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.
It was Bushs' fault.
AP confirms from Brussels. Arafat is dead.
Couldn't have happened to a nicer guy.
Well, i HOPE so!
And I will pray on that.
BUT .. Maybe it could be "Tiamat finally manages to sell her house and doesn't have to worry about that any more?"
Tell you what: I will pray for YOUR job, you pray for my house!
Sound good?
What Key???
This is too easy, but here are a few:
Fat
hungry
bewildered
in need of a couple of pizzas
How many thousands of lives would have been spared if this terrorist had been taken out many years ago? But at least this way he's not a "martyr."
What a great week for any realistic hope of peace in the future.
sw
LOL GREAT !
A little less room in hell today...
God have mercy on his soul. Remember, we are all sinners.
Some good things do come from a socialized medical system.
Gee, I DO hope he suffered because of what he did to both the Israeli people and his own!
Does anyone else think he may have had AIDS?
Man, what great news. Bush wins and now this scum has croaked. I wonder if this will drive Bather, Jennings et-al to tears.
Wait, now Drudge is saying that he's not dead!
How about Osama bin hidin' to complete the set?
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