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ARTICLES ON ARAFAT
1 Nov - Burial on 12 Nov 2004

NEWS | November 12, 2004
Arafat Buried in Chaotic Scenes in West Bank
By REUTERS (Reuters) News

NEWS | November 12, 2004
Presidents, Dignitaries at Arafat Funeral in Cairo
By REUTERS (Reuters) News

NEWS | November 12, 2004
Bush, Blair to Discuss Life After Arafat
By REUTERS (Reuters) News

INTERNATIONAL | November 12, 2004
Arafat's Coffin Leaves for West Bank Burial
By REUTERS (Reuters) News

INTERNATIONAL | November 12, 2004
Chaotic Scenes at Arafat Compound Before Burial
By REUTERS (Reuters) News

NATIONAL | November 12, 2004
U.S. Had Stormy Relationship With Arafat
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS (AP) News

NATIONAL | November 12, 2004
Blair, Bush Meet to Discuss Mideast Peace
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS (AP) News

NATIONAL | November 12, 2004
Palestinian Americans Mourn Arafat's Death
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS (AP) News

INTERNATIONAL | November 12, 2004
Carter Sees Hope in Middle East Peace
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS (AP) News

INTERNATIONAL | November 12, 2004
Gaza Strongman Says Time Needed to Rebuild
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS (AP) News

INTERNATIONAL | November 12, 2004
For Arafat, Oslo Remained Symbol of Hope
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS (AP) News

INTERNATIONAL | November 12, 2004
Report: Car Bomb Explodes in Ramallah
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS (AP) News

INTERNATIONAL | November 12, 2004
Coffin Is Carried Through Surging Crowd
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS (AP) News

INTERNATIONAL | November 12, 2004
Palestinian Youths Fight Israeli Police
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS (AP) News

INTERNATIONAL | November 12, 2004
Egypt Prepares for Yasser Arafat Funeral
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS (AP) News

INTERNATIONAL | November 12, 2004
Dignitaries at Arafat's Funeral
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS (AP) News

INTERNATIONAL | November 12, 2004
Arafat's Young Daughter Sees Plane Off
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS (AP) News

INTERNATIONAL | November 12, 2004
Palestinians Swarm Into Arafat Compound
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS (AP) News

INTERNATIONAL | November 12, 2004
Yasser Arafat Had Many Ties to Cairo
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS (AP) News

WASHINGTON | November 12, 2004
Bush May Call for Major European Role in Post-Arafat Peace Effort
By STEVEN R. WEISMAN (NYT) News

OPINION | November 12, 2004
Arafat's Death, and His Legacy (5 Letters)
(NYT) Letter

OPINION | November 12, 2004
A Difficult Visionary, a Stubborn Vision
By BENNY MORRIS (NYT) Op-Ed

OPINION | November 12, 2004
Beyond Arafat on the Road to Peace
(NYT) Editorial

OPINION | November 12, 2004
Casting a Vote for Peace
By JIMMY CARTER (NYT) Op-Ed

OPINION | November 12, 2004
The Road From Here
By ABDULLAH II (NYT) Op-Ed

NEW YORK REGION | November 12, 2004
Peace Hopes and a Holster, Both Empty
By CLYDE HABERMAN (NYT) News

INTERNATIONAL / MIDDLE EAST | November 12, 2004
P.L.O. Picks Abbas, a Pragmatist, as Followers Mourn Arafat
By JAMES BENNET and STEVEN ERLANGER (NYT) News

INTERNATIONAL / MIDDLE EAST | November 12, 2004
After Chaotic Procession, Arafat Is Laid to Rest on West Bank
By TERENCE NEILAN and NEIL MacFARQUHAR (NYT) News

INTERNATIONAL / MIDDLE EAST | November 12, 2004
After Death, Tests for Mideast and World
By STEVEN ERLANGER (NYT) News

INTERNATIONAL / MIDDLE EAST | November 12, 2004
Some Grieve for Arafat While Others Sigh in Relief
By NEIL MacFARQUHAR (NYT) News

INTERNATIONAL / EUROPE | November 12, 2004
Secrecy by Aides and Silence by Doctors Persists, and What Killed Arafat Is Still a Mystery
By ELISABETH ROSENTHAL (NYT) News

INTERNATIONAL | November 12, 2004
Earlier, World Leaders Attend Funeral In Cairo
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS (NYT) News

INTERNATIONAL | November 12, 2004
World Leaders Attend Military Funeral In Cairo
By NEIL MacFARQUHAR (NYT) News

WASHINGTON | November 11, 2004
Blair Flies to Stand by Bush in Post - Arafat Plans
By REUTERS (Reuters) News

WASHINGTON | November 11, 2004
U.S. Sees Chance of Peace Hinging on Arafat Successor
By REUTERS (Reuters) News

WASHINGTON | November 11, 2004
Clinton Says Arafat Missed the Chance for Peace
By REUTERS (Reuters) News

