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2003-09-10 Middle East

Officials still split on expelling Arafat

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Posted by . 2003-09-10 7:51:00 PM|| || Front Page|| [4 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Mubarak said that if Arafat were expelled Egypt would agree to take him in; he also said it would be grave mistake (or fatal mistake or something like that). This opens the door farther than it has been opened before.

Posted by mhw 2003-9-10 8:21:50 PM|| 2003-9-10 8:21:50 PM|| Front Page Top

#2 I guess he is not welcome to ~~Frogistan~~ France by wifey-poo. Even though he ~~stole~~ provided millions in the ~~mattress~~ bank account.

I guess he feels that his destiny is to be ~~a pain in the ass former dentist~~ the leader of the Palestinian Peopleâ¢ in ~~martyrdom misery dirt naps status quo~~ their quest for ~~running the Israelis out of town~~ freedom.

Posted by Alaska Paul 2003-9-10 8:42:18 PM|| 2003-9-10 8:42:18 PM|| Front Page Top

#3 Just bomb him already.

Posted by Laurence of the Rats 2003-9-10 8:51:07 PM|| 2003-9-10 8:51:07 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 Arafart needs to be forced into a stoppered glass cage, just slightly larger than his body, and put on public display opposite the Wailing Wall. Let him sit there and slowly expire while pious Jews continue to pray to a God more powerful than Arafart can deal with. After a couple of months, send the whole thing to Mubarak.

Posted by Old Patriot 2003-9-10 9:38:59 PM|| [http://users.codenet.net/mweather/default.htm] 2003-9-10 9:38:59 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 OP, some guy in a glass cage is hanging over the Thames in London. Time for an exchange?

Posted by john 2003-9-10 9:48:17 PM|| 2003-9-10 9:48:17 PM|| Front Page Top

#6 Settlements of seemingly intractable issues are settled by total domination or conquest by one party. If there is some trust or goodwill, then the two parties can compromise. Split the arafish from the gills to the tail longitudinally and keep half in Ramallah HQ and send the other half to Cairo.

Posted by Alaska Paul 2003-9-10 9:56:04 PM|| 2003-9-10 9:56:04 PM|| Front Page Top

#7 No, no!

Encapsulate him, yes. Tighten the control of his compound, keep troops in Ramallah - but don't kick him out now. Keeping the pressure on Hamas, to the virtual exclusion of the other bad guy elements, is the key at this point. It allows concentration of force on a single target, rather than frittering it away on multiple targets.

Kill Hamas dead, now. Wipe it out, root and branch. Then ask "who's next"? Maybe IJ will be dumb enough to step up. But the "moderate Paleostinians" will be becoming a lot more moderate.

Posted by Fred 2003-9-10 11:03:26 PM|| 2003-9-10 11:03:26 PM|| Front Page Top

#8 Fred---I admit that you have a good strategy. But when will be the right time to fillet the arafish?

Posted by Anonymous 2003-9-11 12:48:47 AM|| 2003-9-11 12:48:47 AM|| Front Page Top

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