Yasser Arafat 'Dead' - Palestinian Sources Say

[ze_dscherman]

PARIS (Reuters) - Palestinian President Yasser Arafat is dead, senior Palestinian political sources said on Tuesday.
The information from sources close to Arafat could not immediately be confirmed.

"He is dead," one of the sources close to Arafat said in Paris, where Arafat has been lying in a coma at a French hospital. Officials in the West Bank said they had not been informed that Arafat was dead.

http://news.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=topNews&storyID=6758697

[Connie_Corleone]

1. Are they sure this time?

[TheDebbieDee]

23. What! Again?!

[JI7]

2. maybe Bush can wake him from the dead again

with his blessings.

[madmax]

3. I'll wait for the second announcement

This man has 9 lives.

[da_chimperor]

4. This is on TV now, CNN sources say that he's still alive

in any case, if he's not dead yet he will be soon.

[Richardson08]

5. they should stick a spoon under his nose

[comsymp]

6. Thought that was just for reviving Dubya...

[arwalden]

12. Good One!!

:thumbsup:

[petepillow]

19. hehehe

at last someone has extracted a smile from me today! thank you!

[sam sarrha]

7. as much as people hate him why wasnt he outed as a Homosexual with AIDS ?

that is really cuouious.......... that was the first thing i thought of when they mentioned he had a low white cell count..

[nickinSTL]

9. right, and AIDS is the only reason for a low white cell count?

n/t

[sam sarrha]

31. Duh

[Caution]

21. so you have to be gay to have AIDS? and only AIDS lowers white count?

Please don't make homophobic assumptions about people.

[snippy]

8. "dead" dead or just dead?

Reminds me of some of the terrorists we have killed several times.

[molly]

13. LOL - can't help myself

[jdonaldball]

10. He's just resting

[gigantor]

11. Resting

And pinin' for the fjords...

[KDLarsen]

14. In a related story, just picked this up at BBC

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/3994667.stm

Yasser Arafat has 'hours to live'
Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat has only hours to live, according to un-named Palestinian officials quoted by news agencies.

Earlier, officials at the hospital near Paris where he is being treated said his condition had worsened and his coma had deepened.

Palestinian Prime Minister Ahmed Qurei visited his bedside but left the hospital without making a statement.

Doctors have not explained the reasons for his illness.

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While I fear for what might happen when Arafat passes away, in therms of a bloody revolution, I think this is also a golden opportunity for the younger generation, who believe in peace, to step in and take a grab at the power.

[Sideways]

15. Watching BBC World From Italy No Word On TV

I'm watching a steamroller smash confiscated liquor in Jakarta at the moment.

[American Tragedy]

16. Make up your minds!!!

[KDLarsen]

18. Oh great..

.. I can just see the 'murican press label Arafat as a flip-flopper :eyes: "Are you dead, mr. President, or are you not dead. Can you decide?"

Btw, woohoo, my 500th post :D

[Tab]

17. SNL: Weekend Update with Chevy Chase

I can see it now...

"This Weekend's Top Story - Palestinian President Yasser Arafat is still Not Dead."

[Gyre]

20. Yeah, sure he is.

I won't believe it until Dorothy's got the broom.

Gyre

[ze_dscherman]

22. Already retracted by Reuters

PARIS (Reuters) - Yasser Arafat is alive in a French hospital and no decision has been made to take him off life-support, a Palestinian cabinet minister said on Tuesday.
"His state has worsened last night but there is no sign of ... death of any of his vital parts," Nabil Shaath told CNN from Paris. "We are not really believers in euthanasia ... It is out of the question that anyone will take any decision regarding life-support for him."

http://news.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=topNews&storyID=6759514

[Laughing Mirror]

24. Has been brain dead more than a week now

But is being kept alive in France until Ramadan is over. For him to die during the last 10 days of Ramadan would automatically make him a martyr. Few want that apparently.

[jobycom]

25. So, that word "Dead" seems to have more than one meaning

maybe it's a cultural thing...

[Renew Deal]

26. He's dead again?

That's interesting.

[goodboy]

27. he dies all the time...(nt)

[jdonaldball]

28. "And in other news, Francisco Franco is dead." SNL circa 1976

[Zero Gravitas]

29. Flip-Flopper

one minutes he's dead, then he's alive, then he's dead again. Pick one and stick with it!

[jdonaldball]

30. So, the Angel Gabriel came down to visit Arafat, and said,,,

..."Yassir Arafat, Allah has taken mercy on you and He pities you for your long struggle. He has sent me here to grant you one wish, anything you choose."
Arafat showed the Angel Gabriel a map of the Middle East, and asked Gabriel, "Please draw the boundaries of a peaceful settlement between Israel and Palestine."
And the Angel said, "Hey, I can't do the impossible. Can't you ask for something else?"
Arafat said, "Alright. Then just make me handsome."
Gabriel looked at Arafat's face and said, "Um, let me look at that map again."

[gordianot]

42. Pretty good. Did you write that?

[Gyre]

32. Don't worry.

Mossad can find a body-double to continue the victimization of Palestinians with American-manufactured and paid-for weapons.

Just keep that ugly mug in front of us, have him interviewed every 10-20 years by "60 Minutes", he'll cry on cue, and Israel's got no problem with their access to the US taxpayer dollar or military inventory. We hate crybabies even worse than we hate ugly people.

Gyre

[dhinojosa]

33. Ringo Starr should portray him in a movie!!!

That would be awesome.

[Mr_Spock]

34. He's extra dead this time. Like super dead. Like Monty Python dead!

I think?

[jdonaldball]

38. "But I'm not dead!" "You will be soon."

[Zero Gravitas]

39. "I want to go for a walk!"

"You're not fooling anyone..."

[Coonce-Ewing]

40. No it's like The Princess Bride

He's only mostly dead!

[Darranar]

35. Haven't we heard this before? n/t

[dhinojosa]

36. This just in...he's alive again.....

LMAO

[superconnected]

37. Arafat and Ashcroft gone in one day COOOL!

Thanks God!

now all I want now is Watergate II.

[coeur_de_lion]

41. That's the third time he's died today

[Moderator]

43. At last word, he's still alive--please continue discussion here:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=972577