NEWS | November 11, 2004
Four Palestinians Killed in Violence After Arafat Dies
By REUTERS (Reuters) News

NEWS | November 11, 2004
U.S. Sees Chance of Peace Hinging on Arafat Successor
By REUTERS (Reuters) News

NEWS | November 11, 2004
Clinton Says Arafat Missed the Chance for Peace
By REUTERS (Reuters) News

NEWS | November 11, 2004
Burns to Represent U.S. at Arafat Funeral
By REUTERS (Reuters) News

INTERNATIONAL | November 11, 2004
Four Palestinians Killed in Violence After Arafat Dies
By REUTERS (Reuters) News

INTERNATIONAL | November 11, 2004
Israel Arrests Nuke Whistleblower Vanunu for 'Leak'
By REUTERS (Reuters) News

INTERNATIONAL | November 11, 2004
After Arafat Death, Sharon Vows to Pursue Gaza Plan
By REUTERS (Reuters) News

INTERNATIONAL | November 11, 2004
Blair Flies to Stand by Bush in Post - Arafat Plans
By REUTERS (Reuters) News

INTERNATIONAL | November 11, 2004
Bullets, Tears, Hopes of Peace After Arafat's Death
By REUTERS (Reuters) News

INTERNATIONAL | November 11, 2004
Presidents, Dignitaries at Arafat Funeral in Cairo
By REUTERS (Reuters) News

INTERNATIONAL | November 11, 2004
Bush, Blair to Discuss Life After Arafat
By REUTERS (Reuters) News

ARTS | November 11, 2004
CBS Sorry for Preempting Hit Drama with Arafat Report
By REUTERS (Reuters) News

NATIONAL | November 11, 2004
Carter Sees Hope in Middle East Peace
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS (AP) News

NATIONAL | November 11, 2004
U.N. Seeks Quick Move to Palestinian State
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS (AP) News

NATIONAL | November 11, 2004
Today in History - Nov. 12
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS (AP) News

INTERNATIONAL | November 11, 2004
Israeli Nuclear Whistle Blower Arrested
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS (AP) News

INTERNATIONAL | November 11, 2004
Three Palestinians Killed in Gaza Raid
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS (AP) News

INTERNATIONAL | November 11, 2004
Blair, Bush Consult on Peace in Mideast
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS (AP) News

INTERNATIONAL | November 11, 2004
Arafat Death Draws Mixed World Reaction
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS (AP) News

INTERNATIONAL | November 11, 2004
Newborn Twins Named Yasser and Arafat
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS (AP) News

INTERNATIONAL | November 11, 2004
Summary: Details of Arafat's Funeral
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS (AP) News

INTERNATIONAL | November 11, 2004
Arafat Carefully Cultivated a Martial Look
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS (AP) News

INTERNATIONAL | November 11, 2004
Religious Leaders' Arafat Reactions Vary
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS (AP) News


INTERNATIONAL | November 11, 2004
Quotes About Palestinian Leader Arafat
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS (AP) News

INTERNATIONAL | November 11, 2004
Arafat Poisoning Claims Refuted
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS (AP) News

INTERNATIONAL | November 11, 2004
Leaders: Arafat's Death May Bring Peace
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS (AP) News

INTERNATIONAL | November 11, 2004
Palestinian Refugees Grieve for Arafat
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS (AP) News

INTERNATIONAL | November 11, 2004
Israel Rules Out Release of Barghouti
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS (AP) News

INTERNATIONAL | November 11, 2004
Abbas Seeks to Replace Flamboyant Arafat
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS (AP) News

INTERNATIONAL | November 11, 2004
Arab Leaders Give Arafat a Warm Farewell
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS (AP) News

BUSINESS | November 11, 2004
U.S. Dollar Changes Little Against Euro
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS (AP) News

BUSINESS | November 11, 2004
Thursday's Commodities Roundup
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS (AP) News

ARTS | November 11, 2004
CBS Apologizes for Breaking Into Drama
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS (AP) News

OPINION | November 11, 2004
A Burial at Ramallah
(NYT) Editorial

INTERNATIONAL / MIDDLE EAST | November 11, 2004
Yasir Arafat, Father and Leader of Palestinian Nationalism, Dies at 75
By JUDITH MILLER (NYT) Obituary

INTERNATIONAL / MIDDLE EAST | November 11, 2004
Arafat Dies at 75; No Successor Set; West Bank Burial
By JAMES BENNET br / and STEVEN ERLANGER (NYT) News

INTERNATIONAL / MIDDLE EAST | November 11, 2004
Tributes for Arafat Focus on Efforts for Palestinian State
By TERENCE NEILAN (NYT) Sidebar

INTERNATIONAL / MIDDLE EAST | November 11, 2004
Arafat's Body Arrives in Cairo Ahead of Ceremony on Friday
By JAMES BENNET and STEVEN ERLANGER (NYT) News

