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| Middle East |
| More Road Kill in the Road Map |
| 2003-11-05 |
| EFL for Debka Despite his staunch loyalty to Yasser Arafat, Ahmed Qurei looks like suffering the same fate as his predecessor, Mahmoud Abbas - and the guy before him Billy Martin - being ground to dust by his boss, according to DEBKAfileâs Palestinian sources. To generate a semblance of order, Arafat placed Qurei at the head of a âcaretaker governmentâ at midnight of November 4, when the provisional emergency governmentâs 30-day term expired... PLO mouthpiece Saeb Erekat assured the media the âcaretakerâ appointment was only made to bridge the few days before a fully-empowered government is installed... Arafat dispatched an emissary - this was necessary because Kaddoumi resides outside the PA territory - to inform PLO hardliner Farouk Kaddoumi - a terrorist bagman/spokesman/princeling and 1980s beneficiary of Soviet subsidies - that he had been nominated his successor. this whole thing is really pissing off the Euroslut foreign ministers because they keep talking about how they are encouraging the Arafish to fight terrorism |
| Posted by:mhw |
| #3 A deal with the PA security chiefs? Somebody tell Arafish so he can take credit! |
| Posted by: Charles 2003-11-5 2:21:01 PM |
| #2 good question l-hawk As you imply the IDF is pulling back from key cities and increasing the number of guest workers allowed. That probably has nothing to do with who the next PM will be. It more likely has to do with deal worked out with regional PA security chiefs. |
| Posted by: mhw 2003-11-5 12:34:05 PM |
| #1 more debka salt - so they indicate Abu ala will walk away quietly, like Abbas did. But Israelis seem to be "improving conditions on the ground" - presumably to support Abu Ala. What do they know that we dont? |
| Posted by: liberalhawk 2003-11-5 11:44:08 AM |