The dimwits accompanying Arafat to Paris are the biggest joke. Upon arrival...they immedately put out the statement that Arafat was already feeling better after a night of sleep. Then they put a message that he personally was viewing government documents and running business from Paris. Then they said that the doctors were almost ready to identify the disease. Then they said that Arafat called GW to offer praise for winning the election.
The guy has been basically brain non-functional for almost six months. Even the press is now starting to admit that they haven't been able to take real interviews with the guy since spring. He's basically dead...no matter how you look at this. He isn't coming back to the Holyland...alive. Pure and simple.
You can be sure that kerry will be reporting a cellphone message from arafart today.