INTERNATIONAL / MIDDLE EAST | November 11, 2004
Burial Site in Ramallah Is Approved by the Israelis
By STEVEN ERLANGER (NYT) News

INTERNATIONAL / MIDDLE EAST | November 11, 2004
Mystery Lingers: Whereabouts of His Hidden Fortune
By STEVEN ERLANGER (NYT) News

INTERNATIONAL / MIDDLE EAST | November 11, 2004
Arab Response to Attacks Reveals Mixed Allegiances
By NEIL MacFARQUHAR (NYT) News

INTERNATIONAL / EUROPE | November 11, 2004
Arafat's Followers Kept Solemn Vigil Outside Hospital in France
By ELAINE SCIOLINO (NYT) News

INTERNATIONAL / EUROPE | November 11, 2004
Russia Salutes Father of the Rifle Fired Round the World
By C. J. CHIVERS (NYT) News


OPINION | November 10, 2004
Arafat and What Might Have Been (5 Letters)
(NYT) Letter

OPINION | November 10, 2004
After Arafat, Hope
By WILLIAM SAFIRE (NYT) Op-Ed

INTERNATIONAL / MIDDLE EAST | November 10, 2004
Odd Question on West Bank: Who Is Arafat, Really?
By JAMES BENNET (NYT) News

INTERNATIONAL / MIDDLE EAST | November 10, 2004
Netanyahu Drops Resignation Threat
By THE NEW YORK TIMES (NYT) News

INTERNATIONAL / MIDDLE EAST | November 10, 2004
Arafat Forced His People's Plight Into the World Spotlight
By STEVEN ERLANGER (NYT) News

INTERNATIONAL / MIDDLE EAST | November 10, 2004
Israel Will Allow Arafat Burial in West Bank, After Cairo Funeral
By STEVEN ERLANGER (NYT) News

INTERNATIONAL / MIDDLE EAST | November 10, 2004
Aides Seeking Arafat Burial in West Bank
By ELAINE SCIOLINO (NYT) News

INTERNATIONAL / MIDDLE EAST | November 10, 2004
Yasir Arafat, Palestinian Leader, Dies at 75
By JUDITH MILLER (NYT) News

INTERNATIONAL / MIDDLE EAST | November 9, 2004
Sharon Weathers Showdown Over Gaza Withdrawal
By STEVEN ERLANGER (NYT) News

INTERNATIONAL / MIDDLE EAST | November 9, 2004
Arafat, in Deep Coma, Is Still Alive, Palestinian Aide Says
By ELAINE SCIOLINO br / and STEVEN ERLANGER (NYT) News

INTERNATIONAL / MIDDLE EAST | November 9, 2004
Netanyahu Retracts Resignation Threat
By STEVEN ERLANGER (NYT) Sidebar

INTERNATIONAL / MIDDLE EAST | November 9, 2004
Tension Grows Between Arafat's Wife and Political Heirs
By STEVEN ERLANGER and ELAINE SCIOLINO (NYT) News

INTERNATIONAL / AMERICAS | November 9, 2004
Bush to Push for Temporary Worker Program
By SCOTT SHANE (NYT) News

OPINION | November 8, 2004
The Great Mentioner
By WILLIAM SAFIRE (NYT) Op-Ed

INTERNATIONAL / MIDDLE EAST | November 8, 2004
P.L.O. Aides Put Off Trip to Arafat Doctors
By STEVEN ERLANGER (NYT) News

INTERNATIONAL / MIDDLE EAST | November 8, 2004
Palestinian Aides Try to Unravel Mystery of Arafat's Condition
By STEVEN ERLANGER (NYT) News

INTERNATIONAL / MIDDLE EAST | November 8, 2004
Netanyahu Reportedly Backs Down in Bout With Sharon
By STEVEN ERLANGER (NYT) Sidebar

WEEK IN REVIEW | November 7, 2004
Israel, the U.S. and the Age of Terror
By ROGER COHEN (NYT) News

OPINION | November 7, 2004
Footprints in the Sand
By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN (NYT) Op-Ed

INTERNATIONAL / MIDDLE EAST | November 7, 2004
Palestinian Line of Succession Answers and Raises Questions
By GREG MYRE (NYT) Sidebar

OPINION | November 6, 2004
The Man Who Refused to Say Yes
(NYT) Editorial

INTERNATIONAL / MIDDLE EAST | November 6, 2004
Arafat's Feud With Israel May Outlive Him
By GREG MYRE (NYT) News

INTERNATIONAL / MIDDLE EAST | November 6, 2004
Palestinian Politicians Try to Head Off a Power Struggle
By STEVEN ERLANGER (NYT) News

INTERNATIONAL / EUROPE | November 6, 2004
Europe Seeks Unity on New Bush Term
By PATRICK E. TYLER (NYT) News

