KILL HIM

Yasser Arafat Reasserts Authority Over Palestinian Security Forces, Appointing Security Adviser (STEPHEN GRAHAM, 8/25/03, Associated Press)

Yasser Arafat appointed a new national security adviser Monday, an apparent bid to reassert control over the Palestinian security forces and undermine his prime minister, Mahmoud Abbas.

Arafat is locked in a struggle over control of the Palestinian security forces with Abbas, who has Washington's backing and is under pressure to crack down on Palestinian militants following a Hamas suicide bombing last week. The bombing and Israel's fierce response has thrown the U.S.-backed "road map" peace plan into turmoil.

America and Israel have shied away from what needs to be done because they've always believed that only Arafat could make a final peace deal. But there's never going to be such a deal, only an imposed two state settlement, so kill him. Posted by Orrin Judd at August 25, 2003 5:42 PM