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From dcmosher Tue Mar 27 00:51:39 2001
Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2001 00:51:39 -0500
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Subject: [bprlist] Child "Protective" Services and the NWO

Greetings all -

If you are interested in what Child Protective Services is really all
about, check out the following article. The info you read will shock you:

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If any Christian readers of this email message happen to be CPS social
workers, I'd like to hear your rationale as to how you can continue to work
for CPS.

Truly our families are in danger - another sign of the times and Christ's
return.

God bless you all - Dave Mosher

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From chrispatt Tue Mar 27 03:28:54 2001
Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2001 00:28:54 -0800 (PST)
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Subject: [bprlist] Fwd: GAMLA: Car Bomb Explodes in Jerusaem, five wounded

GAMLA Staff <email@gamla.org.il> wrote:
Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2001 02:48:29 -0500 (EST)
From: GAMLA Staff
Reply-to: GAMLA Staff
To: chrispatt@yahoo.com
Subject: GAMLA: Car Bomb Explodes in Jerusaem, five wounded

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GAMLA: NEWS AND VIEWS FROM ISRAEL
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Volume 2 Issue 18 Jerusalem, Israel
3 Nissan, 5761 * * March 27, 2001

Inside:

1. Pictures of Shalhevet Pass Z"l
2. Car Bomb in Talpiot, Jerusalem
3. Arafat Manufactures Israeli "Atrocities"

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Pictures of Shalhevet Pass Z"l
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A special page with some pictures of the baby Shalhevet Pass Z"l and a
couple from the scene of the murder with soldiers trying to save her
life can be seen on our homepage:

http://www.gamla.org.il/english

Car Bomb in Talpiot, Jerusalem
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First reports of a car bomb attack near the mini-mail in Talpiot say
that five people were hurt. Witnesses to the explosion say that a big
miriacle occured with only one person, wounded in the head in moderate
condition, the others were in shock and are being treated.

The Talpiot area is a busy commercial spot and at 7:30am is usually
already full of shoppers and workers. The editor of this newsletter has
a meeting in the area schedualed for this morning two hours from now.
His wife is teaching an early morning class just two kilometers from
there.

We are adding the Debka Report below. Please read this carefully to
understand why the Palestinians have ordered this new phase of violence.

Updates will be posted on our web site ate:

http://www.gamla.org.il/english

GAMLA

Arafat Manufactures Israeli "Atrocities"
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When the Palestinian leader stepped off the plane in Amman Monday, he had
no really shocking evidence to present to the Arab rulers meeting there of
Palestinian victimization at Israeli hands, beyond the abstract accusation
of "a 100-day campaign" in preparation against his people. A few hours later
3 million sq.cu. of precious desert water poured out of the Nahal Oz kibbutz
reservoir in the Negev, flooding the kibbutz and spilling as far as the edge
of Gaza City. Arafat had his theme: Israel was drowning Palestinians and this
was its "gift" to the Arab summit.

However, according to DEBKAfile's political sources, Ariel Sharon's
government was sitting as tight as it could on accumulating pieces of
intelligence indicating that the Palestinians had damaged the reservoir
themselves. By not letting the cat out of the bag, the Israeli government
would not be forced to make fitting response.

There were clear signs that a tunnel had been dug from Gaza under the border
and under the reservoir banks so as to bring about their collapse - either by
explosives planted there or by suicide-saboteurs hours before the Arab summit
in Amman.

Israelis, suffering water shortages after several drought years, viewed the
wastage as a tragedy. The Palestinian Authority seized on it as an act of war.

The murder of the Israeli baby, Shalhevet Pass, in the Jewish Avraham Avinu
Quarter of Hebron followed a few hours later. The Palestinian marksman in the
Abu Sneineh district had no difficulty in precisely choosing his target in a
playground with her parents.

If the reservoir incident failed, then the murder was expected to provoke an
Israeli response shocking enough to fuel the Palestinian Authority Chairman's
attempts to fire up the Arab rulers into coming to the Palestinians' aid.

The outrage stirred in Israel by the wanton murder of a baby rivals the horror
aroused by last October's lynching of two Israelis in Ramallah.

Next came a barrage of Palestinian gunfire from the Gaza Strip and West Bank
wiithout letup through the night till Tuesday morning. Targeted were passing
traffic and the settlements of Beitar Ilit, Ofra, Pesagot, Gadid, Morag and
Netzarim. Morag suffered yet another mortar attack.

In Jerusalem, firebombs were hurled at traffic on the Maale Adumim-French Hill
highway. In the Israeli town of Petah Tikva, an explosive device was
dismantled in the town hall.

Israeli prime minister Ariel Sharon was closeted for hours with defense, army
and intelligence chiefs. He is being blamed bitterly for not preparing the
ground for the Palestinian provocations that Arafat was known to be staging
in order to generate Palestinian victims en masse and so dramatize his
appearance at the Arab summit. The majority who voted him into office counted
on him to forestall Arafat's plan by cunning, or as he himself suggested by
means of pinpointed military action. Restraint cost his predecessor Ehud
Barak the prime ministership and failed to stem the steady spiral of
Palestinian violence that has worsened disastrously day by day since Sharon
took office.

In any case, the Palestinian strategy is based on staging outrages, either as
provocations or to pin them on Israel. They will certainly hold Israelis
responsible for setting fire to the Waqf (Moslem Foundation) building in
Hebron a few hours ago and will continue to fabricate "atrocities" until
stopped.

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From owner-bpr@philologos.org Tue Mar 27 08:33:18 2001
Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2001 08:33:18 -0500
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Subject: [bprlist] (Fwd) BULLETIN: car bomb explodes in Talpiot Jerusalem; injuri

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From: "ben Yosef"
To: "ben Yosef"
Subject: BULLETIN: car bomb explodes in Talpiot Jerusalem; injuries
Date sent: Tue, 27 Mar 2001 08:41:18 +0200

GILO, Jerusalem -- A car bomb exploded about 10 minutes ago, (about
7:30 a.m.) just to the northeast of here in a shopping area and
industrial complex known as Talpiot.

Police and ambulances are rushing to the scene. It is too early to say
whether anyone was seriously injured but there ARE reports of
injuries.

I was riding on Bus No. 30 from the center of Jerusalem back to Gilo
when the bus was traveling north on Rehov Yaffo Rom facing the
direction of Talpiot when an explosion rattled the windows of the bus
(which were closed because it is a fairly warm day today and the bus
driver was trying to use the A/C.) But we all assumed it was a sonic
boom, which are becoming more and more frequent here with Israeli
fighter jets flying overhead in an accelerated state of alert, only
there weren't any jets around.

At the next bus stop, Givat Canada, a fairly panicked Israeli rattled
off in Hebrew what she knew about the blast from speaking with someone
who was on a cell phone. She said the blast occurred from a car bomb
she "thought" outside a shopping mall in Talpiot, which is where Bus
30 had just left not 15 minutes earlier!! Bus 30 passes through the
heart of this shopping center and industrial complex to and from Gilo
to the center of Jerusalem. All of a sudden everyone left on the bus
had their cell phones out trying to get more information. As I got off
the bus here in Gilo, you could hear police and ambulance sirens in
the distance. I wanted to immediately file this report, but I will try
to get more information later.

