You can't do that to me! I am the 'elected' leader of the Palestinian people!You can't do that to me! I am the 'elected' leader of the Palestinian people!| Powell scraps Arafat meeting, but may reschedule | |
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JERUSALEM, April 13 (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State
Colin Powell has cancelled his meeting with Palestinian
President Yasser Arafat on Saturday, Powell's spokesman said,
but a U.S. official said the talks might go ahead on Sunday.
Referring to a female suicide bomber who killed six other
people and injured 90 more in a central Jerusalem market, the
spokesman Richard Boucher said: "In light of today's
developments, the secretary will not be meeting with Chairman
Arafat Saturday."
But a senior State Department official told reporters on
condition of anonymity that the meeting could be rescheduled.
"Sunday is a possibility," he said.
Boucher said Powell wanted Arafat to condemn the attack but
did not say it was a condition for the meeting. "The secretary
condemns in the strongest possible terms today's terrorist
attack and expects Chairman Arafat to do so as well," he said.
The State Department spokesman, travelling with Powell on a
crisis Middle East mission, said Powell would meet aid workers
in Jerusalem on Saturday to investigate humanitarian problems in
the West Bank following Israel's incursions into Palestinian
towns.
((Jerusalem newsroom, 972-2-537-0502,
jerusalem.newsroom@reuters.com))
Note to the Pallies: When that filthy pig you use for a "leader" is finally, properly whacked, could you possibly choose someone to replace him who at least looks human? It would do your "cause" a world of good if its main representative didn't look like a peep-show patron with the fashion sense of Fidel Castro.
That is surely one butt ugly critter in that pic......
Stay Safe !