Submitted by Sir Daniel Tobin(United States), Apr 20, 2004 at 15:49
I certainly hope the death of another Hamas figure will lead to the acceptance of the American state, if one thinks it is Jewish, or Christian or agnostic, atheist, free-thinking or at least Constitutional, which it was designed to be. I have been to the "Jewish State" and it is Christian and Muslim, and has a Zen Monastery north of the Old City as well. There were also many spiritual seekers/tourists/academics who did not go with me to deepen their faith, as mine was already deep to begin with, but to see the Knesset, archaeological digs and universities and Yad Vashem, Rabin's Tomb, and discuss the election of Arafat to head the Palestinian Authority as that occurred before my visit in January, 1996.
I am also determined that "moslems" do not remain Pan Am #103 deniers as Holocaust deniers can so much bad media and legal action against them they deserve. The folks I have met at the Islamic Center of Long Island in Westbury have already termed it "an incident" and believe the JANA media of the blood-thirsty, self-appointed dictator abu minyar, aka "Colonel muammar gaddaffi" who has not yet answered for war crimes as he has ordered the deaths of tens of thousands and has only recently(according to today's New York Times)tried to allow dissent, improve prison conditions, and human rights in "his" country that he has mis-led for over 33 years now.
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