Posted on 04/01/2005 10:22:54 AM PST by Dont Mention the War
Confirmed.
our media is such buzzards; it is clear he is going soon if not already, can't they give the minute-by-minute thing a break?
apparently some consumers like the blow-by-blow approach to death of public figures, though.
I am ashamed to admit to exposing my teen girls to Monty Python. They are hooked. Now we have almost a secret language to share. However, it was hard to explain that John Cleese is now old! It is easy to forget the show is 35 years old.
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.
My parish is having Mass at 7 p.m. tonight. I don't think there's any doubt.
Shepard Smith could use a little silver hammering himself.
It is a constant battle between Gretta and Smith as to who is the worst at Fox. (then there is Oreily's harvadisms)
Bottom line, the VATICAN is saying the pope lives.
Seems so Meek but let's see what time they say the time of death was
"No chance for recovery." George Felos must be salivating!!
from Monty Python to the Beatles!
There is a historical protocol that must be followed.
The first sign for the public would be the bells tolling.
Wow,what a great picture. I never saw it before.
Thanks for posting it.
Please see the following link:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/religion/1375595/posts?page=21
It seems EWTN is confirming that JP II has passed away.
I would expect something official when the rosary is ended. They don't want to upset the crowd during prayer.
Shep had no control over what happened and he's not a clown.
my bad fingers, and looking over my shoulder at work.
I don't know, but if it's true that the Vatican has just announced that the Pope's heart and brain are still functioning, then I don't think it's merely a matter of protocol about the announcement.
my bad fingers, and looking over my shoulder at work.thanks for finding the typo too
That reporter from Rome should have to answer questions...
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