FOREIGN DESK | November 5, 2004, Friday $
ARAFAT CONDITION IS DETERIORATING, REPORTS INDICATE
By ELAINE SCIOLINO; Greg Myre contributed reporting from Ramallah, West Bank, for this article, and Elisabeth Rosenthal of the International Herald Tribune contributed from Paris. (NYT) 1472 words

NATIONAL DESK | November 5, 2004, Friday $
THE 2004 ELECTION: THE PRESIDENT; Confident Bush Outlines Ambitious Plan for 2nd Term
By RICHARD W. STEVENSON (NYT) 1637 words

NATIONAL DESK | November 5, 2004, Friday $
THE 2004 ELECTION; 'I'm Ready for the Job,' Bush Says in News Conference After Election
(NYT) Text 6967 words

METROPOLITAN DESK | November 5, 2004, Friday $
NEWS SUMMARY
(NYT) Summary 965 words

FOREIGN DESK | November 5, 2004, Friday $
Washington Whispers: Possible New Look at Mideast Policy
By STEVEN R. WEISMAN (NYT) News Analysis 1063 words

FOREIGN DESK | November 4, 2004, Thursday
Arafat's Condition Is Reported to Worsen
(AP ) 157 words

NATIONAL DESK | November 4, 2004, Thursday $
THE 2004 ELECTIONS: A LOOK AHEAD -- WORLD REACTION; Leaders Jostle to Shape Agenda for a New Term
By PATRICK E. TYLER (NYT) 1212 words

NATIONAL DESK | November 3, 2004, Wednesday $
THE 2004 ELECTIONS: THE MEDIA -- THE WORLD VIEW; For Chirac and Others, a Close Eye on Returns
By ELAINE SCIOLINO (NYT) 535 words

FOREIGN DESK | November 3, 2004, Wednesday
World Briefing | Middle East: Aide Says Arafat Is Improving
By Hélène Fouquet (NYT) (NYT) 109 words

METROPOLITAN DESK | November 2, 2004, Tuesday $
NEWS SUMMARY
(NYT) Summary 937 words

METROPOLITAN DESK | November 2, 2004, Tuesday $
BOLDFACE NAMES
By Joyce Wadler; With Kari Haskell (NYT) 798 words

FOREIGN DESK | November 2, 2004, Tuesday $
Teenage Suicide Bomber Kills 3 in a Market in Tel Aviv
By STEVEN ERLANGER (NYT) 1254 words

METROPOLITAN DESK | November 1, 2004, Monday $
INSIDE
(NYT) Summary 237 words

FOREIGN DESK | November 1, 2004, Monday $
Arafat Absent: What to Do In the Interim?
By GREG MYRE (NYT) 972 words

FOREIGN DESK | November 1, 2004, Monday $
Both Parties Are Getting Out the U.S. Vote in Israel
By GREG MYRE (NYT) 933 words








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November 2004


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Condi Rice - Weakest and Worst Sec State in Washington Memory
(November 29, 2004)
"So we are to have a new Secretary of State who dreadfully misjudged the terrorist threat leading up to 9/11 and then misled America and the world about the case for invading Iraq. As if that's not disturbing enough, look who is succeeding her as the President's National Security Adviser... I'm not making this up; it's all on the record. So instead of putting America's foreign policy in the hands of people who might have restored the country's credibility in the world, the President has turned it over to two of the people who helped to shred it." -Bill Moyers

US in Iraq 'worse than Hitler'? Turkish Parliament Leader Has His Say
(November 28, 2004)
"The occupation has turned into barbarism. The U.S. administration is committing genocide...in Iraq. "This occupation has entirely imperialist aims." - Mehmet Elkatmis, Head of Tukish Parliament's human rights commission

Islamabad 25 Years Ago Was Forecast of What Has Since Come
(November 27, 2004)
Twenty-five years ago, as hate-filled crowds invaded the American Embassy in Islamabad and the 100+ Americans hiding in 'The Vault' feared they would be killed, there was already in the air of international affairs an omen of what was to come. What happened then has since politically metasticized into what is happening today, an escalating 'Clash of Civilizations' with the United States doubly tinged with fundamentalist Crusading zealotry and Israeli Zionist ideology. And the hatreds, despair, and sense of grievance in many places in the world, including today's Pakistan, are still growing....

Washington's War-Mongering Military-Industrial-Government Complex
(November 27, 2004)
They could have sub-titled this excellent 48 minute Dutch documentary "Cesspool Washington" for it exposes a significant aspect of how the American capital has incestuously and unethically entertwined big business, big money, and government. Exposed in this documentary is a major part of the U.S. war-making and war-profiteering scene of which few Americans are aware. These realities goe a long way to explain how and why U.S. war policies are what they are.

