructions." The
escalation in rhetoric began last week on the eve of the commemoration of
the 1967 Arab-Israeli war in which Egypt lost the Sinai peninsula to Israel.
Egyptian officials were quoted in the state-run media as vowing that Cairo will
not be again defeated in a war with Israel.
Ibrahim Saada, editor-in-chief of the state-owned Al Ahram and regarded as a
spokesman for Mubarak, said in an article entitled "War or Peace" that
Egypt is ready to confront any danger to its borders and for any operation
ordered by Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon. Samir Ragab, another
confidante of Mubarak, agreed. Ragab said the Egyptian defeat in 1967 was
because of the rivalry between the military and government. Under Mubarak,
Ragab said, that rivalry has been eliminated.
"The recurrence of the 1967 debacle is remote for a host of reasons," Ragab
said. "The Egyptian army is constantly kept in excellent shape in terms of
training and armaments. It is prepared for any eventuality. The 1967 defeat is
blamed on the then military establishment which was distracted from its key
role by the pursuit of personal gains. The situation is entirely different now."
MENL
Egypt & U.S. Launch Military Exercise
Egypt and the United States are launching a military exercise. Diplomatic
sources said they expect the exercise to begin on Sunday and last several
days. The exercise is entitled "Eagle Hunter 2001." The state-owned Al
Ahram daily said the exercise will focus on training and an exchange of
combat expertise and methods. The daily provided few details over the
exercise. Last month, the United States cancelled military exercises with
Israel and Yemen amid threats to U.S. troops in the region. MENL
Lebanese Anti-Aircraft Guns Fire at Israeli Fighter Planes
For the first time since Israel´s unilateral withdrawal from southern Lebanon
just over one year ago, Lebanese anti-aircraft guns were fired at Israel Air
Force jets flying over Lebanese skies on Sunday morning. Planes flying over
the Lebanese port city of Sidon were attacked by anti-aircraft fire three
times. There were no hits reported.
Air force jets on Sunday began patrolling over Lebanese skies, covering
cities that border Israel. The planes were in the air for over 90 minutes and
sonic booms were heard as the broke the sound barrier. Arutz Sheva
Syrian VP to Israel: We Would Retaliate For Any Attack
Syrian Vice President Abdul-Halim Khaddam said his country would respond
with all of its force and strength to an Israeli attack against Syria. JPost
Syrian Vice-President Collapses in Lebanon
Syrian Vice-President Abdel Halim Khaddam collapsed on Sunday while
making a speech in Lebanon broadcast live on television, but Lebanese
officials later said he had only suffered indigestion and would soon leave
hospital.
"Excuse me, I cannot carry on," Khaddam said before sliding to the floor
while addressing tens of thousands of people at a rally. Television viewers
saw the 68-year-old vice-president fall to the floor and he was rushed to
hospital in the northern port city of Tripoli.
Lebanese and Syrian state television said he was in satisfactory condition,
after earlier reports that he had suffered heart problems. Arabia.com
Iran Claims Success in Latest War Games
Iran has claimed success in the latest military exercise in the south. The
exercise held last week near the Iraqi border was meant to test the rapid
response of the army. The Iranian forces included infantry troops and combat
jets from several provinces in the west and south of the country.
Iranian ground forces commander Brig. Gen. Nasser Mohammadi-Fard
termed the exercise successful. The brigadier said the military achieved the
targets set prior to the maneuvers.
During the exercise, military transports flew troops to the area of the
maneuvers and launched an artillery and rocket attack. Combat jets then
supported the troops in a mock invasion. In all, about 20,000 troops
participated in the exercise.
In the last stage of the week-long exercise over the weekend, helicopters
transported combat troops to the western border with Iraq. Officials said this
was the largest such transport operation in Iran. MENL
U.S. Ready To Talk Missle Defense With Turkey
The United States is prepared to resume missile defense talks with Turkey
and allies in the region. U.S. officials said the talks will take place during the
tour this week of Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld. Rumsfeld will arrive for
talks in Ankara on Monday and officials said he is prepared to offer Turkey a
key role in a U.S.-led missile defense system for Washington and its NATO
allies.
