Posted on 11/04/2004 8:41:19 AM PST by 4kevin
Yasser Arafat has died at the age of 75 after failing to be revived from the coma he slipped into on Wednesday at the French military hospital where he was being treated for an undiagnosed blood and digestive disorder.
Yasser Arafat, the 75 year-old Palestinian leader, has died in the intensive care department of the French military hospital where he was being treated for an unknown illness.
The frail head of the Palestinian Authority arrived in Paris last week after losing consciousness briefly at his West Bank headquarters. Arafat was at first said to have been suffering from a severe case of influenza, but was later diagnosed as having blood abnormalities and trouble with digestion.
Palestinian officials then ran tests for leukemia but the cancer was ruled out, and doctors remained uncertain what was causing his illness. Arafat's condition worsened three days ago and he slipped into a coma on Wednesday.
Born in Cairo in 1929, Yasser Arafat preferred to claim Jerusalem as his birthplace. He became politically active as a 19-year-old engineering student in Egypt in 1948, when the Arab countries that declared war on the fledgling state of Israel were defeated and thousands of Palestinians forced to flee their homes as a result.
Allah Akbar!
I wonder how Michael Moore is feeling?
They come in threes!!!!!
We need some American's dancing in the streets today ala the Palis on 911. Go to it NYC and DC freepers.
Strap suicide bomb on him, send him back to his bloodthirsty followers, and detonate!
Tis a grand week we be living in!!!
Hey, good things come in "3s"!
What's next?
Hungry.
More like HAVA NAGILA!!!!!!
Can we get any more good news this week? Perhaps, Fallujah being turned into a pancake.
ALREADY IN BREAKING NEWS
Now, if Michael Moore would just choke on a triple cheeseburger, my week would be complete!
Alleluiah...
Baruch ata hashem she echeianu ve kiamanu veigianu le zman haze (a prayer of thanks)
Now for a toast...
Alouette gets that job she interviewed for yesterday?
NOW the peace process can begin!
Yeah!
I'd like to complete the trifecta with Zarqawi in Fallujah. Remember the "Godfather" line "sleeps with the fishes?" I'd like to hear that "Zarqawi sleeps with the piggies."
Champagne all around! (California vintage of course.)
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