President Bush said he suspects that a smuggled arms shipment linked to the Palestinians was part of a campaign to “promote terror.” Bush did not directly blame Palestinian Authority President Yasser Arafat, but said, “I do believe that once the evidence is in, those responsible need to be held to account.”
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