One proposal to be explored is the deployment of U.S. anti-missile defense
batteries in southeastern Turkey. The batteries -- whether the U.S. PAC-3 or
the U.S.-Israeli Arrow -- would be meant to destroy Iranian and Iraqi ballistic
missiles.
Another proposal is for the deployment in Turkey of a U.S. early-warning
system that would detect missiles fired toward NATO members or the United
States.
The senior Pentagon official said Rumsfeld will explain to the Turks a range
of missile defense systems. These will include airborne lasers and the boost
phase intercept. MENL
Deadly Strain of Meningitis Kills Two Teens
Crowds of people lined up outside two Ohio hospitals on Saturday after two
teens died, and a third has been diagnosed with a strain of meningitis and
now antibiotics for the disease has been flown in because of the high
demand. ABC News
Bush Aide Details Alleged Clinton Staff Vandalism
White House officials yesterday released a list of damage they say was
done by outgoing staffers of President Bill Clinton, including obscene graffiti
in six offices, a 20-inch-wide presidential seal ripped off a wall, 10 sliced
telephone lines and 100 inoperable computer keyboards.
For months, Democrats had questioned the administration's credibility
because officials refused to document allegations of vandalism they made in
the week after President Bush's inauguration. In April, the General
Accounting Office said it was unable to confirm damage, in part because of
what it called a "lack of records" from the White House.
Most of the incidents described yesterday by White House press secretary
Ari Fleischer were said to have occurred in the Eisenhower Executive Office
Building, adjacent to the White House. Pornographic or obscene greetings
were left on 15 telephone lines in the offices of the vice president and White
House counsel and in the scheduling and advance offices, Fleischer said. As
a precaution, all phones were disabled and reprogrammed, he said.
White House officials had said they did not release the information sooner
because of Bush's desire to "move forward and not live in the past."
Washington Post
Major Retailers Drop Christian Store
Major retail companies have severed ties with an online Christian shopping
mall just days after advocates of Internet pornography launched an e-mail
campaign against retailers doing business with the faith-based organization.
Nordstrom , J.C. Penney and FTD have all disassociated themselves from
KingdomBuy.com , which supports various Christian organizations through
monetary donations. KingdomBuy has agreements with more than 200 retail
companies, which donate about 5 percent of purchases through
KingdomBuy's website to the Christian organization of the shopper's choice.
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Date: Mon, 4 Jun 2001 18:57:53 -0400
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June 1, 2001
Titanic loss of family values
Robert Stacy McCain
In February 1999, Paul Weyrich rocked the conservative
world by declaring that the culture war was over and "family
values" had lost.
"I no longer believe that there is a moral majority," said
Mr. Weyrich, a veteran conservative activist who first
suggested the name "Moral Majority" for the Rev. Jerry
Falwell´s organization. "I do not believe that a majority of
Americans actually share our values."
The causes of this defeat were not political, Mr. Weyrich
explained, but "a cultural collapse of historical proportions."
Simply put, the 1960s counterculture had triumphed.
"If there really were a moral majority out there, Bill
Clinton would have been driven out of office months ago,"
Mr. Weyrich wrote in his now-famous letter in the wake of
Mr. Clinton´s Senate acquital. He added that "what
Americans would have found absolutely intolerable only a
few years ago, a majority now not only tolerates but
celebrates."
The truth of Mr. Weyrich´s declaration was reinforced by
a recent Census Bureau report showing the continued
decline
of the traditional family.
Married couples with children, who comprised 43 percent
of American households in 1950, accounted for only 24
percent of American households in 2000. The number of
"unmarried partner" households, meanwhile, increased by 72
percent in the past decade alone.
That report came just days after the Census Bureau
reported that 33 percent of all births in 2000 were to
unmarried women an all-time high.
For decades, conservatives pointed to the thousands of
refugees who fled communist regimes, proudly proclaiming
that these desperate people had "voted with their feet" in
rejecting Marxism-Leninism. Today, apparently, millions of
Americans have "voted with their feet" in abandoning the
traditional family.
There is no indication that this trend will be reversed.
Indeed, today´s young Americans seem especially indifferent
to traditional notions of marriage and morality.
