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Former Palestinian Authority Chairman Yasser Arafat’s widow, Suha Arafat, believes her late husband is the only who could have brought peace. "Many say that my husband was an obstacle to peace. We saw, after his death, what happened to peace," she said on Wednesday, speaking to the Italian daily La Repubblica on the 10th anniversary of her husband’s death. "History will tell whether Arafat was right to declare the Intifada,” Arafat, who lives in Malta with her daughter, told the newspaper upon being asked about the “armed resistance” advocated by her husband. “But now we have millions of refugees. We...

On Now...the connection between Obama and Yassir Araphat

"Who's On First" -- new version George: Condi! Nice to see you. What's happening? Condi: Sir, I have the report here about the new leader of China. George: Great. Lay it on me. Condi: Hu is the new leader of China. George: That's what I want to know. Condi: That's what I'm telling you. George: That's what I'm asking you. Who is the new leader of China? Condi: Yes. George: I mean the fellow's name. Condi: Hu. George: The guy in China. Condi: Hu. George: The new leader of China. Condi: Hu. George: The main man in China! Condi: Hu...

I guess those who have the medical reports can not understand what the word AIDS means. If it was poison we would have heard, if it was cancer, if it was unknown, if it was anything but AIDS the report would have been released. It is not being released because terrorists to not like tobe told their leaders are pediphiles.

I am glad Bush won re-election but I have to admit missing Teressa, she was a real hoot. I wonder if the French doctors who treated Yassir Arafat ended up issuing a report which says they had no idea what killed him or if the report tells us the obvious, he died of AIDS. Dan Rather will continue to make millions of dollar when he should actually be facing serious jail time but sadly the same can be said of Bill Clinton. Does Bill Clinton look rather sick two moths after his heart bypass? He reminds me of the way...

Palestinian PM Nabil Shaath tells world media in Paris that poisioning and cancer have been ruled out as causes of Yassir Arafat's illness.Bad health attributed to long incarceration at Ramallah HQ by Israeli army.Announces presidential elections in 60 days with the legislature acting provisionally.After 11 days, Paliestinians admit Arafat is on life support system.Senior Muslim cleric Sheikh Tamimi is on way to Paris to administer last rites and oversee funeral arrangements.The plan is now to bury Arafat is Ramallah and turn his headquarters into a mausoleum.

Last Update: Wednesday, March 24, 2004. 6:14am (AEDT) New Hamas chief vows 'no security' for Israel Hamas figure Abdelaziz Rantissi vowed Israel will "not know security" after being named leader of the radical Islamist movement following the Israeli assassination of Sheikh Ahmed Yassin. "[Prime Minister Ariel] Sharon and the Israelis will not know security," he told thousands of Hamas supporters gathered here to extend their condolences for Yassin. "We will fight them until the liberation of Palestine, the whole of Palestine." Dr Rantissi, considered a hardliner within the Islamist group, called on the military wing of Hamas - the Ezzedin...

<p>LIBYA'S Colonel Moammar Khadafy has been secretly developing nuclear-weapons capability and may acquire it before Iraq.</p> <p>Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon disclosed this less-than-heartwarming news in interviews before last week's Rosh Hashanah holiday weekend.</p> <p>But he added, "Israel may be the best-prepared country in the world against the danger of a chemical or biological offensive."</p>

Mon Feb 10,11:42 AM ET Palestinian President Yasser Arafat (news - web sites) (C) is kissed by a Palestinian boy during a reception for school children to celebrate the Muslim festival Eid AL Adha at his headquarters in the West Bank City of Ramallah February 10, 2003. Muslims all over the world will celebrate the religious holiday of Eid al-Adha next week in which they slaughter sheep, seeking God's forgiveness. REUTERS/Osama Silwadi

<p>RAMALLAH, West Bank (CNN) -- Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat said Monday that reforms are bringing the Palestinian people to the threshold of having an independent state.</p> <p>In what appeared to be a joking aside, Arafat also said he was willing to let the Palestinian Legislative Council replace him.</p>

CHICAGO (AP) - The Rev. Jesse Jackson (news - web sites) on Friday urged President Bush (news - web sites) to protect Yasser Arafat (news - web sites), saying he feared the Middle East will erupt in war if Israelis kill the Palestinian leader. "It would be unthinkable foreign policy if we were to use less than our full efforts to stop this escalation, this aim at killing him," Jackson said. He made his plea hours after Israeli troops stormed Arafat's headquarters in response to deadly anti-Israeli attacks this week. Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat said Friday that Israel's "endgame is...