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...American protests in Pakistan, but these were predicted and have not assumed dimensions that would threaten the stability of General Musharraf's regime. The general has also moved preemptively, placing a number of key Islamist leaders under house arrests and purging Taliban sympathizers from the military's top brass; Yasser Arafat's police found themselves playing a role usually reserved for their Israeli counterparts, putting down an anti-American demonstration in Gaza and killing three Palestinians. Arafat appears to have gambled that the diplomatic gains from ingratiating himself with the U.S. outweigh the danger posed by Palestinian anger - and, perhaps...
...Yasser Arafat may be taking a calculated risk in alienating his people in order to win favors from Washington, but elsewhere in the Arab world, the mood is nervous. The Organization of the Islamic Conference on Wednesday issued a statement condemning the Sept. 11 attacks but expressing concern that the air raids on Afghanistan could lead to further suffering by innocents. And also warning the U.S. against extending its fight to Iraq. Most Arab moderate regimes are tolerating peaceful anti-American demonstrations as an outlet for popular anger. But the longer the U.S. campaign persists, the deeper the discomfort...
TIME.com: Palestinian Authority police on Tuesday shot dead three Palestinian students protesting the U.S. air strikes on Afghanistan. Could this herald the beginning of a Palestinian civil war between radical Islamists and Yasser Arafat...
...Would it be correct to say, then, that Yasser Arafat might be in serious trouble if it were not for Ariel Sharon...
TIME: Don't you really mean "change" the policy? Moussa: The assumption that Arabs will accept an Israeli version of peace is a wrong assumption. [Not] Yasser Arafat nor any Palestinian leader will dare sign one document interpreted as a surrender. What is possible is a fair settlement, according to U.N. Resolution 242. Who led the drive toward peace in accordance with certain principles? The United States. It should continue...