Fact: In 1960, the median age at first marriage for U.S.
women was 20. Today, it´s 25. For men, the median age at
first marriage has gone from 22 in 1960 to 27 today. Yet
researchers report that the average young American today
first has sexual intercourse at age 17 or 18.
Judging from these statistics, then, most young people in
this country will be "sexually active" (what the Rev. Falwell
might call "fornicating") for eight to 10 years before marrying.
If that is true, what future can there be for the politics of
"family values"?
Some might say that these young people are just
"sowing
their wild oats," and that they will eventually settle down into
"Ozzie and Harriet" lifestyles. Don´t bet on it.
Between 1960 and 1995, the percentage of American
women aged 30-34 who had never married increased by 175
percent; in the same time frame, the percentage in the
"never
married" category more than doubled for women 35-39.
Like so many other trends, this one is most pronounced
among the young. Women in their early 20s are emphatic in
their rejection of marriage: Just 27 percent of women aged
20-24 were married in 1995, compared to 69.5 percent in
1960.
The trends for men are similar, with the "never married"
category growing by 136 percent among men 30-34 between
1960 and 1995; whereas 45.8 percent of men 20-24 were
married in 1960, only 16.7 percent of men in the same age
group were married in 1995.
If young Americans are less likely to marry than
Americans of a generation ago, they are also less likely to
become parents.
Overall, U.S. fertility rates have declined by 43.6 percent
since 1960 and like the marriage trends this decline is most
pronounced among the young. The birth rate for women aged
20-24 decreased 56.5 percent between 1960 and 2000,
according to the Census Bureau. For all the outcry over
America´s "teen pregnancy crisis," the teen birth rate is now
34.7 percent lower than it was in the final year of the
Eisenhower administration.
As with the decline of marriage, some will try to dismiss
the sagging U.S. birth rate by saying that young people are
merely delaying parenthood eventually, perhaps with the aid
of fertility treatments, all these young women will become
mothers. Again, don´t bet on it.
In fact, the birth rate for U.S. women aged 40-44 has
declined by 55.5 percent since 1960. There were just 6.9
births per 1,000 women 40-44 in 2000, according to the
Census Bureau. Meanwhile, the proportion of American
women aged 40-44 who were childless grew by 90 percent
between 1976 and 1998.
In declaring that there was no longer a "moral majority,"
Paul Weyrich was only admitting what has become
increasingly obvious. With marriage and parenthood in
decline, with more couples cohabitating and more children
born out of wedlock, the future of "family values" looks dim
indeed.
Robert Stacy McCain is an assistant national editor at
The Washington Times. E-mail:
smccain@washingtontimes.com
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Date: Mon, 4 Jun 2001 19:01:00 -0400
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June 4, 2001 21:06 (Israel time)
Hamas raises possibility of conditional cease-fire
Reuters and Ha'aretz Service
Officials of the militant Muslim group Hamas raised the possibility Monday of
a cease-fire in its attacks in Israel, but said its fight against Israeli
occupation in the West Bank and Gaza Strip would go on.
"The Intifada [uprising] will continue and this means targeting the [IDF] and
settlers in the West Bank and Gaza, and maybe the military wing would
delay its activities in occupied Palestine [Israel]," a Hamas official told
Reuters. "But this will depend on the actions of the Israelis and on whether
they stop killing Palestinian civilians, invade our areas and stop destruction,"
he said.
Palestinian security officials have said the Palestinian Authority would not
stop demonstrations in its territory and could not halt shootings in areas of
the West Bank and Gaza Strip under Israeli security control. Many
Palestinians regard attacks on Jewish settlements, considered illegal under
international law, and on soldiers in the West Bank and Gaza Strip as
legitimate resistance against occupation.
Hassan Yousef, the Hamas representative in the West Bank city of
Ramallah, said it was conscious of world pressure on Arafat to implement
the cease-fire following threatened Israeli military retaliation for the bombing
that killed 20 people. "We are aware of the enormity of the dangers against
the Palestinian people from a person with a background of terrorism like
[Prime Minister Ariel] Sharon," Yousef told Reuters.
