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Comadreja Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-09-04 11:24 AM
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Israel Uses American Weapons of Construction for Death and Destruction
Israel Uses American Weapons of Construction for Death and Destruction
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Demand that Congress Investigate Israel’s Violations of U.S. Law through its use of American Caterpillar Bulldozers
Click Here. http://capwiz.com/adc/utr/1/IRUSDEFMVC/KYYEDEFNDG/

I am writing to request that you ask for an advisory report from the General Accounting Office (GAO) investigating possible violations by Israel of the U.S. Arms Export Control Act by subverting the intended peaceful use of Caterpillar bulldozers for destructive and illegal use in the occupied Palestinian territories.

Since 1967, Israel has used Caterpillar equipment to conduct systematic, widespread, and well-documented destruction of Palestinians' homes. The current situation is dire. According to the Office of the UN Coordinator for Humanitarian Affairs, between October 10 and 20, 2003 alone the Israeli army demolished 130 Palestinian homes in the town of Rafah in the Gaza Strip, rendering 1,200 people homeless. Caterpillar bulldozers were the primary instrument in the demolition of the Jenin refugee camp in April 2002, and a Caterpillar bulldozer killed Rachel Corrie, an unarmed American civilian in March 2003.

"Between ourselves it must be clear that there is no room for both peoples together in this country. We shall not achieve our goal if the Arabs are in this small country. There is no other way than to transfer the Arabs from here to neighboring countries - all of them. Not one village, not one tribe should be left." Joseph Weitz, head of the Jewish Agency's Colonization Department in 1940. From "A Solution to the Refugee Problem" Joseph Weitz, Davar, September 29, 1967, cited in Uri Davis and Norton Mevinsky, eds., Documents from Israel, 1967-1973, p.21.




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Jim Sagle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-09-04 12:12 PM
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1. The text doesn't match what's at the link.
:shrug:
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walmartsucks Donating Member (149 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-10-04 02:04 PM
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2. So if Israel
Decided to start running people over with Ford and Chevy trucks, that would reflect badly on U.S. companies as well? What if they hit people with Louisville Slugger baseball bats? These are all multi-use items that can be used for good or bad. The fact that they happen to use Caterpillar bulldozers is irrelevant.
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tinnypriv Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-10-04 02:10 PM
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3. Or not
Since the D-9's are not "bulldozers", but "military bulldozers" specifically designed for one purpose and one purpose only - military destruction operations in the occupied territories.

So yes, the fact they happen to use the bounty you provide them with for that single purpose is relevant.

If they happen to use IBM computers to plan the destruction, that would be irrelevant. This is completely and utterly obvious.
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number6 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-10-04 02:14 PM
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4. kick
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"Contact your Members of Congress and demand that they request an advisory report from the General Accounting Office (GAO) investigating possible violations by Israel of the U.S. Arms Export Control Act by subverting the intended peaceful use of Caterpillar bulldozers for destructive and illegal use in the occupied Palestinian territories."

you can write your own letter to congress protesting
an Illegal act, using Catapillar equipment ....
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