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WJPBR Email News List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Peace at any cost is a Prelude to War! Sharon to tell Bush: "If Iraq attacks us, we will respond" By Ellis Shuman November 29, 2001 Prime Minister's Office Prime Minister Ariel Sharon leaves tonight for a five-day visit to the United States where he will reportedly tell President George W. Bush that should Saddam Hussein attack Israel after an American strike on Iraq, Israel would respond. The subject of Iraq and America's plans in its campaign against terror after Afghanistan will be high on the agenda in Sharon's upcoming talks with Bush, Defense Minister Donald Rumsfeld, Secretary of State Colin Powell and Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice. Sharon will also hold a videoconference with Vice President Dick Cheney but will not meet him personally due to Cheney's absence from Washington because of security considerations, Yediot Aharonot reported. Sharon will reportedly make clear to the Bush administration that, unlike the 1991 Gulf War when Israel deferred to American pressure not to break up the international coalition lined up against Saddam, Israel would now take action to defend itself if Iraq launches missiles or sends suicide planes at Israel. Sharon will call on the Americans to provide Israel with a few days' advanced warning of a planned strike at Iraq, a demand reportedly also raised by Defense Minister Binyamin Ben-Eliezer when he met with U.S. negotiator Gen. Anthony Zinni this week. Sharon said today that he would not advise Bush whether or not to attack Iraq, "even if there is a fear that [an American strike] would result in Iraq's attacking Israel." According to Maariv, Sharon will provide Bush with intelligence reports indicating a direct connection between the Palestinian Authority and the Hizbullah, Hamas and the Islamic Jihad. "There is no such thing as good terror," the Prime Minister will reportedly tell Bush. Sharon will call on Bush to include the terror organizations fighting Israel on the list of potential targets for U.S. military action, Ha'aretz added. Palestinian Authority Chairman Yasser Arafat has yet to make a "strategic decision" to fight terror, Sharon will reportedly tell the Americans. This message is also being made clear to Zinni in his meetings with Israeli security officials today, including Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Shaul Mofaz and Deputy Chief of Staff Maj.-Gen. Moshe Yaalon. According to media reports, Zinni is considering taking a short pause in his fact-finding mission until Sharon returns from Washington next week. After meeting with Arafat and Palestinian officials yesterday, Zinni may return to the United States to report to Bush of his impressions before the President meets with Sharon. Serious cease-fire negotiations would only begin upon Zinni's return to Israel, after Sharon's trip. *COPYRIGHT NOTICE** In accordance with Title 17 U. S. C. Section 107, any copyrighted work in this message is distributed under fair use without profit or payment to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information for nonprofit research and educational purposes only.[Ref. http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml ] Want to be on our lists? Write at [EMAIL PROTECTED] for a menu of our lists! Write to same address to be off lists! <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/";>www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance—not soap-boxing—please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'—with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds—is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html <A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html";>Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ <A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/";>ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
