“Secretary of State Colin Powell told King Abdullah II of Jordan on Thursday that the Bush administration intends to corner Yasser Arafat to make sure he curbs terror attacks on Israel,” AP Diplomatic Correspondent Barry Schweid reports.

“A senior U.S. official said that was Powell’s overriding message to the king in their 45-minute session in Powell’s State Department office and that Abdullah accepted the tactic as a good idea.

“In fact, the king agreed that the Palestinian leader must act to stop the violence, the official said on condition of anonymity.”

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