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Jimmy Carter lays wreath at Arafish's tomb
Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter laid a wreath of red roses at the grave of Palestinian Liberation Organization leader Yasser Arafat during a visit to the West Bank City of Ramallah on Tuesday.I'd have laid a "wreath" of summin' else. "He and Mrs. Carter and his son Jeff wanted to pay their respects to President Arafat," Carter's trip director Rick Jasculca told Cybercast News Service. But the former president didn't make any comments there, he said. Which "former President," Jimmuh or Arafish? Dubbed the "godfather of terrorism," Arafat was linked to the deaths of two American diplomats in the Sudan in 1973 -- one of many terror acts laid at his feet. Twenty years later, Arafat became the first PLO leader to sign a peace agreement with an Israeli Prime Minister -- Yitzhak Rabin -- in 1993. He was considered Israel's peace partner (although many Israelis never believed it) until the beginning of the violent Palestinian uprising in September 2000. Arafat managed the terror war against Israel until his death in 2004. I guess Suha Arafat's still too busy in Paris shopping? U.S. officials have emphasized that Carter is visiting the Middle East as a private citizen and not as a representative of the U.S. government. If only they'd follow that up with revoking that citizenship. More at link, but I couldn't stomach it all. Posted by: BA 2008-04-15 |
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