Terrorism: September 2004 Archives

I don't even know what to say.

The heads of West Bank yeshivot and members of the Yesha Council of Settlements in the West Bank and Gaza Strip's rabbinical council urged the government not to avoid harming Palestinians if it means an effective war on terrorism.

In a letter published yesterday, the settler community leaders called on the government to toughen its policies in the territories even at the cost of civilian Palestinians' lives. They also declared that the army should show less regard for the welfare of Palestinian civilians if terrorists are hiding in their midst.

'Settler rabbis: Get tough on terror, even if civilians die", Ha'aretz, September 8, 2004

""Five Big American Blunders in the War on Terrorism", From the L.A. Times, an interesting list...

And from Bob Graham, a book claiming that the 9/11 attackers had Saudi government support, and that General Tommy Franks told him 2 1/2 years ago that resources were being diverted to the Iraq war (you know, the one that wasn't supposed to be happening yet.)

Iraq kidnappings backfire in France / Many Muslims take stand against terrorists, accept head-scarf ban

Paris -- Many of France's more than 5 million Muslims have rallied surprisingly behind President Jacques Chirac in recent days, defending what most Muslims have bitterly opposed until now: a law prohibiting Muslim girls from wearing religious head scarves to school.

When students return to class today after the long summer recess, many Muslim schoolgirls will heed a strong message from their clerics -- obey the law, even though it might violate your principles.

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