Reply #19: U.S. senator: Sharon runs assassination risk [View All]

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http://www.haaretzdaily.com/hasen/spages/552528.html

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"Prime Minister Ariel Sharon faces the distinct possibility of assassination by an Israeli "wacko" over his commitment to dismantle settlements on the West Bank, a senior U.S. senator said on Tuesday."

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"I think there is a distinct chance that he could be assassinated," Biden told the Democratic Leadership Council. "I think that there's a real, genuine, palpable concern that he could be assassinated by an Israeli."

Biden, the ranking Democrat on the Senate Foreign Relations committee, said "hell hath no fury" like that of settlers who felt they had been betrayed by "the very man who is the father of settlements."

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"I would not underestimate the resentment, the hatred," Biden said. "They don't represent all the settlers ... but
there are some absolute wackos."