[Miss Marple]

If indeed they are referring to Fleischer, the transcript will be up in about 2 hours on the White House web site. Fleischer's press briefings are usually posted by Utah Girl. If she isn't able to post it today, I will do so when it appears.

And I also agree with Dave that the problems in the Middle East require a little bit more finesse that calling in air strikes. If Arafat is exiled to Morocco, there may be an opportunity to get things calmed down.

And, if a connection to al Qaeda is found in all those documents that the Iraelis removed from Arafat's headquarters, then we have proof, rather than supposition, and can proceed accordingly.

[ElisabethInCincy]

i heard it during the briefing and earlier on msnbc ...

[AmericanInTokyo]

Thank you Miss Marple. Let's wait for the transcript then, and let's get further Japanese reporting and see if we can connect the two and verify or confirm discrepancies. I'll be happy don asbestos underwear and a matching tin hit, to apologize out here, if in fact the spokesman made no such statement or inference about Arafat, as reported by Japanese wire press sources.

[pgkdan]

And, if a connection to al Qaeda is found in all those documents that the Iraelis removed from Arafat's headquarters, then we have proof, rather than supposition, and can proceed accordingly.

You're not suggesting that we need proof that Arafat is a terrorist are you?

I think getting him out of Ramallah is a good move for the short term..this standoff isn't helping the Israelis.