[Semper Paratus]

Level the whole compound. That'll 'isolate' him.

[Oldeconomybuyer]

Message to Arafat: Intifada yo' momma.

[Catspaw]

Is Hannan Ashwari screaming into a cellphone, "We're under siege" yet? She did that a few weeks ago & I said, "you don't know what 'siege' is, honey." I bet she does now.

[bert]

Fox reported that Arafat is in a lower level enclosed office. It seems his personal office was shot up but he was moved for safety.

To be isolated, his telephone and communications with the Arab TV stations must be eliminated.

The focus is on Arafat, but an important fact is that his staff is apparently isolated within the very large building as well.

[Feckless]

"At least 1,107 Palestinians and 381 Israelis have been killed"

The Israelis need to get the ratio up to about 1000 to 1, then even Arafat can do the math.........

[Oldeconomybuyer]

Israel forces blast building where Arafat located -AP Breaking News
HADEEL WAHDAN, Associated Press Writer
(03-29) 05:05 PST RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) -- Yasser Arafat's office came under heavy Israeli tank fire Friday as part of a raid on the Palestinian leader's compound. Arafat's aides said he was in the building but unharmed. Arafa...

[Kermit]

Reuters, this is an editorial statement:

"Palestinians have been waging an uprising against occupation in the West Bank and Gaza Strip since September 2000."

This would be the correct version:

"Palestinians have been waging an uprising against the existence of Israel and have conducted an animalistic terror campaign since September 2000. Arafat turned down a peace, that would have given him the West Bank, East Jerusalem and Gaza. Arafat prefered terrorism."

[Kermit]

Reuters, this is an editorial statement:

"Palestinians have been waging an uprising against occupation in the West Bank and Gaza Strip since September 2000."

This would be the correct version:

"Palestinians have been waging an uprising against the existence of Israel and have conducted an animalistic terror campaign since September 2000. Arafat turned down a peace, that would have given him the West Bank, East Jerusalem and Gaza. Arafat prefered terrorism."

[FresnoDA]

NOW THIS IS POETIC JUSTICE!!

Israeli soldiers relieve themselves on the wall of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat's compound in the West Bank city of Ramallah Friday March 29 2002. Sporadic gunfire and tank shell fire was heard as Israeli forces entered Ramallah, surrounding Arafat's compound and occupying some buildings within. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)

[Oldeconomybuyer]

Gunfire near Arafat's office; PA head moved to underground room

By Aluf Benn, Amira Hass, and Amos Harel, Ha'aretz Correspondents and Agencies

Palestinian Chairman Yasser Arafat's office came under heavy IDF fire Friday afternoon, during an Israeli raid on the Palestinian leader's headquarters in the West Bank city of Ramallah.

Troops captured several buildings inside Arafat's compound, killing four Palestinians and injuring at least 20 during the operation. One Israeli soldier - 22-year-old First Lieutenant Boaz Pomerantz from Kiryat Shmona - was killed during an exchange of fire with Palestinians in Ramallah.

IDF bulldozers, assisted by tanks, demolished three PA buildings north of Arafat's office.

Palestinian Information Minister Yasser Abed told Reuters on Friday that IDF tanks fired at Arafat's private office, putting his life in danger. "They are firing directly at Arafat's office. They are targeting him. His life is in danger. The situation is very, very dangerous," Abed Rabbo told Reuters by telephone. He said Arafat was moved to another office on a lower floor of the building as his security guards battled IDF troops.

An IDF spokesman said Israeli soldiers were responding to gunshots at them from inside the compound.

Prime Minister Ariel Sharon announced Friday at a press conference in Jerusalem that his government had decided on a policy of isolating the PA leader, in an eight-hour cabinet session that began late Thursday night.

The government also decided that the army would mobilize over 10,000 reservists - an indication that the planned military operation in the territories, which began late overnight Thursday in Ramallah, is expected to be wide-ranging and drawn out.

"Arafat is an enemy, and at this stage he will be isolated," Sharon told a televized news conference Friday morning, listing Palestinian attacks that had precipitated the cabinet decision.

Sharon said later Friday that the operation would continue for weeks, if not longer. He also called on all Israelis to unite behind the government, saying he expected mounting international pressure over the military operation.

Israeli security sources said that the incursion into Ramallah was likely to be a long-term operation - not a short-term, symbolic one - and was aimed at destroying the terror infrastructure there.

The sources also said Thursday that Israel had abandoned its policy of restraint, which had been in force over the past two weeks, ever since the arrival of American envoy Anthony Zinni. "There is no longer such a thing as a unilateral cease-fire," the source said.

[TomGuy]

"Kabul Realty...what's the rent on a liitle cave? This is Mr. Araf[click]...
Osama, old friend, how are things? This is Yassar Ar[click]...
Hi there, Saddam, this is your buddy, Yass[click]...

[Woodkirk]

Send him to his room and take away his phone, radio, TV privileges, and no visitors and no one else with him. Isolate means isolate. If they do it right, it will drive him crazy.

[demlosers]

Im surprised it took this long for the Israelis to come out in force. You can only take sh!! for so long.

[MinuteGal]

Paula Zahn gave free rein to Erakat, the Palastinian propaganda minister (and a raving lunatic)on CNN this morning. He must have spewed his evil lies for 10 minutes with barely an interuption. He was never challenged by the brain-dead Ms. Zahn.

Not only were the questions softballs, but were actually set-ups so he could spew on every subject possible.

I got to thinking. What if there was TV in WWII, and we were bombarded all day long with enemy propaganda from some Japanese warlord or Herr Josef Goebbels? I'll bet if there was a CNN network at that time, they would have put Hitler himself on the tube as many times as it could.

The enemy is both without and within.

Leni

[linn37]

how long can arafat hold up in his bunker?

[freedomcrusader]

I think they should isolate Arafat in a box about 6 feet long and 1.5-2 feet high...

[Cachelot]

A Palestinian official said Arafat's life was in jeopardy.

Easy to remedy. Once it's ended, it will no longer be in jeopardy.

[July 4th]

Barak on MSNBC right now - full support for current operations. "We have no choice to stand up to this terrorism..."

[mamelukesabre]

" At least 1,107 Palestinians and 381 Israelis have been killed in tit-for-tat violence since the revolt began."



That is roughly a 3 to 1 ratio. At that ratio, I think the Israelis will lose.

[IonInsights]

I was thinking, rather than retire 30 B1 bombers, maybe instead we should give them to Israel.