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.
From the Jerusalem Post:
"Palestinian President Yasser Arafat died in the Percy military hospital near Paris, Proche Orient Info, a French newspaper that covers the Middle East reported Thursday evening.
Radio Monte-Carlo also reported on Thursday evening that Yasser Arafat is clinically dead.
Proche Orient reported that doctors decided to take Arafat off the artificial respirator..."
Yet there is not one single mention of terror in the article, and I doubt that anyone in the MSM will use the word concerning Hell's newest resident.
Bush won
Daschle ousted
Arafat dead
= trifecta
; )
That didn't take long to retract!
Bush's comments about Arafart: "God rest his soul"
What a wonderful week!
Here's hoping Castro follows soon!
snip...The frail head of the Palestinian Authority arrived in Paris last week after losing consciousness briefly at his West
Well no wonder he died! They only shipped his 'frail head' to the hospital!!
Hey, good things come in "3s"!
What's next?
Bin Ladin's head on a pike.
I suspect he's barking in hell right now.
It's liberation day on planet earth !
Nuke his funeral.
"Boy, it's hot down here!"
- Mr. Peace Prize
That would be the cherry on the icing on the cake... maybe we could add Zarqawi and bin Laden too!
I'd like Osama's head.
I'll give up selling my house for that.
How about Bin Laden AND Fidel being next in line?
LIFE IS GOOD!!
And the hits just keep on coming!
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