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Sheikh Ahamed Yassin Assassination, The Three-Year Anniversary

European | 22.03.2007 17:04

In Brussels, the European Union condemned Israel's "extra-judicial killing" as illegal and likely to further inflame violence.

 http://www.aljazeerah.info/

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Israeli security sources said Prime Minister Ariel Sharon personally ordered and monitored the helicopter attack against the paralyzed cleric, whose wheelchair lay smashed in a pool of blood after three missiles exploded.

It was the highest-profile assassination of a Palestinian since the April 1988 killing in Tunis of Palestinian commando chief Khalil al-Wazir. At least seven other people died in the Gaza strike and two of Yassin's sons were among 15 wounded.
The attack on Yassin as he and his entourage left dawn prayers seemed to be aimed at weakening Hamas to prevent it from claiming victory should Sharon go ahead with a planned unilateral pullout from Gaza.

After the first missile hit, a witness told Reuters: "I looked to see where Sheikh Ahmed Yassin was. He was lying on the ground and his wheelchair was destroyed. People there darted left and right. Then another two missiles landed."
Another one of Yassin's sons, Mohammed, told Reuters he had remarked to his father about three hours before the attack about an Israeli reconnaissance plane spotted in the sky.

"He said, 'We seek martyrdom....to Him (God) we belong to Him and to Him we return."'
Israeli Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz, speaking to reporters, called Yassin "the Palestinian (Osama) bin Laden" and pledged more Israeli attacks on Hamas's top echelon.
But a dissenting voice in the Israeli cabinet, Interior Minister Avraham Poraz, said Yassin -- Hamas's spiritual leader -- was not "a ticking bomb" and voiced concern that his death could lead to the loss of many more Israeli lives in suicide attacks.
Previous assassinations of Palestinian resistance leaders have triggered waves of suicide bombings that have turned Israeli buses, restaurants and cafes into charred wrecks and deepened violence that has stalled a U.S.-backed peace "road map."

Hundreds of thousands of Palestinians poured out their grief in a funeral procession for Yassin and the other dead.
While espousing "armed struggle," Yassin's movement also ran a broad welfare network for Palestinians and he was seen by many in the West Bank and Gaza as a heroic symbol of resistance to Israeli occupation.

"DOOR TO CHAOS"
Officials in the Palestinian Authority called Yassin a moderating force in Hamas, an Islamic movement he co-founded in 1987 with encouragement from Israel, which hoped the new group would undercut its long-time enemy, PLO chief Yasser Arafat.
"It is a clear message to the world that the Israelis are not ready to sit with the Palestinians for peace," Palestinian Prime Minister Ahmed Quorie told reporters after the killing, which he said "opened the door to chaos."
With eyes burning with tears and rage, mourners reached out to touch Yassin's Islamic flag-draped coffin in the biggest public turnout in Gaza since Arafat's triumphant entry in 1994 after interim peace deals with Israel.
"Sharon, start preparing your body bags because (Hamas's) Qassam Brigades will put Israeli houses in mourning and make a funeral in every Israeli street," the crowd chanted.

In the first sign of revenge within Israel, a Palestinian with an axe hurt three people outside an army base near Tel Aviv, Israeli police said. He was arrested.
In scenes reminiscent of the start of a Palestinian uprising that began in September 2000, protests erupted in the West Bank and Gaza Strip.
Witnesses said Israeli forces killed a gunman in the Gaza Strip and an 11-year-old during a demonstration in the area.
In the West Bank city of Nablus, witnesses said soldiers shot dead a university student-reporter during an anti-Israeli protest. The army said he was a gunman who fired at the troops.

The Israeli army sealed off the West Bank and Gaza Strip to stop any Palestinians entering Israel.


Mosques called an immediate general strike. Arafat, the Palestinian president, declared three days of mourning. He and his cabinet stood in a moment of silence at the start of an emergency meeting.
A senior State Department official urged all sides to remain calm. The United States brands Hamas a terrorist group.
Hamas said it believed Washington, where Sharon hopes to win support for go-it-alone steps Palestinians fear could turn into an Israeli land grab in the West Bank, had given the green light for Yassin's assassination.


