"He and his army have brought disorder wherever they have settled. In 1969 they based themselves in Jordan, where they soon began terrorizing the local people, running extortion rackets against businesses, and undermining the Jordanian regime. Black September followed in 1970: Jordan's King Hussein launched a huge and bloody war against the Palestinians, killing thousands and leading to the expulsion of Arafat and his army. The same sort of thing happened in Lebanon a decade later, with Palestinian thugs looting banks and destroying the local government. The Syrians finally came in to restore order, in what became known as Black June. Arafat has somehow survived his many crises"

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Other title(s) for this story: A Brief History of Yasir Arafat

Whitehouse, Bush's speech. Looks like it's coming soon. Bush has all but politically assassinated Arafat, thus gone against the bulk of the Arab world's wishes.
We know Bush is out to assasinate Saddam. If he cannot he'll invade, either from the north with Kurdish backing, or from the south with the usual Kuwaiti and Saudi Arabian but also Qatar and Bahrainian support.
Already the race is on to find the next Iraqi dictator.
Lybia is coming on side.

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