Shalom Shalom
ben Yosef

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From owner-bpr@philologos.org Tue Mar 27 08:33:18 2001
Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2001 08:33:18 -0500
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Subject: [bprlist] (Fwd) Israeli baby shot in the head by PA-controlled forces wh

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From: "ben Yosef"
To: "ben Yosef"
Subject: Israeli baby shot in the head by PA-controlled forces while in its mother's arms; funeral delayed until IDF retakes town from where shots came
Date sent: Tue, 27 Mar 2001 07:45:44 +0200

Shalom,

GILO, Jerusalem -- In case you have not heard about it, a 10-month old
Jewish baby in her mothers arms was shot in the head and killed last
night in Hebron, to the south of here, as the mother child and father
were merely standing at the entrance of the Avraham Avinu (Avraham our
Father) neighborhood.

The father also was injured by gunfire which came from the Abu Sneneh
neighborhood on the hill opposite where the two were standing.

The IDF has ordered every resident in the Palestinian town of Abu
Sneneh out of the town by 9 p.m. last night and has clamped a tight
blockade around Hebron and curfew on all Palestinians living near the
Israeli-controlled section of the city.

The father and mother of the child have refused to conduct the funeral
for the baby until the town of Abu Sneneh has been completely taken
over by the IDF. They have received a rabbinical dispensation to so
delay the funeral.

The Palestinian Authority is being held directly responsible because
such sniper fire in the past has been under PA controled forces under
the influence of Yasser Arafat. The PA's information minister
responded, "There is no evidence the child was killed by
Palestinians."

Jewish residents in Hebron led by David Wilder, their spokesman said
that if the IDF does not completely retake the town of Abu Sneneh that
resident of Hebron are prepared to do so. The head of the Council of
Jewish communities in Judea-Samaria and Gaza said after a meeting last
night that the council has issued a statement calling on Sharon to use
"full military force" and allow the expansion of the Hebron Jewish
community.

A second mortar attack by Palestinians within a week was reported last
night at Morag in Gush Katif. The shells landed outside the
residential area near an IDF outpost providing security for the Jewish
community, but residents have been ordered to remain inside their
homes.

Please remember Yitzhak Pass, his wife Uriyah Pass and the deceased
child, Shalhevet Tehiya Pass in your prayers.

Shalom Shalom & May Hashem Be With Us,
ben Yosef

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From research-bpr@philologos.org Tue Mar 27 08:57:07 2001
Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2001 08:57:07 -0500
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Subject: [bprlist] (Fwd) Ha'aretz: Sharon to Arab MKs: No more land expropriations

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Date sent: Tue, 27 Mar 2001 02:54:41 -0500
From: imra@netvision.net.il
To: imra@imra.org.il
Subject: Ha'aretz: Sharon to Arab MKs:
No more land expropriations

Ha'aretz: Sharon to Arab MKs: No more land expropriations

By Ori Nir Ha'aretz Correspondent Ha'aretz 27 March 2001

Prime Minister Ariel Sharon yesterday surprised Hadash MKs when he promised
them that so long as he is prime minister, the Israeli government will not
seize any more Arab-owned land in Israel, and asked what they thought about
establishing a new Arab town.

MKs Tamar Gozansky and Issam Makhoul, both of Hadash, accompanied Hadash
faction secretary Nazem Badar into a meeting with Sharon yesterday after the
terror incident in Hebron that left a 10-month-old baby girl dead and her
father wounded. They emerged surprised and encouraged after Sharon pledged
to "turn a new page" in government relations with the Arab minority and
asked them for ideas on how to improve the relationship.

In coming days, Sharon will meet with other Arab political leaders and with
the National Supreme Monitoring Council, an umbrella group for all Israel's
Arab organizations, to seek their assurances that Land Day passes peacefully
on Friday and to hear their ideas about how to improve relations between the
government and the Arab minority.

"This meeting was definitely not what we expected," Mahoul said yesterday
afterward. He said Sharon told them he wanted to take some tangible steps to
improve relations between the government and Israeli Arabs. The MKs raised
some ideas, including the need for a nationwide survey of Arab needs, the
need to reverse discriminatory land policies, enlarging Arab local councils
to create land reserves for the next generation, and more.

"Sharon wrote everything down,' said Mahoul. "He filled half a notebook with
our ideas. ... It looks like he took us seriously."

According to Mahoul, Sharon asked the Hadash MKs how they felt about the
establishment of a new Arab city. No new Arab city has been established in
Israel since 1948, and for decades Arab planners have spoken of the need for
a new urban center.

Public security Minister Uzi Landau, Police Chief Shlomo Aharonishki and
Northern Police Commander Alik Ron have all promised that the police will
stay out of Arab towns and villages during Land day demonstrations on
Friday.

In a meeting with Hadash MKs yesterday - and in a newspaper interview due to
appear in the Nazareth daily A-Sinara on Thursday, Landau promised the
police will not interfere with the rallies, and that as far as he is
concerned, Land Day rally and march organizers are responsible for
maintaining order.

But while Arab political and community leaders have been telling government
and police officials they plan to keep the demonstrations peaceful Friday,
the Supreme Monitoring Committee decided last night to boycott a planned
meeting today with Aharonishki because the police chief wanted to bring Ron
to the session.

The Arab community has been boycotting Ron since last October's riots. They
hold him responsible for the police shootings of 13 Israeli Arabs when the
demonstrations turned violent, and have sought his resignation ever since.

Ron meanwhile said yesterday that he will not be sending police into Arab
villages and towns during Land Day, but that if there are attempts to block
inter-urban highways, he will have to reconsider police actions.

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From research-bpr@philologos.org Tue Mar 27 09:00:30 2001
Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2001 09:00:30 -0500
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Subject: [bprlist] (Fwd) Ha'aretz: Israelis get house arrest for entering Tul Karm

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Date sent: Tue, 27 Mar 2001 02:57:50 -0500
From: imra@netvision.net.il
To: imra@imra.org.il
Subject: Ha'aretz: Israelis get house arrest
for entering Tul Karm

Ha'aretz: Israelis get house arrest for entering Tul Karm

By Baruch KraHa'aretz Police Correspondent Ha'aretz 27 March 2001

The police prosecution branch plans to ask the Kfar Sava Magistrates Court
to jail David Haim and three other Israelis for two months for violating an
order forbidding all Israelis from entering areas controlled by the
Palestinian Authority (PA).

David Haim and three Israeli Arabs, all residents of Haifa, were abducted on
Sunday from the Tarbush restaurant in Tul Karm by armed PA Tanzim
paramilitaries. They were later released through the intervention of
Palestinian Authority Chairman Yasser Arafat, and transferred to Israeli
custody.

The Kfar Sava Magistrates Court ordered the four suspects released to house
arrest after they pleaded guilty to the charges against them.

The captors of the four men were arrested by PA police, but were released
yesterday according to senior Palestinian security officials. It is unlikely
that any legal action will be taken against the paramilitaries.

