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2004-05-17 Israel-Palestine

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Posted by Korora 2004-05-17 11:56:20 AM|| || Front Page|| [3 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 "What they need to do is to wrest control of the security forces from Chairman Arafat. ... The Palestinian leaders can do it and the leaders of the Arab world can do it by saying to Chairman Arafat that youâre policies have not been successful, your leadership has not be successful in moving this process forward."

They will never wrest control from Arafat's shaking hands. They are all suicidal maniacs.
I hope powell is not so stupid to believe his own words.
What is needed is a brutal and blunt removal of Arafat from power (and preferably from the land of the living).
Only then there may be a slim chance of some pragmatic leader leading these maniacs to the voice of reason.

Posted by The Dodo 2004-05-17 12:46:02 PM|| 2004-05-17 12:46:02 PM|| Front Page Top

#2 Winding up his latest effort to push peacemaking forward, without any apparent concrete results, Powell also criticized Arafat for a statement the Palestinian leader made Saturday to his people urging them to "find whatever strength you have to terrorize your enemy."

"Mr. Arafat continues to take actions and make statements to make it exceptionally difficult to move forward" on peacemaking, Powell said at a news conference before returning to Washington from the World Economic Forum held at an isolated Dead Sea resort.

"Exceptionally difficult"? How about straight talk, and just say "impossible"?

One other question: does anyone in their right mind still think Arafart is some sort of statesman or "peacemaker", and not really a terrorist?

Posted by Bomb-a-rama 2004-05-17 2:19:19 PM|| 2004-05-17 2:19:19 PM|| Front Page Top

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