With a mobile phone his only link to the world, Palestinian President-for-Life Yasser Arafat remained confined to his three-story office building Saturday by Israeli troops. Israeli soldiers have have cut the electricity and water and taken over the rest of his headquarters compound."I can say that the Israelis are just a few meters from President Arafat," said Ribhi Arafat, an aide to the Palestinian leader who also was inside the besieged building. "There are Israeli tanks outside the building and a big number of Israeli soldiers." With no electricity, Arafat has his staff used candles during the night.
Let him out in March, 2009. That should do it.
Only a door separated Israeli soldiers from Palestinian President Yasser Arafat's private office on Saturday after a night of continuous shelling and shooting around his headquarters, aides said. Tawfiq al-Tirawi, head of Palestinian intelligence in the West Bank, said Israeli special forces moved closer to Arafat's private office when they shot their way through into the operations room of Arafat's bodyguards, injuring two.
They should be bringing up the bricks and mortar now...
Jeff Jarvis links to this gem at Tres Producers:Dear Mrs. Arafat,
Sorry we blew your husband up. We were trying to "isolate" him from the rest of his terrorist leadership, and we ended up âisolatingâ his ass from the rest of him. Our mistake. We were trying to destroy the Palestinian "terrorist infrastructure" and we ended up destroying his infrastructure too...
Well, sorry again; at least as the widow of a âmartyrâ you can snag a quick $25,000 American from Saddam Hussein. Say, is he married?
Your Friends, The Israeli Army Shucks. Don't you hate it when that happens? Hell, put me down for $20, too.
Israeli forces tightened their grip around Yasir Arafat today, sealing the Palestinian leader into three rooms of his compound in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Palestinian officials said, even as the United Nations Security Council with United States backing called on Israel to withdraw. Mr. Arafat was able to hear the Hebrew of his captors through the wall of his office, Palestinian officials said, as he nursed a dying cellphone battery that sustained his remaining link to the outside world. Shimon Peres, the Israeli foreign minister, said that Israel would not harm or expel Mr. Arafat, and that it was restoring electricity, water and telephone service to his compound. "Also, his compound is being guarded so he won't be hit," Mr. Peres said in a telephone interview. But Yasir Abed Rabbo, the Palestinian minister of information, dismissed Mr. Peres's claims. "He is a liar," Mr. Abed Rabbo said. "They are all liars."
"Yeah. Lies. All lies. They're all liars. They're even saying I'm saying this." |