Israeli prosecutors told the Kfar Sava Magistrate yesterday that Haim was
well aware of the danger posed by entry into PA areas. In the past, several
Israelis who entered Area A, which is under full Palestinian control, were
murdered.

The prosecution accused the four Israeli citizens of endangering national
security with their action, because their abduction by terrorist
organizations would force the state to bargain for their release.

The court rejected the prosecution's request to hold the four men in custody
until legal proceedings were completed.

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From research-bpr@philologos.org Tue Mar 27 09:01:57 2001
Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2001 09:01:57 -0500
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Subject: [bprlist] (Fwd) Ha'aretz: Arab money for Arafat held up

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Date sent: Tue, 27 Mar 2001 02:58:39 -0500
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Subject: Ha'aretz: Arab money for Arafat held up
- PA corruption cited

Ha'aretz: Arab money for Arafat held up - PA corruption cited

By Danny Rubinstein Ha'aretz 27 March 2001

What do Arafat and fellow Palestinian Authority officials want from the Arab
summit, which opens today in Amman, Jordan? Palestinians are almost
unanimous in their answer: they want money.

The Intifada uprising has bankrupted the PA. The Palestinian economy has, to
a large extent, been brought to a crashing halt. Citizens pay next to
nothing in taxes, and are in arrears in payments for basic services such as
electricity, water and telephone. Israel refuses to transfer to the PA tax
money that it has collected from residents in the territories; and several
western countries have suspended payments to the PA.

These financial woes, however, are overshadowed by Palestinian expectations
of Arab states. The main problem is that Arab states have yet to confer the
handsome, one billion dollar sum that they promised the Palestinians at
their last summit, five months ago in Cairo. In recent weeks, nary a day has
gone by without articles and caricatures in the Palestinian media
castigating Arab leaders for failing to pay up, and for their miserly
disregard of Palestinian suffering.

With resentment boiling, reports and rumors percolated about how Arafat had
threatened to boycott the summit if funds promised to the PA weren't
delivered. Top PLO diplomat Farouk Kaddoumi, who took part last week at a
pre-summit preparatory meeting in Amman with Arab foreign ministers, denied
these reports. "It's inconceivable that a Palestinian leader wouldn't take
part in an Arab summit," Kaddoumi said. "Arafat participates in summits of
African states, events in which we only have 'observer' status."

Why haven't the Arab states been forthcoming, and transfered the money?
Replying in recent months to this question, Arab leaders and diplomats have
claimed that bureaucratic red tape is responsible for snags and delays. Arab
spokesmen have hinted about fears that the funds might not reach their
rightful recipients. In other words, Arab leaders are acquainted with (and
some have disseminated) reports about Palestinian corruption, and they are
wary that top PA officials will simply scamper off with the money.

Iraq's President Saddam Hussein, who recently sent funds to the
Palestinian-controlled territories, ordered his men (most of them members of
the small Arab Liberation Front organization) to disburse the money straight
into the hands of families whose relations have been killed or injured in
clashes with Israel. Saddam's men carried out this order. In some instances,
the Iraqi money was handed out in official ceremonies, and the recipients
published newspaper messages of gratitude to Saddam Hussein.

Naturally, the Iraqi money disbursement arrangements and lightly veiled
hints about PA corruption have angered Palestinian leaders. Holding a
meeting last week in Gaza with ambassadors from Arab countries stationed in
the PA, Dr. Zakarye Alara stated that the PA would agree to the appointment
of observers to monitor the disbursement of funds. Alara, a Fatah leader and
PLO Executive member, warned, "Without your money, it's doubtful that we'll
be able to continue the Intifada."

Palestinians who represent an array of political streams took part in this
meeting with Arab ambassadors. Without exception, they reiterated this
demand for money. Popular Front delegate Jamil Majdalouwi told the
ambassadors that claims about PA corruption were nothing more than a pretext
used to avoid delivering money. Abdallah Hourani, a nonaligned member of the
PLO Executive, declared incredulously, "You'd think that we invented
corruption." He added, "In fact, everyone knows that corruption is part of
the reality which prevails in the whole Arab world."

Other participants at the meeting accused Israel and some Western states of
circulating rumors about PA corruption so as to obstruct the disbursement of
funds in the territories, spur the collapse of Arafat's regime, and bring an
end to the Intifada. Seething with anger and bitterness about allegations of
PA corruption, some Palestinian spokesmen have in recent days hurled brazen,
defiant challenges at Arab states. Who needs your money, they've asked.

Insofar as it has been possible to follow reasons given by Arab spokesmen
for the non-disbursement of funds to the PA, the corruption issue hasn't
been raised in official pronouncements. The prevailing explanation is that
due to large debts owed by the PA to many banks, funds transferred to the
PA's accounts won't reach suffering residents in the territories. Instead,
they'll simply be used to cover the debts.

The money issue dominates PA discussion of the Arab summit partly because
Palestinians don't have many expectations on the diplomatic front.
Resolutions denouncing Israel, and demands (raised by Jordan and Egypt) to
cut off relations, will be proposed and formulated in one way or another.
But they won't amount to anything other than rhetorical gestures. For half a
year, the Palestinians have demanded that Arab states support their struggle
against Israel. But, as months go by, the Intifada has become a routine
matter, one which no longer galvanizes public opinion in Arab countries as
it has in the past.

The Iraqi issue is the one diplomatic issue which, to some extent, worries
the Palestinians. PA officials are concerned that some Arab leaders will try
to put the Iraq issue at the top of the summit's agenda. Though most Arab
countries support a full repeal of anti-Iraqi sanctions (or siege, in the
familiar Arab usage)Kuwait has argued that the time isn't right for such a
change. Speaking in elliptical, evasive tones, some Saudi leaders have
backed Kuwait's position (the Iraqi problem is responsible for the Saudi
decision to dispatch Defense Minister Sultan Bin Abdul Aziz as the country's
delegate to the summit).

Some Arab leaders have proposed that the summit's prime focus should be an
attempt to forge a reconciliation between Kuwait and Iraq. Such discussion
has raised the question of whether the event is to be the "Iraq-Kuwait
summit" or the "Al-Quds summit."

Jordanian and Egyptian officials have indicated that they want summit
participants to tackle economic issues, particularly annulling the customs
duties that Arab countries mutually impose one another, and encouraging of
foreign investment. Yet it appears that Arafat and his men are confident
that even if summit participants devote a lot of time to these
non-Palestinian issues, the Arab states won't pose a diplomatic problem to
the PA.

In other words, Arafat expects the Arab leaders to articulate unequivocal
support for the Palestinian Intifada. Such pronouncements, he knows, will
reflect mass, pro-Intifada sentiment in the Arab world. For Arafat and his
fellow Palestinians, then, money remains the one loose end. Will Arab
support for their struggle continue to come in the form of rubber checks, as
Palestinian cartoonists depict it; or will the money finally be delivered?
In the Palestinian view of the Arab summit, money is all that matters.