The CIA's TORTURE AIR
(November 26, 2004)
Witnesses have claimed that the suspects are frequently bound, gagged and sedated before being put on board the planes,

CIA Purge Converting Agency To Neoconism
(November 25, 2004)
They already have firm control of the Pentagon, which also actually means some 80% of the "Intelligence" Budget. And they've made great progress in recent years taking over the State Department as well as the National Security Council. Now crusading "Neocons" -- many Jewish and nearly all connected over the years with the Israeli-Jewish lobby in Washington -- are determined to finally bring the last resistant power center, the CIA, into line. Washington these days is like the land of the body-snatchers, everyone looking over their shoulders, the fear factor rising higher and higher.

Falluja in Memorium on Thanksgiving
(November 25, 2004)
As for the new killing fields of Iraq -- most recently in Falluja, the 'City of Mosques' -- the alternative-media reports that follow from Green Leaf Weekly in Australia and The Village Voice in New York make for devastating reading. "Sorry Faluya"..."Sorry Faluya"...

January Elections - Truth or Consequences
(November 25, 2004)
Under the conditions that actually exist -- unprecedented military occupation, extraordinary impoverishment and bribery, still-expanding CIA infiltration, massive propaganda manipulation -- the very concept of 'free and fair' elections takes quite a credibility stretch.

New from MER
(November 22, 2004)
New from MER - MER realizes that today situation in the Middle East and in Washington requires new and creative means to provide critical information and independent expert analysis. But this can only be achieved if those who appreciate today's historical moment will dig in and provide the independent financial support necessary. Please make your check to MER and contribute today. MER P.O. Box 4918 Washington, DC 20008

Fearing Bush Assassination
(November 22, 2004)
Over the weekend during Bush's short visit to Chile there was an extraordinary double display of this concern. First Bush himself got man-handled in a crowd of security people literally having to pull his senior protective body man after him through a small blocking crowd of Chilean security. Later the elaborate State Dinner the Chilean President was putting on was abruptly canceled when the American's demanded that every one of the two hundred carefully selected guests go through metal detectors and possible body frisks. The Chileans said not very dignified, no need; the Americans said too bad, no dinner.

Please read and contribute this weekend, thank you.
(November 21, 2004)
If MER is to move forward and have the kind of impact we can and should now have, independent financial support is now absolutely crucial. After all the steps we have taken in recent years to reorganize and improve MER, serious financial support is now the key missing ingredient we must have. Yes we are now positioned to reach far more persons worldwide and to have far greater impact including on radio and TV programs. But this can happen only with your substantial financial support. So please contribute this weekend making your check to MER and sending to: MER P.O. Box 4918 Washington, DC 20008

Israel Buys Another Piece of Washington
(November 20, 2004)
Read the details about Haim Saban, Ariel Sharon's "close personal friend", keeping all this crucial perspective and context in mind which the nation's 'newspaper of record' largely ommitted.

Please read and contribute this weekend
(November 20, 2004)
If MER is to move forward and have the kind of impact we can and should now have, independent financial support is crucial. After all the steps we have taken in recent years to reorganize and improve MER, financial support is now the key missing ingredient if we are to be able to take the steps we now could. We are now positioned to reach far more persons worldwide and to have far greater impact including on radio and TV programs. But this can happen only with your serious financial support. So please contribute this weekend making your check to MER and sending to: MER - P.O. Box 4918 - Washington, DC 20008

Yasser Arafat's Life and Legacy
(November 19, 2004)
There are only a small handful of Western journalists who have the background, the credibility, and the conviction, to write with historical depth and considerable insight about the death of Yasser Arafat. David Hirst, still writing for The Guardian after all these years, the man who authored THE GUN AND THE OLIVE BRANCH, is right up there at the top of that list. This article was published in The Guardian last week just as Arafat's death was announced.

Nuke Attack on U.S. 'all but inevitable' warns top CIA official
(November 19, 2004)
As the new historic purge of non-neocons roles over Washington, firing, resignations, and fear have the CIA, the State Department, and lesser known sometimes secret U.S. Government agencies in a tizzy. One of those now forced out at the CIA is the man who has headed up the great manhunt for Osama Bin-Laden. He spoke up last year in a book written by 'Anonymous' titled "Imperial Hubris: Why the West is Losing the War on Terror." Just days after leaving the Agency he spoke up on the popular CBS News Program Sixty Minutes.

U.S. and ISRAELI Deceptions...over and over again
(November 18, 2004)
Even as Yasser Arafat was being buried last Friday the American President and the British Prime Minister purposefully tried to immediately dim his memory and twist the headlines by holding an unusual joint press conference at the White House. What Bush and Blair spewed forth grabbing TV time that evening from Arafat's Cairo funeral and Ramallah burial twisted and distorted history further beyond recognition. This extraordinary and urgently needed corrective was published by Robert Fisk earlier this week in The Independent.

