Posted on 04/15/2008 7:47:12 AM PDT by Sub-Driver
Jimmy Carter Lays A Wreath at Arafat's Tomb By Julie Stahl CNSNews.com Jerusalem Bureau Chief April 15, 2008
Jerusalem (CNSNews.com) - Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter laid a wreath of red roses at the grave of Palestinian Liberation Organization leader Yasser Arafat during a visit to the West Bank City of Ramallah on Tuesday.
"He and Mrs. Carter and his son Jeff wanted to pay their respects to President Arafat," Carter's trip director Rick Jasculca told Cybercast News Service. But the former president didn't make any comments there, he said.
Dubbed the "godfather of terrorism," Arafat was linked to the deaths of two American diplomats in the Sudan in 1973 -- one of many terror acts laid at his feet. (See earlier story)
Twenty years later, Arafat became the first PLO leader to sign a peace agreement with an Israeli Prime Minister -- Yitzhak Rabin -- in 1993. He was considered Israel's peace partner (although many Israelis never believed it) until the beginning of the violent Palestinian uprising in September 2000. Arafat managed the terror war against Israel until his death in 2004.
U.S. officials have emphasized that Carter is visiting the Middle East as a private citizen and not as a representative of the U.S. government.
On Tuesday, the Israeli government refused Carter's request to visit Hamas-controlled Gaza. The former U.S. leader has angered the Israeli government over plans to meet Hamas's top leader, Khaled Mashaal, in Syria on Friday.
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revoke his passport NOW!
Still remembering the liberal establishment roasting President Reagan for laying the wreath at Bitberg, Germany
Jimmuh’s Joooohatin’ Junket rolls on.
King of the cockroaches
OMG. Surely this did not happen.
Next stop will be Saddam Hussein’s tomb.
At first I thought this was Scrappleface, but it is much weirder.
You have got to be kidding me. Traitorous scum. Has he endorsed Obama yet?
That’s unbelieveable, even for that vile man.
Baptists believe once saved always saved. But Arafat went to hell, so why would Jimmy leave a wreath at the tomb of a man who was an enemy of God? Stuck on stupid liberal thought.
This would be a priceless pic if anyone could get a hold of it.
I cannot believe this man was our president.
Hey — Nobel Peace Prize winners gotta stick together.
This clown was probably the worst President in the history of the nation. Now he’s the worst ex President.
Then he collapsed in a twittering heap, eventually assuming the fetal position and sucking his thumb uncontrollably.
bttt
The guy is SICK!! This is disgusting. Hamas is laughing!!
he needs to be loudly rebuked by the State Department and then by the President himself. The President should say that he in no way represents the government of the US and in fact is an embarrassment!
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