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From research-bpr@philologos.org Tue Mar 27 09:03:24 2001
Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2001 09:03:24 -0500
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Subject: [bprlist] China beefs up missile stocks

China beefs up missile stocks
By Bill Gertz
THE WASHINGTON TIMES

China is sending additional shipments of short-range missiles to Fujian
province opposite Taiwan, a sign Beijing is stepping up deployments as the
Bush administration contemplates new arms sales to the island.

     U.S. intelligence officials told The Washington Times that the latest
shipment of CSS-7 missiles was photographed by a spy satellite in the past
two weeks as being aboard a train from a factory in central China to a CSS-7
base at Yongan.
     The shipment followed two earlier trainloads of CSS-7s sent from a
production facility at Yuanan, about 175 miles west of the provincial
capital of Wuhan, to a second base opposite Taiwan at Xianyou.
     A fourth missile shipment is expected to leave the Yuanan factory in
the next few days for Yongan, said officials familiar with intelligence
reports.
     The officials also said the satellite photographs show the Chinese are
expanding the Yuanan missile factory. The factory is part of a complex of
production facilities known as the Sanjiang Missile Group.
     "The construction indicates they're getting ready to increase
production," said one official.
     The intelligence reports come amid a Chinese government propaganda
effort aimed at influencing the Bush administration to curb weapons sales to
Taiwan. A decision on new arms deliveries is expected sometime next
month.
     Secretary of State Colin Powell told visiting Chinese Vice Prime
Minister Qian Qichen last week that the buildup of missiles opposite Taiwan
is destabilizing, the Associated Press reported.
     A CIA spokesman declined to comment on intelligence reports of the
latest missile shipments to Fujian.
     Pentagon spokesman Navy Rear Adm. Craig Quigley also would not
comment,
citing rules against commenting on intelligence matters.
     Adm. Quigley said, however, that China's military modernization
includes adding missiles to areas near Taiwan.
     The modernization program is being closely monitored, he said.
     The buildup of forces opposite Taiwan also will weigh in the
administration's decision on arms sales to Taiwan, he said.
     "This is something we watch very carefully and it is an element that
goes into the decision-making process of meeting the legitimate defense
needs of Taiwan," Adm. Quigley said in an interview.
     Adm. Quigley said "it is no secret" China is improving its military
"capabilities for reaching out to Taiwan."
     The Bush administration is considering a request from Taiwan for about
30 different weapons systems, including four Aegis-equipped guided-missile
destroyers, advanced Patriot missile-defense systems and air-launched
missiles that home in on radar.
     A Senate Foreign Relations Committee staff report on the Taiwan Strait
said that the Chinese military threat to Taiwan is growing and includes
hundreds of short-range missiles deployed close to the coast. China also has
purchased guided-missile destroyers, missiles and planes from Russia.
     The report says that the Taiwanese military believes China's forces are
working on developing a "quick-strike solution" by deploying missiles that
would defeat the island before U.S. forces could arrive to defend it.
     Under the 1979 Taiwan Relations Act, the United States is obligated to
prevent the forcible reunification of the island with the mainland, a
formulation that is at odds with agreements with China that limit sales of
advanced arms.
     Al Santoli, a national security aide to Rep. Dana Rohrabacher,
California Republican, said the ongoing missile deployments appear to be
part of a Chinese government attempt to "test the mettle of the Bush
administration."
     "The Chinese are trying to see how far they can go in terms of their
unprecedented military buildup, especially the ongoing deployments of
missiles," Mr. Santoli said.
     "If the administration should blink at this point, it will set a
precedent for the possibility of conflict occurring in the Taiwan Strait
sooner," he said.
     Richard Fisher, a specialist on the Chinese military with the Jamestown
Foundation, said the latest shipments may indicate the Chinese are adding
missiles to two existing brigades of CSS-7s or are forming a third brigade.
     "The Chinese missile threat is very quickly making the U.S. policy
response obsolete," Mr. Fisher said. "Even the consideration of four Aegis
ships have to be viewed as woefully insufficient to deter Beijing."
     The Aegis is viewed by defense analysts as a base for a future missile
defense system against short-range missiles. The system can track
hundreds
of targets at the same time and when fully developed will be able to guide
missile interceptors to knock out enemy missiles.

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From research-bpr@philologos.org Tue Mar 27 09:10:06 2001
Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2001 09:10:06 -0500
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SADDAM'S "HISTORIC" MESSAGE

Saddam Hussein will send an "important and historic message" to the Arab
summit meeting scheduled for Tuesday in Amman, Jordan, Iraqi television
reported over the weekend. The television said a cabinet meeting, chaired
by Mr. Saddam, reviewed the message but did not give details except to
say it was "important and historic because of its valuable and great conten ts
and meaning." Saddam is expected to be represented in Amman by one of
his senior aides. (Int'l Herald Tribune)

PALESTINIANS DESPAIR AS INTIFADA FIZZLES OUT

Arab leaders meet tomorrow knowing that the Palestinian uprising has run
into the sand but bereft of ideas of how to revive it. They are as deadlock ed
over what to do for the Palestinians as they are over whether to lift
sanctions against Iraq. Ordinary Palestinians say that they are just as
frustrated. Yesterday, as Arab foreign ministers completed a weekend of
talks in Amman, Jordan, ahead of the Arab League summit, there were yet
more casualties in the fighting between Palestinians and Israelis.

Yet local officials in Qarryot, including the head of Yassir Arafat=92s Fat ah
movement, openly questioned whether continued violence is likely to yield
an end to the Israeli presence in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. =93We
should change our tactics, we should use our brains more =97 and we need
moral and material support from the Arab League,=94 Mafeed Jamil,
chairman of the local council and a construction worker who has been cut
off from employment in Israel since last October, said. =93We should try to=

see if non-violence works or not, because we=92re getting nowhere with
violence.=94

Gemal Moussa, the Fatah leader in the area, agreed =97 and showed little
respect for the Palestinian Authority (PA) that he is supposed to serve.
=93People are saying that the PA will collapse. That won=92t make any
difference here; it doesn=92t do anything for us anyway.=94 Several groups of
intellectuals, artists and civic leaders organised non-violent meetings ove r
the weekend in an effort to broaden the appeal of an uprising that has
mutated into a guerrilla war. The biggest demonstration, a march to the
outskirts of Ramallah, disintegrated into chaos when Israeli troops threw
stun grenades to break it up.

Syria, which has little prospect of renewed talks with the hardline
Government of Ariel Sharon over the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, has
called on the Arab world to boycott all Israeli goods and to end the
=93normalisation=94 of relations with Israel. Egypt, Saudi Arabia and Jorda n, all
of which are allied to the US and which have peace treaties with Israel, ar e
reluctant. Egypt gets $2bn and Jordan $225mn a year from the US to
sweeten regional detente with Israel, which in turn gets $3bn a year from
the American taxpayer in financial aid.

