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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?


To: Mr. Palau who wrote (513962)12/21/2003 1:13:36 PM
From: Skywatcher  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 769670
 
Bush...master of WAR AND DECEIT......this should really help the peace PROCESS......

JERUSALEM : US President George W. Bush told an Israeli journalist that "we must
get rid of" Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, the mass-circulation Yediot Aharonot daily
has reported.

Bush's comments came in a brief exchange with the paper's correspondent during a
Christmas drinks party in Washington, several hours after a keynote speech by Israeli
Prime Minister Ariel Sharon on Thursday in which he outlined plans for unilateral
disengagement from peace negotiations with the Palestinians.

The US government has
boycotted Arafat with Bush
accusing the veteran leader of
failing the Palestinian people.

Israel has also shunned the
74-year-old, branding him an
absolute obstacle to peace and
confining him to his West Bank
headquarters for more than two
years.

Israel's security cabinet
approved Arafat's "removal" in
September, with one minister
even suggesting that he could
be assassinated, but
Washington warned Israel not to attempt to expel him.

Bush was non-commital about Sharon's speech, saying that he would wait to see what
happened on the ground.

"Speeches are good things, but they are words. I am waiting for action," he was quoted
as saying.

"Now is the time to do a lot in the Middle East, and I am determined and committed to
doing that. You can be sure that I have done a lot until now, but I am going to keep on
doing. I am going to continue to be active and committed to my vision." - AFP