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...mediation effort had been in trouble even before the Netanya carnage. Arafat's empty chair at Wednesday's Arab League summit signaled the Bush administration's failure to persuade Sharon to let the Palestinian leader travel to Beirut to lend his support to a Saudi proposal to normalize relations with Israel once it withdraws to its 1967 borders. And Arafat has been in no hurry either to take new action to rein in militants or sign on to a cease-fire plan his aides see as weighted in favor of the Israelis...
...similar attack on a bus killed seven. Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat condemned the attacks. After Zinni met Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, and then met Arafat separately, talks resumed, but without resolution. More talks were planned. If a truce is agreed, Arafat may be able to attend the Arab summit in Beirut this week, when a peace plan backed by Saudi Arabia and other Arab states will be discussed...
...several hours. What to do about Saddam Hussein is the overwhelming topic. British and American officials wave off any thought that war is imminent. A Bush aide calls Crawford a "blue sky" meeting, that is, one for thinking big; a British official agrees that "this isn't a planning summit, it's an ideas summit...
...Fall or winter is the earliest all the troops, weapons and intelligence assets could be organized for a land campaign, officials say - let alone a coherent replacement regime to which defectors could be attracted. But the carefully orchestrated images of transatlantic solidarity being planned for the summit belie a huge asymmetry in the two leaders' freedom to maneuver. In mid-March, Americans gave their President a 75% approval rating, according to a Time/cnn poll, and 70% said the U.S. should use military force to remove Saddam Hussein. Not only does Bush command the huge forces of the globe's only...
...recent upsurge of violence, and the fact that this violence may be the biggest obstacle to the Bush administration winning Arab support against Saddam Hussein. And their perceived advantage may be underscored by the Bush administration's pressure on Sharon to allow Arafat to travel to the Arab League summit in Beirut. Today Palestinian leaders said Arafat would not attend...