[xm177e2]

Does this remind anyone else of the scene from the end of The Godfather?

Possible reasons for Sharon's recent aggressiveness:
1) He's taking advantage of the situation while everyone is paying attention to Iraq
2) He's pre-empting a planned Hamas offensive
3) He's working with the PLO to get rid of Hamas
4) He's doing this in preparation for a new peace deal (the Oslo Accords in large part were successful because Arafat gave many concessions at Madrid after the first Gulf War, and Abu Mazen is being moved up to Prime Minister, which could mean a peace deal is in the works)

[LarryM]

The Oslo accords were successful? You should try Comedy Central.

[acnielsen guy]

This picture is from the front page of our local newspaper this morning.


Israel responds to the latest attack with an assassination.

[bert]

5) Some are dead, some are alive. Those alive may have some future value. The dead did not.