Assasination attempt on Jimmy Carter??

[MadImmortalMan]

Dunno what to believe, but here's the "story":

http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1244371110137&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull

Haniyeh: We will accept '67 borders
By YAAKOV KATZ, JPOST.COM STAFF AND AP

Hamas Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh told former US President Jimmy Carter Tuesday that his government supported any plan that aims to fulfill the aspirations of the Palestinians, preserves their rights and leads to the establishment of a sovereign Palestinian state in all the territories that were occupied by Israel in 1967.



Haniyeh, according to his aides, also expressed Hamas's desire to end the case of kidnapped IDF soldier Gilad Schalit, welcoming Carter's mediation efforts in this regard. Haniyeh was quoted as saying that Hamas supported achieving a dignified solution to the Schalit case on a "human and political basis."

Haniyeh urged Carter to exert pressure on Israel to lift the blockade imposed on the Gaza Strip and reopen the border crossings into the area.

Earlier Tuesday, Hamas said it foiled an attempt by Palestinian terrorists to assassinate former US president Jimmy Carter during his visit to the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, Palestinian sources told news agencies.



Israeli security sources said that the Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency) had learned of plans to target Carter and had passed on the information to the former president's security detail in "real time."

According to Palestinian sources, terrorists linked with al Qaida hid a number of improved explosive devices along a road that Carter's convoy was scheduled to travel on inside Gaza. Hamas forces reportedly uncovered the IEDs and destroyed them.

Ismail Shahwan, spokesman for the Hamas Ministry of the Interior, denied that an al Qaeda-linked group had planned to assassinate Carter.

Shawan said no explosives were discovered near the Erez border crossing. He said that the visit went according to the plan.

Earlier, Carter had been quoted as saying he was holding back tears when surveying the "deliberate destruction" in Gaza following Israel's Operation Cast Lead earlier this year, Israel Radio reported.

Carter said that it was distressing to see the devastation in Gaza but also to see Kassams falling on Sderot.

The way to stop this is through dialogue and peace, Carter told reporters.

Carter met with Hamas leaders including Ismail Haniyeh. Prior to the meeting, he said he would try to persuade them to accept the international community's conditions for ending its boycott of the group. Carter added that after his talks in Gaza, he will meet with officials in the Obama administration.

Carter moved onto Tel Aviv to meet with the parents of Schalit. He is expected to deliver a letter by them to Hamas.

On Tuesday morning, top Hamas leader Mahmoud Zahar said his movement would consider giving Schalit a letter delivered by Carter.

Zahar told Israel Radio on Tuesday that if Israel wanted to end the Schalit saga, it should free all the prisoners Hamas was demanding.

Zahar said that Egypt was yet to invite the group to resume indirect talks over securing Schalit's release, adding that the previous negotiations were halted due to Israel's insistence on not freeing prisoners from east Jerusalem and the Arab-Israeli sector.

He claimed Israel was not interested in reaching a prisoner swap deal, but rather wanted to get information on Schalit's whereabouts in order to try and free him in a military operation.

Zahar criticized Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu's policy speech delivered Sunday, saying that he set impossible conditions for the Palestinians - to give up on the right of return and Jerusalem.

Khaled Abu Toameh contributed to this report.

[Malthus]

What did they intend to use - one of those gigantic Korean rabbits? 

[Alcibiades]

I hate Carter.

[Jaron]

I hate Carter.

Why?

And why would Hamas stop an assassination of Carter? I don't believe this story. They'd rather bathe in his blood.

[garbon]

I hate Carter.

Understandable.

[Jaron]

I hate Carter.

Understandable.

Why?

Hating Carter is like hating Mr. Rogers

[Caliga]

Why?

Hating Carter is like hating Mr. Rogers

He's apparently an extremely annoying person.  If you pay attention to any of the recent ex-President events, he's always being shunned and standing off to one side.  Apparently he and Bill Clinton especially despise each other.

[alfred russel]

You would think they might target someone that actually has a job and who wasn't about to die of old age.

[Ed Anger]

I miss Billy Beer.

[Admiral Yi]

And why would Hamas stop an assassination of Carter? I don't believe this story. They'd rather bathe in his blood.

Irony?

[Jaron]

Why?

Hating Carter is like hating Mr. Rogers

He's apparently an extremely annoying person.  If you pay attention to any of the recent ex-President events, he's always being shunned and standing off to one side.  Apparently he and Bill Clinton especially despise each other.

But they used to be part of the same superhero team.

[Caliga]

  To me Carter is the ultimate Presidential enigma.  Every time I hear something that makes me change my opinion on him, I almost immediately hear something else that pulls my opinion in another direction.

[Martinus]

What did they intend to use - one of those gigantic Korean rabbits? 

Beware Palestinians bearing gifts?

[Martinus]

Why?

Hating Carter is like hating Mr. Rogers

He's apparently an extremely annoying person.  If you pay attention to any of the recent ex-President events, he's always being shunned and standing off to one side.  Apparently he and Bill Clinton especially despise each other.

So your reason to hate people is that Clinton hates them?

[Ed Anger]

To me Carter is the ultimate Presidential enigma.  Every time I hear something that makes me change my opinion on him, I almost immediately hear something else that pulls my opinion in another direction.

I hate Carter, yet his building homes work negates some of the evil that oozes out of him.

And my hate is from remembering '79. Bomb Iran.