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| Middle East |
| Yasser loses it with Christiane |
| 2002-03-29 |
Palestinian leader Yassir Arafat, under pressure Friday as the Israeli military stormed his headquarters in Ramallah, became angry during a live telephone interview with CNN and hung up when he was asked about the U.S. call for him to reign in Palestinian violence. Relax, Yasser. Take a deep breath. Count to ten... "Are you asking me, who is under a complete siege?" he asked correspondent Christiane Amanpour after her question about comments made by U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell. "Well, yeah. That's why I called you..." "You have to be accurate when you are speaking to General Yassir Arafat," he continued: "Be quiet! You are covering the terrorist occupation and the Israeli crimes. ... Thank you. Bye, bye." Have you noticed he's started referring to himself as a general lately? I never noticed that before this month... Before he hung up the telephone, Arafat said the Israeli army had destroyed seven buildings around his office during a day that for him was filled with arms fire. Terrible. Just terrible. It'd have been worse if there'd been people in them, but I guess your attackers are just too civilized. It's not like they're Hamas or al-Aqsa or Islamic Jihad... "You have to understand that it's the Palestinian people who are fighting this occupation, and I'm sure they will continue to," he said. "This is the real terrorism - of the occupation." They're also the ones who're getting waxed and blowing themselves up in his half-assed offensive. Those generals, y'know, they're too valuable to get popped on the street with the common folk. |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |