Kalau begini bisa digolongkan sebagai teroris nggak yaa?? apa sebaiknya kita berbaik sangka deengan kelompok yang disebut RSI ini yah? apa media massanya yang harus dicurigai karena memojokkan yah?
Donnie ============================== On 05 Jun 07, at 0:55, Sunny wrote: > http://news.independent.co.uk/world/middle_east/article2611747.ece > > 'Wear a veil or we will behead you,' radicals tell TV women > By Eric Silver in Jerusalem > Published: 04 June 2007 > All 15 women presenters reported for work at the official Palestine > Television station in Gaza yesterday, in defiance of death threats > by a radical Islamic group that is believed to have links with al- > Qa'ida. The Righteous Swords of Islam warned that it would strike > the women with "an iron fist and swords" for refusing to wear a > veil on camera. > > "It is disgraceful that the women working for the official > Palestinian media are competing with each other to display their > charms," it said in a leaflet distributed in Gaza at the weekend. > "We will destroy their homes. We will blow up their work places. We > have a lot of information about their addresses and we are > following their movements." > > The fringe group threatened to "slaughter" the women for corrupting > Palestinian morals. "The management and workers at Palestine TV > should know," it warned, "that we are much closer to them than they > think. If necessary, we will behead and slaughter to preserve the > spirit and morals of our people." > > About half the women TV journalists wear the traditional hijab head > covering, but all show their faces and wear makeup. They mounted a > vigil yesterday outside the Gaza City office of the Palestinian > President, Mahmoud Abbas, demanding protection and respect. > > Lana Shaheen, who heads the station's English-language programmes, > told The Independent: "Of course we are afraid. Previously this > group threatened Internet cafes and video shops, then burned them. > We will protect ourselves." > > She insisted the women would continue working. "We will not > change... our lives. We've worked through Israeli bombardments and > attacks, just like the men. It's a national obligation." > > Mohammed al-Dahoudi, the director-general of Palestine TV, said > they were taking the threats seriously. "In the current security > chaos, everything can happen in Gaza. There is incitement from some > groups against television. We will continue to work as usual, but > we will take precautions. We have to be careful." > > He recalled previous attacks by Muslim radicals on local offices of > the Saudi-owned Al Arabiya TV; another station, Voice of the > Workers; and Palestine TV's own branch in Khan Yunis. In recent > weeks, militants campaigning against Western influence have also > vandalised an American school and a Christian bookshop. Bassam Eid, > director of the Palestinian Human Rights Monitoring Group, accused > the radicals of behaving like the Taliban in Afghanistan. "Gaza has > become Hamasistan. They are trying to drag Palestinian society back > to the dark ages." > > As the prospect of peace recedes and poverty spreads, Palestinians > have become more traditional. Bars and cinemas have closed. Many > educated, middle-class women now cover their heads, but hardly > anyone, even in the villages, wears the niqab veil. > > * Despite a sharp decline in the number of rocket attacks from > Gaza, Ehud Olmert, the Israeli Prime Minister, vowed yesterday to > continue military operations in Gaza and the West Bank. Four > Israeli soldiers were wounded yesterday when Palestinian fighters > fired mortars at the Erez passenger crossing between Gaza and > Israel. Earlier, troops shot dead a Fatah gunman in the West bank > town of Jenin. > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
