Submitted by Robert Spitalnick(United States), May 9, 2002 at 16:44
My first thought on hearing of the billiard hall bombing was that Sharon would take the necessary step of ousting Arafat. NY Post reports today that Bush favors giving Arafat mere figurehead status. Arafat's time has really run out.
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