yidele
12.04.02, 01:39
Arafat threatened to kill himself: Report
AFP
Berlin, April 6
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Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat threatened to commit suicide in front of
Israeli soldiers who came face to face with him, German weekly magazine Focus,
due out Monday, says.
The magazine quotes an Israeli soldier who said he was part of a group of
soliders surrounding Arafat's West Bank headquarters in Ramallah who found
themselves by mistake facing Arafat.
He said Arafat pointed a gun to his head and threatened to pull the trigger if
the soldiers approached any further.
Arafat reaffirmed this week he would only leave his headquarters as a "martyr",
in response to Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's offer of a "one way"
journey out of the Palestinian territories.
Israel invaded the Palestinian territories on March 29, after a wave of deadly
suicide bombings on Israeli targets. Arafat is under siege in Ramallah and more
than 1,100 Palestinians have been detained.
My question is this: Why not? Let the silly old terrorist fuck kill himself -
that would be the first real step towards mid-east peace he'd ever have taken.
