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Jam packed lineup tonight folks...Arafat adviser/spokesman Marwan Kanafani on the
latest from the Middle East, suicide bombings, those so called "smoking gun" documents
we talked to Tarazi about yesterday, Arafat's future and whatever else Chris pulls out
of his hat...We got a former ambassador to Egypt AND Isreal, Ned Walker, on Egypt
cutting ties with Israel (yes, it was just announced this morning...Plus, Christian
Science Monitor reporter Scott Peterson brings us an exclusive story on Iraqi
connections with Al Qaeda and another organized terrorist group...Folks, this story is
so hot, Peterson comes to us from an "undisclosed" location...
"Egypt announced Wednesday it was suspending contacts with Israel except diplomatic
contacts that could help the Palestinians, Minister of Information Safwat el-Sherif
said." (AP) http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A56708-2002Apr3.html
Peterson Piece: "Iraqi funds, training fuel Islamic terror group...Two Iraqi Arabs
held in a Kurdish prison tell of contacts among Ansar al-Islam, Al Qaeda, and aides to
the Iraqi president." http://www.csmonitor.com/2002/0402/p01s03-wome.html
B Block will be ace LA Times reporter Robin Wright...Here's here latest "Leaders'
Tacks Said to Foil U.S. Efforts...Sharon has made it clear he wants Arafat out of the
picture, and the Palestinian believes he can out-wait him, officials say."
http://latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-040302usizpals.story
The D block "Hardball debate" will be Princeton professor Stephen Cohen (he was quoted
in Friedman's piece today) who thinks we ought to put U.S. troops in the Middle East
to keep the peace...Chuck Pena, from the Cato Institute, says that's crazy and the
U.S. should have a "hands off" policy until both sides commit to peace...Folks, I
booked this segment myself so it's a "must watch" one..
We'll do this in E/F block with MSNBC military guy Jack Jacobs and the editor of
"Pakistan Today," Tashbia Sayyed...Here's your background: "Pakistani President Pervez
Musharraf said Tuesday that he does not support allowing U.S. military forces to
pursue al-Qaeda or Taliban fighters from Afghanistan into his country." (USA Today)
http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2002/04/03/musharraf.htm
Plus, Scarborough: "U.S. says Iran helps al Qaeda flee Afghanistan...Iran has emerged
as an underground route for Osama bin Laden's al Qaeda warriors fleeing their former
safe haven of Afghanistan."
http://www.washingtontimes.com/national/20020403-78733379.htm
Who's inviting whom to the White House Correspondents' Association Dinner?? Lloyd
Grove dishes the goods
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A54282-2002Apr2.html
Dig it folks...Dominic Bellone compiled and edited this masterpiece in Washington, DC
Breaking News...Donahue's in the House! "Veteran talk-show host Phil Donahue is
returning to television with a nightly topical program on MSNBC, which hopes his
hiring adds a spark of interest to a struggling network."
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20020403/ap_on_en_tv/tv_donahue_6
"The Israeli army invaded two more West Bank towns on Wednesday and Egypt cut direct
government contacts with Israel in a sign of rising Arab anger with the six-day-old
offensive" (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/news_article.jhtml?type=topnews&StoryID=771300
"State prosecutors charged an Egyptian man with spying for Israel Tuesday, saying he
offered to give the Jewish state sensitive economic and political information,
security sources said." (AP)
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=574&u=/nm/20020402/wl_nm/egypt_israel_spy_dc_1
"The White House Wednesday renewed its public support of Israel's right to
self-defense and offered no hint of criticism of the expanded battle with Palestinian
gunmen on the West Bank." (AP)
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=514&ncid=716&e=1&u=/ap/20020403/ap_on_re_mi_ea/us_mideast_952
Very interesting analysis piece in the Post this morning "Bush Doctrine Begins to
Blur...President Bush's good-vs.-evil approach in the global war on terrorism has
given way to a murkier reality in the Middle East, where the administration's response
has shown the limitations of doctrines drawn in the language of absolutes"
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A53962-2002Apr2.html
Sammon: "President Bush, whose handling of the war on terrorism and other foreign
policy crises has won broad bipartisan praise, suddenly finds himself unable to please
anyone on the Middle East." http://www.washtimes.com/national/20020403-70615135.htm
Israel trumpets 'terror invoice'
The Israeli military said Tuesday that it had found documents directly linking Yasser
Arafat to militant Palestinian suicide attacks.
http://www.msnbc.com/modules/exports/ct_infobeat.asp?/news/733190.asp
U.S. split on Mideast options...Nearly everyone agrees the United States must play a
more active role in an attempt to ease the bloodshed between Israelis and
Palestinians. But what are the options?
http://www.msnbc.com/modules/exports/ct_infobeat.asp?/news/733213.asp
The US Mideast-policy whipsaw...The pressure increases on President Bush to end
Israeli-Palestinian
fighting. (Christian Science Monitor)
http://www.csmonitor.com/2002/0402/p01s01-uspo.html
Arafat: Martyrdom over exile...Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, trapped in his
offices in Ramallah by the Israeli military, said Tuesday he would rather die than go
into exile.
http://www.msnbc.com/modules/exports/ct_infobeat.asp?/news/677951.asp
"Israel Says Documents Link Arafat, Terrorism...One Seized Item Called Invoice for
Bomb Parts" (The Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A53959-2002Apr2.html
"Coalition forces are expecting a shift toward smaller attacks directed at Western
targets inside Afghanistan as Taliban and al-Qaida fighters regroup after Operation
Anaconda, a British intelligence officer said Wednesday." (AP)
http://nandotimes.com/special_reports/terrorism/story/340669p-2819929c.html
President Bush admits that the one-size-fits-all 'Bush doctrine' on terrorism doesn't
fit Yasser Arafat. Bush says that Arafat's past as a peace negotiator exempts Arafat
from the post-Sept. 11 U.S. policy that a country or entity that harbors terrorists
will be dealt with as terrorists." (USA Today)
http://www.usatoday.com/news/washdc/2002/04/02/bush-doctrine.htm
"Cora Barry Announces Separation...Ex-Mayor Says He'll Focus on Marriage" (The
Washington Post) http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A54078-2002Apr2.html
"A Democratic Divide in Pa. Race...The Pennsylvania gubernatorial primary offers a
taste of divisions among Democrats as they try to fashion a message, and an image,
that will resonate with voters this fall and in 2004."
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A54041-2002Apr2.html?referer=email
Opinion/Editorial
The new face of suicide bombers
The third Palestinian woman to die carrying out a suicide attack fit none of the
standard descriptions of "typical" suicide bombers. That's why her death reveals a
great deal about the changing nature of the Palestinian terror campaign, writes Anne
Appleb
http://www.msnbc.com/modules/exports/ct_infobeat.asp?/news/733040.asp
Friedman's piece: "The only solution is a new U.N. mandate for U.S. and NATO troops to
supervise the gradual emergence of a Palestinian state � after a phased Israeli
withdrawal � and then to control its borders," says the Middle East expert Stephen P.
Cohen." http://nytimes.com/2002/04/03/opinion/03FRIE.html
Mallard Fillmore http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/fun/mallard.asp
Doonesbury http://www.ucomics.com/doonesbury/viewdb.cfm?uc_full_date=20020403
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