Ready to lead
Convicted PLO murderer Marwan Barghouti has thrown his hat in the ring of the race to succeed to the mantle of Yasser Arafat: "Barghouti to run after all, wife says." Before he took up residence in an Israeli prison, Barghouti was a senior Fatah official and the leader of the Tanzim militia.
In December 2004 Barghouti was convicted in the Tel Aviv District Court of the murder of five Israelis and the planning of four terror attacks, including the suicide bombing in Tel Aviv’s Sea-Food Market restaurant. Barghouti claimed diplomatic immunity in defense of the charges.
HINDROCKET adds: There is a story here that has not yet been told, in that Barghouti had previously announced that he would not run--sort of like Sherman, in a perverse way. Speaking of perverse, is there any place on earth other than the West Bank and Gaza where being a convicted mass murderer would make a man so popular that he can't resist the pressure to run for office? Hmmm. I don't think so.
