U.S. Says Still Opposed to Assassination of Arafat

Reuters ^ | Fri Apr 23, 2004 | Reuters

[NYC GOP Chick]

Right, the Arabist state department has never operated independently of the WH... / SARCASM OFF

Of course not! It's not like the Statist Department actually told the taliban, in the days after 9/11, not to worry -- that we weren't going to topple them, but just go after UBL and al qaeda!

[goldstategop]

President Bush has not said anything on the subject. Besides Sharon made the pledge to the American President under vastly different circumstances and those have changed. He did not make it to Colon Bowell or his State Dept. lackey.

[nmh]

Good grief!

Let Israel do it.

The U.S. has its hands full and Israel is quite capable of assassinating THEIR enemies. They blew off the head of a blind man in a wheel chair a few weeks ago that headed the Hammas. Surely Arafat is an easy mark. The death of this Hammas leader scared old Arafat ****less and he proclaimed he didn't want to be a martyr. Yonif, I know you are Jewish, have you no confidence in Israel eliminating this jerk? Geesh! Arafat is a more of a threat to Israel than he will ever be to the U.S..

[ChevyZ28]

The USA must step aside and let Isreal take Arafat out, NOW!!!!!!! Or all our banter about war on terorism becomes hypocrisy at its worst!!!! Bin Laden is the same as Arafat is the same as Bin Laden!!!!!!!

[First_Salute]

By direction of President Bush.

The big difference between terrorist and murder Arafat, versus terrorist and murder Osama bin Laden, "is" ---