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Jimmy Strikes Again MIAMI (AFP) - Former US President Jimmy Carter called Yasser Arafat (news - web sites) "a powerful human symbol and forceful advocate" who united Palestinians in their pursuit of a homeland. "Yasser Arafat's death marks the end of an era and will no doubt be painfully felt by Palestinians throughout the Middle East and elsewhere in the world," Carter said. "He was the father of the modern Palestinian nationalist movement. A powerful human symbol and forceful advocate, Palestinians united behind him in their pursuit of a homeland," he said in a statement distributed by his Atlanta, Georgia-based...

MIDI - END OF THE INNOCENCE For several years they sang his song…he was a hero to their cause In denial many lived…he placed himself up above the laws He knew all of the right things to say…down through…hell and then back believers would goIn eight long years he's done to us…more damage than you know For his neglect we would finally pay the price…the count's three thousand dead We know just where to place the blame…it is on Bill Clinton's head When the Cole was hit and brave men died…there is no doubt that he hadn't cried He...