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| Middle East |
| Yasser to become a figurehead? |
| 2002-05-08 |
| There is no reason to conduct negotiations with the Palestinian Authority until Chairman Yasser Arafat is himself "neutralized" or otherwise removed from power, according to a senior source on Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's return flight from the United States. According to the source, the US and Israel are in complete agreement on this point. Arafat must be relegated to a strictly symbolic role in the Palestinian leadership, the source told Army Radio. I'd guess that Bush got The Potentate Currently Known as Prince's agreement to this when he was in Crawford, and probably King Abdullah's as well. They couldn't drive the old thug nutz, and couldn't find anywhere to exile him to. There was too much Europressure and Arab pressure for them to kill him. This is the next best thing. It's also better for all parties, as Yasser's becoming more incoherent all the time and his gibberings will soon embarrass even the Fatah thugs. |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |