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2005-12-16 Israel-Palestine-Jordan

Abbas hints he may resign over Fatah split

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Posted by Fred 2005-12-16 00:03|| || Front Page|| [3 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Finally, now we can get back to the Abba tha matters

Posted by Beau 2005-12-16 00:29|| 2005-12-16 00:29|| Front Page Top

#2 Hmm. The link thing did not work. URL at: http://www.abbasite.com/

Posted by Beau 2005-12-16 00:31|| 2005-12-16 00:31|| Front Page Top

#3 Arafat's Legacy.

Hope everyone has some popcorn ready.

Posted by Danking70 2005-12-16 01:13|| 2005-12-16 01:13|| Front Page Top

#4 Probably made the final payment on the villa in the south of France. No need to hang around.

Posted by phil_b">phil_b 2005-12-16 02:25|| http://autonomousoperation.blogspot.com/]">[http://autonomousoperation.blogspot.com/] 2005-12-16 02:25|| Front Page Top

#5 phil_b
Probably made the final payment on the villa in the south of France. No need to hang around.

France is no longer a good place to live in---all these rioting "youths", don't you know.

Posted by gromgoru 2005-12-16 02:54|| 2005-12-16 02:54|| Front Page Top

#6 I'd be leary of that "beach front property" in Australia too.

Posted by 2b 2005-12-16 06:21|| 2005-12-16 06:21|| Front Page Top

#7 Although it is a bit early to begin guessing, I'm still curious as to what Abbas' lagacy will be. While his statecraft appears to be lightyears ahead of Arafat, he still seems pretty ineffectual at resolving any of the most problematic issues, like disarming the various terrorist factions, stemming endemic graft and corruption or (gasp) steering the Palestinian people away from an ingrained tradition of hatred and obsession with death.

It's difficult to imagine him as having been much more than some sort of mortuary director who oversaw the laying out of Yassin and Rantissi for burial along with any dreams of a Palestinain state.

If this weasle does manage to retire to some posh little chateaux in another country, his overall track record will quickly slide into the null effect region. My scorecard currently reads a dismal 3.0 out of 10.0 with markdowns for idiocy and pandering.

Posted by Zenster 2005-12-16 12:19|| 2005-12-16 12:19|| Front Page Top

#8 is ~~seems pretty~~ ineffectual

There, Zenster. I think that reads better now. ;-)

Posted by trailing wife 2005-12-16 15:34|| 2005-12-16 15:34|| Front Page Top

#9 Abbas hints he may resign over Fatah split

In other words, he had/has no real control over anything.

Posted by Bomb-a-rama 2005-12-16 15:39|| 2005-12-16 15:39|| Front Page Top

#10 Buh-bye, Abby-baby. Please do let the door hit ya' on the way out - no one would notice the brain damage.

And why not consider taking all your murdering buddies with you? I hear Frankistan is ~~violent~~ nice this time of year.

Posted by Barbara Skolaut">Barbara Skolaut 2005-12-16 21:44|| http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/page/15bk1/Home_Page.html]">[http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/page/15bk1/Home_Page.html] 2005-12-16 21:44|| Front Page Top

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