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To: Ilaine who wrote (16943)	1/21/2002 5:04:58 PM
From: Nadine Carroll	Respond to of 281500

Arafat has always kept tight personal control of the money strings of the PA. No one else but Arafat could possibly have had the authority to make so large a purchase. So no, I don't find that strange. By all accounts, the Bush administration doesn't either.

To: Ilaine who wrote (16943)	1/21/2002 5:11:40 PM
From: jttmab	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

Does anyone but me find it extremely strange that Arafat himself signed for the weapons on the Karine A? Or that the way that Israeli police determined that the signature was genuine was by comparing it with Arafat's signatures on the 1993 Oslo accord? It's either Arafat is very, very, very stupid or they can do amazing things with technology these days. If one put their mind [and money] into it, how difficult a technical challenge would it be to develop a way of forging a signature? jttmab

To: Ilaine who wrote (16943)	1/21/2002 5:13:13 PM
From: Win Smith	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

Given the freedom of movement Palestinians in Gaza have (approximately the same freedom of movement Arafat has, with Israeli tanks in his parking lot), I find the whole thing rather bizarre. Maybe Arafat chose to sign off on a hopeless exercise, wanting to go out in a blaze of glory. Or maybe he was set up. Which would take us back to the USS Liberty and the famous cooked communications to Jordan.