I saw this in my local newspaper a few days ago and haven't been able to stop thinking about it. It was at the end of a very narrow column with no explanation.

I'll write more later, but maybe some others want to spend time thinking about why it only took about 3 square centimeters of column space in contrast with the significance of what is actually being said in the quote.

"Why is Bin Laden talking about Palestine now? Bin Laden never, not ever, stressed this issue. He never helped us. He was working in a completely different area and against our interests. I am telling him directly not to hide behind the Palestinian cause."

-Yasser Arafat

24-12-2002
The Dominion Post