St. Yasser the Great Watch

This shouldn't surprise, but it takes an amazing five paragraphs of blather about Arafat's embodiment of the Palestinian people's hopes and dreams before the New York Times manages to get around to a few inconvenient facts:

At the beginning, in the 1960’s, he pioneered what became known as “television terrorism” air piracy and other forms of mayhem staged for maximum propaganda value. Among the more startling deeds he ordered was the massacre of Israeli athletes at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, Germany. In 1986, a group linked to Mr. Arafat but apparently acting independently seized the Achille Lauro cruise ship, shot Leon Klinghoffer, a 69-year-old American Jew, and pushed him overboard in his wheelchair.

Makes him sound like a misunderstood little imp, doesn't it?

For a bit of balance, click here.