funny way of putting it though
CLAMART, France (AP) — Yasser Arafat’s wife lashed out at his top lieutenants Monday, accusing them of traveling to Paris with plans to “bury” him “alive.”
In a screaming telephone call from Arafat’s hospital beside, Suha Arafat told pan-Arab Al-Jazeera television that she was issuing “an appeal to the Palestinian people.” She accused his top lieutenants — who are traveling to Paris to be with Arafat later Monday — of conspiring to usurp the role her husband has held for four decades as Palestinian leader.
“Let it be known to the honest Palestinian people that a bunch of those who to take over are coming to Paris tomorrow,” she screamed in Arabic over the telephone.
“You have to realize the size of the conspiracy. I tell you they are trying to bury Abu Ammar alive,” she continued, using his nom de guerre. He is all right and he is going home. God is great.”
A producer from Al-Jazeera said they were confident it was Suha Arafat and that she had called their Ramallah office from Arafat’s bedside at a French military hospital.