[proud American in Canada]

"I am pretty sure we even discussed it at length on the live thread"

I remember that! I was watching CNN and was literally stunned to see the Canadian flag at that riot.

My first reaction was to run to the computer and get on the live thread. ;)

The problem is I don't think the Arafat funeral thread had the words "live thread" in it. I think someone reported that the crowd was rushing the fence, or something like that.

I tried "mob", "crowd", etc., but so far I haven't found it.

[proud American in Canada]

an "I posted in chat and am still searching and making dinner at the same time" bump. :)

[retrokitten]

I'm still looking for an actual picture, but here is an article over at foxnews.com that mentions it...The green flags of the Islamic militant group Hamas (search) mingled with Palestinian nationalist flags and even a couple of French flags, seemingly in tribute to the country that had harbored Arafat in his last days. Later, a Canadian flag inexplicably waved over the crowd.rest of the story

[retrokitten]

I am awesome!