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What the Media hopes that you never learn about the apartheid terror state of Israel…

Important informational websites:

 http://www.voicesofpalestine.org/ ---  http://www.palsolidarity.org/main/ ---  http://www.washington-report.org/index.htm ---  http://www.al-awda.org/ ---  http://www.palestineremembered.com/index.html ---  http://electronicintifada.net/new.shtml ---  http://www.globalexchange.org/countries/mideast/palestine/ ---  http://www.stop-us-military-aid-to-israel.net/ ---  http://zionismexplained.org/ ---  http://www.palestinehistory.com/ ---  http://www.pchrgaza.org/ ---  http://www.rafah.vze.com/ ---  http://rafah.virtualactivism.net/news/todaymain.htm ---  http://www.americanintifada.com/ ---  http://www.ifamericansknew.org/ ---  http://www.ussliberty.org/ ---  http://www.nowarforisrael.com ---  http://www.ipsc.ie/ ---  http://www.palestine-info.co.uk/am/publish/ ---  http://www.thepeoplesvoice.org/ ---  http://www.ipc.gov.ps/index.asp ---  http://www.imemc.org/ ---  http://www.stopaipac.org/ ---  http://www.monabaker.com/ ---  http://kurtnimmo.com/ ---  http://www.rense.com/ ---  http://bostontopalestine.org/ ---  http://they-are-still-here.blogspot.com/ ---  http://www.normanfinkelstein.com/index.php ---  http://www.a-mother-from-gaza.blogspot.com/ ---  http://bethlehemghetto.blogspot.com/ ---  http://www.democracynow.org/index.pl ---  http://bodyontheline.blogspot.com/ ---  http://peacepalestine.blogspot.com/ ---  http://www.umkahlil.blogspot.com/


Israeli terrorism in pictures …
 http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article14069.htm

Christian organizations that oppose the Zionist apartheid terror regime:
 http://www.cmep.org/ ---  http://www.hcef.org/ ---  http://www.hcsn.org/ ---  http://www.al-bushra.org/ ---  http://www.cpt.org/hebron/hebron.php ---  http://www.biblestudysite.com/

Jewish organizations that oppose the Zionist apartheid terror regime:
 http://www.jewsagainstzionism.com/ ---  http://www.nkusa.org/ ---  http://www.nimn.org/ ---  http://www.jewsnotzionists.org/ ---  http://www.btselem.org/English/index.asp ---  http://www.jewishvoiceforpeace.org/ ---  http://www.icahd.org/eng

The Israeli lobby AIPAC counts on your ignorance. Iraq, Palestine, Neocons - how all of it ties together can be found in this report entitled "The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy". A condensed version can be found here at the London Review of Books.
 http://www.lrb.co.uk/v28/n06/print/mear01_.html

See the Stop AIPAC site…  http://www.stopaipac.org/


EVERYONE SHOULD SEE THE DOCUMENTARY “TERROR STORM” BY ALEX JONES. It exposes Government sponsored terrorism, False Flag Operations, the Pro-War Zionist Media and The New World Order.

Throughout history, criminal elements inside governments have carried out terror attacks and psychological operations (psy-ops) against their own populations as a pretext to enslave them. TerrorStorm reveals how, in the last hundred years, Western leaders have repeatedly murdered their own citizens while posing as their saviors.

This powerful documentary explores the mindset of the average brainwashed Westerner. It delves deeply into the systems of control which have been scientifically-crafted to imprison their minds and keep their eyes closed to the realities of the world around them.

Alex Jones has agreed to let everyone see “Terror Storm” under not for profit and for educational purposes free of charge. Jones should be commended for exposing the New World Order on such a large scale. His website is  http://www.infowars.com

A Must See Film…TERROR STORM… "The DVD Of The Resistance": Watch Free, Spread The Word!
Please help us get Terror Storm to as many people as possible!

Terror Storm can also be viewed on-line here…  http://www.informationliberation.com/?id=12638

What is a False Flag? …Committing an atrocious act and then blaming it on another party or nation. The point is to turn public opinion against an entity and have someone else fight your battles for you.

