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2003-09-17 Middle East

Costello ignores Arafat in West Bank visit

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Posted by Fred Pruitt 2003-09-17 08:50|| || Front Page|| [2 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 good for australia.

Posted by liberalhawk 2003-9-17 10:09:25 AM|| 2003-9-17 10:09:25 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 The Treasurer Peter Costello has completed his visit to the West Bank to meet with key officials, but not Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat.
Travelling in a bullet-proof vehicle emblazoned with a kangaroo, Mr Costello met Palestinian Prime Minister-designate Ahmed Qurei,..

Korei is just another Arafat appointee (read: lackey) so for Costello to see one individual and ignore the other doesn't send any sort of message other than that he (or the Australian government) doesn't understand how things work in Arafat's "government".

Posted by Bomb-a-rama 2003-9-17 10:20:42 AM|| 2003-9-17 10:20:42 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 Mr Costello met Palestinian Prime Minister-designate Ahmed Qurei, Foreign Minister Nabil Shaath and Finance Minister Salem Fayed.

Wow! THREE puppets at once! A new personal best...

Posted by mojo 2003-9-17 10:51:03 AM|| 2003-9-17 10:51:03 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 "Wow! THREE puppets at once! A new personal best"

one on each hand and the third on....um....oh..ugh

Posted by Frank G 2003-9-17 11:05:56 AM|| 2003-9-17 11:05:56 AM|| Front Page Top

#5 I bet I know what that Kangaroo does for money.

Posted by Charles 2003-9-17 1:01:15 PM|| 2003-9-17 1:01:15 PM|| Front Page Top

#6 if abbas was an Arafat lackey, whyd Arafat ditch him?

Posted by liberalhawk 2003-9-17 1:43:45 PM|| 2003-9-17 1:43:45 PM|| Front Page Top

#7 if abbas was an Arafat lackey, whyd Arafat ditch him?

When Arafat can be shown to have thrown Mazen out of the post on his own authority, then Mazen can be said to have been "ditched".

Posted by Bomb-a-rama 2003-9-17 2:23:42 PM|| 2003-9-17 2:23:42 PM|| Front Page Top

#8 hello all! Been pretty busy, found a new pretty boy and this one is NOT a hippie thank god.

Hooray for Peter Costello, I really hope the liberals win the next election.

Arafat is soon to be a smear on the pavement.

Posted by Anon1 2003-9-18 12:32:12 AM|| 2003-9-18 12:32:12 AM|| Front Page Top

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