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Aide says Arafat 'sleeping'
AP ^ | 11/8

Posted on 11/10/2004 8:53:53 PM PST by ambrose

Aide says Arafat 'sleeping'

By Lara Sukhtian

The Associated Press

Published: Monday, November 8, 2004

CLAMART, France - Yasser Arafat was not in a coma but remained in intensive care Saturday after undergoing more medical tests, a senior aide to the ailing Palestinian leader said. Test results were expected within days.

Nabil Abu Rdeneh, Arafat's spokesman, would not say whether his announcement meant Arafat had emerged from a coma or whether he had not been comatose at all. He also refused to say whether he saw Arafat personally, and he did not specify the nature of the new medical tests.

"He is not in a coma," Abu Rdeneh told reporters after coming out of the French military hospital where Arafat has been treated for more than a week.

"He is under strict medical observance. We hope that in the coming few days we will be able to know exactly what he is suffering from. So far, nobody could diagnose the situation," he said at about midnight, adding that Arafat's condition was stable.

"Right now he is sleeping."

Doctors have not yet made public any diagnosis, but the Palestinian envoy to France, Leila Shahid, said Friday that the 75-year-old Arafat was in a coma and "at a critical point between life and death."

Earlier, hospital spokesman Gen. Christian Estripeau described Arafat's condition as unchanged from Friday. Palestinian Prime Minister Ahmed Qureia, in a bid to preserve calm, made a rare visit to the Gaza Strip for talks with rival Palestinian groups.

Qureia met for four hours with representatives of the 13 major Palestinian factions, including Hamas and Islamic Jihad, as well as security chiefs, lawmakers and officials of Arafat's Fatah faction. Such a broad gathering is extremely rare.


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1 posted on 11/10/2004 8:53:53 PM PST by ambrose
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To: ambrose

Yeah, taking a "dirt nap".


2 posted on 11/10/2004 8:54:56 PM PST by stopillegalimmigration
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To: ambrose

Yeah, sleeping in hell.


3 posted on 11/10/2004 8:55:34 PM PST by MNJohnnie (We got the mandate, now let's GOVERN!)
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To: ambrose

Sleepin wit da fishes


4 posted on 11/10/2004 8:55:52 PM PST by Texas_Jarhead
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To: stopillegalimmigration

You stole my line you jerk!lol


5 posted on 11/10/2004 8:56:04 PM PST by TheErnFormerlyKnownAsBig (You can turn your head away from the Berg video and still hear Al Queda's calls to prayer.n)
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To: ambrose

Um...isn't the date on that article Nov. 8th, as in Monday? Today's what? The 12th?


6 posted on 11/10/2004 8:56:45 PM PST by Ex-Dem (AFL-CIO - Where organized labor becomes organized crime.)
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To: ambrose

He's pining for the fjords.


7 posted on 11/10/2004 8:57:09 PM PST by hometoroost
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To: ambrose

He's pining for the fjords!


8 posted on 11/10/2004 8:57:21 PM PST by ArrogantBustard
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To: Ex-Dem

11th (well it will be by the time I post this). My mistake.


9 posted on 11/10/2004 8:57:28 PM PST by Ex-Dem (AFL-CIO - Where organized labor becomes organized crime.)
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To: ambrose

These people live in a fool's paradise. Obviously, Arafat is in a deep trance. Its best not to disturb them while in this state.


10 posted on 11/10/2004 8:57:43 PM PST by Nachoman
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To: ambrose

Yeah...well...when the sucker starts to drip through the bed onto the floor in a day or so, they can put him on ice and go on pretending. :-)


11 posted on 11/10/2004 8:58:09 PM PST by hiredhand
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To: ambrose

CHECK THIS DATE -Monday, November 8, 2004?

Aide says Arafat 'sleeping'

By Lara Sukhtian
The Associated Press
Published: Monday, November 8, 2004
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CLAMART, France - Yasser Arafat was not in a coma but remained in intensive care Saturday after undergoing more medical tests, a senior aide to the ailing Palestinian leader said. Test results were expected within days.

12 posted on 11/10/2004 8:58:31 PM PST by crushelits
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12 #$%&ing seconds, you bustard!!!


13 posted on 11/10/2004 8:59:44 PM PST by ArrogantBustard
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To: ambrose
1000 euphemisms and slang for death

I like this one "giong to Deadlyland!" Hee

14 posted on 11/10/2004 8:59:56 PM PST by lsee
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To: ambrose

no wonder the palestinians are an impovershed society. nobody knows what the hell is going on. this whole episode shows that the palestinian leadership is weak and unwilling to speak the truth, for whatever reason.


15 posted on 11/10/2004 8:59:57 PM PST by mlocher (america is a sovereign state)
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To: ambrose
They're going to put that on his headstone "He's sleeping"...
16 posted on 11/10/2004 9:00:41 PM PST by Keith in Iowa (Democrats: Tolerant of all people and opinions. Except mine - Conservative, Christian.)
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To: lsee

He's now a registurd Democrat in Baltimore ..


17 posted on 11/10/2004 9:02:40 PM PST by ArrogantBustard
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To: ArrogantBustard
He's not pining, He's passed on. This is an ex-terrorist!

Too funny, great minds...

18 posted on 11/10/2004 9:03:40 PM PST by hometoroost
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To: crushelits

I know - this POS has been dead for a week now.


19 posted on 11/10/2004 9:03:48 PM PST by ambrose
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To: Keith in Iowa

I like the tombstone that read: "I TOLD you I was sick!"


20 posted on 11/10/2004 9:04:56 PM PST by lsee
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