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| Middle East |
| Bush, Cheney, Powell, and Yasser |
| 2002-03-21 |
In an exquisite piece of diplomatic choreography, Colin Powell, the U.S. secretary of state, declared the Al Aqsa Martyrs' Brigade, under Mr. Arafat's command through the Fatah faction, to be an official "foreign terrorist organization" within hours of the suicide bombing it claimed, at the corner of Agrippas and King George St. in Jerusalem. President Bush paused in El Paso, to express his disappointment with Mr. Arafat's latest failure. And Gen. Zinni let Mr. Arafat personally understand the U.S. was aware the murderer, Mohammed Hashaika, had been released from Palestinian police detention in Ramallah at Mr. Arafat's instruction. If you haven't already, read the entire article. Link is via William Quick, whom you should also read if you don't already. He got it from VodkaPundit, who got it from... This is not analysis, its news. Warren is not some Canuk yahoo who reads the Toronto Sun and then posts some salient thoughts on the world beyond the next hill. When he writes: |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |