THE GHOST OF ARAFAT

IS RICE TRYING TO SEND A MESSAGE OR IS SHE SO OBTUSE AS TO INADVERTENTLY POSE IN FRONT OF A PORTRAIT OF THE ARCH-TERRORIST JEW KILLER ARAFAT? PERHAPS THIS IS THE REUTERS'S PHOTOGRAPHER'S JOKE.


U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice (L) meets with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in the West Bank city of Ramallah, February 7, 2005. Rice said Monday that Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and Abbas would visit the White House for talks in the spring. Photo by Pool/Reuters