W. SPURNS DESPERATE YASSER

New York Post ^ | 7/01/02 | DEBORAH ORIN

[kattracks]

July 1, 2002 -- A desperate Yasser Arafat yesterday pleaded for a chance to meet President Bush "anytime" to talk about Mideast peace - but the White House made clear there's no way that will happen.

In fact, Secretary of State Colin Powell - who has met with Arafat in the past - said he has no plans to do that again, as Team Bush seeks to get the Palestinian leader dumped.

[chiefqc]

Ara-O-Fatslob = Dead man walking

[fporretto]

Now that's reassuring! Not the Bush decision to stand fast, but the Powell concurrence. If there were anyone who could torpedo Dubya's insistence on Palestinian regime change from inside the Administration, it would be Powell -- and it's the sort of thing I'd feared he might do.

Let's hope the Secretary of State can be trusted to fly in formation from here on out.

Freedom, Wealth, and Peace,
Francis W. Porretto
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[PGalt]

What a contrast from the last adminstration...8 long years of criminals, enablers and appeasers...each one of them...anti-freedom cells.

[CIB-173RDABN]

Meanwhile, a Palestinian official for the first time hinted Arafat may be ready to step aside - but only after a Palestinian state is set up.

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Arafat is still trying to make a deal. Hey Arafat, denial is not a river in Egypt.

If I was to advise Arafat, I would suggest he retire so he could spend more time with the wife and kids (and live to spend some of the millions he put away in his Swiss account), otherwise, he may develop a fatal disease and end up dead.

[dinasour]

I would like to meet President Bush anytime at a place of his choice...

I would like to nominate Gitmo as the place of choice.