The Arab world promised Mr Arafat=92s Palestinian Authority $1bn in
support for the intifada last year, but less than 25% of the funds have bee n
delivered. Diplomats said that the money, like funding also promised from
the EU, had been held up because there was little confidence that it =93wou ld
not find its way into the bank accounts of Mr Arafat=92s close associates =94.
=93We=92re not getting anywhere,=94 Mr Jamil said. =93Arafat=92s finished a nd
there=92s no point in having elections to choose a new President because he=

would cheat his way in like all the other Arab leaders. That=92s what is
dangerous for everybody. We are a people with no hope and people with no
hope make suicide bombers. The Arabs have to help us get our faith back.=94=

(The London Telegraph)=0E

SAUDI FATWA AGAINST POKEMON

Saudi Arabia's mufti, the kingdom's highest religious authority, has banned=

Pokemon cards because the competition in collecting them is too much like
gambling and they feature Star of David symbols and crosses, the
newspaper Al-Jazeera reported yesterday. In a fatwa, or religious edict,
Sheikh Abdul Aziz bin Abdullah al-Sheikh urged Muslims "to beware of this
game and prevent their children from playing it so as to protect their reli gion
and manners", Al-Jazeera said. (The London Telegraph)=0E

UNSTOPPABLE COMPUTER GAME INVADES REAL LIFE

The first computer game that cannot be turned off and which pursues
players into their everyday lives, to the extent of waking them in the midd le
of the night with threatening phone calls, is preparing to invade Britain.=

Players of Majestic are immersed in the midst of a suspense thriller
involving conspiracy plots, menacing fugitives and covert political
organisations from which there appears to be no escape. The game, which
begins on the internet, has just been launched in America, where it has a
mandatory "mature" rating, allowing only adults to play.

But critics say the extent to which it pursues the players could be regarde d
as harassment. Neil Young, Majestic's producer said: "Players are just
pawns in the game. It is the first game that plays you, unfolding in real t ime
to reach out into your life and connect with you. Once you are in it you ar e
bombarded with phone calls to your home, faxes and email messages to
your office, and text messages to your mobile phone. It's up to you to make=

sense of it." The point of the game is to solve the conspiracy, making use of
hidden clues, but it is neither possible to step out of the game nor to be sure
which of the characters in the game are other human players and which are
programmed. (The London Telegraph)=0E

MICHAEL TURNER =0F
(mykelturner@airmail.net)

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From research-bpr@philologos.org Tue Mar 27 09:13:07 2001
Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2001 09:13:07 -0500
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Subject: [bprlist] Jerusalem Bombings

Jerusalem car bombing wounds five
By The Jerusalem Post Internet Staff

Five people were wounded, one moderately, in a terror car-bomb attack in
Jerusalem this morning.

Casualties were transferred to Hadassah University Hospital in Ein Kerem
and Sha'are Tzedek Hospital for treatment.

The powerful charge, planted in a stolen Mitsubishi car, detonated at 07:40
this morning near the Canion Israel mall located in the capital's southern
Talpiot neighborhood.

The vehicle was left in a no-parking zone on Yad Harutzim Street, a main
shopping avenue in front of the mall.

Police sappers are combing the area for evidence of the type of explosive
used in the car bomb.

The car was demolished in the explosion.

A passing Egged bus and several stores sustained damage in the early
morning attack.

The driver of the vehicle and a passenger were among the wounded.

Police arrested three people suspected of involvement in the blast.

A police helicopter is hovering overhead in an effort to locate the perpetrators.

Another explosive device, hidden in a garbage can, blew up two weeks ago
as the can was being emptied into a garbage truck.

There were no injuries in that early morning attack, although the vehicle
sustained some damage from the blast.

http://www.jpost.com/Editions/2001/03/27/News/News.23617.html

(14:00) Second bombing today rocks Jerusalem
By The Jerusalem Post Internet Staff

One person was killed and 29 were injured, one very seriously, in a terrorist
bombing at the French Hill junction in Jerusalem this afternoon.

The explosion apparently occurred on the sidewalk when the No. 6 Egged
bus on its way from the Malha Mall to Pisgat Ze'ev passed by, Army Radio
reported.

Police are investigating whether the person killed was a suicide bomber.

According to passengers on the bus, a man with a knapsack got on the bus
and aroused suspicion.

Shortly after he got off the bus the explosion took place.

According to an eyewitness, the man blew himself up.

The injured, including the bus driver and a two-year-old passenger, were
taken to Sha're Zedek Hospital.

Police are searching the area for more bombs.

Some windows on the bus were damaged, but the rest of the bus remained
intact.

There was no damage to the surrounding area.

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From research-bpr@philologos.org Tue Mar 27 18:51:36 2001
Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2001 18:51:36 -0500
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Subject: [bprlist] Looking for the historical Jesus

[A list member forwarded this to me.]

Looking for the historical Jesus

Is this the face of the Son of God?
By BBC News Online's Alex Webb

He has been the source of faith for billions of people, the inspiration of great
art and music, and an excuse for war.

Son Of God is BBC One's new investigation into the life of Jesus Christ,
presented by the BBC's former Middle East correspondent Jeremy Bowen.

Bowen admitted to BBC News Online he brought a certain amount of
scepticism to the programme.

"To start with I didn't know there was a historical character called Jesus - I
thought that you had to believe in Jesus the same way as you have to
believe in God.

"I discovered that in fact there is a lot of historical corroboration for the
existence of this man - for example there's a Romanised Jewish historian
who writes about a man called Jesus, a Jew who attained a following of
people in his area, who was known as a worker of deeds and who was put to
death by the authorities.

"It's a different question whether or not you believe Jesus was the Son of God
and our Saviour - that's a religious question."

The series has used the latest scientific and historical research to
reconstruct the main events of Jesus' life.

Gospels

Forensic and archaeological techniques have been used to reconstruct how
Jesus might really have looked - from a first century Jewish skull.

"I thought you couldn't corroborate anything that was in the Gospels, frankly -
it was all made up by people who were trying to push a point," said Bowen.

"But actually, amidst the fables and literature and poetry in the Gospels
there's also history - we've tried to concentrate on the history."

This historical emphasis serves to support some Gospel stories - and
question others.

Stable

"There are aspects of the Christmas story which aren't quite what we
imagine - there are some biblical scholars who say that Jesus wasn't even
born in Bethlehem, he was born in Nazareth.

"He certainly wasn't born in a stable as the picture postcards have it, made
of wood with a little manger - it was more likely to have been a cave.

"That's how people kept their animals and still do in the West Bank - we
went to places in the West bank where people were giving birth in the same
cave as the animals."

Bowen also said his involvement with this series on the Holy Land had
influenced his perception of the troubled region today.

Disputes

"No question about it - religion is as major a part of life now as it was then.

"Jesus' disputes with the temple priests are interesting in so far as you can
see Jews having huge disputes now in Israel like 'Who is a Jew?'.

"And in a sense that's what Jesus was doing - there were a whole lot of
people who weren't able to take part in religion because they were sick, they
were lame, they were mentally ill - and he said no, he could forgive them,
make them clean and they could then take part.

"These debates are every bit a vivid today as they were then."

But Bowen's fascination with his subject hasn't quite gone as far as making
him a believer.

"I'd say I'm not religious, really - I wouldn't rule it out.

"The important thing is not what he was or what he wasn't - the important
things is what people believe him to have been.

