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Arafat Wants Parliament Speaker for PM | |||
2003-09-07 | |||
EFL Yasser Arafat, meeting in the West Bank with the leadership of his Fatah party, made clear Sunday he intends to ask parliament Yasser’s boy?
Abbas insisted his decision was final on Saturday and told a confidant he felt abandoned by all sides and was deeply hurt "Please don’t kill me!" At Sunday’s meeting, many Fatah officlas said they hoped to convince Abbas to serve again, said Hussein Sheikh, a West Bank Fatah leader.
Yasser is the obstacle in killing the roadmap. Does that make him ’roadkill’? If the resignation becomes final, Arafat has three weeks to name a successor. Qureia is seen as a moderate and has credibility with Israel because he was an architect of the 1990s peace accords.
And by keeping him in Ramallah, you get to see who comes to visit. Israel’s airstrike against the Hamas leadership on Saturday came just hours after Abbas announced his resignation. A top Israeli security official said Abbas’ departure released Israel from the last restraints in its war on the militants. With Abbas still in office, concern about harming his standing with airstrikes had always been a consideration, the official told The Associated Press on condition of anonymity. Another bright side to Abbas running away! | |||
Posted by:Steve White |
#7 I want a nom de guerre too--esp since IT IS FRENCH!! Howsabout Liber-AL? |
Posted by: Not Mike Moore 2003-9-7 11:25:13 PM |
#6 re "nom de guerre". I hereby declare myself "fatwah you talkin' bout willis" In honor of gary coleman of course! |
Posted by: flash91 - fatwah you talkin bout willis 2003-9-7 9:30:02 PM |
#5 There are lots of reasons to exile Arafat. One reason to keep him is that by keeping Arafat in Ramallah, the intel assets that pretend to be his lackeys are still available. |
Posted by: mhw 2003-9-7 7:14:15 PM |
#4 Frank - I thin we should all pick out a "non de guerre" too. Only having one moniker is a bit stifling, not to mention the moniker-envy I feel. I think I shall call myself, Abu Mah-Ass... or Abu Mah-Dick... Naww, too obvious... Hmmmmm. Tough choosing just one, since there are so many moods... |
Posted by: .com (a.k.a. Abu This!) 2003-9-7 6:51:21 PM |
#3 of course Ahmed Qureia also has a nom de guerre: Abu Ala |
Posted by: Frank G 2003-9-7 4:52:40 PM |
#2 Yasser is the obstacle in killing the roadmap. Does that make him ’roadkill’? I'm sure there are several tens of thousands of Israelis, both Jewish and Arab, that would sincerely wish to see that happen. They just may get that wish, if Arafart continues to play his dangerous game. |
Posted by: Old Patriot 2003-9-7 4:10:52 PM |
#1 Ahmed Qureia: hand puppet - if you look closely, you can see Arafish's hand up his ass |
Posted by: Frank G 2003-9-7 3:04:58 PM |