But he was vague on the question of abiding by a cease-fire, saying: "We will
not say if we agree or reject it." However, he spoke of "an understanding
between us and the [Palestinian] security" on the issue, "for a period of
time."
Yousef made the comments after Arafat's security chiefs met representatives
of nine Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) factions, including the
mainstream Fatah faction, and with non-PLO Islamic groups, such as
Hamas and Islamic Jihad.
Arafat also met senior Fatah officials and briefed them on the pressures
applied on him to try to prevent militants from carrying out attacks inside
Israel and shooting incidents. Palestinian security officials said they had told
all factions they would not tolerate suicide attacks inside Israel or allow
shooting at Israeli targets from Palestinian-ruled areas.
"We are against shooting from Palestinian-ruled areas because these
actions harm the civilians," said Marwan Barghuthi, a senior Fatah leader,
referring to Israeli return fire. "But resistance in occupied areas is legitimate."
Palestinian officials said excessive Israeli force against Palestinians in the
past eight months of violence had narrowed differences between Fatah and
its rival, Hamas. Fatah, however, still opposes suicide attacks inside Israel
and confines its attacks to the occupied territories, which make up 80
percent of the West Bank and Gaza.
"We respect Arafat's cease-fire orders but nobody would dare call for an end
to the Intifada because occupation is the most terrorist act against our
people," Barghuthi said.
He said the factions would preserve the national unity brought about by the
uprising "and we believe the Authority has no right to arrest anyone who
resists occupation."
Palestinian police cracked down on Hamas and almost destroyed its
infrastructure in 1996 following a wave of suicide attacks that nearly wrecked
Arafat's interim peace deals with Israel. However, since the start of the
second Intifada in September, the PA has released a large number of Hamas
and Islamic Jihad activists from prison.
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Date: Mon, 4 Jun 2001 19:06:10 -0400
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A ray of light for blood supply
By Robert Davis, USA TODAY
A venture that began in a scientist's garage in Berkeley, Calif., appears to be
on the verge of revolutionizing blood donations by using a beam of light to
quickly kill viral bugs, including the AIDS virus. The process, known as
Helinx, uses ultraviolet light to fire a genetic "bullet" that kills any virus,
bacterium or parasite by attacking the DNA or RNA, the strands of genetic
code at the heart of the cell.
Successful tests in hundreds of patients across the nation are raising hopes
that the nation's blood supply could soon be rid of the killer viruses and,
perhaps more important, bugs linked to similar but yet unknown diseases.
For Third World nations where AIDS is more common and blood testing more
primitive, the technology promises a quick and inexpensive method for
stopping the spread of the lethal disease. The process rids donated blood of
everything that is DNA-driven, from malaria to hepatitis.
In the USA, the technology could increase the size of the blood pool.
Donated blood that today is discarded because imperfect tests tag it as
questionable could be used to save more lives. And all of the donated blood
would be considered safe after treatment.
The process is promising partly because it's simple.
"When we are treating a bag of blood, we throw the switch and we kill all of
the bugs," says Stephen Isaacs, CEO of Cerus of Concord, Calif., which
developed the technique. "When we turn off the light, everything stops."
Studies have shown that the process rids donated platelets of bugs and does
not harm the product or the recipient. But the Food and Drug Administration
is not expected to approve the process until next year, after studies of 600
patients are submitted for the agency's review.
The technology is among several that the blood industry is trying to develop
to make transfusion medicine safer. Others include better testing to detect
diseases; solvents that are already on the market that "scrub" away HIV and
viruses such as Hepatitis C; and blood substitutes that reduce the need to
use human blood products.
The Helinx technique is distinctive because it attacks the virus at its root —
the DNA and the RNA. When these strands separate, they allow the cell to
reproduce. The Helinx process binds these strands so they can't divide.
"It's a rifle shot," Isaacs says. "You eliminate the bad guys and all of the
cells that you want for transfusion retain their function."
There is an urgent need for safer blood.
More than 10,000 people have developed AIDS because they contracted HIV
from a blood transfusion or they got the virus from somebody who had a
tainted transfusion. Most of those infections occurred before modern safety
measures were in place, but a handful of such cases are still reported each
year.
Each pint of donated blood is split into several components and then used to
treat different medical needs. Red cells carry oxygen, for instance, and
plasma helps control bleeding through clotting.
