A `Allawi for every Arab country: Make no mistake about it. The US is involved in a coup attempt in the Palestinian authority. The US government is using the power of the purse, and the chaos of Arafat's near-death, to try to push and impose US puppets on the Palestinian people. The US candidates are the only two Palestinians that Bush likes: Muhammad Dahlan (a crook with blood on his hands), and Abu Mazin (who lasted for 3 months last year as prime minister before he was forced to resign by popular pressure, and after his feelings were hurt when Arafat called him "Palestinian Karzai." (Karzai (in reference to Afghanistan US puppet Hamid Karzai) is now an obscene word in Arabic political parlance). What will obstruct US plans for Palestinian leadership are two factors: US candidates for "Palestinian integrity and democracy" are: 1) unpopular among their people; and 2) crooks. Real time crooks and embezzlers. Mahmud Abbas (Abu Mazin) built a house for hundreds of thousands of dollars, and his son's wedding reportedly cost some $100,000.00. Muhammad Dahlan is a bigger crook, and made a fortune from the sale of imported gasoline, over which he held a monopoly. These are US choices for leading the Middle East. Did I tell you that puppet Iraqi president Al-Yawir took his 3rd wife last month? US seems to favor polygamous Middle East leaders. Bush's march of freedom continues. By the way, is polygamy illegal in Red States?