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| Middle East |
| Dahlan sez he's for Yasser |
| 2002-07-05 |
| Mohammed Dahlan, the man widely regarded as the US and Israel's preferred successor to Yasser Arafat, Tuesday accused U.S. President Bush of demanding a "coup d'état" against the Palestinian leader and declared that he would not stand against Arafat. He doesn't want his car to explode... While conceding "reservations" about some of Arafat's decisions, Dahlan, former head of Palestinian security in Gaza Strip, said Bush's intervention had backfired and would keep Arafat in place, rather than encouraging reform and a new generation of leaders. It's your choice, Mohammad. Keep him, and try to enjoy what you've got, or put him in a nursing home and get something you can enjoy... Writing in the British daily Guardian, Dahlan said maintained one result of Bush's intervention is that the latest polls show nine out of 10 Palestinians would vote for Arafat. "As long as the Israelis are against Arafat, I'm with him - whatever reservations I have about some of the decisions that have been made." "My mother, drunk or sober, |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |