Re: Arafat auf der Abschußliste - aber nicht von Israel!

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Geschrieben von Gudrun am 12. Dezember 2001 22:34:31:

Als Antwort auf: Arafat auf der Abschußliste - aber nicht von Israel! geschrieben von Freddie am 12. Dezember 2001 08:28:27:

Freddy, was solche Nachrichten aus dem Hollinger - Verlag wert sind, dazu solltest Du bei uns, auf Kalaschnikow-Online mal den Artikel über die Telegraph-Gruppe lesen: "We Make Media - We Make Money", vom 12.11.2001
Liebe Grüße sendet Gudrun

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>Iran plotting with Hamas to replace Arafat regime Assassination discussed:
>Hardliners hope to set up Palestinian Islamic republic
>
>Con Coughlin
>The Sunday Telegraph
>LONDON - Iran has substantially increased its financial support for Hamas, the
>Palestinian terrorist group, in the hope it will succeed in establishing an
>Islamic regime in the West Bank and Gaza.
>The desperate position in which Yasser Arafat, chairman of the Palestinian
>Authority, finds himself after a series of suicide bombings in Jerusalem and
>Haifa has led Iran's hardline ayatollahs to conclude there is a realistic
>possibility Mr. Arafat's regime could be replaced by a Tehran-style theocracy.
>Iranian hardliners are so confident of the West Bank and Gaza falling under
>Hamas control they have even broached the notion of assassinating Mr. Arafat as
>a means of expediting the Islamic takeover.
>
>Western diplomats based in Syria have been closely monitoring a series of
>meetings Hamas leaders have attended in recent weeks at the Iranian embassy in
>Damascus.
>
>The latest took place last Wednesday, when Khaled Mashal, head of Hamas's
>political bureau, met Hussein Sheikh el-Islam, the Iranian ambassador.
>According to intelligence reports of the meeting, the outcome was a commitment
>by the Iranians to increase Tehran's financial support from its current
>level of $3-million to $18-million a year. The money will be paid to Hamas
>through front companies in South America.
>
>The Iranian officials also are said to have suggested Hamas should assassinate
>Mr. Arafat to facilitate the establishment of an Islamic regime to govern the
>Palestinian-controlled areas.
>"The Iranians firmly believe there is now a golden opportunity for Hamas to
>take control of the West Bank and Gaza,'' a Western diplomat commented last
>week. "They believe that last weekend's suicide bombings have illustrated that
>Mr. Arafat can no longer control the Palestinians.''
>The Hamas leadership, however, is said to have declined the Iranians'
>invitation to murder Mr. Arafat, arguing it would be counterproductive to its
>goals because Mr. Arafat is regarded as an important symbol of the Palestinian
>cause.
>The revelation that the Iranian embassy in Damascus is plotting to influence
>events in the occupied territories will cause concern in Washington, where
>George W. Bush, the U.S. President, last month warned Syria it could find
>itself targeted in the war on terrorism if it did not take effective action to
>prevent Damascus being used as a base for terrorist operations.
>The Iranian embassy in Syria has a long history of involvement in acts of
>terrorism. In the 1980s, it was used to orchestrate attacks on U.S. targets in
>Beirut and to control the hostage crisis during which a number of U.S. and
>British citizens were kidnapped. More recently, it has been used to direct
>Hezbollah attacks on Israel from southern Lebanon.
>Although relations between Hamas and Iran have been strained in the past,
>security experts believe they have improved during the past year as Hamas has
>sought support from hardline Islamic states for its attacks on Israel.
>
>Teams of Iran's Revolutionary Guards are reported to have been active in the
>Palestinian territories for several months. In particular, they are said to
>be concentrating their energies on collecting information on Mr. Arafat's
>health, his political position, the scope of funds he holds in banks around the
>world and his relations with senior members of the Palestinian Authority.
>The Iranians are working directly on the orders of Ayatollah Khamanei, Iran's
>spiritual leader, who has personally approved the increase in funding for
>Hamas. Two months ago, Ayatollah Khamanei condemned Jack Straw, the British
>Foreign Secretary, for visiting Tehran in an attempt to win Iran's backing for
>the war on terrorism.
>PS:
>National Post Online is a Hollinger / CanWest Publication. ;-)
>


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