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From: jake@bony1.bony.com (Jake Livni)
Subject: Re: FACTS EVERY ISRAEL BASHER MUST AVOID!
Organization: The Department of Redundancy Department
Date: Tue, 21 Jul 92 01:44:30 GMT

In article <23798@castle.ed.ac.uk> egpv29@castle.ed.ac.uk (JHenderson) writes:
>In article <1992Jul15.001332.12890@bony1.bony.com> jake@bony1.bony.com (Jake Livni) writes:

>=>In other words, in nearly 40 years of hijacked and bombed airplanes, 
>=>fire-bombed buses, stabbed tourists, exploded synagogues, shot diplomats
>=>and car-bombed embassies - all courtesy of proud Arab terrorists - you've 
>=>seen fit to go back to 1956 to prove that Israel is actually guilty of 
>=>terrorism.  You are an embarrasement to yourself but are probably too 
>=>stupid to realize it!

>Coming from someone who seeks to justify Israel's existence on the basis
>of a 2000-year old injustice, it strikes me as ever-so-slightly
>hypocritical to whine about me mentioning an event from as far back as
>1956. Apart from that minor detail, there's the little question of
>examining the context in which I mentioned Kafr Kassem.

The issue was differentiating between current terrorist states and 
non-terrorist states.  The US government, for example, keeps a short 
list of countries that it feels belong on that list - and Israel 
is not among them.

Judging by your other illogical postings, I don't expect you to 
understand the difference.

>Since you're so interested in bombed planes, I'm sure you can fill us
>in on the details of a plane that was shot down in February 1973 - or
>is that too far back for your selective memory to consider?

Please enlighten us.  Did any terrorist group claim credit for it?
Who are you accusing of terrorism here?  

>If you're really interested in comapring the numbers of people killed 
>by Israeli and Palestinian terrorism (which I doubt) then you could refer 
>to Migvan, Oct/Nov 1982:
>
>	According to figures provided by Minister of the Interior Yosef
>	Burg, in 1980 10 Jews were killed by terrorists and in 1981-8.

Ten Jewish civilians killed by terrorists for the mere "crime" of 
being Jewish.  Even their names were not known to the terrorist
"executioners", just their crime.

>	In contrast we have killed about a thousand terrorists in 1982, 

Terrorists were killed while fighting a foreign army, as part of major 
civil war which the PLO itself precipitated.  If you think that Israel is 
somehow guilty of "terrorism" by shooting at these people, then every army 
that ever shot at the enemy is guilty of terrorism.

>	and caused the loss of life of thousands of inhabitants of an
>	enemy country.

...during a civil war. This civil war consumed many more people 
(nearly a quarter-million).  Don't blame "Israeli terrorism" 
for this.

-- 
Jake Livni  jake@bony1.bony.com               Pat Paulsen for President
American-Occupied New York                    This year he has a real chance!
My opinions only - employer has no opinions.
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From: davidba@carmel.technion.ac.il (David Ben_Ami)
Subject: Re: Israel Cancels Building in the West Bank
Organization: Technion, Israel Inst. of Technology
Date: Thu, 30 Jul 1992 08:43:08 GMT

In article <1992Jul29.204313.10822@dscomsf.desy.de> hallam@zeus02.desy.de writes:
>In article <1992Jul27.201335.20721@midway.uchicago.edu>,
>rivk@quads.uchicago.edu (nora gayle rivkis) writes:
>
>|>In article <1992Jul26.145638.8927@dscomsf.desy.de>
>|>hallam@zeus02.desy.de writes:
>|>
>|>>This is only the essential first step to show that Israel is serious
>|>>about the peace negotiations. It is futile to expect more than than.
>|>|>
>|>And where is the essential first step to show that the Arabs are
>|>serious
>|>about the peace negotiations? I haven't seen one yet.
>
>The rules of the diplomacy game is reciprocity. Expecting the ending of
>sanctions is far too much for this step. I haven't heard that future
>setlement building has been ruled out, this is the substantive step
>which will of course have to wait until there is some sort of
>settlement. 
>
>Phill Hallam-Baker

Note that Israel only wants the removal of the Boycott not a promise
never to do it again, thus your ridiculous demand from Israel to 
declare now her intentions till the end of time, only shows how tricky and
hypocritical was the Arab (supported by Baker et al.) when they
presented the deal Freeze Settlements vs. Cancel the Boycott.

