Arafat just died

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Yasser Arafat has died at the age of 75 after failing to be revived from the coma he slipped into on Wednesday at the French military hospital where he was being treated for an undiagnosed blood and digestive disorder.



Yasser Arafat, the 75 year-old Palestinian leader, has died in the intensive care department of the French military hospital where he was being treated for an unknown illness.



The frail head of the Palestinian Authority arrived in Paris last week after losing consciousness briefly at his West Bank headquarters. Arafat was at first said to have been suffering from a severe case of influenza, but was later diagnosed as having blood abnormalities and trouble with digestion.



Palestinian officials then ran tests for leukemia but the cancer was ruled out, and doctors remained uncertain what was causing his illness. Arafat's condition worsened three days ago and he slipped into a coma on Wednesday.



Born in Cairo in 1929, Yasser Arafat preferred to claim Jerusalem as his birthplace. He became politically active as a 19-year-old engineering student in Egypt in 1948, when the Arab countries that declared war on the fledgling state of Israel were defeated and thousands of Palestinians forced to flee their homes as a result.
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Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat's health has deteriorated sharply at the Paris hospital where he is being treated for an unexplained illness.

He is in intensive care, but aides have issued conflicting reports about whether he has fallen into a coma.

Israeli TV has reported Mr Arafat is brain dead, although this was denied by the hospital and Palestinian officials.
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:shrug:

If he isn't dead it won't take much for him to die anyway.
 
I googled Arafat dead and got 2 stories that say "brain dead"

so this could feasibly go on for years if they keep him goin.
Paris - Palestinain leader Yasser Arafat has been declared brain dead, reports Israeli TV, citing French sources.

Earlier on Thursday, a French medical source told AFP that doctors treating Arafat had carried out an electroencephalogram.

The source described it as "a sign of extreme gravity".

On Thursday afternoon top aide Nabil Abu Rudeina said the 75-year-old leader was in a "critical and serious condition" in a military hospital outside Paris.

There have been conflicting reports throughout the day over whether he is in or out of a coma.
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http://www.news24.com/News24/World/News/0,,2-10-1462_1616207,00.html
 
D'ya hear that sound...it's either the Middle-East inhaling deeply and holding its breath OR the sound of a power-vacuum about to be created.

Nature, and the middle-east, abhors a vacuum.
 
He's probably not dead, at least, not yet... Once he does die, expect more terrorist activity, even though, he died in another country...

Makes a lot of sense to me...

Meanwhile, the Israeli military has been placed on high alert and Palestinian security forces are reviewing their plans to keep Palestinian territories calm in the event of Arafat's death.
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:dumbass terrorists:
 
Actually my guess is that he's dead and they're stalling to figure out who's going to take control. I don't think this would have been discussed previously as it would have been viewed as treasonous by Arafats supporters.
Anyway in the short term things aren't going to get worse with Arafats death only better.
 
I'm afraid Israel will try something funny.
I'm afraid that if Israel did try somethin, Bush would stick his nose into that and in doing so bring up a whole new load of shit.

I'm with Raven, to me this is OH FUCK.

I hope I'm wrong.
 
Leslie said:
I'm afraid Israel will try something funny.
I'm afraid that if Israel did try somethin, Bush would stick his nose into that and in doing so bring up a whole new load of shit.

I'm with Raven, to me this is OH FUCK.

I hope I'm wrong.
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Such pessimism, and anti-Bush rhetoric... You don't think the US has a full enough plate already? And Israel is busy trying to build a wall to protect themselves, which the EU is against (all the while building that same style wall between member states in the west and non-member states in the east), which effectively takes them out of the picture. The Palastinians are the ones you should be worried about. All it takes is a rumor that the head physician was Jewish, and the whole place could blow up...and it wouldn't be the fault of Israel or the US. :p
 
HeXp£Øi± said:
Israel isn't going to try anything funny Leslie. The only thing they're going to do is be on the alert.
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Yeah...if they did..they'd be the one's going "Oh FUCK!" - retaliatory attacks would jsust make their day.

They'll be blood drawn though...it's not going to be a nice transfer of power with a phone call, a speech of concession and a winning speech. None of the 4 contenders for power are loved by the whole populace.
 
MrBishop said:
Yeah...if they did..they'd be the one's going "Oh FUCK!" - retaliatory attacks would jsust make their day.

They'll be blood drawn though...it's not going to be a nice transfer of power with a phone call, a speech of concession and a winning speech. None of the 4 contenders for power are loved by the whole populace.
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If they didn't have Israel to fight, they'd be tearing into each other...Hamas doesn't like the PLO, who doesn't trust the Hezbollah, etc, etc, etc... :nerd:
 
MrBishop said:
Yeah...if they did..they'd be the one's going "Oh FUCK!" - retaliatory attacks would jsust make their day.
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What are they going to do? There's nothing they want here. Palestinians take advantage of these types of situations not Israelis. The only time Israel has claimed land or anything of the sort has been after they were attacked. Israel does not act in the rash fashion that terrorist organizations like the plo have under circumstances of calm.
All due respect, imo being worried about the Israelis in this situation shows a fundamental misunderstanding of Israel and the Israelis..
 
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