Will America demand that Israel surrender its illegal nuclear weapons and other WMDs before it can detonate one in the United States under another False Flag Operation?

Sign the Petition Opposing An Attack on Iran!  http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/iran

JOIN THE ANTI-WAR MOVEMENT

Join us in the streets and halls of Congress as we protest war and occupation! Sign up for the political action alerts at  http://www.answercoalition.org and  http://www.unitedforpeace.org

IMPEACH BUSH THE WAR CRIMINAL

 http://www.impeachbush.org

What CNN and FOX would rather you not see or know anything about…  http://www.robert-fisk.com/iraqwarvictims_mar2003.htm

Note: The mainstream media refuses to address and fairly report on the tragic events in the Holyland which is Palestine, this in spite of the fact that it is the most important issue on the global stage.

Resist The Corporate Owned Pro-War Zionist Media’s 24/7 Campaign To Brainwash And Manipulate The American Public. Render Them Irrelevant. Get Your News Uncensored and Unfiltered From Independent Sources.

 http://www.informationliberation.com/

 http://www.thepeoplesvoice.org/cgi-bin/blogs/indx.php

 http://www.democracynow.org/index.pl Listen to Amy Goodman’s show everyday… a must.

 http://www.aljazeerah.info/

 http://www.whatreallyhappened.com/index.html

 http://www.freespeech.org/fscm2/genx.php?name=home

 http://www.americanfreepress.net/

 http://www.counterpunch.org/

 http://english.aljazeera.net/HomePage

 http://www.imemc.org/

Important and Vital: Find A Pacifica Network Station Near You. Listen to Democracy Now with Amy Goodman and support the station that carries it…
 http://pacificanetwork.org/radio/content/blogsection/7/83/


SPOON-FED NEWS CAUSES BLINDNESS

FOX and CNN 24 / 7 propaganda machines are undermining objective media.
Take action: Call your cable provider and tell them that they have 30 days to carry the Al Jazeera “English” Channel on “basic cable” and if they refuse to, boycott them by cancelling their service.

“If everybody watches CNN, what does CNN watch? The Al Jazeera English Channel.”
Friends of Al Jazeera
 http://www.friendsofaljazeera.org/
 http://english.aljazeera.net/HomePage


BOTH REPUBLICAN AND DEMOCRAT PARTIES SUPPORT ISRAELI APARTHEID TERRORISM AND THEIR MEMBERS RECEIVE MONEY FROM AIPAC INFLUENCED PRO WAR PRO ISRAEL PACS.

See AIPAC Influenced Pro-Israel, Pro-War PAC Contributions to 2006 Congressional Candidates…

 http://www.washington-report.org/index.htm

Vote for the Party of Peace and Justice. The
Green Party USA …  http://www.gp.org

It bears mentioning that no Green Party USA candidate is supported by the Neo-con pro war AIPAC lobby. See  http://www.gp.org


Your “Representatives” in Congress are supposed to work for YOU not lobbies of evil foreign regimes. Call or write them today. Tell them to stop all aid to the apartheid terror state of Israel…

Call U.S. Capitol… 202.225.3121
E-mail Your U.S. House Representative (you have only one)…  http://www.house.gov/writerep/
E-mail Your U.S. Senators (you have only two)…  http://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm

White House… 202-456-1414
White House… FAX: 202-456-2461
E-MAIL…  comments@whitehouse.gov


David Ben-Gurion told Nahum Goldmann, the president of the World Jewish Congress:
“If I were an Arab leader I would never make terms with Israel. That is natural: we have taken their country . . . We come from Israel, but two thousand years ago, and what is that to them? There has been anti-semitism, the Nazis, Hitler, Auschwitz, but was that their fault? They only see one thing: we have come here and stolen their country. Why should they accept that?”


Must reads: Beyond Chutzspah, Finkelstein. A Pretext For War, Bamford. The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine, Simons. Must see: Rachel - An American Conscience, Barakat.

“In a world of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act.” - George Orwell
"The people will believe what the media tells them they believe." - George Orwell

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