Arafat turns wrath on own security chief

Thursday, February 14, 2002

JERUSALEM -- It was a startling scene even for the mercurial Yasser Arafat: during an argument, the Palestinian leader tried to punch his West Bank security chief and pulled a gun on him for defying orders.

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