NEW T.V. AD SHOWS ARAFAT IS AGAINST US, NOT WITH US

(Washington, D.C.): The Center for Security Policy announced today that, starting on Tuesday, 9 April, it will launch an advertising campaign establishing that Palestinians under Yasser Arafat are on the wrong side in the war on terrorism.

In a 30-second “spot” that will air this week, the Center calls attention to the following facts: Palestinians publicly demonstrated in support of Osama bin Laden after the September 11th attacks on the United States; they have repeatedly burned the American as well as Israeli flags; they are incited to further violence by Arafat; and, as at the time of Operation Desert Storm, they are supporting the murderous Iraqi dictator, Saddam Hussein.

Script:

On September 11th, America lost thousands of innocent lives at the hands of extremists.

As America mourned, Palestinians carried pictures of Osama bin Laden, chanting death to America & Israel.

Official Palestinian television showed calls for “death to America”
And Arafat calls for Jihad, Jihad, Jihad.

Now the Palestinians are showing support for Saddam Hussein — a dictator who hates America and all it stands for.

In the war against terrorism, can those who support terrorism be on our side in the war against it?

Paid for by the Center for Security Policy, www.PeaceThroughStrength.com

In a previous spot aired during the week of the Arab League Summit in Beirut, the Center used a map of “Palestine” employed widely by Arafat’s Palestinian Authority and affiliated organizations to demonstrate a related point: Arafat continues to share with the radical Islamists and others in the Arab world the goal of liberating all of what they consider to be occupied “Palestine” — an area comprising the entire West Bank and Gaza Strip as well as all of pre-1967 Israel. Senator John McCain took note of this outrage in his appearance on ABC News “This Week” program on Sunday.

In unveiling the latest Center advertisement, Frank J. Gaffney, Jr., CSP’s President said:

“President Bush was correct when he declared that in the war on terrorism, you are either with us or against us. Clearly, Yasser Arafat is no more with us in that war than are the terrorists he calls ‘martyrs.’ Under his misrule, the Palestinian people continue to be incited to violence and denied the opportunity to reach a just and durable peace with a secure Israel.

“The Bush Administration should, accordingly, forgo further interactions with Arafat that would, inevitably, have the effect of rehabilitating and re-legitimating him and his terrorist-sponsoring regime.”

The Center for Security Policy is a not-for-profit, non-partisan organization specializing in U.S. foreign and defense policy matters. Founded in 1988, the Center promotes at home and abroad security policies consistent with President Reagan’s philosophy of peace through strength.