David.

-- 
=============================================================================
  David Ben-Ami (irc: bigdav)      |   "I can resist anything but Temptation"
  s2780369@Techst02.Technion.Ac.Il |       Oscar Wilde
  davidba@Carmel.Technion.Ac.Il  davidba@Moav.Techniona.Ac.Il
From: horen@rs.com (Jonathan B. Horen)
Subject: Re: territories vs the territories
Reply-To: horen@rs.com
Organization: Renaissance Software, Inc.
Date: Tue, 21 Jul 1992 06:35:19 PDT

In article 21981@venera.isi.edu, arens@ISI.EDU (Yigal Arens) writes:
>In article <0eOrGre00WB28UcXJa@andrew.cmu.edu> re0x+@andrew.cmu.edu (Radu Eugen Edelstein) writes:
>>
>> Hallam writes:
>> I think that it is more enlightening to consider that no member of the
>> security council recognises the Israeli annexation of Eastern Jerusalem
>>
>> I say:
>> According to what I know, the US does recognize Eastern Jerusalem as
>> part of Israel.  It is Jerusalem's status as capital of Israel that
>> the US has problems with.  I think someone recently posted something
>> similar to what I am saying.
>
>I'm afraid you know wrong.  The US does not even recognize western
>Jerusalem (i.e., the part taken by Israel in 1948) as part of Israel.
>I've mentioned in the past that the US State Department will not record
>a person's country of origin in a passport as 'Israel' if they were born
>in Jerusalem.

Ah-h-h, I'm afraid *you* know wrong. Both of my daughters were born at the 
"Bikur Cholim" hospital, smack-dab in the middle of Jerusalem, and both of 
their *American* passports list place of birth as "Jerusalem, Israel".



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From: hallam@zeus02.desy.de (Phillip M. Hallam-Baker)
Subject: Re: Radio Host Fired After Jewish Prote
Reply-To: hallam@zeus02.desy.de
Organization: DESY ZEUS Central Data Acquisition
Date: Wed, 29 Jul 1992 20:31:40 GMT

In article <1992Jul29.181318.1759@colorado.edu>,
perlman@qso.Colorado.EDU (Eric S. Perlman) writes:

|>>The main qualification for entry in Sternlight's kill file seems to
|>>be posting something which threatens to undermine the delicate house
|>>of cards that constitutes his "opinions". I'm afarid it isn't a very
|>>exclusive club - sorry to disappoint you!
|>
|>Unfortunately, the only house of cards between you two is your opinions,
|>Henderson.  Not his.  

Come off it, Muppet man may have a problem but Sternlight is in the
habit of inflating the importance of his killfile. He once emailed me
telling me that he was considering putting me in it because I said that
anyone starting a thread with a capitalized title, the word "FACTS" and
the word "BASHER" in the title was wanting a flame war, not a debate,
and that the thread would consist of ad-hominem bashing and be entirely
devoid of facts. Well was I right or was I right?

Phill Hallam-Baker
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From: perlman@qso.Colorado.EDU (Eric S. Perlman)
Subject: Re: Radio Host Fired After Jewish Prote
Organization: University of Colorado, Boulder
Date: Thu, 30 Jul 1992 00:58:47 GMT

In article <1992Jul29.203140.10669@dscomsf.desy.de> hallam@zeus02.desy.de writes:
>In article <1992Jul29.181318.1759@colorado.edu>,
>perlman@qso.Colorado.EDU (Eric S. Perlman) writes:
>
>|>>The main qualification for entry in Sternlight's kill file seems to
>|>>be posting something which threatens to undermine the delicate house
>|>>of cards that constitutes his "opinions". I'm afarid it isn't a very
>|>>exclusive club - sorry to disappoint you!
>|>
>|>Unfortunately, the only house of cards between you two is your opinions,
>|>Henderson.  Not his.  
>
>Come off it, Muppet man may have a problem but Sternlight is in the
>habit of inflating the importance of his killfile. He once emailed me
>telling me that he was considering putting me in it because I said that
>anyone starting a thread with a capitalized title, the word "FACTS" and
>the word "BASHER" in the title was wanting a flame war, not a debate,
>and that the thread would consist of ad-hominem bashing and be entirely
>devoid of facts. Well was I right or was I right?

