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| Middle East |
| Yasser's out of jug |
| 2002-04-29 |
| Israel's Cabinet reluctantly agreed to a U.S. proposal to release Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat from his monthlong confinement and allow him to travel freely. Israel said Arafat was free to leave his headquarters in Ramallah. However, Israeli tanks continued to surround his compound Monday, and Arafat was not expected to make a move for a day or two, until six Palestinians wanted by Israel were moved from his compound to a prison in the town of Jericho. Where there are several mobs waiting to try and storm it to get them out. We know the routine... Israel gave its consent to ending Arafat's confinement with the understanding that the United States, in turn, would stand by Israel's side in an increasingly tense showdown with the United Nations over a fact-finding mission to the Jenin refugee camp, government officials said. It doesn't look like the U.S. has sufficient horsepower on its own to unstack the deck. But the fault-finding team, coupled with Durban, Mary Robinson, and the UNHRC will lend more impetus to the general feeling that we'd be better off without the UN on the bottom of our shoe. |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |
| #2 That's if we ever see 'em. See above. Sigh. |
| Posted by: Fred 2002-04-29 22:31:29 |
| #1 Yasser is now throughly convinced that terrorism works. Just wait long enough. I want to see who 'volunteers' to be on the guard detail for the 'prisioners'. |
| Posted by: Bob 2002-04-29 20:14:03 |