Posted on 10/29/2004 9:40:07 PM PDT by abu afak
Arafat supporters bid tearful farewell, others say good riddance 10/29/04
"...But his departure was greeted in a decidedly low key manner beyond the walls of his leadership compound with some locals saying that they had not even noticed when he flew out of the West Bank in a Jordanian military helicopter..."
"...Some 150 Palestinians, most of them young men and teenagers, had climbed the compound's external wall, eager to catch a last glimpse of their leader.
>>>""However he was saddened that so few Palestinians had showed up for Arafat's departure..."
"...He shouldn't be leaving when we haven't yet been liberated. He waited all his life to come home and should die here," said Bassima.
Arafat came back from his Tunisian exile to the Palestinian territories in 1994, after the Oslo peace accords with Israel, and went on to found and head the Palestinian Authority.
"How can he leave and be sure he will be back? Israel has broken so many promises before, it may not let him come back to us," said Abbas..."
>>>> Others in Ramallah were indifferent to Arafat's departure or even rejoicing over it.
"I was busy opening up my shop, I didn't notice he was gone," said the owner of a fruits and vegetables stand just outside the Muqataa.
"Good riddance, I hope he and his gang of thugs never come back," said Abu Hussein, a 48-year-old businessman walking in downtown Ramallah.
"I used to respect Arafat when he was in exile but since he's been here, we've seen his true face.
"He and his cronies have stolen money, sold our land and sent our youths to be slaughtered during the intifada," he added.
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More like good riddance to this freak of nature.
"Good riddance, I hope he and his gang of thugs never come back," said Abu Hussein, a 48-year-old businessman walking in downtown Ramallah"
Unfortunately, one good apple doesn't fix the rest of the spoiled ones.
"Good riddance, I hope he and his gang of thugs never come back," said Abu Hussein, a 48 year-old businessman walking in downtown Ramallah."
Watch it, Abu, there's plenty of thugs still around you.
Dead man walking.
"I used to respect Arafat when he was in exile but since he's been here, we've seen his true face.
"He and his cronies have stolen money, sold our land and sent our youths to be slaughtered during the intifada," he added.
If there were thousands more like this man who uses his head and not a weapon, the palestinians might have a chance at a life. Without more, they are doomed.
France is the perfect place for Arafat to go. They have no morals and they just haven't seen a terrorist they didn't like.
If he dies in France just look for a wave of bombings
along the Champs Elysees "from the looney Palestinians.
Put me in the "good riddance" column.
I still say he's an EX PARROT.
I don't know if this is inappropriate but here it goes...
I will be happy to see the bastard dead.
I hope Israel is not dumb enough to let that maggot back into the country -- alive OR dead.
"He's not popular of being good anymore in Palestine, we have better reputation."
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