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Kuntar: 'Sadat assassination was wonderful'

At least part of this video apparently comes from that 'birthday party' that Qatar's al-Jazeera threw for released child killer Samir al-Kuntar. But this little clip has to have the Egyptians and the Americans - among others - scratching their heads and wondering why Israel ever released this creep from his prison cell.

Following are excerpts from statements by released Lebanese terrorist Samir Al-Kuntar, which aired on Al-Jazeera TV and Al-Jadid/New TV on July 26, 2008.

Let's go to the videotape. A transcript follows.

Al-Jazeera TV

Samir Al-Quntar: To be honest, our operation had both civilian and military targets. Today, tomorrow, and the next day – our targets are always... There are no civilian targets – it’s “civilian” in quotation marks. The Zionists themselves define the Israeli as a soldier who is on leave for 11 months every year.

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Interviewer: How did you and your fellow prisoners view the Sadat assassination?

Samir Al-Quntar: That was a most wonderful operation – to the point that all the prisoners cheered together when Sadat was assassinated. This man symbolized treason and apostasy. Ever since Camp David... Look at the history – Camp David, the 1982 invasion, and then the strike against Iraq... All the catastrophes that befell the Arab world began with Camp David. It was a wonderful historical moment, which I hope will recur in similar cases.

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Al-Jadid TV

A country that has sacrificed such a long convoy of martyrs cannot stop at the gates of the Shab’a Farms, and say: The conflict is over.

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This country will never be a playing ground for that ugly woman, the U.S. ambassador. One day, it will be written on the gates of this country: “No entry for stray dogs and the people of the American administration.”

posted by Carl in Jerusalem @ 3:44 PM