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Arafat Compound Lies in Ruins
(Associated Press) - Yasser Arafat's compound looked like a junkyard Saturday. The Palestinian leader's scorched, bullet-riddled office - the only building still standing in the complex - was ringed by piles of rubble, squashed cars, and coils of barbed wire three rows high. As Israeli army bulldozers pulverized buildings and soldiers swapped a rooftop Palestinian flag for an Israeli one, an Israeli military commander said troops would stay until dozens of Palestinians inside who are believed to be behind terror attacks surrender. According to senior PLO official Hani al-Hassan, when Arafat heard that an Israeli flag had been planted above the wreckage, he got up quietly to take a look.