Governments that cooperate with terrorists
Which are the only governments in the world that have cooperative working relationships with terrorist organizations? They are Iran, Syria and the Palestine Authority.
Of course, Afghanistan and Iraq used to be on this list until the US with some allies intervened. Most people acknowledge that Afghanistan under the Taliban was totally complicit with al Qaeda and Osama bin Laden. But, Saddam Hussein of Iraq was also cooperative with terrorist organizations. A group called Ansar al-Islam was allowed to operate by him almost independently in the northeastern corner of Iraq, and Saddam was paying the families of suicide bombers in Israel as much as $25,000 each. If that wasn't an incentive to continue the killing what was? At least one major leader of al Qaeda was known to have been hosted by Saddam Hussein and to have received hospital treatment in Baghdad. Now the new Iraqi Government is fighting for its life against a terrorist insurrection. Sudan and Libya also used to be on this list, but have unilaterally, under threat, dissociated themselves from terrorist organizations.
Syria has harbored the headquarters of many terrorist organizations for years. This particularly includes the so-called rejectionist front organizations, including the Marxist PFLP and similar offshoots, that no-one else would accept. Even though Pres. Bashar Assad has announced publicly that all these offices have been shut down and he has given assurances to this effect to the US Government, we know that this is a lie. Hamas and Islamic Jihad get most of their funds and munitions from Iran via Syria.
Iran is the chief financier of Hizbollah and Islamic Jihad. The former is in southern Lebanon and acts independently of the Lebanese Government. That is why the US and Israel have called upon the new Lebanese Government to extend its authority south to the Israeli border. Islamic Jihad is an international organization with branches in many countries. Palestinian IJ is the one that we are most familiar with, but there are also Egyptian and European branches. In Egypt, which now fights terrorism, IJ has a working alliance with the more established political party the Moslem Brotherhood, that originally spawned most of the Islamist movement.
The Palestine Authority is one of the few Governments that has cordial and negotiated agreements with terrorist organizations, specifically Hamas, Islamic Jihad and the al Aksa Brigades of Fatah. Part of this agreement, as announced recently in Damascus, is that they will not be disarmed, but will be allowed to carry their arms in public. This is diametrically opposite to a ruling that Pres. Abbas issued some months ago calling for no public display of arms except by authorized PA security forces. Apparently he has backtracked on this. Further his statements that the PA is a democracy are highly questionable, when gangs of armed men are allowed to roam around at will, with no government control. In fact, parts of Gaza and the West bank are run by the terrorist gangs and not the PA.
It was announced recently that the so-called Badr Brigades, part of the so-called Palestine Liberation Army (PLA), will be transferred from Lebanon via Jordan, where they will receive training, to the PA. It is thought that the 10,000 men in this force will be used by Abbas to bring regions of the PA under control. It is a significant risk for Israel to allow these forces to enter the PA, since they could just as easily be used against Israel. Add this to the risks Israel has already taken in carrying out the disengagement from Gaza, as well as turning control of the Philadelphi route along the Egypt-Gaza border over to Egypt, as well as proposals to open up the Gaza-Egyptian border and to provide free-passage from Gaza to the West Bank. Rather than take further risks the Israel Government will do well to see how the risks it has taken so far will work out. Any Government that has cooperative working relations with terrorist groups cannot be trusted.
Of course, Afghanistan and Iraq used to be on this list until the US with some allies intervened. Most people acknowledge that Afghanistan under the Taliban was totally complicit with al Qaeda and Osama bin Laden. But, Saddam Hussein of Iraq was also cooperative with terrorist organizations. A group called Ansar al-Islam was allowed to operate by him almost independently in the northeastern corner of Iraq, and Saddam was paying the families of suicide bombers in Israel as much as $25,000 each. If that wasn't an incentive to continue the killing what was? At least one major leader of al Qaeda was known to have been hosted by Saddam Hussein and to have received hospital treatment in Baghdad. Now the new Iraqi Government is fighting for its life against a terrorist insurrection. Sudan and Libya also used to be on this list, but have unilaterally, under threat, dissociated themselves from terrorist organizations.
Syria has harbored the headquarters of many terrorist organizations for years. This particularly includes the so-called rejectionist front organizations, including the Marxist PFLP and similar offshoots, that no-one else would accept. Even though Pres. Bashar Assad has announced publicly that all these offices have been shut down and he has given assurances to this effect to the US Government, we know that this is a lie. Hamas and Islamic Jihad get most of their funds and munitions from Iran via Syria.
Iran is the chief financier of Hizbollah and Islamic Jihad. The former is in southern Lebanon and acts independently of the Lebanese Government. That is why the US and Israel have called upon the new Lebanese Government to extend its authority south to the Israeli border. Islamic Jihad is an international organization with branches in many countries. Palestinian IJ is the one that we are most familiar with, but there are also Egyptian and European branches. In Egypt, which now fights terrorism, IJ has a working alliance with the more established political party the Moslem Brotherhood, that originally spawned most of the Islamist movement.
The Palestine Authority is one of the few Governments that has cordial and negotiated agreements with terrorist organizations, specifically Hamas, Islamic Jihad and the al Aksa Brigades of Fatah. Part of this agreement, as announced recently in Damascus, is that they will not be disarmed, but will be allowed to carry their arms in public. This is diametrically opposite to a ruling that Pres. Abbas issued some months ago calling for no public display of arms except by authorized PA security forces. Apparently he has backtracked on this. Further his statements that the PA is a democracy are highly questionable, when gangs of armed men are allowed to roam around at will, with no government control. In fact, parts of Gaza and the West bank are run by the terrorist gangs and not the PA.
It was announced recently that the so-called Badr Brigades, part of the so-called Palestine Liberation Army (PLA), will be transferred from Lebanon via Jordan, where they will receive training, to the PA. It is thought that the 10,000 men in this force will be used by Abbas to bring regions of the PA under control. It is a significant risk for Israel to allow these forces to enter the PA, since they could just as easily be used against Israel. Add this to the risks Israel has already taken in carrying out the disengagement from Gaza, as well as turning control of the Philadelphi route along the Egypt-Gaza border over to Egypt, as well as proposals to open up the Gaza-Egyptian border and to provide free-passage from Gaza to the West Bank. Rather than take further risks the Israel Government will do well to see how the risks it has taken so far will work out. Any Government that has cooperative working relations with terrorist groups cannot be trusted.
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