The Helinx process can be used to clean all of the blood components, but it
has been used most widely in platelets, cell fragments that help form clots to
stop bleeding and are used to treat leukemia and other cancers.
Here's how it works: Inside the bags that are used to collect the blood
products, there is a solution called a psoralen compound. When the donated
blood mixes with the solution, the molecules from the compound mingle with
the DNA and RNA of any virus, bacterium or parasite. When exposed to an
ultraviolet light, the psoralen compound links with the DNA and creates a
permanent bond. When the light is turned off, the chemical reaction ends but
the bonds remain. The chains with the codes for life then cannot "unzip" to
reproduce, so the disease cannot spread.
HIV rendered harmless
The result is that the virus remains in the blood and is transfused into the
recipient, but does no harm. If a virus can't replicate, it can't hurt its host.
The Helinx technology deactivates the virus.
Before the technique can be applied widely in the USA, the FDA must
determine whether the process is safe and effective. The FDA can't discuss
specific technologies under review, but the impact on the patients is the
agency's key safety focus.
"We're concerned that other proteins and cells that are necessary for the
efficacy of the product aren't altered in such a way that they could produce
immune reactions or an allergic reaction," says Mark Weinstein, director of
the hematology division at the FDA.
The FDA is reviewing studies of how the blood products treated with the
Helinx technology compared with conventional blood products in terms of
carrying oxygen, reducing bleeding and other medical uses.
Some benefits already are clear. One of the methods on the market today to
rid plasma of the virus that causes AIDS is a solvent that scrubs the HIV
away. To perform this technique, large quantities of plasma — as many as
2,500 individual donations — are mixed in one vat. The HIV is then
"scrubbed" away, but other diseases that might have gone from one donor to
one recipient are then mixed with donations from thousands of others. The
process eliminates a deadly disease but might spread less threatening ones.
Weinstein says that though such pooling allows workers to eliminate the big-
gun viruses such as HIV, it increases the risk of spreading lesser classes of
viruses such as hepatitis A, which are not removed by the solvent. "You have
all of the material pooled together so there can be a higher probability for the
other viruses to be spread," he says.
Paul Holland, who runs the Sacramento blood centers and has worked as a
safety monitor on the Cerus clinical trials, says putting an end to the pooling
process would be better for his blood center.
"With the Cerus approach, you can apply it to any unit of blood at your blood
center, and you can do it in a few minutes," says Holland, whose blood
centers collect 165,000 units a year from 17 California counties. "That's a
huge advantage. I don't want to ship it off to New York or Timbuktu, and then
I get it back and it's all combined. I want to keep control of it."
Unknown threats
While the new technology promises to stop these rare cases in which known
viruses are spread, even more exciting to some is that the process would
halt transmission of threats unknown or unidentified.
One reason HIV spread so widely across the nation via the blood supply in
the early 1980s is that there was no way to detect the disease in its earliest
stages.
When a disease first emerges, it is impossible to screen for it until doctors
have some understanding of how the virus works.
Even when the disease is better understood, the most sensitive tests could
miss some cases. Current screening tests require the infection to be
advanced enough to be detected. When undetectable traces of the virus
exist in the blood, they can multiply later, both in the donor's body and in the
patient who gets the blood transfusion.
The result is that today, the chance of getting HIV from a blood donation is
still between 1 in 500,000 and 1 in 800,000 transfusions, the Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention estimates. The chance of getting hepatitis C
(HCV) from a blood donation is less than 1 in 1 million units transfused, the
CDC says. But with roughly 14 million transfusions a year, people still get
infected with these deadly diseases.
Even so, public health experts see the blood system as safe as far as HCV
and HIV are concerned.
"The blood supply is safer than it's ever been," says Miriam Alter, chief of the
epidemiology section at the CDC's viral hepatitis division.
But experts know that the high level of safety could be shattered tomorrow if
a new virus like HIV or HCV were to emerge.
"The real issue is being able to detect new or emerging infections that we
don't even know about yet," she says. "If there is a process that can
inactivate even unknown pathogens, that would be a great advantage and an
extra margin of safety."
