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Politics : War

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To: Elmer Flugum who wrote (14802)5/22/2002 3:29:14 AM
From: GUSTAVE JAEGER  Read Replies (1) of 23908
 
Israel's demonization of Arafat debunked by the US State Dept:

State's report chides anti-Arafat efforts

By Nicholas Kralev
THE WASHINGTON TIMES


The State Department said yesterday it had found no evidence linking Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat personally to attacks on Israel last year and chided the Jewish state for making the Palestinian Authority "less effective" by destroying its security infrastructure.

In its annual report on global terrorism, the State Department also said that Iran "remained the most active state sponsor of terrorism" last year, while Sudan and Libya came closest to taking the right measures to get out of the "terrorism business."

The report, titled "Patterns of Global Terrorism 2001," said members of Mr. Arafat's Fatah movement had taken part in attacks on Israel through the Tanzim organization and the Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigade.

Nevertheless, it would not accuse Mr. Arafat and his senior aides of ordering or approving the attacks. Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon brought thick files of documents with him to Washington earlier, which the Israeli government said constituted proof that Mr. Arafat authorized the dispensing of money to extremists.
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