In my opinion, partly right.  I would agree with you that anyone
starting a thread with a capitalized title wants only a flame war, not a
debate; we need only look at those who have used that tactic frequently
on this and other groups - Elghani, arf, etc.  However, words like
"facts" and "basher", capitalized or not, have uses both inflammatory
and non, depending on context, so I would disagree with you there.  A
similar comment applies to your corollary.

-- 
"How sad to see/A model of decorum and tranquillity/become like any other sport
A battleground for rival ideologies to slug it out with glee." -Tim Rice,"Chess"
     Eric S. Perlman 				 <perlman@qso.colorado.edu> 
  Center for Astrophysics and Space Astronomy, University of Colorado, Boulder
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Subject: Re: Arabs are very cheap
From: rivk@quads.uchicago.edu (nora gayle rivkis)
Date: Sat, 25 Jul 1992 21:26:10 GMT
Reply-To: rivk@midway.uchicago.edu
Organization: University of Chicago Computing Organizations

In article <4602@daily-planet.concordia.ca> ilyess@halley.concordia.ca (Ilyess Bdira) writes:
>In article <1992Jul23.063340.9017@discus.technion.ac.il> davidba@carmel.technion.ac.il (David Ben_Ami) writes:

>>economically mainly because they are rebelious and therefore it is
>
>You expect them to bow to you in thanks for the remains of your
>meals that you graciously threw to them? Why don't you ask any
>Palestinian, do they prefer to get half their wage  and stay or return
>to their home  (depending on whether they are in refugee camps) in 
>an independent Palestine? the answer would be automatic..
>
>I got news for you:
>Palestinians are not dogs, if you take their home they will not accept
>even if you feed them from the remains..

I don't expect them necessarily to accept it, which is their choice, nor
to 'bow in thanks'. What I do expect is that they will stop lying and
saying we aren't offering it. For heaven's sake, if you're going to try
what amounts to a disorganized hunger strike you'd be a lot more effect-
ive at it if you admitted that that's what you're doing, instead of try-
ing to claim that other people are trying to starve you.

>So let the left winger stay aside, and leave us "right wingers" solve
>it the only way we know how to solve conflicts: the old fashioned way!

I'd be glad to. If it comes to war, you're at a massive disadvantage.

	-Nora

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From: analyst@netcom.com (David Sternlight)
Subject: Re: FACTS EVERY ISRAEL BASHER MUST AVOID!
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 92 17:46:35 GMT
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services (408 241-9760 guest)


Sandra is repeating the by now tired assertion that there were over
1000 Palestinians killed during the Intifada, in a context that
suggests the Israelis did it. She does so despite several requests
to separate out from that figure those killed by each other.

Before this becomes another revisionist myth, and people start
thinking Sandra is another arf or mutlu, I suggest she check her
figures and post an accurate one for Palestinians killed during
the Intifada by Israeli soldiers in the line of duty.


Then we can have another nice discussion about how much of that was
self-defense by the Israelis.

Finally, we'll get down to a core number, and it wouldn't surprise
me to learn that the number of deliberate murders of Palestinians
by Israelis is far, far less than the number of political murders
of Palestinians by each other and the number of Palestinians killed
by other Palestinians in intra Palestinian factional warfare.

Let's have a little honesty here, especially at a time when the
peace prospects are brightening.

