What a funny find:
http://www.alqassam.ps/english/?action=

official website of the militant wing! You can vote for/against more rockets... Found it via an analysis on cryptome which points out HAMAS has better IT (info technology) plan than US Army Human Terrain Team.
http://cryptome.info/0001/hts-hamas-it.htm
Huh...
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Hongpong.com

Find this quite worthy of attention.

Certainly a big plus in my book if pro-Israel circles find him to be too fair.

9/11 Families Outraged by Obama Call to Suspend Guantanamo War Crimes Trials
Families of victims of terrorist attacks say they are outraged by President Obama's call to halt the trials of detainees at Guantanamo Bay.
Family members of people killed on September 11, 2001, and in other terror attacks say they are outraged by President Obama's draft order calling for the suspension of war crimes trials of prisoners being held at Guantanamo Bay.

"To me it's beyond comprehension that they would take the side of the terrorists," said Peter Gadiel, whose son, James, was killed at the World Trade Center on 9/11. "Many of these people have been released and been right back killing, right back at their terrorist work again."

Obama's request on the first full day of his presidency came as a draft order was being prepared ordering the closing of the Guantanamo prison within a year. A judge responded by halting the case against a Canadian detainee accused of killing an American soldier in Afghanistan, issuing a 120-day continuance in the case.
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http://tinyurl.com/9nrazy

Inasmuch as even prosecutors at Gitmo have thrown up their hands at the clusterfuck that the military tribunals have become, trust FoxNews to frame the suspension (for review) as sort of a "stab in the back" or "betrayal" of "9/11 victims/survivors". Khalid Sheihk Mohammad and Ramzi Binalshibh, among others currently at Guantanamo, who have admitted their role in the 9/11 attacks, have already entered guilty pleas, and are practically begging for execution, surely satisfying any revenge demanded by the people interviewed by FoxNews. The elementary fact that the overwhelming bulk of prisoners at Guantanamo are well removed from any allegations of "terrorism" that have affected anyone in the US, and there is a high likelihood that eventually most will be released in one form or another. If there is a negative spin to Obama's first few actions as President, count on Fox and the right-wing talk machine to be there front and centre, from Hour One of this new administration.

By Paul Woodward, War in Context, January 22, 2009

On December 18, 2008, Tel Aviv’s Institute for National Security Studies welcomed an honored American guest who participated in the 2nd Annual International Conference: Security Challenges of the 21st Century.

Former US Senator George Mitchell presented, “The American Perspective.” Note the definite article — Mitchell was not simply presenting an American perspective. Indeed, Haaretz reported yesterday that the institute’s director, Oded Eran, “found out on the eve of the conference that Mitchell had been chosen as the next Mideast envoy, though the envoy-designate did not discuss his new position.”

Did Mitchell’s anticipated imminent return to the region as President Obama’s Middle East envoy provide an added incentive for Israel to launch its assault of Gaza? After January 20 the strain on US-Israeli relations would have been severe.

But what could be so threatening about such a renowned American elder statesman? How could someone with Mitchell’s track record — a pivotal role in bringing peace to Northern Ireland — not provide an invaluable contribution to a moribund peace process?

Among Israel’s leaders and some of its most influential supporters it is Mitchell’s virtues that present the most ominous threat.

In The Jerusalem Post, under the headline, “Mitchell: Every conflict can be solved,” Herb Keinon candidly exposes Israel’s fear of an honest broker. Citing the findings of Mitchell’s 2001 report on the causes of the Second Intifada, Keinon writes:

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