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#240233 - 04/11/2004 20:09 Arafat dead!
SE_Sport_Driver
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Registered: 05/01/2001
Posts: 4903
Loc: Detroit, MI USA
Wife keeps him on life support.

Keeping a nervous eye on the Middle East..
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#240234 - 04/11/2004 20:37 Re: Arafat dead! [Re: SE_Sport_Driver]
siberia37
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Registered: 09/01/2002
Posts: 702
Loc: Tacoma,WA
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Wife keeps him on life support.

Keeping a nervous eye on the Middle East..


I wonder what happens to a swiss bank account if no one can remember the account number and pin. I guess that's one of the benefits of owning a Swiss Bank.

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#240235 - 05/11/2004 12:18 Re: Arafat dead! [Re: SE_Sport_Driver]
andym
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Registered: 17/01/2002
Posts: 3996
Loc: Manchester UK
That's not what I've heard, he's in a coma but he's alive.
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#240236 - 05/11/2004 12:38 Re: Arafat dead! [Re: andym]
mdavey
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Registered: 06/03/2003
Posts: 269
Loc: Wellingborough, UK
The Israelis are claiming that he is brain dead and is on a ventalator. The Palestinians are categorically denying both claims.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/3984711.stm
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#240237 - 05/11/2004 12:42 Re: Arafat dead! [Re: mdavey]
tman
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Registered: 24/12/2001
Posts: 5528
Yeah. I was in a bar yesterday and the TVs were set to Sky News. First a news flash came up that said he was dead, then he was just brain dead, then he wasn't dead at all according to the PM and finally he was in a critical condition but semi conscious. All of this in the space of about 15 minutes.

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#240238 - 05/11/2004 13:39 Re: Arafat dead! [Re: tman]
wfaulk
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Registered: 25/12/2000
Posts: 16706
Loc: Raleigh, NC US
This just in:

Generalissimo Francisco Franco is still dead.
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#240239 - 05/11/2004 18:31 Re: Arafat dead! [Re: tman]
SuperQ
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Registered: 13/06/2000
Posts: 429
Loc: Berlin, DE
Seen on IRC: "Weekend at Arafat's"
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#240240 - 05/11/2004 18:46 Re: Arafat dead! [Re: SuperQ]
Redrum
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Registered: 17/01/2003
Posts: 998
Always wanted to “Party” or even live at a “Compound.”

Calling the place you live a “Compound” just seems so cool, and “Wako-ish”

You just have to watch out for the damn ATF.

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#240241 - 08/11/2004 08:08 Re: Arafat dead! [Re: wfaulk]
tanstaafl.
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Registered: 08/07/1999
Posts: 5546
Loc: Ajijic, Mexico
Generalissimo Francisco Franco is still dead.


Well, yes. But surely you don't give credence to those rumors about the demise of Mao Tse Tung?

My local newspaper had a sub-headline under the main headline for the story (about Arafat, not Chairman Mao ) something to the effect of:

"Arafat's Death Could Cause Unrest in the Middle East."

My God, what would we ever do If there were ever unrest in the Middle East? But, I can't imagine that ever actually happening.

tanstaafl.
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#240242 - 08/11/2004 08:43 Re: Arafat dead! [Re: tanstaafl.]
bonzi
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Registered: 13/09/1999
Posts: 2401
Loc: Croatia
I read another day an article about a journalist breaking the news of Arafat's death to Bush in the middle of a press conference. Dubya's response was actually quite coherent:

Quote:
My first reaction is God bless his soul. And my second reaction is that we will continue to work for a free Palestinian state that's at peace with Israel.

(Someone - Jim, I think - has already commented on the 'continuation' part, but still)

So, does that mean that Dubya only plays moron? If so, he deserves an Oscar, Emmy and all Golden Flora-and-fauna.

What befuddles me is that many Israelis (among others) think that Arafat's death (or permanent incapacitation - removal from the political scene, anyway) is somehow a good thing for the region. Unless the logic is 'the worse - the better'.
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#240243 - 12/11/2004 04:08 Re: Arafat dead! [Re: SE_Sport_Driver]
hybrid8
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Registered: 12/11/2001
Posts: 7738
Loc: Toronto, CANADA
Now he's "dead" dead. Likely, as per everyone's definition - because there was some disagreement over the past week about how vegetative one had to be to be classified worm-food.

Bruno
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