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| Paris set to release Arafat file |
| 2004-11-19 |
| France says it is ready to release the medical records of late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat to his nephew, who is due in Paris on Friday. French officials have so far denied the files to Palestinian leaders saying only family are entitled to the see them under French privacy laws. Paris now says Arafat's nephew, Palestinian observer at the UN Nasser al-Kidwa, is allowed to view them. The cause of Arafat's death last week has not yet been disclosed. This has in part fuelled speculation that he may have been poisoned. French officials have denied the rumour - saying privacy laws prevent them from making the cause of death public. It was not clear whether Arafat's wife, Suha, agreed to Mr Kidwa seeing the files or whether her consent was required. |
| Posted by:Mark Espinola |
| #10 Easily enough for him to eat well for another 3 years. Hell, we all gotta eat. |
| Posted by: Ty Law 2004-11-19 4:53:02 PM |
| #9 I am not impressed. |
| Posted by: Mr White Shoes 2004-11-19 3:37:57 PM |
| #8 Awww.. Ed, why'd ya do that? |
| Posted by: Shipman 2004-11-19 3:37:01 PM |
| #7 Release the medical records to his nephew, not his wife... Wife knows the medical truth, she doesn't give a rats behind about records, only the $. [fixed - ed.] |
| Posted by: BigEd 2004-11-19 3:26:39 PM |
| #6 Damn! Not bad for a Texan. Y'all best smile when you say that, pilgrim. |
| Posted by: Steve 2004-11-19 11:07:42 AM |
| #5 Question, does the Palestinian leadership want to preserve his image as founding father keeping alive his cult of personality, or pass the buck and blame all their problems on Yasser? Damn! Not bad for a Texan. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2004-11-19 10:28:01 AM |
| #4 Release the medical records to his nephew, not his wife, not the PLO interim head. WTF? What is France playing for? Kingmaker in the coming Palestinian |
| Posted by: john 2004-11-19 9:45:44 AM |
| #3 Question, does the Palestinian leadership want to preserve his image as founding father keeping alive his cult of personality, or pass the buck and blame all their problems on Yasser? Or will this have to wait for a Palestinian Khrushchev to Yasser's Stalin? |
| Posted by: Steve 2004-11-19 9:35:38 AM |
| #2 Easily enough for him to eat well for another 3 years. |
| Posted by: Ol_Dirty_American 2004-11-19 7:09:17 AM |
| #1 And not a shred of truth in it. Wonder how many millions the real medical file will be worth for Chiraq to extort from Suha and Palestinian leaders? |
| Posted by: ed 2004-11-19 6:32:40 AM |