"A massive world wide religion, numbering more than two billion people
follows his memory - that's pretty remarkable, 2,000 years on."

Son Of God starts on BBC One on 1 April.

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From research-bpr@philologos.org Tue Mar 27 18:58:15 2001
Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2001 18:58:15 -0500
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Subject: [bprlist] Arutz-7 News items (3/27/01)

HEVRON JEWS ATTEMPT TO TAKE SHALHEVET HILLS
Jewish residents of Hevron, outraged by the continuing attacks on them,
yesterday's murder of a ten-month-old baby, and the government's refusal to
destroy the source of the fire, made two attempts last night to take over
the Abu Sneineh hills themselves. They made several more attempts
today. In their first try, Israeli soldiers followed them into
PA-controlled Hevron and removed them from the area.

In the second incident, at about 4:40 AM this morning, a group of more than
50 Jewish youths ran past soldiers outside the Avraham Avinu neighborhood
and began climbing the Shalhevet (Abu Sneineh) hills. Arab terrorists shot
at the group, which returned fire; one Jew was hit in the face by a cement
block. The group returned to the Avraham Avinu neighborhood, escorted by
Israeli security forces, after almost two hours. Hevron leaders promise
that other groups will continue trying to reach the top of the hills until
the Israeli army reconquers them. Elisheva Federman of Hevron told
Arutz-7's Yosef Zalmanson, "Each time we enter the Abu Sneineh
neighborhood, we know the soldiers will follow, and our goal is to have
them stay there."

Palestinian terrorists continued firing from Abu Sneineh on Hevron's
Avraham Avinu neighborhood this morning. IDF soldiers returned fire to
empty areas in the general direction of the source of the shots.

Prime Minister Ariel Sharon told Yesha Council leaders last night that he
is planning to wait until after the Arab League summit and the Land Day
protests this Friday before taking retaliatory action. He said that the
Israeli reaction will be stronger than a closure, and that he would not
wait for another terrorist attack before reacting.

KATZAV: WE HAVE REACHED THE LIMIT
Communications Minister Ruby Rivlin came out against the Prime Minister's
policy today, saying that if Jews cannot live safely in Hevron, neither
should Arabs be able to live safely in the Abu Sneineh. "With all our
desire not to grant Arafat the escalation he so longs for during the Arab
League summit [which started today]," said Rivlin, "but when a playground
becomes the murder site of a ten-month-old baby, diplomatic considerations
must take a back seat to the need to protect our citizens'
lives." Minister of National Infrastructure Avigdor Lieberman said, "No
political considerations can justify Israel's lack of response."

Other reactions:
* President Moshe Katzav: "Israel has reached her limit of restraint."
* Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Shimon Peres: "We
must return fire with fire, but we must also continue the dialogue with the
Palestinians, in order to stop the fire."
* Jerusalem Mayor Ehud Olmert: "Let us not fool ourselves: there are likely
to be additional terrorist attacks... We must stop this wave of terror
with a strong initiative..."
* Police Commissioner Shlomo Aharonishki: "We are doing our utmost to
provide a feeling of security, create a deterrence to attacks, and limit
the damage caused by attacks. The two attacks today in Jerusalem were
apparently most serious, but there is no doubt that the presence of police
has thwarted many attacks... There are undoubtedly difficult days ahead,
what with the Passover holiday that is approaching..."
* MK Benny Elon (National Union) told Arutz-7, "It's clear that Sharon must
react - but that is the wrong word. He must not only react, he must rather
lead. He must recognize that his large victory margin of 25% [in the
election] was in order that he would lead, and not give excuses for not
acting. If he does not recognize this, and does not act immediately, then
he is not a leader, and he will fall from power just as Barak fell."

The Council of Jewish Communities in Judea and Samaria echoed the calls
of
many nationalist-camp and Yesha leaders in the statement it released today:
"Today's attacks once again prove that Palestinian terrorism does not
differentiate between Hevron and Jerusalem, or between [Shomron-
community]
Yitzhar and Petach Tikvah. Too much blood has already been spilled for the
Sharon government not to reach the realization that the government must
end
its policy of restraint - a policy that is being interpreted as
weakness. Abu Sneineh must be taken today, and a hermetic closure must
be
imposed on all of Yesha, which has become a place of refuge for terrorists."

O.C. Central Command Maj.-Gen. Yitzchak Eitan recommended last night
that
the IDF bring tanks into Abu Sneineh, but Prime Minister Sharon and
Defense
Minister Binyamin Ben-Eliezer rejected the idea.

The Jewish Community in Hevron reported this morning that Israeli security
forces had begun taking preventative measures against Jews in the area. An
army roadblock was erected at the Gush Etzion junction, about 25 minutes
north of Hevron, and police prevented non-residents of the Hevron area from
continuing southward. Another roadblock was established near Beit
Hadassah
in Hevron, blocking Israeli vehicles from reaching the Avraham Avinu
neighborhood, two minutes away.

SHARON WILLING TO GIVE TERRITORY TO ARAFAT
Timely news: Yediot Acharonot reporter Nachum Barne'a reported today that
Prime Minister Sharon told the Americans during his visit in Washington
last week that he would be willing to offer Arafat "territory in exchange
for quiet." Sharon also reportedly said that he still sees Arafat as a
"partner." Today, Sharon blamed Arafat directly for the latest terrorism,
and said that Israel will not cave in to terrorism but will rather fight
against it.

Prime Minister Ariel Sharon convened the country's top security officers,
including Defense Minister Binyamin Ben-Eliezer and Public Security
Minister Uzi Landau, this afternoon in his office, discussing possible
reactions to the growing wave of terrorism. No operative decisions were
announced. Sharon's staffers continue to say informally that Israel's
reaction will come only after the Arab League summit and the Israeli-Arabs'
Land Day protests at the end of this week.

AT THE ARAB LEAGUE CONFERENCE
Syrian-Palestinian tensions at the Arab League summit may prevent a
planned
meeting between Syrian President Assad and Yasser Arafat this
evening. Syria demands that the Palestinians coordinate their negotiating
strategy with the Lebanese and the Syrians, but Arafat so far refuses to do
so. Another matter of tension at the summit involves the international
sanctions on Iraq. Intense negotiations continue regarding whether the
Arab League will call merely for the lifting of the sanctions, in keeping
with the position of Kuwait and Saudi Arabia, or will take a stance in
favor of defying the UN sanctions, as Iraq demands.

Both Arafat and Assad addressed the conference today, competing as to
who
could speak most harshly against Israel. Assad told the Arab leaders that
Israel is more racist than the Nazis, adding, "Israel's extremism and
racism are the most constant things in the Middle East." Arafat told the
international conference that Israel is bombing the Palestinians with
uranium bombs. He also said that the Palestinian nation "is against
terrorism."

WAR IN GAZA
Palestinian snipers have been firing non-stop at the IDF Gaza Headquarters
all afternoon. The IDF raised snipers in air-borne cages to locate the
source of the fire, but the Israeli soldiers did not shoot. Gush Katif
residents staged a massive demonstration today on the road leading to army
headquarters, demanding that the army put a stop to the almost non-stop
shooting on N'vei Dekalim and other areas of the past six months.

