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U.S.: PA may lose aid if Hamas runs in elections
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Bill Levinson
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The seventeen Islamofascist sympathizers who voted against this resolution should have their names published prominently.
Posted by: Bill Levinson on December 16, 2005 06:08 PM
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Jesse Jacksoff
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The following are the islamofascist supporters/enablers at the House of Reps. who voted against this.
Neal Abercrombie - Hawaii
Earl Blumenauer - Oregon
John Dingell - Michigan
Eddie Bernice Johnson - Texas
Carolyn Kilpatrick - Michigan
Dennis Kucinich - Ohio
Barbara Lee - California
Jim McDermott - Washington
Cynthia McKinney - Georgia
Jim Moran - Virginia
David Obey - Wisconsin
Ron Paul - Texas
Nick Rahall - W. Virginia
Fortney Pete Stark - California
Maxine Waters - California
Diane Watson -California
Mel Watt - North Carolina
Posted by: Jesse Jacksoff on December 16, 2005 09:24 PM
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BraverMan
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I thought the idea of Democracy was to let the people decide. Having said that I don't think one nickel of American money should go to the PA or to Israel. American tax dollars need to stay in America. There are plenty of important causes at home that desparately need the funds and are more deserving. Why are we having this debate at all.
Posted by: BraverMan on December 16, 2005 11:58 PM
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Rich
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We give plenty of money away for all kinds of causes and to all kinds of countries, the debate is not about that. It's about being selective regarding who's getting that money.
There is no essential difference between Hamas and Al Qaeda. The question here is why would anyone in the US Government not mind money being given to a murderous Islamist Terrorist Organization, one that's listed as such on the List of Designated Foreign Terrorist Organizations at State Department, especially given the fact that we're supposedly fighting a War on Terror.
Posted by: Rich on December 17, 2005 04:06 AM
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Leonard
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Why don't we just recognise that the bloody ideology represents the true sentiments of the Palestinians ( they won 73% of the vote in Nablus) and therefor there is no desire on their part to co-exist with Israel - and this effectively brings the farce of the Road Map to a dead end. Lets all recognise that the Palestinian mindset is one bent on Terror. There should be no more foolish concessions on Israel's part eg the Road Link that compromise security.
Posted by: Leonard on December 17, 2005 05:20 AM
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Charles Martel
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Lol! All the usual suspects voting to send American tax money to terrorists dedicated to the eradication of a nation and the extermination of her people. The most ironic/revealing/laughable example on this list is the pseudo-libertarian Ron Paul who in all other cases, vehemently opposes US foreign aid -- yet has no problem supporting it for Hamas.
http://www.house.gov/paul/tst/tst2005/tst110705.htm
Posted by: Charles Martel on December 18, 2005 08:55 AM
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kuhnkat
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I am ashamed to say I was born and live in Claifornia.
Posted by: kuhnkat on December 18, 2005 09:29 PM
U.S.: PA may lose aid if Hamas runs in elections
By Haaretz Service and The Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) - The U.S. House of Representatives on Friday passed a resolution that conditioned future financial aid to the Palestinian Authority on the exclusion of Hamas from the upcoming parliamentary elections next month.
According to the resolution, any Hamas participation in the government of the PA "will potentially undermine the ability of the United States to have a constructive relationship with or provide further assistance to the Palestinian Authority."
In the resolution, passed on a 397-17 vote, the House also urged PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas to declare before the election that he intends to dismantle terrorist organizations.
The House resolution, which has more than 150 sponsors, says the participation of Hamas in the PA government "will inevitably raise serious questions for the United States about the commitment of the Palestinian Authority and its leadership to making peace with Israel.
The State Department lists Hamas as a terror organization.
Hamas' prospects to win more seats may have improved after a sweeping victory in the local elections in the West Bank on Thursday. In another blow to Abbas, young activists in the ruling Fatah party broke away Wednesday to form their own faction.
State Department spokesman Sean McCormack said Thursday U.S. policy on Hamas was unchanged. "It's a terrorist organization; we don't deal with it. "
Rep. Tom Lantos, the top Democrat on the House International Relations
Committee, said Hamas should be disqualified on two grounds - as a terrorist group and as a group that denies Israel's right to exist.
"There is a third reason as well," he said. "Hamas is a fundamentalist, jihadist organization that has nothing but contempt for democracy, though it is more than happy to exploit democracy for its own nefarious ends".
Rep. Ileanna Ros-Lehtinen, chairman of the House International Relations subcommittee on the Middle East and Central Asia, said the resolution takes a united stand "against the attempts of the murderous Islamic extremist organizations to hijack the elections."
She said Hamas participating in the voting "will destroy any hope for peace and security for Israel."
President George W. Bush has said Hamas "terrorists are preparing a future of oppression and misery."
Ros-Lehtinen said a mistake already was made this summer when Lebanon allowed Hezbollah, another militant Islamic group, to participate in elections despite its refusal to disarm and dismantle its infrastructure in violation of a UN Security Council resolution.
The United States continues to deal with the Lebanese government even though Hezbollah has a seat in its Cabinet
Posted by Ted Belman at December 16, 2005 05:42 PM