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Six days after '9-11':
LETTER FROM RAMALLAH
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ISRAEL IS POUNDING US , EVEN AS I WRITE -
Sent: September 17, 2001 Subject: Fw:
Letter From Ramallah
- "Israel is pounding us even as I write
Assalamu 'alaikum, Letter
From Ramallah -
"Israel is pounding us
even as I write"
I am writing to you now to the sound of
Israel's "Defense Forces" pounding the
living daylights out of my hometown
Ramallah. As the whole world is too busy
paying tributes to the victims of terror
attacks in NYC and DC, Israel has had a
field day in terror attacks of their own
on us here. Since the attacks in the US,
the Israelis have taken their assaults on
Palestinians to new heights.
Every day they have invaded a few cities
using tanks, helicopters, and fighter jets.
Since the beginning of the intifada, there
has not been so much Israeli aggression like
that witnessed since last Tuesday. No one
could put this clearer than Shaul Mofaz,
Israel's Chief of Staffs, who boasted that
his forces have killed tens of Palestinians
and no one in the world said anything.
Indeed, since last Tuesday there have been
unrelenting attacks on each Palestinian city
for no reason. Since the beginning of the
Intifada Israelis have carried out only 2 or
3 such attacks, while since Tuesday, there
has been at least a dozen.
Tens of Palestinian martyrs have fallen, and
their cries have fallen on deaf ears in this
world. Everyone seems to be more interested
in backing that raging cowboy Bush as he
declares his country going into war against
a yet unidentified enemy.
The attack on the WTC and Pentagon, is a
clear act of terror that I, and millions
of Palestinians, denounce. Yet it must be
really painful to see how the whole world
has had nothing to do in the last few days
but mourn the victims, while more than a
million and a half civilian Iraqis have
died since the beginning of the US terror
campaign on Iraq.
Why did no one weep for them, why did no one
weep for the hundreds of thousands in
Rwanda, and why is my people's suffering
under the illegal Israeli occupation no
longer interesting to anyone? Excuse me if
my thoughts are a bit incoherent, or if my
sentences seem to make little sense, but it
is really hard to concentrate with Apache
choppers hovering a few hundred feet above
your head, armored tanks unleashing their
might on your neighborhood, all sorts of
missiles flashing across your window, and a
nearby building being obliterated to rubble.
If you don't hear from me anymore, then know
that one of those missiles has managed to
find its way to my room, turning me into a
meaningless number in a meaningless
statistic that no one will pay attention to.
For some inexplicable reason I felt like
writing this here and now, and sharing it
with you, I would really appreciate it if
you could pass it on to as many people as
possible.
Israel must not be allowed to continue its
attacks on Palestinians.
If terror is to be fought in this world,
state terror is the first terror that must
be eradicated. American attacks on civilians
in Iraq, Sudan, and Yugoslavia, and Israel's
continued terror in Palestine are primary
examples.
Finally, my heart goes out to every victim
of terror in the world, to the people of
Hiroshima, Auschwitz, Rwanda, Baghdad,
Belgrade, Vietnam, New York, and DC, it is
at moments like this that I feel your
suffering and pain. I can now honestly say
that I know what it feels like to be a
victim.
Yours, Saifedean Ammous
16/9/20001 -
Ramallah, Palestine
See: 'Shocked and
Horrified', by Larry Mosqueda, Ph.D.
THE 9-11 DECEPTION
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