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Sunday, Apr. 28, 2002 Trapped By His Own Instincts Try as he might, George Bush is making no progress on the Middle East. Here's why BY MICHAEL DUFFY In very small part of this article- Abdullah surprised Bush with three handouts — a photo album and two videocassettes — each containing powerful images of the destruction of Palestinian homes by Israeli troops. The two men looked through the book and watched the videos, the sources said. Abdullah wanted Bush to see what people in Arab countries were waking up to every day in local newspaper and television reports — and...

>BEHIND THE IRON CURTAIN The Arafat I Knew He hasn't changed since his days as a KGB-backed terrorist. BY ION MIHAI PACEPA Saturday, January 12, 2002 12:01 a.m. Last week Israel seized a boat carrying 50 tons of Iranian-made mortars, long-range missiles and antitank rockets destined for the Palestinian Authority. The vessel, Karim A., is owned by the Palestinian Authority, and its captain and several crewmen are members of the Palestinian naval police. I am not surprised to see that Yasser Arafat remains the same bloody terrorist I knew so well during my years at the top of Romania's foreign...