More on the Arafat 'Stealth Assassination' and Cover Up
(November 17, 2004)
With the 'Stealth Assassination' of Yasser Arafat, following a campaign to kill or imprison most of the popular Palestinian leaders that was greatly stepped up when Ariel Sharon became Israeli Prime Minister, the Arab-Israeli conflict does indeed enter a new phase. But the political cancer has already considerably metastacized region-wide and the 'two-state' cure is not really any longer possible.

The Great Sharon Deception
(November 16, 2004)
"Deception and lies have been a corner stone in Israeli policy, brought to a new level of perfection since Oslo. While the world believed that Rabin promised to eventually end the occupation and dismantle the settlements, the number of Israeli settlers actually doubled during his rule. At the same time that Barak declared he intends to dismantle the Golan Heights settlements, in 1999, he actually poured money into their expansion. As Sharon promised to dismantle at least the illegal settlement posts in the West Bank, their number kept increasing. Still, none of this is ever remembered. Each new lie is received with welcome cheers by the Israeli peace camp, and by European governments. Since Oslo, every Israeli government knows that all it takes, to ease diplomatic pressure, is to come up with a new 'peace plan'."

To Readers of MER
(November 16, 2004)
If MER is to move forward and have the kind of impact we now can and should have financial support making it possible to do so is now the key missing ingredient. We have done so much in recent years. And now we are positioned to reach far more persons worldwide and have far greater impact including on radio and TV programs. Please contribute today making your check to MER and sending to: MER - P.O. Box 4918 - Washington, DC 20008

Powell Out, CIA Purging, Iraq Exploding, Palestinians Erupting
(November 15, 2004)
Just hours after once again fronting for U.S. Middle East policies as today's article in The Guardian points out; just hours, after proclaming about the 'new Palestinian leaders' "We know these gentlemen well, and I hope to be able to see them..."; just hours after the extent of the historic purge of the CIA has flashed into the headlines...; Colin Powell has cashed in his chips in a combination of being pushed and walking away while he still can without even further damage to his once considerable reputation.

ARAFAT - The Assassination and The Cover Up
(November 13, 2004)
Five critical days before it was officially announced that Yasser Arafat was actually dead -- even as leading media organizations were repeatedly parroting officials to the contrary -- MER not only reported the real news that Arafat was all but legally dead but the important news that he had been 'Stealth Assassinated' by blood poisoning by the Israelis. Below are links to MER articles published from 4 to 12 November about the assassination of Yasser Arafat and the cover up that followed.

Israel's Public Threats Against Arafat Telegraphed the Assassination
(November 13, 2004)
These are some of the public threats in the past few years. One can only imagine what has been said when the cameras and microphones were not present.

Sharon's Lethal Words and Cartoons Foretold what was to come
(November 13, 2004)
"Speaking of the Palestinians, they were dealt a lethal blow... It will bring their dreams to an end." -- Ariel Sharon upon returning from his ninth and last meeting at the White House with George W. Bush - 16 April 2004

Public Israeli Threats from top officials to Kill Yasser Arafat
(November 12, 2004)
Public Israeli Threats from top officials to Kill Yasser Arafat escalated in recent months. In any murder investigation, or death under suspicious circumstances, an autopsy is done and those who have threatened the person are investigated. But in the case of Yasser Arafat even though his personal doctor of over 20 years 'demanded' an 'official death investigation' and 'autopsy' those in charge worked feverishly to bury Arafat quickly and prevent any serious independent investigation.

NYTimes Articles on Arafat - 1 to 12 Nov 2004
(November 12, 2004)
New York Times Articles on Yasser Arafat 1 to 12 November 2004

ARAFAT Assassination Coverup as quick and limited funeral and burial take place
(November 12, 2004)
They are racing now to get the funeral over with very quickly and with no real opportunity for the public outpouring of grief and anger that would result if everything were not so closed and controlled by the military. And they are racing as well to get him quickly buried in a rock tomb. His 'wife' has received a huge payoff, $22 million yearly, for her silence. The top 'new leadership' of the Palestinians that has approved these arrangements are all known to be persons closely connected with the Israelis and supported by the U.S. -- Nabil Sha'ath, Abu Mazen, and Abu Ala -- and all known themselves to be politically and financially corrupt.

ARAFAT ASSASSINATION - Article links, Media Interviews
(November 12, 2004)
The personal physician of Yasser Arafat called for an inquiry into the cause of the veteran Palestinian leader's death on Thursday. "I demand an official inquiry and an autopsy ... so the Palestinian people can learn in all transparency what caused the death" of their leader, Dr Ashraf al-Kurdi said on Al-Jazeera television only hours before Arafat was due to be buried... Kurdi, who was Arafat's personal physician for more than 20 years, said he had been surprised by the actions of some members of the veteran leader's office... Yasser Arafat's 'wife' Suha will receive $22 million a year out of the Palestinian Authority budget. Abu Mazen is said to have personally approved this extraordinary arrangement, and it appears to have silenced Suha Tawil from the 'conspiracy' charges she publicly made Monday.