Alter and others have seen firsthand what happens when a virus sweeps
through the blood supply before doctors know it's there.
HIV raged in the nation's blood supply for years as the medical system
struggled to understand the disease.
Since the AIDS epidemic began in 1981, the CDC says, 9,047 people have
contracted AIDS from blood transfusions. Many of those people infected by
blood donations then went on to infect others.
An additional 990 adults have been infected through heterosexual sex with
someone who was infected through a blood transfusion, the CDC says. And
185 babies have been infected by mothers who either got HIV from a blood
transfusion or had sex with someone who got HIV from a transfusion.
The CDC tracks only those who progress to AIDS. There are countless more
people who have been infected with HIV from a blood transfusion but have not
developed AIDS.
Most of the damage was done before 1985, when blood agencies began
using a test to check for HIV.
Public health officials hope for the day when a better safety net would prevent
such tragedies by killing any and all bugs in blood.
"With a new pathogen, you don't know if this is a virus, or whether it's a lipid-
or non-lipid-virus," Weinstein says. "These broad-based viral inactivation
methods are one way of addressing the problem."
For nearly 20 years, Larry Corash has wanted to find a way to kill unknown
viruses in donated blood.
In 1982, he was a blood doctor who could only watch in horror as his
transfusion treatments for his hemophiliac patients infected many of them
with HIV.
"The HIV epidemic was in pretty full blast," says Corash, now chief medical
officer of Cerus. "A lot of my patients were getting HIV." Those patients were
among the 5,357 hemophiliacs who are known to have gotten AIDS from
blood donations.
As the former National Institutes for Health blood researcher began hunting
for a way to rid the virus from the blood supply, his search led him to Steve
Isaacs, a biochemist who had a knack for making molecules that can work
like genetic robots.
Isaacs was a researcher in what would become one of the University of
California-Berkeley's most famous laboratories. John Hearst, then a
chemistry professor at Berkeley, headed the lab that focused on using light
to ignite chemical compounds.
Working with other scientists who would go on to win Nobel Prizes for their
work, Isaacs and Hearst, who is now with Cerus, discovered that they could
bind their manmade molecules to DNA by simply striking it with a beam of
ultraviolet light.
Their process sent ripples through labs around the world. Others wanted to
play. After Isaacs' work was published, scientists contacted him and asked
for some of the psoralen compound so they could do other experiments.
'A little garage business'
"I had always had a little business gene in me, so I thought, 'Why don't we
start a little garage business?' " Isaacs says. "I was spending a lot of time
packing this stuff up and sending it out for free to researchers around the
world."
When Isaacs met Corash, who was desperate to tie up and damage the
DNA within the AIDS virus in donated blood, a strong business bond was
formed.
Corash says there have been stressful times, "but we always come back to
the science. That is the bond that holds people together."
Corash says the technology will have an impact beyond the blood supply.
The company has high hopes for the method as a cancer treatment. The
technique is being tested in trials designed to create a vaccine against the
Epstein-Barr virus. By exposing coronary artery tissue to the compound and
then the light, the arteries may stay open after an angioplasty. And the
compound is being used to modify immune cells for transplants.
When you can turn off DNA with the touch of a light switch, Corash says,
"the mountain is endless."
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Date: Mon, 4 Jun 2001 19:15:01 -0400
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June 4, 2001
Thou Shalt Not Move the Monument
Most in Indiana Town Want to Keep the Ten Commandments on Display
ELKHART, Ind. -- Blue banners on poles that line the
road leading into town list a host of words apparently
describing Elkhart and its residents: Diligence,
Gentleness, Tolerance, Discernment, Punctuality.
Written in even larger letters is "Faith." At a number
of places, there are crosses with red broken hearts and
the words, "In Memory of Aborted Children."
And on a tiny parcel of scraggly green space in
front of the city hall, there is a six-foot-tall,
polished marble monument that lists the Ten
Commandments in decorative script. An inscription notes
that the Fraternal Order of Eagles gave the monument to
the city of Elkhart in May 1958.
Until two years ago, many residents say they didn't
really notice the monument, and if they did, it just
blended in as one of the many signs of widely held
Christian beliefs in the city, which is one of the
country's largest producers of band instruments, RVs
and manufactured homes. Since then, the monument has
served as a lightning rod for Elkhart's passions.
