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U.S. May Be Open to Arafat Exile
(Jerusalem Post) Janine Zacharia - The Bush administration has indicated to Israel that it may be open to the idea of exile at some stage for Arafat if it is not done through force, despite public comments by senior U.S. officials that Washington adamantly opposes the idea, diplomatic sources said. "There is wide agreement (between Israel and) the administration that he has to leave the scene. But the question is a) how and b) the timing," a senior diplomatic source said Monday. The source said that American officials, and even a few European countries, are "open to the idea," though they are concerned that an immediate deportation could trigger a Middle East flare up at a moment when Iraq is still unstable.