Posted on 04/12/2002 10:12:21 AM PDT by July 4th
Breaking news...please post story if you find it.
It sounds like they might be threatening Arafat that the meeting will be cancelled unless he "pubicly denounces terrorism" first.
JERUSALEM -- Powell reconsidering whether to meet Arafat on Saturday, State Department official says.
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They better get their act together because it looks like we may have been jerking the Arabs chains around. And we would not want to do that. They may get mad. And they never lie. No, never. /sarcasm off
Powell going home without a meeting with Arafat would be a good start. Telling Arafat and the PA that we will support with military forces if the Suicide bombings do not end would be better. If you really wanna win the hearts of true Americans then you close the USA boarders to all countries with terrorist activity.
FoxNews just confirmed that Powell may cancel the meeting with his pal Arafag.
JERUSALEM (AP) — His peacekeeping mission rocked by a terrorist bombing, Secretary of State Colin Powell was reconsidering whether to meet with Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat on Saturday, a U.S. official said.
Just hours after a suicide bomber struck near a Jerusalem marketplace Friday, the White House called on Arafat to publicly denounce the terrorist act and the State Department said Powell would decide later whether to see Arafat as planned.
``He's looking at the whole situation in terms of the bombing and everything,'' State Department spokesman Richard Boucher said.
The White House called on Arafat to make a public statement denouncing terror. ``Yasser Arafat needs to come out and publicly condemn today's attack,'' White House spokesman Ari Fleischer said. ``This is terrorism. This is murder and Yasser Arafat needs to denounce it soon.''
Earlier in the day, Powell failed to get Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon to agree on a timetable for withdrawing Israeli troops from Palestinian cities and towns.
Not long after the Powell-Sharon meeting, an explosion triggered by a suicide bomber went off near Jerusalem's outdoor market, killing at least six people and injuring 84.
Firing Powell outright would be even better. Powell might do okay during peacetime activities when there isn't much going on. But he's worse than worthless now. He's downright dangerous.
J E R U S A L E M, April 12 — His peacekeeping mission rocked by a terrorist bombing, Secretary of State Colin Powell was reconsidering whether to meet with Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat on Saturday, a U.S. official said.
Just hours after a suicide bomber struck near a Jerusalem marketplace Friday, the White House called on Arafat to publicly denounce the terrorist act and the State Department said Powell would decide later whether to see Arafat as planned.
"He's looking at the whole situation in terms of the bombing and everything," State Department spokesman Richard Boucher said.
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