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| Al-Q Accepts Arafat’s PM Offer |
| 2003-09-08 |
| EFL Palestinian parliament speaker Ahmed Qureia has accepted Yasser Arafat’s nomination to be prime minister, a Palestinian official said Monday. Meet the new lackey, same as the old lackey. On Monday night, after meeting with Qureia, Arafat told the executive committee of his Fatah Party that Qureia had formally accepted the nomination, said a Palestinian official. "Please don’t name me, I’ll be a dead man!" The official said political contacts were underway to ensure that the appointment would be confirmed by the Palestinian parliament, as required by Gee, wonder if Sharon, while on the plane to India, gave him his "guarantees"? |
| Posted by:Steve White |
| #2 December 2003 Today, on Al Jazeera, Yasser Arafat appeared with a sock puppet who he claimed was the new Palestinian prime minister. The sock puppet, who Arafat refered to affectionately as 'Abu', was appointed as prime minister following the resignation of Abu Ala who was appointed prime minister following the resignation Abu Masen, the man who previously held the position for only 100 days. Arafat, also known as Abu Amar, claimed the sock puppet agreed to be prime minister only on the condition that the Israelis comply with the "road map" and throw themselves into the sea. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2003-9-8 6:30:20 PM |
| #1 Earlier in the day, Qureia said that he would only accept the position if he had guarantees that Israel would comply with its obligations under the "road map" peace plan. And what about Palestinian compliance? Any chance this is going to happen at all? |
| Posted by: Bomb-a-rama 2003-9-8 6:14:34 PM |