May 07, 2006
Imagine if Osama Bin Laden foiled a Democrat attempt to assassinate President Bush
No it didn’t happen, but not for a lack of wishing on the part of Democrats. Instead Israel warned the Palestinian president of an assassination plot by Hamas.
A HAMAS plot to assassinate Mahmoud Abbas, the Palestinian president, has been thwarted after he was tipped off by Israeli intelligence.It has to be a bit disheartening to have the duly elected opposition party out to kill you and then have the indignity of being warned about it from your sworn enemy. I give the guy less then a year to live if he remains in office. The only thing going in his favor is the ignorance of his constituents.Hamas’s military wing, the Izza Din Al-Qassem, had planned to kill Abbas at his office in Gaza, intelligence sources said.
Abbas, who became president of the Palestinian Authority last year after the death of Yasser Arafat, was formally warned of the danger by the Israelis and cancelled a planned visit to the territory.
Posted by Sid at May 7, 2006 12:50 AM | Middle East