David
-- 
David Sternlight        David Sternlight Inc.        email:analyst@netcom.COM
Newsgroups: talk.politics.mideast
From: m21757@mitre.org (G)
Subject: Re: NUKE IRAQ
Organization: The MITRE Corporation
Date: Fri, 31 Jul 1992 13:33:30 GMT



> In article <l7dnbeINNnc9@jethro.Corp.Sun.COM>, brian@baja.Corp.Sun.COM 
(Brian Edge) writes:
> |> 
> |>   Lets just be done with it and nuke'um.  The people of Iraq are
> |>   protesting against the UN and US, they are atacking the UN teams,
> |>   why should we feel sorry for them and not want to harm the people
> |>   of Iraq?  I'm tried of the US pussy footing around with the 
> |>   Iraq scum.  Maybe we should just let Israel take care of them since
> |>   Bush can't seem to handle the job.
> |>   
> |>   Just say Nuke'em
> |>   
> |>   Brian

What a lack of compassion you display.  The U.N. effectively wiped out the 
infrastructure of the country, people are dying of malnutrition and 
disease, and we expect the people to just accept everything meekly?  If 
you would like to subjugate and humiliate....or exterminate Saddam 
Hussain, that's one thing...but wishing the destruction of an entire 
people is horrific.
From: arens@ISI.EDU (Yigal Arens)
Newsgroups: talk.politics.mideast
Subject: Re: Zachary Baumel
Date: 24 Jul 92 19:16:41 GMT
	<22016@venera.isi.edu> <1992Jul24.021225.23509@wpi.WPI.EDU>
Organization: USC/Information Sciences Institute
In-reply-to: nyh@emilio.WPI.EDU's message of 24 Jul 92 02:12:25 GMT

In article <1992Jul24.021225.23509@wpi.WPI.EDU> nyh@emilio.WPI.EDU (Nevo Y Hed) writes:
>
> In article <22016@venera.isi.edu> arens@ISI.EDU (Yigal Arens) writes:
>
> >The international community can do whatever it wants, but ISRAEL sounds
> >a bit hypocritical in asking that Mr. Baumel be treated like a POW when
> >they accord no such courtesy to people THEY capture in Lebanon.
>
>
>  Red cross was denied visitation to any of the said captives?
>  Is their status [dead/alive] kept secret?
>  If dead - are the bodies kept in a local museum?
>  AND! when did Israel walk it's captives in a parade?
>  let us here some [gorey?] details please

The conditions at the Khiam prison in southern Lebanon, where Israel
places its captives from the area, are notorious.  If you are not aware
of this place, you should probably take the trouble to find out.  Just
recently, I beleive, another report concerning the goings on there was
put out by some humanitarian organization.
--
Yigal Arens   "He seems like an average type of man.  He's not, like, smart.
USC/ISI        I'm not trying to bag on him or anything, but he has the same
arens@isi.edu  mentality I have -- and I'm in the eighth grade."     Vanessa
               Martinez, after VP Quayle's visit to her school-LA Times 5/21
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From: ebrahim@ee.umanitoba.ca (Mohamad Ebrahimi)
Subject: Re: Iran stops Pakistani traincarrying 'anti-Islamic slogans'
Organization: Elect & Comp Engineering, U of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba,Canada
Date: Wed, 29 Jul 1992 22:48:17 GMT


    In article: <4628@daily-planet.concordia.ca> ilyess@athena.concordia.ca
(Ilyess bdira) writes:


>In article <sehari.712280305@vincent1.iastate.edu> sehari@iastate.edu (Babak >Sehari) writes:
>--
>>The news is sent to me by Mr. Amir Taghavi:
>>From: Amir Taghavi <mtaghavi@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu>
>>
>>Subject: Iran stops Pakistani train carrying 'anti-Islamic slogans'
						==========
>>

>>	IRNA said the slogan-writing was the work of Wahabis, an Islamic
						============


>I am sorry to say that..
>I am no fan of Saddam, Rafsanjani, or Saudi fat Sheikhs..
>right now, I respect only one government (and I still have objections
>over some of its domestic policies). The government of Sudan.


    And very interstingly, western powers are accusing and puting political
and economical pressures on the same Iran because of supporting and so-called
"sending Revolutionary Guards to the same Sudan to train Sudanis"!!!

