I'm checking out some of the other posts. Sir SuziQ and I were laughing earlier, when he was lurking, about Suha Arafat extorting over a million a month from the Palestinian Authority. They wanted to get rid of her REALLY bad! I think the guy's been dead for a week, they just kept his heart pumping until everyone got what they wanted from his death.
heh... we ain't seen nuttin' yet. The palestinians are going to implode for a while over this. There is no clear line of succession for Arafat, and yet there are several competing factions for control once the Big "A" is a goner. Interesting that Suha is stepping into the mix. That's dangerous to her, but then again, her 100k/month stipend just ran out.
Things are gonna get nasty over there. Nothing to do but pull up a chair and watch the festivities. Popcorn is on me. :-)
I would tend to agree with you, BTW, that he's been dead for some days, and they're just trying to keep it quiet until they figure out what to do...