MER on KTSA San Antonio
(November 11, 2004)
Listen to MER on KTSA San Antonio about Arafat's Death; and check links to the past week's MER articles about Arafat.

MER and Media Articles about Arafat on day of his death
(November 11, 2004)
"I demand an official inquiry and an autopsy ... so the Palestinian people can learn in all transparency what caused the death" of their leader, Dr Ashraf al-Kurdi said on Al-Jazeera television only hours before Arafat was due to be buried... Kurdi, who was Arafat's personal physician for more than 20 years, said he had been surprised by the actions of some members of the veteran leader's office.

Sharon Kills Arafat? Assassination Coverup Succeeds?
(November 11, 2004)
The message is rather clear: "You Arab and Palestinian 'leaders' have much more to fear from us (Israel and the U.S.) if you don't play ball than you do from your own people. On top of all the other leaders we have killed off or imprisoned one way or another, we can even pull off a 'Stealth Assassination' of Nobel Peace Prize winner, former most frequent foreign guest to the White House, and international famed Yasser Arafat because he refused to do as we told him he must. So beware: COMPLY, RESISTANCE IS FUTILE."

ARAFAT - Assassination Covered Up As Death Announced
(November 11, 2004)
**MER was first, was right, was most insightful** Days before it was finally officially announced early this morning in the Middle East MER reported that Yasser Arafat was all but legally dead. Even as leading media organizations were parroting contrary and purposefully deceptive information MER not only reported the real news but the important realities. In this case that Yasser Arafat had been 'Stealth Assassinated' by the Israelis with help from as yet undisclosed Palestinians and an American OK.

ARAFAT - How and Where to Properly Bury Him
(November 10, 2004)
And when Arafat's body is flown from Cairo to Ramallah representatives of the Arab League, of all the Arab countries, and of all the countries who have long recognized the PLO and long called for a free and independent Palestinian State, should accompany the body whether the Israelis give their 'permission' or not. They should in this way not only show their respects for Arafat the symbolic man but for the imprisoned and all-too-forgotten people he leaves behind, half in refugee camps, half increasingly behind walls and fences in ghettos and concentration camps.

ARAFAT Update
(November 10, 2004)
Yasser Arafat has been all but legally dead for many days now. He has been kept 'between life and death' in a very 'complex situation' (to use the crafty words that have come from key officials) for financial and political reasons rather than for medical reasons. By a preponderance of the circumstances and the evidence Yasser Arafat has effectively been stealth assassinated by the Israelis as MER first reported and explained last Saturday.

China Rocks the Geopolitical Middle East
(November 10, 2004)
As the Americans expend their power, their money, their blood, and their credibility both Europe and China are on the march. Europe is more often discussed, but the Chinese have been taking important steps into Africa in recent years, and now they are doing so into the Middle East in a bigger way than ever via Iran.

Arafat's Death Announced
(November 9, 2004)
MER reported and explained Arafat's death -- indeed his assassination by blood poisoning -- many days ago, in fact last week. This story from Reuters has just moved on the international wires this morning at 9am EST:

Poor Poor People of Palestine
(November 9, 2004)
This is hardly the first time MER has commented harshly and candidly about Nabil Shaa'th, or Abu Mazen, or Abu Ala. We have in fact done so for years now as upcoming FlashBack articles will serve to remind. As for Suha Tawil, Arafat's "wife", she has proven time and again what a self-serving extortionist and political witch she has truly been -- taking after her mother Ramonda who managed to steal and embezzle more limited millions from the PLO in her own days before introducing her dumpy daughter to Yasser and moving from Palestine to her luxury-life in exile.

MiddleEast.Org on ARAFAT LIFE and DEATH
(November 8, 2004)
PLEASE FORWARD TO FRIENDS AND CONCERNED PERSONS. AVAILABLE TODAY AT MIDDLEEAST.ORG THIS EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW and EDITORIAL ABOUT THE DEATH OF YASSER ARAFAT.

Arafat is Dead - Frantic struggles underway
(November 7, 2004)
Yasser Arafat is Dead; likely assassinated by blood poisoning by the Israelis. Frantic struggles and manuevers are underway for power, money, and the symbolism of how and where Arafat will be buried. Arafat's long-time cronies neither of whom has any real popular support but who are trying to take total control of the PLO and the PA with Israeli and U.S. assistance -- Abu Mazen and Abu Ala -- are on the way to Paris.

ARAFAT - How and Where to Bury Him
(November 7, 2004)
Far better symbolism than burial under the dictate of Israeli military occupation and today's apartheid conditions is 'temporary' burial of Yasser Arafat in the city where the headquarters of the Arab League is located, indeed in a special crypt on the grounds of the Arab League in downtown Cairo.

