- Israel's hard-line prime minister, Ariel Sharon, has
ordered his intelligence chiefs and defence forces to prepare a secret
plan to drive "hundreds of thousands" of Palestinians out of
the West Bank.
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- They would be deported to the no-man's land in southern
Lebanon.
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- The area is a desolate landscape with freezing conditions
in winter and broiling temperatures in summer.
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- There is scant soil to produce food. Water is also scarce
in the region.
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- Sharon has calculated that, if the plan is implemented,
it will cause a furore across Europe. But he believes it will be supported
by the powerful Jewish lobby in the United States - the only country whose
opinion now ultimately matters to the Israeli leader.
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- Jordanian intelligence chiefs say that the operation
- details of which were leaked to them by a "friendly foreign
intelligence
service" - could start next year, when the United States will be
heavily
engaged in the Presidential election campaign.
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- Blair is not known to be a great fan of Ariel Sharon.
Bush, on the other hand, nowadays regards the aged Israeli leader as a
powerful instrument to help him win next year's election.
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- London based sources with good connections to the
Jordanian
secret service say Sharon wants the plan ready by the end of the
year.
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- "He seems to be resigned that the roadmap to peace
will then be over - and that terror groups will resume their suicide bomber
attacks," said one of the sources.
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- Sharon believes this will give him "a just
excuse"
to remove the Palestinians - as they would then pose what he has called
"a totally unacceptable threat to the safety of Israel."
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- Details of his plan have also been leaked last week to
Western intelligence services, including MI6. King Abdullah II of Jordan
revealed his own fear about Israeli intentions on his recent visit to
London.
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- "Driving out Arafat and his Palestinians would lead
to an uprising in the Middle East against everything Western," said
a senior Jordanian intelligence officer.
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- Of immediate concern to Abdullah is that his own tiny
kingdom ' "a mere pimple on the rump of Arab nationalism" was
how one Western intelligence report describes Jordan - could be swept
away.
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- Its Arab neighbours have not forgotten that in 1991,
King Abdullah's late father, King Hussein, lent his support to
Saddam.
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- With the prospect of an influx from the West Bank of
Palestinians and the pro-Iraqi sentiments of many Jordanians, who are
bitterly
opposed to King Abdullah's acceding to American pressure, the 41-year-old
monarch could find himself toppled - or even assassinated.
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- Gordon Thomas is a writer on intelligence - his many
books include :
- Gideon's Spies_The Secret History of Mossad
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- Robert Maxwell - Israel's Superspy
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- Seeds of Fire - China and the Story Behind the Attack
on America
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- Comment
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- From Patricia Doyle, PhD
- dr_p_doyle@hotmail.com
- 11-29-3
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- Hello, Jeff: This, indeed, could initiate WW3. Given
the US military in Iraq, Afghanistan the Israelis might figure that they
can accomplish this easily with the US so close.
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- I find this despicable. Given the harsh conditions,
the deported people would have no chance for survival. Famine and disease
would overcome and kill many. So much for 'democracy.'
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- I often wonder if George W even knows what the word
democracy
really means? I think he intends democracy to mean that Iraq or any other
country would take orders from the US, establish a US based corporate state
and puppet leaders would obey every command of Bush. The Iraqis have a
different way of life. Bush does not understand the oriental
mindset.
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- Israel is not a democracy but a theocracy. Those who
are orthodox jews have all of the democracy and rights of citizenship.
Israel is a great place if you are an Orthodox Jew. If not, then you
are not a citizen. You are even treated differently in the shops, etc.
If you are Palestinian, you are not a citizen in a country in which you
and scores of generations of your ancestors were born. You have no right
to property, owning businesses, etc., etc.
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- If this plan goes through, I am afraid that it will also
have far-reaching consequences and will be felt in the US.
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