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| Arafat Urges New Truce, Hints At ‘Action’ Against Factions | |
| 2003-08-27 | |
As Palestinian President Yasser Arafat said on Wednesday, August 27, he is ready to take action against resistance groups if Israel halted attacks on them, an Israeli official said the army’s assassinations policy would continue unabated. "I am prepared to implement the law (against activists) on condition Israel stops its attacks," Arafat said in an interview with Reuters carried by Swissinfo.org. Elaborating on no steps to be taken, Arafat said he would not risk a Palestinian civil war. Arafat said he had ordered the detention of Hamas and other group leaders earlier in a 35-month-old Intifada against Israeli occupation and will do so again if Israel stopped its aggressions. "Haven't I arrested Hamas leaders (before)? Haven't I placed some of them under house arrest? I'm not prepared to fuel a Palestinian civil war. But I am prepared to implement the law on condition Israel halts attacks," the Palestinian leader said at his compound where Israeli forces have besieged him for 18 months.
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| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |
| #6 LMAO! Now way is ARAFART going to arrest anyone (unless they oppose him). Lobbing a couple of Big Blues into his compound would do wonders for peace. |
| Posted by: Cyber Sarge (VRWC CA Chapter) 2003-8-27 11:19:25 PM |
| #5 Let's make a deal, Arafat: We'll hit 'em high, you hit 'em low, and we'll flush the bastards out twice as fast. Right up your alley. Whatd'ya say? If the Israelis fall for THIS, then they will be an honorable mention for the Darwin Awards. |
| Posted by: Ptah 2003-8-27 9:58:53 PM |
| #4 Yasser is a majician. Best to ignore what he says and does totally. If Abbas does about four effective thngs in a row, shoot Arafat immediately and anonomously. From there see where the momentum takes us. |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2003-8-27 9:29:29 PM |
| #3 I sure hope that this is Bush's Last and Best Try™, Frank. I hope that you are right. If this was the US taking the punishment, Arafat would be fish fertilizer, instead of staring bug-eyed out the window of his Villa Ramalla. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2003-8-27 9:09:59 PM |
| #2 on, as usual AP - Arafish's ploys to stay influential is the death knell for Abbas and the "Road Map™", which has had more setbacks and detours than even I expected. I really hope this was a Bush "I really tried, but those Paleos don't want peace" move |
| Posted by: Frank G 2003-8-27 8:43:42 PM |
| #1 Arafat is playing the war of attrition against Israel with this little bone, like he has done for, well, generations now. No more blown up children and women. It has to end, NOW. The Arafish is irrelevant, sitting in his heavily depreciated HQ. Pay him no mind and get on with business. If we acknowledge him, this cycle of violence will keep going on. Keep up the heat on Hamas and be done with it. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2003-8-27 8:13:29 PM |