Arafat Blocks Probe of U.S. Gaza Deaths - U.S. Official

[papau]

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=578&ncid=578&e=6&u=/nm/20040720/ts_nm/mideast_usa_gaza_dc

Arafat Blocks Probe of U.S. Gaza Deaths - U.S. Official

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat is blocking an investigation to find the killers of three American security guards (of a convoy driving to Gaza City to interview applicants for U.S. Fulbright scholarships) attacked in the Gaza Strip last year, a senior U.S. official said on Tuesday.

The United States has persistently complained the Palestinians have failed to investigate fully the bombing of a U.S. diplomatic convoy but officials had not directly blamed Arafat for the handling of the probe before.

"There has been no satisfactory resolution of this case. We can only conclude that there has been a political decision taken by the chairman (Arafat) to block further progress in this investigation," Deputy Assistant Secretary of State David Satterfield told lawmakers.

A Palestinian Authority court in March ordered the release of four Palestinians who were charged with involvement in the October strike because of lack of evidence. <snip>

[drdon326]

1. Pffffft.....he's supposedly still "looking into" the KORINE-A incident.

do you think he gives a shit about 3 americans??

[Matilda]

2. While they're asking the Palestinians about the deaths

of the security guards, perhaps they could also ask the Israelis
about the death of Rachel Corrie.

[Violet_Crumble]

3. They don't give a shit about the deaths of Americans...

They'll use them when it suits their political purposes, but it's the deaths of US citizens that they don't give a shit about that proves them to be hypocritical pricks...

Violet...

[Darranar]

4. A "senior US official" is hardly trustworthy...

nor is Arafat, of course.