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| Middle East |
| Post-Yasser Violence Is Predicted |
| 2002-10-29 |
| The departure of Yasser Arafat probably would increase violence in the Middle East since more extremist Palestinian elements would be expected to gain power in his absence, unclassified CIA and State Department intelligence documents say. "If the intifada is still raging when Arafat dies, we believe it very likely that violence will get worse as his successors are likely to support a certain level of violence as the best way to maintain credibility and to quash competitors," the State Department assessment said. Bet it took an entire committee of rocket scientists to figure that one out. Things are gonna get worse before they get better, but if we don't get started we'll never get to the end of the road. On the other hand, I think when the bubble bursts it'll be like the end of Naziism — one day it's indestructible, the next day nobody ever liked them anyway. |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |