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Middle East
Abu Mazen says won't be Palestinian PM without power
2003-03-07
Palestinian Authority Chairman Yasser Arafat has asked senior Palestinian Liberation Organization official Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) to be the PA prime minister. But Abu Mazen said he was still waiting to hear if he would be granted significant power as prime minister before deciding whether to accept the post. "The position is not as important as the powers of the prime minister...I will respond positively or negatively after I know what powers the prime minister will have," Abbas told Reuters.
"I mean, the Paleostinian Authority is lacking in authority, even since the IDF pulled Yasser's pants down and knocked him over, and then gave him a dutch rub on international terriblevision. So I'm supposed to be the guy in charge of something that's in charge of nothing? I don't think so..."
While Abbas lacks Arafat's charisma and high-media profile and distinct bodily odor, he commands respect among Palestinian officials, Israel and the United States as the behind-the-scenes brains of the PLO always assuming there are any. He has often been mentioned as a potential successor to Arafat.
Except for the fact that nobody pays any attention to him and he's a crook.
Posted by:Fred Pruitt

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