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Old 12-07-2002, 02:40 PM   #1
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Big lies

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Dec. 7, 2002
Arafat rejects Sharon's claim of secret talks with Palestinians
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat called Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's claim of secret discussions with Palestinians other than Arafat "a big, big, big, big lie," Saturday...

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PA: Mossad set up fake al Qaeda cell in Gaza Strip
The Palestinian Authority accused Israel's Mossad spy agency on Saturday of setting up a fake al Qaeda cell in Gaza so that Prime Minister Ariel Sharon could justify Israeli attacks in Palestinian areas. "It is a big, big, big lie to cover (Sharon's) attacks and his crimes against our people everywhere," Palestinian President Yasser Arafat told reporters at his headquarters in the West Bank city of Ramallah....
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So....is a "big, big, big, big" lie worse than a "big, big , big" lie? Or is it just bigger?
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Old 12-07-2002, 02:59 PM   #2
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Oh it's much worse. Adding another "big" is like changing 10 squared to 10 cubed.
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Old 12-07-2002, 03:06 PM   #3
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(Slang on a conference call with Sharon and Arafat) Will you guys quit fuking around and settle this nonsense, or do I have to drop a big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big bomb?
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Old 12-07-2002, 03:43 PM   #4
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You all are forgetting Arafat's Parkinson's-like bumbling English. He probably just forgot what he was saying a few times and the reporters kept writing.
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Old 12-07-2002, 11:00 PM   #5
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I'm with UT. Either that or he was poking fun at Sharon's girth.
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Old 12-07-2002, 11:08 PM   #6
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Could you imagine a face-to-face meeting between the two? I would imagine that they either speak in Arabic or English (more likely). And with their broken English, could you imagine the amount of misunderstandings?

Sharon isn't as bad as Barak though...that guy sounds like Elmer Fudd.

"Well Kwis, we suppoat de Amewicans in de Woh on Tewwor..." (This is what he sounded like on Hardball one night.)
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