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Zinni Gives Up On Arafat
IsraelNationalNews.com ^ | 12/11/01 | Staff Writer

Posted on 12/11/2001 6:54:58 AM PST by veronica

American mediator Gen. Anthony Zinni, who met with Yasser Arafat yesterday, said about him, "I have never encountered such lack of trustworthiness in my life."

He said it was a "waste of time to try to reach a serious agreement with Arafat," and will concentrate on talking with other top figures in the PA - probably a reference to Muhammad Dahlan, Jibril Rajoub, and others.

Prime Minister Ariel Sharon breakfasted today with the European Union's Javier Solana, expressing his satisfaction with the EU's call for the dismantling of Hamas and Islamic Jihad.

The EU's statement of yesterday also called upon Israel to freeze settlement activity in Judea and Samaria. Sharon said that Israel is anxious to fulfill another EU request by easing some restrictions upon the Palestinian population, but "the unceasing terrorism makes this difficult."


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KEYWORDS: arafat; zinni
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Comment #81 Removed by Moderator

To: Bold Fenian
This debate is about the posting of a deliberately false quotation attributed to our American mediator in the Middle East.

Which is exactly what you did. Seems you're the one who owes Zinni an apology.

82 posted on 12/11/2001 8:52:58 AM PST by d4now
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To: d4now
Nor will it likely be.

If it were true, it would be plastered all over the place. The most likely reason for it not to be reported anywhere else is that other media outlets cannot confirm it.

83 posted on 12/11/2001 8:56:47 AM PST by dirtboy
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To: Bold Fenian
Quit whining. Jeez! Take it up with the news source. Write a letter to them, whiner.
84 posted on 12/11/2001 8:58:34 AM PST by veronica
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To: Bold Fenian
If Rudy's city hospital bureaucrats or teachers or police had discovered Atta in Manhattan before 9/11 they WOULD NOT have reported him to INS... because RUDY FORBADE IT!!

They wouldn't have reported him in the first place, as Atta's visa was in order.

Your example is a straw man.

87 posted on 12/11/2001 9:01:16 AM PST by sinkspur
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To: beecharmer
No patience left for Arafat

Source: Christian Science Monitor - 12/11/01

Author: Daniel Schorr

"The Bush administration, its last-ditch cease-fire effort blasted by the suicide bombings in Israel, has all but given up on finding a Palestinian partner for peace. President Bush addresses Yasser Arafat as he once addressed the Taliban, with a stern demand that he "rise up and fight terror." The "or else" is unspoken. Bush has ordered the freezing of assets linked to Palestinian militants as he has frozen the assets linked to the al-Qaida terrorist organization.

No longer do administration officials ritually balance the condemnation of Arab violence with appeals for Israeli restraint. After air strikes on Gaza and the West Bank, White House spokesman Ari Fleischer said, "Obviously, Israel has the right to defend herself."

When President Bush met with Prime Minister Ariel Sharon last Sunday before the air strikes had been launched, he could have counseled restraint. He didn't. Fleischer said that Sharon did not ask for a green light - and, presumably, Bush did not flash an amber light.

Frustration with Arafat is now openly expressed by administration officials. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, recalling Arafat's own days as a terrorist, says, "He is not a particularly strong leader." Secretary of State Colin Powell, usually painfully measured between the contending parties, now says sarcastically that it's time to put Palestinian bombers in "real jails where they are not walking free several days later."

After Sept. 11, the Bush administration worried about antagonizing Islamic supporters of the antiterrorist coalition by not appearing sufficiently sensitive to the Palestinian cause. Now, the administration sounds as though it considers Palestinian violence as part of the global threat of terrorism. White House sources say that President Bush has demanded directly of Arafat that he break up the militant Hamas and Islamic Jihad organizations.

It is not likely that Arafat will, and it is far from likely that he can. That means that the grizzled veteran, who has steered his way successfully through all the minefields of talking and fighting through all these years, may finally be reaching the end of his line.

If he turns his back on the intifada, he faces an intra-Palestinian civil war that could test the ability of aging leadership to prevail over youthful rage. If he is brought down, there is no new single leader in sight.

Thus the suicide bombings that almost coincided with the arrival of retired Gen. Anthony Zinni, the president's peace envoy, represent as much a challenge to Arafat as to Sharon or Bush. The Arab-Israeli conflict could, even before Iraq, become the next battleground in the war against terrorism."

88 posted on 12/11/2001 9:01:45 AM PST by veronica
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To: beecharmer
Trying to lay all the blame on Arafat isn't helpful and will not stop Israeli and Palestinian innocents from dying.

Then why try to broker peace with him?

89 posted on 12/11/2001 9:01:57 AM PST by d4now
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To: sinkspur
They don't like Rudy I gather, since he told that Saudi Prince where to go. LOL....
91 posted on 12/11/2001 9:02:55 AM PST by veronica
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To: veronica
I wonder what toasted arapigFAT taste.
92 posted on 12/11/2001 9:04:27 AM PST by desertcry
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To: Bold Fenian
Is this what passes for a Veronica Israel-First retraction?

No wingnut. I stand by this article 100%. If you don't like, LUMP IT!!

93 posted on 12/11/2001 9:06:17 AM PST by veronica
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To: Bold Fenian
Yes, I challenge the loyalty of "Americans"

That's all I needed to read. Further discussion is pointless.

95 posted on 12/11/2001 9:10:01 AM PST by BenF
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To: Trident/Delta
Agreed. Further discussion with him is pointless.
97 posted on 12/11/2001 9:11:10 AM PST by BenF
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To: veronica
well hey just because its not the most reliable source.Remember a truck full of something blew up just before Zinni's convoy got to Ramallah. That may have shaken up his confidence in Arafat to do anything.I say its about time we dump the guy.Don't know if they have any better leaders but it seems to me in 30 years Arafat has not brought peace for his peoples.
98 posted on 12/11/2001 9:11:34 AM PST by lexington minuteman 1775
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To: Bold Fenian
I dont know if he made these remarks or if they were informal but I classify you as a Grade "A" whiner. Nobody here owes sources or backup quotes of the news sources here. They can paste propaganda here if they want. Moderators will delete when necessary. Call us all when you become a moderator. Otherwise, stop with the accusing everyone anti-American.
99 posted on 12/11/2001 9:13:02 AM PST by smith288
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