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To: Lazarus_Long who wrote (660200)	11/14/2004 2:41:12 PM
From: goldworldnet	Respond to of 769670

I agree. The first thing for democrats to realize is that this war is just as real and serious as World War II and given the weaponry today, even more so. * * *

To: Lazarus_Long who wrote (660200)	11/14/2004 4:02:23 PM
From: Proud_Infidel	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 769670

Do these people know anything other than violence? PLO chief unhurt in Gaza shooting Masked men open fire in Arafat mourning tent Sunday, November 14, 2004 Posted: 3:28 PM EST (2028 GMT) GAZA CITY (CNN) -- Palestine Liberation Organization chairman Mahmoud Abbas escaped injury on Sunday after masked gunmen opened fire near him inside a tent where people were mourning Yasser Arafat. Two Abbas bodyguards were killed, Gaza hospital sources said. Witnesses and medical sources said at least 10 people were injured in the shooting. The incident began when members of a rival clan within Arafat's Fatah Palestinian nationalist movement entered the tent and opened fire near Abbas and his security guards, witnesses said. The confrontation lasted about five minutes. Asked by Ramattan TV if he thought he was a target of the shooters, Abbas said, "It is not a political or personal thing. It is something that just happened." Abbas also said that the tent was crowded and emotions were high. He said the men were pointing their weapons up and shooting into the air, which isn't unusual. "You can see it in the weddings here," Abbas said. Arafat died Thursday in a French military hospital, days after suffering a brain hemorrhage and coma. He was admitted to the hospital October 29 with a blood ailment and digestive problems that were never clearly described. The 75-year-old Arafat had spent his life seeking a homeland for his people but was seen by Israelis as a terrorist and roadblock to peace. Acting Palestinian Authority leader Rawhi Fattuh on Sunday said elections for a new Palestinian Authority president will be held on January 9, The Associated Press reported. The date is in accordance with the Palestinian constitution which calls for elections within a 60-day period following the death of a leader. (Full story) On Thursday, the PLO's executive committee unanimously approved Abbas, a former Palestinian prime minister, to replace Arafat as PLO chairman. (Full story) Also Thursday, hardline PLO political chief Farouk Kaddoumi was named Arafat's successor as Fatah party leader, Palestinian officials said. Kaddoumi, 73, has not lived in the Palestinian territories since the signing of the 1993 Oslo peace accords with Israel and is seen by some rejectionists as a possible successor to Arafat. He serves as the PLO's foreign minister. Kaddoumi doesn't have much grassroots support in Gaza or the West Bank because he lives in Tunis, Tunisia, and his role on the ground has largely been taken over by Palestinian Authority Foreign Minister Nabil Sha'ath, according to a biography provided by the Palestinian press bureau. Kaddoumi joined Fatah in Cairo, shortly after graduating from economics school in the Egyptian capital in 1958. He has remained close to Arab countries throughout the 1970s and 1980s and was a hardliner, rejectionist during the 1993 Oslo talks. He refused to return to the Palestinian territories after Arafat signed the deal with Israel. Earlier this month, Kaddoumi issued harsh warnings "to ambitious Palestinian officials, who are jockeying for power."