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| Middle East |
| Sharon promises to remove Arafat |
| 2003-02-10 |
| Ariel Sharon, prime minister for the past two years, was asked to form the next Israeli government yesterday and promised to remove the Palestinian leader, Yasser Arafat, from power. "The new government will have to complete the campaign against terror, remove the terrorist leadership and create the conditions for the emergence of a new Palestinian leadership with which it will be possible to make real peace," Mr Sharon said. Let's wait til after Saddam is gone, okay Ariel? Earlier President Moshe Katsav asked him to form a new coalition following the victory of his Likud party in last month's election. Formation of the new government could take up to six weeks. Well, that should be long enough. Full speed ahead, Ariel! Mr Sharon did not specify how he would "remove the terrorist leadership", but Israeli newspapers reported that Israel and America had agreed that Mr Arafat could be deported once Saddam Hussein was toppled in Iraq. Mr Arafat and his immediate entourage would be forced to leave the Palestinian territories unless he agreed to give up his powers to a prime minister with full executive authority, the newspapers said. Would he take all those cases of baby wipes with him? Mr Sharon said last year that he had promised President George W Bush not to take action against Mr Arafat, but apparently this pledge has now run out. Saeb Erekat, a Palestinian cabinet minister, said: "Sharon rejects the peace process and has chosen the path of continuing his aggression against the Palestinians." Paleos would get peace in a month if they agreed to a two-state solution and sharing the Dome of the Rock. Three Palestinians were killed in an attack on an Israeli army post in the Gaza Strip yesterday, a day after Ariel Sharon, the prime minister, disclosed that he had opened secret talks on a gradual ceasefire with the Palestinian Authority. They died after their car stopped at a checkpoint guarding the Gush Katif settlement and one of them opened fire. The car then rammed a concrete barrier and exploded. Four Israeli soldiers were slightly wounded. Ramming a concrete barrier doesn't sound like a good idea. Typical Paleo training. |
| Posted by:Steve White |
| #3 *looking forward in anticipation of seeing Arafats big, wrinkly fat ass getting kicked out of the ME* |
| Posted by: Ptah 2003-02-10 12:33:03 |
| #2 Don't worry I found them. |
| Posted by: bernardz 2003-02-10 03:47:58 |
| #1 Do you reckon that you could supply some cites for this article! |
| Posted by: bernardz 2003-02-10 03:27:32 |