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...fate of Arafat. Sharon has made isolating Arafat a key objective of the current operation, and has openly declared his preference for exiling the Palestinian leader. On Wednesday the Israeli leader even turned down a U.S. request for General Zinni to be allowed to visit Arafat in his besieged compound, although he relented on Thursday. Despite its exasperation and fury at Arafat, the Bush administration has maintained until now that Arafat shouldn't be exiled because he remains an indispensable player in any peace effort...
...Manchu and looking to boost his petty criminal rep; the Overboys, a criminal gang; the Mystery Girls, a crime-fighting duo; and Echo, the little girl with the mysterious eye-patch. They all swirl around this mystery man who turns out to be Michael Chang. Born in a secret compound, able to control men's minds, he can shed his skin like a suit. Is he a monster or savior...
...stops at a green iron gate at the mouth of an anonymous compound. Once bona fides are established, a man called Mullah Palawan steps outside a small door and beckons his guests inside. "You are welcome," he says, casting cautious eyes up and down. In a long, high-ceilinged room where half a dozen men rest on cushions, he is joined by another man, who agrees to be identified only by his titles, Hajji Mullah Sahib, meaning, roughly, Honorable Mr. Cleric...
MIDDLE EAST More Violence and Vengeance It was so predictable. when a palestinian suicide bomber killed 22 Israelis celebrating the start of Passover at a hotel in the seaside town of Netanya, both sides knew that Israel would strike back. Tanks rolled into Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat's compound in Ramallah after the Israeli Cabinet agreed to an extended military operation and Prime Minister Ariel Sharon had declared Arafat "an enemy." The onslaught, which drew heavy criticism from the U.N. Security Council, came a day after an Arab summit in Beirut, which Arafat was prevented from attending by Israel...
...Israeli troops stormed Yasser Arafat's Ramallah compound early Friday, exchanging fire with his bodyguards. The object, said Israel's defense minister, was not to kill Arafat, but to "totally isolate" him. It was a compromise between cabinet hawks who favor expelling or otherwise disposing of the Palestinian leader, and doves who see that as posing even greater perils...