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To: LindyBill who wrote (50403)6/15/2004 3:02:40 AM
From: Nadine Carroll  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 793955
 
Abu Mazen give an interview to Newsweek, with this interesting tidbit about why he resigned (hat tip: Imshin):

Some might say that a national leader must be able to withstand criticism and incitement.
That's true. But when they try to kill—I felt that someone was going to kill.

To kill you?
Yeah. Or to cause bloodshed within Fatah itself.

How many of these things were instigated by Chairman Arafat?
I wouldn't want to mention anyone by name. But I'll give you something to understand: I don't have any relationship with the chairman from the resignation to this day.

When you're in Ramallah, you don't meet with him?
I live in Ramallah and he's 100 meters away. I don't go to him, I don't meet with him, I don't have any relations with him.
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To: LindyBill who wrote (50403)6/15/2004 7:11:52 AM
From: gamesmistress  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 793955
 
Polipundit's memory is faulty. Elian Gonzalez was not taken away from his grandparents, but from some Miami cousins, who, like Michael Neudow, were found to have no "standing". (Gee, I wish CB were around to explain why you have to go all the way to the Supreme Court to resolve "standing".)