Arutz Sheva News Service
<http://www.IsraelNationalNews.com>
Tuesday, Mar. 27, 2001 / Nissan 3, 5761

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From research-bpr@philologos.org Tue Mar 27 19:00:02 2001
Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2001 19:00:02 -0500
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Subject: [bprlist] (Fwd) PM SHARON TO US SECY OF STATE POWELL

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Date sent: Tue, 27 Mar 2001 16:31:48 -0500
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Subject: PM SHARON TO US SECY OF
STATE POWELL: DETERIORATION
IN SECURITY SITUATION IS INTOLERABLE

PM SHARON TO US SECY OF STATE POWELL: DETERIORATION IN SECURITY SITUATION IS
INTOLERABLE
(Communicated by the Prime Minister's Media Adviser)
Jerusalem Tuesday, March 27, 2001

US Secretary of State Colin Powell telephoned Prime Minister Ariel
Sharon this evening (Tuesday), 27.3.2001.

Prime Minister Sharon made it clear to Secretary of State Powell that
the deterioration in the security situation, which stems from the
Palestinian Authority's terrorist activity and incitement, is
intolerable.

Prime Minister Sharon said that not only is Palestinian Authority
Chairman Yasser Arafat refusing to foil terrorist actions, but his
forces are directly involved in attacks and are fully cooperating with
Hizbullah and other terrorist organizations.

Prime Minister Sharon expressed his opposition to any international
involvement in the conflict on the grounds that this would be a reward
for terrorism. The Prime Minister emphasized that those who perpetrate
acts of terrorism - as well as those who both dispatch and assist the
perpetrators - will not escape punishment and added that Arafat and the
PA will bear the consequences.

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From research-bpr@philologos.org Tue Mar 27 19:02:35 2001
Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2001 19:02:35 -0500
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Subject: [bprlist] Pope reveals he wears a Carmelite scapular

POPE REVEALS HE WEARS A CARMELITE SCAPULAR
Sends Letter to Mark a 750th Anniversary

VATICAN CITY, MAR. 27, 2001 (Zenit.org).- John Paul II wrote a letter for t he
750th anniversary of the reception of the scapular by the Carmelite order, in
which he reveals that he has worn a smaller version of the scapular since h is
youth.

The scapular was received by Carmelite Superior General Simon Stock in
1251. The Virgin Mary appeared to him and assured the eternal salvation of=

all those who wear the scapular with devotion.

The Holy Father sent a letter to the generals of the two Carmelite branches :
Father Joseph Chalmers, of the old, or "shod," branch, and Father Camilo
Maccise, of the discalced branch (reformed by St. Teresa and St. John of th e
Cross). The Pope reminded the Carmelites that in his apostolic letter "Novo=

Millennio Ineunte," he entrusted the third millennium to Mary.

John Paul II wrote, "I have learned that the Carmelite order, in its two
branches, the old and the reformed, wishes to express its own filial love t o its
Patroness, dedicating the year 2001 to her, invoked as the Flower of Carmel ,
Mother and Guide in the Path to Holiness."

This Marian devotion, expressed "in the humble sign of the scapular,
consists in the consecration to her Immaculate Heart," he stressed.

Popular scapulars consist of two small squares of woolen cloth joined by
strings and worn around the neck. The original, large scapulars worn by
some religious orders came to symbolize the cross and yoke of Christ.

In his letter, the Holy Father made a personal revelation: "I, too, have ca rried
the Carmel scapular over my heart for a long time!"

When he was a university student in Krakow, Poland, before entering the
seminary, Karol Wojtyla considered entering the Carmelite order, after
reading St. John of the Cross' works. The latter's mystical writings so=

fascinated Wojtyla, that he based his doctoral thesis on them.

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From research-bpr@philologos.org Tue Mar 27 19:07:36 2001
Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2001 19:07:36 -0500
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Subject: [bprlist] Weekend News Today items (3/27/01)

Senior sources: Israeli response imminent

                         Weekend News Today
                         Lead: Kelly
                         Source: Jerusalem Post

Tue Mar 27,2001 -- Senior sources in the prime minister's bureau say Israel=

will continue its current policy for the time being and not play into the h ands
of Palestinian Authority Chairman Yasser Arafat. The security policy of
Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's government will be totally different from tha t of
the previous government, something that will become clear in the near futur e,
the sources said. Israel will take the steps it deems necessary at the
appropriate time, they added. Security sources said today's terrorist attac ks
in Jerusalem were intended and timed to draw Israel into retaliating harshl y
while the Arab summit in Jordan is taking place, Israel Radio reported. =

Sharon says no to tanks in Hevron

                         Weekend News Today
                         Lead: Kelly
                         Source: Israel National News

Tue Mar 27,2001 -- Arutz-7 has learned that O.C. Central Command Maj.-
Gen. Yitzchak Eitan recommended that the IDF bring tanks into Abu
Sneineh, but Prime Minister Sharon and Defense Minister Binyamin Ben-
Eliezer rejected the idea.

The Jewish Community in Hevron reports that Israeli security forces have
begun taking preventative measures against Jews in the area. An army
roadblock has been erected at the Gush Etzion junction, about 25 minutes
north of Hevron, where police are preventing anyone who is not a resident o f
the Hevron area from continuing southward. Another roadblock was
established near Beit Hadassah in Hevron, preventing Israeli vehicles from=

reaching the Avraham Avinu neighborhood, two minutes away.

An alarming increase in Type 2 Diabetes in children

                         Weekend News Today
                         Lead: faith
                         Source: Nando Times

Tue Mar 27,2001 -- Dr. Richard Kahn, chief medical officer for the American=

Diabetes Association, has something important for you to know. There's
been an alarming increase in Type 2 diabetes in children. In the past this=

kind of diabetes was rarely seen in children 8 to 15 years old, but today
some clinics report that the number of cases they're seeing is increasing b y
an astonishing 30 percent a year. The good news is there's a lot you can do=

to reduce the risk for the youngsters in your life. The bad news is that ou r
culture doesn't make it easy to make the changes.

Diabetes is a debilitating disease. It can lead to heart disease, blindness ,
nerve damage, kidney failure and amputations. It's one of the leading cause s
of death for children. Why are children more vulnerable to it today than ev er
before? The environment in which we live today. Compared to thousands of
years before, our environment has radically changed, and food is not only
abundant, but the calories in it are more concentrated. In the era of Big
Macs, fries, candy bars and sodas, the great ability to store food as fat n o
longer serves its purpose. Instead, it can mean that damaging amounts of
sugar end up circulating for long periods in our blood. In the past, exerci se
would have reduced the sugar circulating in the blood. But today we're in a n
era of the couch potato, of TV, Nintendo, Game Boy and the Net, and more
of it is stored as fat.

"When you put it all together," he says, "there are more and more kids who=

are overweight, sedentary and have poor diets." These are exactly the
conditions that predispose a child to get Type 2 diabetes. What can you do=

to keep the youngsters in your life from this environmental disease? The
ideal answer is: make sure that they don't become overweight and that they=

exercise lots. Encourage them to eat lots of fruits and vegetables.

