Word: yasser
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...More significant is Bush's call for a new Palestinian leadership. Let's stipulate that Yasser Arafat has been disastrous for the Palestinians. Why should anyone think Bush's speech makes it more likely they will now dump him? Since the time of Caesar Augustus, imperial powers have tried to find local chiefs they can do business with. It never works; just because you sign a treaty with Red Cloud, it doesn't mean Sitting Bull stays on the reservation. National-liberation movements (and Palestinians believe they are engaged in one) are quite happy, thank you very much, to choose...
...diplomatic efforts. The Bush Administration had hoped at last to cease issuing conflicting signals and deliver a tough, pragmatic diplomatic agenda. The President had planned to deliver a speech last week promising U.S. recognition of a provisional Palestinian state in the territory now under self-rule, provided that Yasser Arafat's Palestinian Authority first met a series of strict conditions, including pushing democratic reforms and cracking down on terrorist networks. But after al-Ghoul's bus bombing, which Bush learned about in a 5 a.m. phone call from National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice, and the subsequent attacks, the White House...
Person of the Week HOLDING ON It's tough enough being a politician in one of the most dangerous regions in the world. When the U.S. President calls for your removal, maybe it's time to think retirement. But Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat says he's not going anywhere, and insists he'll be up for re-election next January...
...Noted "Peace requires a new and different Palestinian leadership so that a Palestinian state can be born." GEORGE W. BUSH, U.S. President, in a speech that tied removal of Yasser Arafat to U.S. support for a Palestinian state...
...Bank, imposing curfews and declaring Hebron a "closed military zone." Israeli tanks and gunships destroyed Palestinian police headquarters in Hebron to try to dislodge militants from the compound. The army said that about 40 people were holed up inside, including 15 militants from the Tanzim, an armed group within Yasser Arafat's Fatah faction. About 150 others surrendered during breaks in the bombardment. TANZANIA Train Tragedy At least 281 people died and 800 were injured after a passenger train collided with a freight train in Igandu, in the central Dodoma region about 400 km west of the country's largest...