Syrian President Bashar Assad accused Israel of assassinating Yasser Arafat. “Of the many assassinations that Israel carried out in a methodical and organized way, the most dangerous thing that Israel did was the assassination of President Yasser Arafat,” Assad said Saturday in a speech in Damascus.
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