Israel is bracing for Katyusha attack on cities

                         Weekend News Today
                         Lead: Kelly
                         Source: Middle East Newsline

Tue Mar 27,2001 -- Authorities are bracing for Palestinian rocket attacks o n
Israeli cities. Officials said the prospect that the Palestinian Authority would
fire rockets at Israeli cities is being discussed in both the military and=

security forces. They said the current PA mortar attacks on Jewish
settlements in the Gaza Strip appear to mark a prelude to an attack on
Israeli cities.

Hebron military commander: IDF will respond to slaying of baby

                         Weekend News Today
                         Lead: Kelly
                         Source: Ha'aretz

Tue Mar 27,2001 -- The IDF commander in the Hebron area, Colonel Noam
Tibon, said in a press conference Tuesday that he was sure that the army
would respond to Monday=92s killing of 10 month-old baby Shalhevet Pass by=

Palestinian snipers, Israel Radio reported Tuesday.

Sharon meeting with security chiefs

                         Weekend News Today
                         Lead: Kelly
                         Source: Jerusalem Post

Tue Mar 27,2001 -- Prime Minister Ariel Sharon is currently meeting with
Defense Minister Binyamin Ben-Eliezer and heads of the security apparatus.=

Science, Culture and Sport Minister Matan Vilna'i told Army Radio the IDF
should reevaluate its policy in light of the recent increase in terrorist a ttacks.
"No country in the world would put up with this," Vilna'i said, adding, "Th e
Palestinians have to understand they are responsible for this."

Security sources: Suicide bombing points to Hamas

                         Weekend News Today
                         Lead: Kelly
                         Source: Jerusalem Post

Tue Mar 27,2001 -- The suicide bomber who blew himself up this afternoon in=

Jerusalem was wearing a nail-bomb strapped to his waist, according to
police. One person was killed, presumably the suicide bomber, and 31 were
injured in the attack, Army Radio reported. The attack took place not far f rom
a hitch-hiking stop frequented by soldiers at French Hill junction. The bom b
exploded as an Egged bus passed by, injuring some of the passengers.

No organization has yet to take responsibility for the terrorist attack.
Nevertheless, sources in Judea, Samaria and the Gaza Strip say the nature
of the attack has similarities to previous ones carried out by Hamas and no t
Islamic Jihad. Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility for the car-bombing nea r a
mall in the Talpiot neighborhood of Jerusalem this morning in which five
people were injured.

Russia blasts U.S.-Chechen meeting

                         Weekend News Today
                         Lead: Leo
                         Source: CNN

Tue Mar 27,2001 -- Russia has denounced as "immoral" a meeting between
a senior U.S. official and an envoy of the rebel Chechen government. The
meeting came days after bomb blasts, blamed by the Kremlin on the rebels,
left 23 dead, and also in the midst of a spy row between Washington and
Moscow.

Russia reacted sharply to news after Ilyas Akhmadov, foreign minister of th e
separatist leadership, had had a meeting with acting U.S. Special Adviser f or
Newly Independent States John Beyrle. "Offering a solemn welcome to the
envoy of the Chechen fighters, the new U.S. administration showed with its=

trademark 'decisiveness' on what side of the international struggle against=

terrorism it stands," the Russian Foreign Ministry said.

More than 100 people were also wounded in the blasts on Saturday and
Russian investigators say they have evidence it was planned by a Chechen
commander.

http://216.219.160.226/cgi-
bin/readnews.cgi?day=3D01_03_27&item=3D#985714680

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From research-bpr@philologos.org Tue Mar 27 19:15:09 2001
Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2001 19:15:09 -0500
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Subject: [bprlist] TV: March 28, 2001

SERIES: History's Mysteries (Documentary)
Wed March 28 08:00 PM Eastern Time (60 min) HIST
The Nazi Bomb. The Nazis attempt to build an atomic bomb. (CC) (TVG)

LIMITED SERIES: Treasures of the Earth (Documentary)
Wed March 28 08:00 PM Eastern Time (60 min) DISC
Diamonds. Emerging from coal, the diamond both decorates and aids
humans. (TVG)

LIMITED SERIES: The Guns of WWII (Drama)
Wed March 28 09:00 PM Eastern Time (60 min) HIST
Guns of the Russian Military. Russian guns are battle-proven worldwide. (CC)
(TVG)

LIMITED SERIES: Superhuman Body: The Future of Medicine (Documentary)
Wed March 28 09:00 PM Eastern Time (60 min) TLC
Self-Repair. Scientists grow a urinary bladder from living tissue; growing new
skin; the stem cell. (TVPG)

LIMITED SERIES: Superhuman Body: The Future of Medicine (Documentary)
Wed March 28 10:00 PM Eastern Time (60 min) TLC
Killers Into Cures. Allergies; virus may inhibit brain tumor; asthma;
mysterious immunity to HIV. (TVPG)

SPECIAL: Combat Training (Drama)
Wed March 28 10:00 PM Eastern Time (60 min) HIST
Modern training is enhanced by computer simulation. (CC) (TVG)

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From research-bpr@philologos.org Tue Mar 27 19:19:11 2001
Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2001 19:19:11 -0500
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Subject: [bprlist] Israel Must Return Golan Heights to Syria, Says Putin

Israel Must Return Golan Heights to Syria, Says Putin

MOSCOW, Mar 27, 2001 -- (Agence France Presse) Russian President
Vladimir Putin said Tuesday that peace in the Middle East could only come
if Israel returned the Golan Heights to Syria.

"Without the Golan Heights' return and the resumption of normal relations
between Lebanon and Israel, peace cannot be restored in the Middle East
region," Putin said in a statement aimed at Arab leaders holding a summit in
Amman.

Israel captured the Golan Heights in the June 1967 Middle East war but has
refused to go back to a status quo ante that would give Syria access to the
northeast shore of the Sea of Galilee.

The dispute has blocked peace negotiations between Israel and Syria since
January last year. ((c) 2001 Agence France Presse)

http://www.russiatoday.com/news.php3?id=321901

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From research-bpr@philologos.org Tue Mar 27 19:26:31 2001
Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2001 19:26:31 -0500
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Subject: [bprlist] Kadhafi proposes that Israel join Arab League

Kadhafi proposes that Israel join Arab League

AMMAN, March 27 (AFP) - Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi on Tuesday
proposed to an Arab summit that Israel join the 22-member Arab League ...
but under certain conditions, an Arab official who heard his speech said.

"If you want us to recognise Israel I have no objections. But I have three
conditions," Kadhafi said behind closed doors at an Arab summit after
demanding that his speech not be broadcast live by Jordan's state television.
"All the Palestinians must return to the (Israeli) occupied territories, Israel
must agree to eliminate weapons of mass destruction and solve the question
of Jerusalem," Kadhafi said.

"Then, and only then, we can recognise Israel and even invite it to join us in
the Arab League," he said as he broke out in laughter, said the official who
declined to be identified.

Kadhafi earlier told reporters he refused to speak live on television because
he had made "grave" revelations concerning the fate of the Middle East.

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