The last gasp of an old pathetic man:

"The wind will not move the mountain," Arafat vowed three times in a fiery speech, referring to Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's comments on Friday that he no longer felt bound by a pledge he made three years ago to President Bush not to harm Arafat.

"I am not afraid to become a martyr," Arafat said as the crowd outside his besieged headquarters chanted.

I say we fulfill the man's wish and martyr him. He sounds so brave, but alas, he's still the scared little terrorist he's always been:

But he called on other Arab leaders to protect him from Sharon.