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Re: Is the Intifada working?
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Thu, 24 Oct 2002 14:52:45 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Scott Arthur writes:
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> It looks like it is:
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> Israel asks US for $10bn to halt recession - Intifada takes its toll on a
> once-buoyant economy
> http://www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,3604,816495,00.html
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> What is interesting about the text is how Sharon is reported to be using Iraq
> as a lever to get more US tax dollars from Bush Jr.
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> Scott A
Wow, this may be the first time I have ever heard that terrorism might
actually be successful in bringing down a gov't.
People aren't shopping for fear of getting killed, tourism drasically down,
recession, 10 percent unemployment, and the gov't focusing on the military
instead of what's its citizens.
Unlike Bush, I do not have faith that Israels economy will bounce back as
long as the current powers that be are proceeding down the same well-trodden
path that they are currently on.
Unfortunately, the terrorism is from both sides, so neither is going to win.
Dave K.
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| (...) The terrorists win every day. Every time Hammas sets of a bomb, and Bush/Sharon respond by saying they won't talk to Arafat - Hammas wins. Every day Israel steals more and more land - Israeli extremists win. The very last thing Sharon or (...) (22 years ago, 24-Oct-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| It looks like it is: Israel asks US for $10bn to halt recession - Intifada takes its toll on a once-buoyant economy (URL) is interesting about the text is how Sharon is reported to be using Iraq as a lever to get more US tax dollars from Bush Jr. (...) (22 years ago, 22-Oct-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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