Mohammad
From: siegfried_r@spcvxb.spc.edu
Newsgroups: talk.politics.mideast
Subject: Re: Shamir, at least, thought settlements were an obstacle...
Date: 22 Jul 92 17:05:49 GMT
Followup-To: talk.politics.mideast
Organization: St. Peter's College, US

In article <3418@copper.Denver.Colorado.EDU>, 
aaldoubo@copper.denver.colorado.edu (Anisa Alnoor Aldoubosh) writes:
> In article <weMWooK00WB4MQKkgi@andrew.cmu.edu> re0x+@andrew.cmu.edu (Radu
Eugen Edelstein) writes:
>>
>>I say:
>>Thank God Abraham's sons did not have an oposite and equal reaction
>>to Arabs' drive to throw all Jews into the sea.  They did not hate
>>that much as to do that that they are obviously militarily capable
>>to do.  This is a difference you'll never acknowledge, Nabil.
>>Hate blindfolds.
> 
> Really?  Shall I bring Old Testament quotes to refute what you
> are saying here?  Did you ever hear of Beni Israeli refer to
> Abraham's other sons as The Sons Of Darkness?
	I would REALLY like to see the Scriptural quote for THIS!!
					Robert Siegfried
					Computer Science Dept.
					Saint Peter's College
					Jersey City, NJ  07306
					siegfried_r@spcvxa.spc.edu
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From: jake@bony1.bony.com (Jake Livni)
Subject: Re: Avoiding Flames
Keywords: Vicious Personal Attacks Subterfuge Disinformation
Organization: The Department of Redundancy Department
Date: Tue, 21 Jul 92 00:31:43 GMT

In article <1992Jul16.075638.3161@mcs.kent.edu> rayes@Snake.mcs.kent.edu (Sandra Rayes) writes:
>In article <1992Jul15.004809.13644@bony1.bony.com> jake@bony1.bony.com (Jake Livni) writes:
>>
>>THE ARAB STATES MUST ADHERE TO UN RESOLUTIONS FOLLOWING THE CEDING BY ISRAEL
>>OF ALMOST ALL OF THE TERRITORY CONQUERED IN THE 1967 SIX DAY WAR.
>    ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>
>UNSCR 242 doesn't call for "almost all" but says:

Not only are you incorrect here, but you've missed the point:
that Israel has returned almost the entirety of territory that 
it gained in the Six Day War and the Arab states have unanimously
(with the exception of Egypt) done nothing to match Israel's move.  
Instead, they keep on calling for more "confidence-building measures".

Apparently, the Arabs are sorely lacking in confidence.  If the
Israelis would suffer from this the same way, they certainly
wouldn't have given up so much for so little.


-- 
Jake Livni  jake@bony1.bony.com               Pat Paulsen for President
American-Occupied New York                    This year he has a real chance!
My opinions only - employer has no opinions.
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From: clamen@CS.CMU.EDU (Stewart Clamen)
Subject: FACTS EVERY ISRAEL BASHER MUST AVOID!
Date: Thu, 23 Jul 92 00:22:06 GMT
Organization: School of Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon University
Reply-To: clamen+@CS.CMU.EDU
	<1992Jul20.160439.110302@cs.cmu.edu>
	<1992Jul20.220422.6838@wpi.WPI.EDU>
	<1992Jul22.054957.7925@mcs.kent.edu>
Originator: clamen@BYRON.SP.CS.CMU.EDU

In article <1992Jul22.054957.7925@mcs.kent.edu> rayes@Snake.mcs.kent.edu (Sandra Rayes) writes:

				.
				.
				.

   They were WORSHIPPERS who arrived for prayers, when they came out there
   was a large band of Israelis passing out leaflets and chanting to 
   destroy the Mosque.  It started with yelling...I don't even know about
   rocks.  But they were yelling, police came in, holed the Muslims up 
   above in the courtyard, and all hell broke loose.  More than 20 Muslims
   were killed.  NO Israeli's were killed by any rocks or anything else
   on that day.

