Bush Again Expresses Disappointment in Arafat

\"When the [Palestinian Authority\'s Karin-A] ship showed up with weapons obviously aimed at terrorizing that part of the world, I expressed my severe disappointment, because I was led to believe that he [Arafat] was willing to join us in the fight against terror. I took him for his word at Oslo [as well].\"

Jan 29, 2002, 12:01 PM (GMT+2)

U.S. President George W. Bush continues coming down hard on Yasser Arafat. After meeting yesterday with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, whom he tried to convince to support American policies in the Middle East, Bush said, \"When the [Palestinian Authority\'s Karin-A] ship showed up with weapons obviously aimed at terrorizing that part of the world, I expressed my severe disappointment, because I was led to believe that he [Arafat] was willing to join us in the fight against terror. I took him for his word at Oslo [as well]. And so I made this very clear to my friend Hosni Mubarak, that ridding the Middle East of terror is going to make it more likely that there would be peace and stability in the region.\"