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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Except with the hollywood ending!
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Nosegays?
and by the looks of him, it will be soon.
Please take me off your ping lists. Even this abbreviated one.
I keep ending up back on the list.
STATE DEPT phone numbers.
I just called to inquire (politely) if US Tax payers are paying for this trip, or security??
Man, they were ticked at me for asking, treated me like scum, lol.
Told me to call the Middle East! Seriously, told me to call the ME Bureau to find out about Carter!
I suggest we all call and see if we can get answers!
A bucket of liquid hog manure would be a better tribute.
Maybe carter will catch AIDS from being so close to arafat’s tomb.
What does Arafat have to do with “Our Endangered Values?”
No need to insult Arnold. He, at least for a time, fought FOR his country [Fort Ticonderoga, Quebec, Valcour Island, Saratoga]. Howdy Doody can’t make that claim.
I can’t wait to piss on Jimmah’s tomb.
That's going to be my new name for old Jimmah.
And what committees in Congress allocates tax funds to the State Dept? Has oversight duties on the State Dept?
And what Republicans serve on those committees?
US Senate Foreign Relations Committee:
Ranking Member
Richard G. Lugar
Indiana
Chuck Hagel
Nebraska
Norm Coleman
Minnesota
Bob Corker
Tennessee
George V. Voinovich
Ohio
Lisa Murkowski
Alaska
Jim DeMint
South Carolina
Johnny Isakson
Georgia
David Vitter
Louisiana
John Barrasso
Wyoming
US House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen
Ranking Member
Florida,
18th District
Christopher H. Smith
New Jersey,
4th District
Dan Burton
Indiana,
5th District
Elton Gallegly
California,
24th District
Dana Rohrabacher
California, 46th District
Donald A. Manzullo
Illinois,
16th District
Edward R. Royce
California, 40th District
Steve Chabot
Ohio,
1st District
Thomas G. Tancredo
Colorado,
6th District
Ron Paul
Texas,
14th District
Jeff Flake
Arizona,
6th District
Mike Pence
Indiana,
6th District
Joe Wilson
South Carolina,
2nd District
John Boozman
Arkansas,
3rd District
J. Gresham Barrett
South Carolina,
3rd District
Connie Mack
Florida,
14th District
Jeff Fortenberry
Nebraska,
1st District
Michael T. McCaul
Texas,
10th District
Ted Poe
Texas,
2nd District
Bob Inglis
South Carolina,
4th District
Luis G. Fortuño
Puerto Rico
Gus Bilirakis
Florida,
9th District
Vacant
N/A
Thanks!
I called Luger and Tom Davis today.
I called the State Dept.
AND called the Carter Center.
(Davis and Carter Center sounded like they are getting many calls)
Contact Information: The Carter Center
Mailing Address:
The Carter Center
One Copenhill
453 Freedom Parkway
Atlanta, GA 30307
Phone:
(404) 420-5100 or (800) 550-3560
E-mail:
carterweb@emory.edu
I’m faxing my senator, Normy.
What did Lugar.Davis say?
What did the State Department say?
What was the Carter Center’s spin?
A better question would be... What does BHO think about Carter’s actions? Does he think that we should negotiate with terrorist as Carter did with Arafat?
When is that drooling old fool going to lose his ability to travel? He’s already lost what little brain he had.
Davis's office transfered me to his Oversight Committee Staff, who were receptive and chatted, saying he does have SS protection and they would look into the rest. (who knows tho, but they were nice)
Carter Center said he had NO SS protection, and were very angry and flustered at the POLITE questions and suddenly tried to hang up or transfer me, I could still hear her talking to someone, so I said “hello?” and asked “why don't you want to talk to an American, when you are willing to talk to terrorists?” Click.
The End.
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