Powell faces Herculean peacemaking task
US Secretary of State Colin Powell faces a Herculean task next week in the Middle East as the Bush administration tries to pry Israeli forces off the West Bank and get Yasser Arafat to control terrorists.
Yielding to an explosive situation and worldwide pressure that the US intervene against Israel’s military offensive, President George W Bush announced yesterday that he was sending Mr Powell on a hastily arranged trip to the region.