In 1998, two Elkhart residents, aided by the
Indiana Civil Liberties Union (ICLU), filed a lawsuit
demanding the removal of the monument on the grounds
that it violated the separation of church and state.
One, Mike Suetkamp, is a leader of a local atheist
organization, while the other seems to have disappeared
-- "he is one of the great mysteries of Elkhart," said
Josh Mann, communications director for the mayor's
office.
Suetkamp told the local paper, the Elkhart Truth,
after the suit was filed, "It's not the role of
government [to take a position on religion]. It's a
personal, private matter."
Mayor David Miller, who is a graphic artist and at
the time was a city councilman, led the petition drive
and helped design bumper stickers to save the monument.
The issue was constantly on the front page of the local
paper.
Mann, who was a television reporter with the city's
NBC affiliate at the time, said no other topic has
generated more letters to the editor or public
interest. "Ninety-nine point nine percent of people,"
in his words, were adamant that the monument stay where
it was.
In December, a federal appeals court ruled that the
monument's placement violated the separation of church
and state, and that something needed to be done to
change the situation. Last Tuesday, the U.S. Supreme
Court declined to hear the case, letting the lower
court's decision stand. In an unusual move, three
Supreme Court justices -- William H. Rehnquist, Antonin
Scalia and Clarence Thomas -- accompanied the ruling
with public statements in support of the monument. The
case has been sent back to U.S. District Judge Allen
Sharp to work out a constitutional remedy.
"I've heard the mayor's comments, saying the
monument won't be moved," said Ken Falk, legal director
of the ICLU. "Considering the ruling, I think that's a
problematic thing to say."
While the ICLU would like to see the monument
moved, Miller, 44, has made it a personal crusade to
protect the monument. He has suggested adding secular
monuments to the area, which would entail digging up
the parking lot or other land surrounding the small
parcel, or turning the parcel over to a church or other
private entity.
"Then you'd have a situation like the Vatican,
where there is a tiny piece of private land surrounded
by public land," Falk said. "I think that's a dubious
thing to do."
Most residents seem supportive of those solutions,
even willing to finance them -- anything to keep the
monument where it is.
"A lot of people think the two who filed suit are
idiots," said Paul Thomas, 78, a lifelong resident who
owns Paul Thomas Shoes and the Time Was Museum, a cozy
place full of old photos, maps and artifacts
documenting Elkhart's history. "This is absolutely
ridiculous. I think it should stay right where it's at."
Thomas described Elkhart, a city of 52,000, as a
relatively religious but average community.
"We're in the Bible Belt," he said. "People are
against gambling. But they'll drink just like anywhere
else."
A group of retirees who meet every day for coffee
at McDonald's said they wanted the monument kept where
it is, but they thought the issue was being blown out
of proportion.
"I don't give a hoot," said a 78-year-old retired
pin-setter, who gave his name as John Doe. "I never
heard about it until all this came up. But I'd say keep
it, what the heck."
Thomas agreed, saying: "If it had been destroyed in
a storm or some other catastrophe, people would've
said, 'That's sad' and left it at that. But this way,
people feel like their rights are being violated."
The McDonald's coffee drinkers believe the monument
came to public attention in 1998 after the Ku Klux Klan
possibly made reference to it during a rally outside
city hall.
"Nobody thought about it until the pointy-heads
came to town," said Albert W. Ihlefeld, 82, referring
to the Klan.
Mann said the monument was overgrown with shrubs
until a landscaper cleaned it off, about the time of
the Klan rally.
"Before you couldn't see it very well," he said.
"If they hadn't cleared it off, none of this would have
happened."
Janice Hayden, the owner of the Old Style Deli,
said she is one of the few people who "supports the
law" and the possible removal of the Ten Commandments.
"I believe in them, but I say just live them and
don't worry about where they are," said Hayden, 48.
"People will probably get mad at me for saying that.
This is a very religious town."
Customers in the deli were all for the commandments
staying where they are.
