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| Middle East |
| Yasser Condemns Terror Attacks on Israeli Civilians |
| 2002-09-09 |
| In a speech to the Palestinian parliament Monday, Yasser Arafat condemned terror attacks on Israeli civilians, announced elections for early January and offered – apparently in jest – to give up executive powers. Very funny. Ha ha... The rambling speech was the Palestinian leader's first to the legislative council in 18 months. His lower lip quivering, Arafat repeatedly fumbled with the microphones and strayed from the text, launching into asides that were sometimes incomprehensible. Arafat gave an address that was both conciliatory and packed with accusations against Israel. He skipped over some passages of an earlier draft, including one that called on parliament to ban suicide attacks. We can save that one for later, no doubt. Like sometime during the next ice age... |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |