Posted on 11/12/2004 7:17:45 AM PST by Pfesser
Firing into the air, Palestinian security men struggled earlier to remove the coffin from the aircraft and then held on to it tight as they placed it on a vehicle that plied its way through a dense throng of weeping mourners.
"With our blood and soul we redeem you, Abu Ammar," the crowd chanted, using the nom de guerre of their leader, who fought for decades for a state he never achieved.
At least nine Palestinians were wounded by shots fired by the security forces or gunmen. Medics said hundreds were treated after fainting or for minor injuries during the crush.
(Excerpt) Read more at story.news.yahoo.com ...
She should at least have this guy for an escort:
Or release a truckload of pigs.
Arab leaders (L to R) Crown Prince Abdullah of Saudi Arabia, Abdelaziz Bouteflika of Algeria (partially hidden), President Hosni Mubarak (news - web sites) of Egypt, President Ben Ali of Tunisia and PLO Secretary General Mahmoud Abbas follow the horse-drawn gun carriage carrying the coffin of former Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat (news - web sites) in Cairo, November 12, 2004. Presidents and dignitaries from more than 50 countries say a last farewell on Friday to late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat in Egypt, his second home and one of his closest allies in years of struggle for a homeland. REUTERS/Jerry Lampen
Touching.
Typical Yahoo. They often hide the reality of where many of their stories come from.
This is a Reuters story. Reuters loved Arafat, the mass murdering Islamofacist thug and portrays GW as a War Criminal.
Below is the headline and the Reuters link which can be found if we go a little deeper into Yahoo story.
Arafat Buried in Chaotic Scenes in West Bank
1 hour, 27 minutes ago Top Stories - Reuters
By Diala Saadeh and Cynthia Johnston
RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) -
We could be witnessing a reprise of what happened to the corpse of Mussolini after the Second World War.
ANNOUNCE PAINFUL PUNISHMENT TO THOSE WHO DISBELIEVE (9:3)
O Prophet! urge the believers to war; if there are twenty patient ones of you they shall overcome two hundred... (8:65)
Surely the vilest of animals in Allah's sight are those who disbelieve (8:55)
Lard poured over the top.
..........animals.........
BUMP.
At this very moment, the 'Fedayee' is in his bedroom making love to his bodyguard. The one I knew was his latest lover. He's playing tiger again. The officer monitoring his microphones connected me live with the bedroom, and the squawling almost broke my eardrums. Arafat was roaring like a tiger, and his lover yelping like a hyena."
If only.... 'CLEAN UP in aisle 9.'
Welcome to the Wonderful World of AIDS.
Don't be so hard not everybody could be Einstein LOL!
I was hoping that IDF helicopter pay their last respect if you know what I mean and I think you do to Arafat
I was in high school when Khoemiari died LOL!!!!
We were laughing our a*** hard we watch the funeral on video thanks to my socialist Social studies teacher LOL!
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