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To: Nadine Carroll who wrote (65283)	1/10/2003 1:06:01 PM
From: tekboy	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 281500

Hi Nadine, Unfortunately, I can't really go into any more detail about those points. I'd suggest taking them at face value, fitting them into the other things we know. That is, if this person says that Arafat "started to act against the terrorists" at that point then I would bet heavily that there is a real evidentiary basis to that assertion--although how significant such action was or might ever have become is something that careful observers of the region, yourself included, are entitled to be skeptical about. And if this person says that the Saudis cut funds to Hamas, then here too I would bet heavily that there is a real evidentiary basis to the assertion--although how significant this move was and how promising the ceasefire talks seem to be are also things careful observers can mull skeptically. tb@plausibledeniability.com