Arafat Tried to Assassinate PowellIn his new book The High Cost of Peace, author Yossef Bodansky reveals this stunner: In April 2002, as the U.S. was trying to negotiate a cease-fire between the Palestinians and the Israelis, Yasser Arafat tried to blow up Secretary of State Colin Powell's entire convoy, including Shimon Peres, while on its way to the peace negotiations. Here is how Bodansky explained the situation: "During a meeting with [special negotiator Gen. Anthony] Zinni, Arafat made a special request - a personal favor. A police officer from a very important family in Gaza had just been killed...