"These are basically morals that everyone should
follow anyway," said Ashley Boling, 19, a De Pauw
University student who grew up in Elkhart. "It is
morally absolutely perfect to have this in front of
city hall. I don't think Elkhart should compromise its
morals."
"It seems like a no-brainer to me," said Babette
Boling, 45, Ashley's mother and a coach and youth
mentor at the YWCA. "Why is religion excluded from our
freedom of speech? This feels like reverse
discrimination to me."
"The next thing you know the ACLU will be suing the
federal government for putting 'In God We Trust' on the
one dollar bill," Ashley Boling added. "There should be
separation of church and state, but you can take it too
far."
Mann, who came to Elkhart from Syracuse for the
television reporting job, said he is confident a
compromise will be worked out in which the monument
will stay.
"There is nothing in the court's decision saying
the monument needs to be moved," he said.
He added that he doesn't see the Ten Commandments
as a strictly religious issue.
"This has a ton of historical significance," he
said. "Let's say that hypothetically, Moses got the Ten
Commandments from aliens or just made them up or
something. Still, they are the basis for every modern
legal system."
The ruling is being watched closely as a precedent
for other cities in Indiana and the country.
"I think the Supreme Court should have made a
ruling," said Bill Douglas, 49, a South Bend resident
who works at Key Bank in Elkhart. "This involves more
than just Elkhart. This will be bouncing around the
country."
"It's pretty significant when three chief justices
speak out about something like this," Mann said. "That
shows we're not just barking up some wacky tree."
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A12621-
2001Jun2.html
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Date: Mon, 4 Jun 2001 19:17:06 -0400
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June 4, 2001
Israel ready to isolate PLO area
By Abraham Rabinovich
THE WASHINGTON TIMES
JERUSALEM — In the event that the Palestinian
Authority does not satisfactorily respond to Israel's demands
for curbing terrorrists, Israel has drawn up a list of military
and administrative options designed to inflict real pain on the
Palestinians without sparking a regional explosion.
Specific military steps, from a
list drawn up by security
authorities, have been chosen by
Prime Minister Ariel Sharon
together with Foreign Minister
Shimon Peres and Defense
Minister Binyamin Ben-Eliezer.
These presumably include
attempts, as in the past, to
assassinate specific militants.
Palestinians fear that this time,
however, Israel may stage a
large-scale invasion of limited
areas under Palestinian control in
an effort to root out terrorist cells.
Such a reaction could risk armed
intervention by Arab countries.
Administrative steps would be aimed at hurting the
Palestinians economically and undermining the rule of
Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat. Steps contemplated or
already planned, according to the Israeli media, include:
* A ban on the transfer of funds, fuel or mail to the
Palestinian Authority. Since all physical access to the area is
through Israel, these bans could be enforced. Food and
medicine would not be affected.
* No goods would be allowed to transit through Israel to
the Palestinian Authority, crippling construction and other
commercial activities.
* The West Bank would be divided into two parts and no
contact would be permitted beween them.
Gaza Port, from which Palestinian fishermen sail, would
be closed. So would the Dahaniya Airport in Gaza, the only
airport in the Palestinian areas.
Also contemplated, according to the media, are a curbing
of telephone services in the Palestinian territories and the
prevention of Authority officials, including perhaps Mr. Arafat
himself, from leaving the territories.
There is a widespread feeling in Israel, even in the dovish
camp, that Mr. Arafat has ceased to be a potential partner
for a peace agreement.
A basic tenet of the Oslo Agreement was that the
Palestinian Authority would see to it that terrorist acts would
not be carried out from its territory against Israel. Now, say
Israelis, he not only takes no action against terrorists but
actually encourages them in order to pressure Israel into
political concessions.
As Israel reserves its reaction to the suicide bombing
Friday night that took the lives of 20 persons at a Tel Aviv
discoteque, the region teeters on the edge of the unknown.
Mr. Arafat's call for a cease-fire has stayed Israel's hand, but
there are not many in Israel who believe that he will deliver on
his promise.
Mr. Sharon, grasping the political importance of giving the
possibility of a cease-fire a chance, has exercised a restraint
that has surprised many. If, however, he decides to crack
down on Mr. Arafat, no one on either side can be sure how
things will develop.
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