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Arafat's sister dies in Cairo
The Star Online ^
| Wednesday, August 13, 2003
| AP
Posted on 08/13/2003 4:15:20 AM PDT by yonif
CAIRO, Egypt (AP) - Yousra Abdel Raouf Al Kidwah, a sister of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, died in Cairo Wednesday, Palestinian officials reported. She was 77.
Al Kidwah died at Cairo's Palestine Hospital, where she has been treated for various illnesses for a month. The exact cause of death was not immediately known.
Mohammed Sobeih, the Palestinian envoy to the Arab League, said her body would be sent to Gaza for burial later Wednesday.
Al Kidwah was not known to be active in the Palestinian political movement, but her husband Jarir Al Kidwah is an adviser to Arafat and her son, Nassir, is the Palestinian representative to the United Nations.
Palestinian officials in Gaza said Al Kidwah is expected to be buried in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip. It was unclear if Arafat, who is under Israeli siege in his West Bank headquarters, will be allowed to attend the funeral.
In addition to her son, Al Kidwah is survived by three daughters. -AP
TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; Israel; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: arafat; cairo; death; family; israel; ploterrorregime; sister
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posted on
08/13/2003 4:15:21 AM PDT
by
yonif
To: SJackson; Yehuda; Nachum; adam_az; LarryM; American in Israel; ReligionofMassDestruction; ...
They will blame the Jews.
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posted on
08/13/2003 4:17:06 AM PDT
by
yonif
("If I Forget Thee, O Jerusalem, Let My Right Hand Wither" - Psalms 137:5)
To: yonif
Arafat, the Egyptian and serial murderer (and therefore the darling of the UN and EU),
never seems to send HIS family out to blow themselves up.
His own family always remains hidden in Islamic France
or his own Egypt.
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posted on
08/13/2003 4:38:42 AM PDT
by
Diogenesis
(If you mess with one of us, you mess with all of us)
To: yonif
I'm really sorry to hear that. Mort got the wrong person
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posted on
08/13/2003 4:41:43 AM PDT
by
Cronos
(Sanity and slam don't mix, consult your Imam...)
To: yonif
Hopefully he won't have to miss her for long.
To: yonif
Al Kidwah died at Cairo's Palestine Hospital, where she has been treated for various illnesses for a month. The exact cause of death was not immediately known.
She must have kissed ara-o-fatty on the lips.
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posted on
08/13/2003 4:58:02 AM PDT
by
chiefqc
To: yonif
Whats her address, I'd like to send a box of pork rinds.
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posted on
08/13/2003 5:29:45 AM PDT
by
duckman
To: yonif
Castro is 77 today too, maybe he should have a funeral also.
To: yonif
Well you know it is said, "they goes in 3's"...
;)
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posted on
08/13/2003 6:31:39 AM PDT
by
Brian S
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