[yonif]

Too bad they didn't succeed. I seriously doubt, 99%, that it was Israel who tried to do that (as they are forbidden by the US to harm the terrorist Arafat). Because if it was Israel, it would have probably been successful.

[Slings and Arrows]

If at first you don't succeed...

[KDD]

I think this is a BS story.

If not I hate to think that Arafat's security now has possesion of an envelope full of Anthrax.

[Diddle E. Squat]

Yeah right.

"At first, we didn't know what kind of powder it was and we didn't waste time in having it analyzed in a safe location,"

How convenient.

said the longtime Arafat aide and former interior minister, who noted that "all the mail for the Palestinian territories passes through Israel."

Now we see that this is a bogus story for propaganda purposes. I wonder which former Clintonista aid gave them this PR idea?

He added the Palestinian Authority was unable to investigate the source of the letter because of the restrictions imposed on the occupied territories

Reminds me of right after the first anthrax incidents, when Clinton's office claimed that someone had mailed them a poisoned sandwich.