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From: mr@homxb.UUCP (M.RINDSBERG)
Newsgroups: net.politics
Subject: Re: Islamic tolerance (is not the subject)
Message-ID: <1155@homxb.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 22-Jan-86 22:31:16 EST
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Posted: Wed Jan 22 22:31:16 1986
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> > Where is some proof that Israel supplies arms to Iran on a regular
Organization: AT&T - homxb!mr
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> > basis ? (I don't mean in return for Iranian Jewish hostages).
> 1. Those jews were not "hostages" in the usual interpretation of the word.
> 2. Israel has been supplying arms to Iran on a regular basis in return for
>    Iranian jews. How's that?

This sounds a bit like the Jews in Iran are being held against their will, since
they have to be "returned" to Israel in return for arms.

> >> Israel has been arming a state which trains terrorists and these terrorists
> >> are supposed to  target the  U.S. and Israel. Some of these terrorists were
> >> responsible for murders in Rome and Vienna. 
> >> What kind of a policy is this?
> > Is it really policy ? or just a one time thing to save the lives of some Jews
> > in Iran ?
> Are you really asking or are you just relying on my ignorance of the facts?

Oh, so you admit ignorance ?

> 1. It has NOT been a one time thing. At least 20 to 30 thousand jews have left
>    this way in small groups of 2 to 3 hundred so it has been going on for some
>    time. 

Why did 20-30 thousand leave their homes ? I though islamic tolerance is
pervasive ?

> 2. The lives of those jews were not in danger any more than the lives of the
>    rest of the people.

Oh No, definitely not !!!

> > If anything, they have gained contempt. Believe it or not, the Europeans
> > don't like bombs in their airports and the like.
> No, I wouldn't either. But the Europeans know better than to just blame the
> terrorists. 

Yes, even more to blame are the people who back terrorists.

>                                         Farzin Mokhtarian 

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