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...Friday, Sharon settled on a different strategy: Israel would officially identify Arafat as an enemy, "isolate" him in his Ramallah headquarters, destroy the surrounding buildings and arrest or kill Palestinian militants they believed had holed up inside--but would stop short of raiding Arafat's bunker. "The only commitment we've made," Police Minister Uzi Landau told TIME, "is not to kill...
...offering to meet Arafat if he agreed to a few conditions and then by privately asking Sharon to allow Arafat to travel to Beirut, only to be turned down by both. That has left the dirty work to Powell, who spent last week fielding calls from Arafat's bunker and soothing Arab and European leaders irate with Israel's actions...
Like earlier fables, this modern-day story stars a monster (Robert John Burke). Bored with evolution and disgusted with society, the monster has retreated to an abandoned Navy bunker on the northern coast of Iceland, where he spends his eternity drinking, skulking and occasionally eating a nearby villager. The film opens with a close-up of his ranting face, setting the tone of the whole story—erratic, rambling and poignant in spite of incoherence. Both the monster and the movie speak with the same intensity and the occasional wisdom of a lonely bum in a bus terminal...
...prevent the collapse of the Palestinian Authority and broker a cease-fire. That will be extremely difficult to achieve without Arafat's political authority, and that may be why Bush's comments on Arafat sounded like a final warning. Still, negotiating the terms on which Arafat leaves his underground bunker will require some delicate footwork from Powell...
Instead, Saddam continues to smile that crooked grin from his Baghdad bunker. Fate intervened on his behalf, and, for now, he is safe. For months Washington had been plotting an invasion of Iraq to remove Saddam from power. Just a few weeks ago, preparations were well underway: Vice President Dick Cheney was on a Middle East tour, shoring up support for the imminent attack; Washington had resumed funding of Iraqi opposition groups; and President Bush had all but declared war on Iraq in his January State of the Union address...