Arafat Has Liver Failure, Palestinian Official Says

Reuters ^ | 2004-11-07 | Reuters

[UnbelievingScumOnTheOtherSide]

RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) - Palestinian President Yasser Arafat has liver failure and his condition is not improving at the French military hospital where he is being treated, a Palestinian official said on Sunday. The official, who declined to be named, said Palestinian officials were considering moving Arafat to hospital in Cairo, from where he could be flown home more quickly if he died.

But he added that any decision to move him could be taken only by the Palestinian leadership.

"He has liver failure. His condition is not improving," said the official.

He said a low count of platelets, which help the blood clot, meant blood transfusions were proving difficult.

Doctors have ruled out leukemia but remain puzzled why Arafat's health deteriorated sharply last week at the military hospital in a southwest Paris suburb where has been having tests since he was airlifted from the West Bank on Oct. 29.

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[UnbelievingScumOnTheOtherSide]

Must have been drinking a bit too much. That's far worse in Islam than the homosexual rumors ;-)

[mewzilla]

They must be pretty close in getting control of all the money Tubby had stashed away. Be interesting to see how much of it now makes its way to the people it was meant for.

[SkyPilot]

He has AIDS.

[independentmind]

The results of a quick google check: --A presentation at the 14th International AIDS Conference in Barcelona by a University of Pittsburgh AIDS researcher reveals the "most common cause of death among HIV positive people is liver failure. Dr. Amy Justice bases her conclusions on a study following nearly 6,000 HIV-positive diagnosed patients at four sites in the United States. AIDS establishment scientists have never claimed that HIV damages the liver.--

http://www.laleva.cc/choice/aids/aids_story.html

[Sacajaweau]

You got it. Hope they get a little sloppy and we can follow the money trail.

Of course, I'll respectfully lower my head when he dies........to uncork the Champaigne.

[SkyPilot]

Outing Arafat

[DainBramage]

Hey Doc..... your liver fails soon after your heart stops. So does everything else.

[JesseHousman]

They'd better bury or cremate this corpse before the odor begins to smell worse than the entire islamic populace.

No 72 virgins for this ragheaded killer.

[JesseHousman]

He's dead; however, I guess it's possible for old horse-face to have contracted AIDS from sleeping with his camel.

[KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle]

Color me oh-so-very NOT surprised.

[mewzilla]

It makes me wonder what the heck the Palestinian people are thinking to put up with continually being hosed by their own leaders.

[Melas]

Out of curiosity, how have you come by this diagnosis?

[Paine in the Neck]

The similarity to New Jersey is striking.

[miner89]

That might also explain the rumors that some thought he had been poisoned. A lot of poisons cause liver failure since one of its primary functions is to remove things from your blood that don't belong there.

Antifreeze, I believe, causes liver failure....

[PGalt]

Should have read the side effects on the bottle of terrorism.

[KDD]

Hepatitus C perhaps?

[Rebelbase]

This has to be the most over rated deathwatch of all time.

[capydick]

"He has liver failure. His condition is not improving," said the official.

"He has liver failure AIDS. His condition is will not improve, ing," said the official

[DirtyHarryY2K]

Damn! every time I check in he's came back to life or died again! Somethings got to give, What's up with all that? He's been reported dead 20 times in the last 2 days.

[mfulstone]

There are mycotoxins (from mushrooms) that can destroy the liver after all traces of them have disappeared from the digestive tract. Some of the Amanita Spp. mushrooms are among the many that have them.