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To: Nadine Carroll who wrote (12897)	12/5/2001 11:40:02 PM
From: Hawkmoon	Respond to of 281500

Well, they won't have a choice but to support Arafat in such a situation. He's finally taking some considerable risks (including being assassinated), and for the US and Israel to not follow through on advancing a Palestinian state in some form would create tremendous backlash. Again, I don't see any state being truly independent. They are just too tied to the Israeli economy and utility infrastructure for them to be independent. But I do see them being autonomous with the status of a country. Hawk

To: Nadine Carroll who wrote (12897)	12/6/2001 10:50:40 AM
From: BigBull	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 281500

Nadine, Arabs putting the heat on 'ol Yasser. washingtonpost.com Dare we hope? Personally, I think the jig is finally up for Arafat. Ashcan of history time. He stuck around toooo long. Ditto the terror orgs. I think the world is finally fed up and is rapidly deciding "None of the above" when looking at current Palestinian leadership. Time for some new faces and new ideas. Don't have a clue who they'll be.

To: Nadine Carroll who wrote (12897)	12/6/2001 1:29:33 PM
From: carranza2	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

I see Bush as the catalyst for Arafat's problems. His resolute handling of 9/11 has given Sharon a model for future action. Bush can't very well reign in Sharon for doing exactly what Bush has done. Arafat can no longer walk several sides of the street. Whichever side he falls on, he's a dead man walking. A very salutary turn of events. After being lulled into a false sense of security by eight years of Clinton's foreign policy foibles, terrorists of all stripes finally (and fatally) misjudged American resolve. Arafat is in that sense also a victim of 9/11.