Such a stud

Israeli forces quit Arafat HQ

IN THURSDAY’S ATTACK, a shell or rocket hit about five feet from Arafat’s bed, punching a hole into the wall dividing his bedroom and an adjacent bathroom.

Pointing to his dust-covered bed, broken bedroom mirror and shattered bathroom tiles, Arafat suggested Israel was trying to harm him. “I was supposed to sleep here last night but I had some work downstairs,” he said. “Of course they (the Israelis) knew where I was. Everybody knows this is my bedroom.”

An Israeli army spokesman, Capt. Jacob Dallal, said Arafat was not the target of the operation. “If there had been any intention of harming Arafat, it would not have been a problem,” Dallal said.

Amen to that. That he was "downstairs" doing some work is rather dubious. More than likely he was downstairs knowing that the Israelis were a-comin' a-knockin' again.

Really, now, does anyone doubt the fact that is the Israelis wanted Arafat dead he would be, poof, dead?