I was under the impression that the Jewish radicals ('neemani har
habayit') were not allowed anywhere near the Temple Mount that day.
Was there another group of radical Jews on or near the Temple Mount
upsetting Muslims going to or from prayers?  Could someone else please
confirm or deny Sandra's recounting of the events?

--
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School of Computer Science		UUCP: 	     uunet!"clamen@cs.cmu.edu"
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From: analyst@netcom.com (David Sternlight)
Subject: Re: Radio Host Fired After Jewish Prote
Date: Tue, 28 Jul 92 12:00:45 GMT
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services (408 241-9760 guest)


I see Yigal Arens public posts have become just as offensive as some
of his recent emails to me. He's now on my kill list, right next to
mutlu and the Neo-Nazis.

-- 
David Sternlight        David Sternlight Inc.        email:analyst@netcom.COM
Newsgroups: talk.politics.mideast
From: bx573@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Alan H. Stein)
Subject: Re: Israel Cancels Building in the West Bank
Reply-To: bx573@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Alan H. Stein)
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (USA)
Date: Tue, 28 Jul 92 17:25:14 GMT


In a previous article, hernlem@chermfss.ncsu.EDU (Brad Hernlem) says:

>From the standpoint of Israel's security, Israel should be pleased with
>this development....  Has it not
>been a long standing complaint of Israel that the Lebanese have not
>assured them that they would not harbor people who are at war with
>Israel? Lebanon, with the help of Syria, has accomplished much in that
>pursuit. They have done what is in Israel's interest.

Syria has disarmed the militias threatening Syria, but it has carefully
left those intent on terrorizing Israelis alone.

> You refuse to
>recognize that (some who have responded to my post still believe that
>Katyushas are falling inside Israel and that Palestinians are launching
>them!!).

Some of us have trouble recognizing things that aren't true.

>Israel is bombing, rocketting, and shelling
>Lebanese villages because the inhabitants refuse to accept occupation
>peacefully, not because they are attacking Israel.

Israel has repeatedly pointed out that it has no interest in Lebanon,
other than in making sure that Israeli citizens aren't attacked.  The
minute Israel is reliably assured that is the case, it will be happily
gone from Lebanon.

In the meantime, a nation's primary obligation is towards its own 
citizens, not to terrorists being harbored across its border, or the
people harboring them.
>Brad Hernlem (hernlem@chess.ncsu.EDU)
>
-- 
bx573@cleveland.freenet.edu----Alan H. Stein----stein@uconnvm.uconn.edu
Newsgroups: talk.politics.mideast
From: arf@ddsw1.mcs.com (Jack Schmidling)
Subject: Re: Perot and the Jewish controlled media
Organization: ddsw1.MCS.COM Contributor, Chicago, IL
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 1992 05:42:03 GMT
X-Disclaimer:  Material posted in this article is the sole responsibility of
                the poster and does not represent MCSNet or the system owners.

>I wonder if your daughter and future son in law would like to know
>what a raving anti-Semite you are.  Do you want me to post their
>names and phone-numbers? It's public information, so I'm protected
>legally.   


ARF says:

I would like to think that a lot more could be gained by sitting down over
a cup of coffee but I won't hold my breath.

Are you capable od dealing on a one to one level with your hate and fear?

My phone number is 312 685 1878.  I will be waiting for you call.

arf
10dd
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From: naftaly@supergas.dazixco.ingr.com (Naftaly Stramer)
Subject: Re: Avoiding Flames
Reply-To: naftaly@dazixco.ingr.com
Organization: Dazix
Date: Tue, 21 Jul 1992 17:07:38 GMT


In article <1992Jul16.191727.11052@mcs.kent.edu>, rayes@Snake.mcs.kent.edu (Sandra Rayes) writes:

>Don't give me this old and worn out "implied meaning" excuse.  The
>world knows what it means.  The "spirit" of the resolution is
>clear: forceful acguisition by territory is condemned and give the
>damned land you took back to its rightful owners!!!  I don't even
>need my degree in Poli Sci to figure that out!!!!!
>

So what is Syria doing in Lebanon for the last years?

>Sandra.


--
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Please excuse my English
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