Arafat's Murder and Legacy
(November 7, 2004)
It's the worst possible end for Yasser Arafat, and more importantly for his life-long quest for justice, dignity, and a free independent Palestinian State. In the end it appears Yasser Arafat has been killed by fatal poisoning in a kind of stealth assassination by his arch nemesis Ariel Sharon, with help from those inside his own circles. Arafat passes from history not as the father of a Palestinian State but with his people more fractured and dispossessed and in greater bondage, imprisonment, and impoverishment than ever in their history.

ARAFAT - Stealth Assassination!
(November 6, 2004)
Arafat was assassinated by blood poisoning by the Israelis working with some insiders is the conclusion of Professor Hisham Ahmed... Professor Ahmed lives in Ramallah near the headquarters where Arafat was under house imprisonment for nearly three years. He teaches Political Science at Bir Zeit University and has his Ph.D. from the University of California at Santa Barbara. He has taught at a number of American Universities and been a Fulbright Scholar. Dr. Ahmed was born in Deheishe Refugee Camp near Bethlehem and he is an astute observer of Palestinian affairs and indeed of international affairs.

MER Experts on Arafat's Death (or assassination), Burial Plans, and Legacy
(November 5, 2004)
Please pass this information on to persons in the media. Bruzonsky, Hamzeh, and others associated with MER including Palestinians living in occupied Palestine will be available throughout the weekend for radio and TV interviews. The link to this email is: http://www.middleeast.org/articles/2004/11/1174.htm MER can now be reached at all times, 24-hours daily, at MER@MiddleEast.Org and (202) 362-5266. Persons in the media can reach MER at all times on a special media number -- 202 Number1 (202 686-2371) and Press@MiddleEast.Org

Arafat's Burial, Monies, Powers, and Legacy
(November 5, 2004)
"Both Gaza Ghetto and Occupied Ramallah are awful choices for Arafat's burial, especially in view of the worse than Apartheid realities that have taken hold during the years Arafat played, and lost so badly, the 'peace process' game with the Israelis and the Americans."

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(November 4, 2004)
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Arafat Dominates In Death as in Life
(November 4, 2004)
Arafat is now likely to be buried not in a free Palestine, not in Jerusalem, not really as the kind of historic figure he so desperately sought to be. Rather he will be likely buried in Occupied Palestine, in the city of Ramallah, behind the new Apartheid Wall, with arch nemesis Ariel Sharon deciding on the place and giving his 'permission'. How sad...how tragic... And the future now on the horizon appears still more gloomy and more bloody than the past now about to be symbolically buried with the body of the single man who has dominated Palestinian history ever since the founding of the Palestine Liberation Organization in the 1960s.

America, Arafat, and the 'New World Order'
(November 4, 2004)
NBC's Chris Matthews: "I believe we live in a country that is really culturally divided now... maybe the way Pakistan and India are."

Democratic Disaster
(November 3, 2004)
Even as Americans voted and the world watched considerably now in shock, one of the world's most famous scientists, Stephen Hawking, was declaring the U.S. invasion of Iraq a 'war crime' at a protest in London. Now the aftermath of that history-making invasion, of the new Crusade led by the United States and based on major historic deceptions and manipulations, will return to center stage.

Moral Cowards ALL
(November 2, 2004)
Scott Ritter's "The War on Iraq has made Moral Cowards of us all" article should have appeared in the U.S., rather than in The Guardian in the U.K. The article about more mega-billions for the Iraq war did appear in the U.S., on the front-page of The Washington Post last Monday.

Osama Votes Bush Says Fisk
(November 2, 2004)
Robert Fisk is the chief Middle East correspondent for the London Independent and one of the most knowledgeable, insightful, and courageous western journalists about the Middle East. He was exclusively interviewed in 1996 by MERTV for a series of four half-hour programs which we will soon Internet broadcast. He was interviewed yesterday on the 'Democracy Now' program about the recent speech by Osama Bin Laden to the 'people of America', about Yasser Arafat, and about the war in Iraq.

Osama Bin Laden's 'October Surprise'
(November 1, 2004)
Osama Bin Laden: "I am amazed at you. Even though we are in the fourth year after the events of September 11th, Bush is still engaged in distortion, deception and hiding from you the real causes. And thus, the reasons are still there for a repeat of what occurred. So I shall talk to you about the story behind those events and shall tell you truthfully about the moments in which the decision was taken, for you to consider."

Iran Next - Part 2
(November 1, 2004)
Tomrrow the American election itself will become history. The likelihood is the Bush/Cheney/neocon regime will remain in power; hard as that still is for so many to imagine and understand. But should the Democrats win the White House Middle East policies will be largely in the hands of the neoliberals and the super money-men like Israeli-Sharon-connected Haim Saban who have far more in common with the neocons than has yet been realized by many who will vote for them. Whatever happens tomorrow the build-up to attacking and if at all possible 'regime changing' Iran is well underway and the showdown increasingly imminent.




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