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| Arafat's grave a pilgrimage site for ... diplomats |
| 2004-12-06 |
| From the Rantburg Diplomacy Desk: The tomb of Yasser Arafat has become a pilgrimage site for visiting diplomats, many of whom shunned the veteran Palestinian leader before his death last month. Joschka Fischer, the German foreign minister, added a wreath yesterday to the dozens already decorating the burial site in Ramallah. Others were placed in recent days by Jack Straw, the Foreign Secretary, and the foreign ministers of Russia, Japan and Spain. Mr. Arafat died in a French hospital at the age of 75 on 11 November. Since then, violence has dropped considerably and diplomats are talking optimistically about the possibility of new peace moves. In parallel, Palestinians are sensing a posthumous easing in world attitudes toward Mr. Arafat. "Many parties are now reviewing their positions," said Abdallah Abdallah, the deputy foreign minister for Palestine. "Even US officials now are talking about Arafat serving his people and the peace process." |
| Posted by:Seafarious |
| #19 :) Lemme know when you're up in the NW; we'll have a little memorial for Arafat. |
| Posted by: Asedwich 2004-12-06 11:12:32 PM |
| #18 LOL - I'm OK with that .... ;-) |
| Posted by: Frank G 2004-12-06 11:03:05 PM |
| #17 I dunno Frank, I might settle for the middle ground and summon the Pabst smears if I were there. |
| Posted by: Asedwich 2004-12-06 11:01:27 PM |
| #16 I'm thinking a good dump, myself |
| Posted by: Frank G 2004-12-06 10:58:15 PM |
| #15 How about 'Arafat grave a pissing site....'. J, Also bring lots of beer so you have a very full bladder when you get there in order to give him the full honours he deserves..... |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2004-12-06 10:41:42 PM |
| #14 For me, regardless of his history Arafat's grave is prob the proverbial "high-water mark" of contemporay Islam, at least for the those generations alive today. Whether one believes that Osama and Radical Islam are PC mercs for International Leftism-Socialism-Communism, or NOT, ISLAM MUST NOW, UNILATERALLY AND INDEPENDENT OF ITS LEFTIST MASTERS, ENTER ITS OWN "FINAL STRUGGLE" BETWEEN DE FACTO COEXISTENCE WITH NON-ISLAM, OR GLOBAL WAR; TO CHOOSE BETWEEN FINAL WAR OR FINAL PEACE. Not just ags Israel but for the very essence and LT survival of its faith, as like anti-US FRANCE Islam must realize that to help destroy the USA only hastens its own inevitable demise at the hands of the Communists. IFF the Failed Left has its way, IT'LL BE WAR! |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2004-12-06 10:29:54 PM |
| #13 I prefer "Arafat's grave a pillage site" |
| Posted by: ed 2004-12-06 5:46:53 PM |
| #12 I would encourage all good Rantburgers to make this pilgrimage. Just be sure to pack your dancing shoes and a roll of TP. |
| Posted by: J 2004-12-06 5:14:57 PM |
| #11 Well, maybe they're making the pilgrimage to make sure that the late Arafish is really, and truely most sincerely dead. Dealing with that duplicitious set of scum, I'd want to make very sure. I certainly wouldn't take the PA's word for it. |
| Posted by: Sgt. Mom 2004-12-06 5:04:43 PM |
| #10 I'm tellin' ya - headstone shaped like a urinal... |
| Posted by: mojo 2004-12-06 10:50:56 AM |
| #9 We now have a new pilgrimage site for Islam. Miracles are already happening.... after the visit the length of Mr. Straw's dick has increased by 2 inches (on a good day). The bad new's is he cant get it up any more because every time he pulls it out, he remembers Arafat's face and completely looses tumescence. Also, pregnant women have been known to miscarry after visiting the Arafish memorial. We are also witnessing material transmutation.... A poor sheperd passing the grave with a loaf of bread discovered that the loaf turned into high-grade RDX......... Such is the power and holyness of the grave of the hero of Islam........ Ticket's ? ... Anyone... ??? |
| Posted by: Elder of Zion 2004-12-06 10:19:21 AM |
| #8 That pilgrimage thing again. The 3,278 most holy site in Islam. |
| Posted by: john 2004-12-06 4:59:08 AM |
| #7 Just think of all these asshats going there is a clear message. WE HATE ALL JEWS! Europe needs a good cleaning it appears anti-semitism is still rampant there. |
| Posted by: Sock Puppet of Doom 2004-12-06 3:33:10 AM |
| #6 Jack Straw is indeed a Grade A tit. But he's Blair's tit. He's the monkey to Blair's organ grinder. |
| Posted by: Bulldog 2004-12-06 3:12:51 AM |
| #5 Jack Straw... is a fitting prop at the hazardous waste site. He is not just a POS, but a whole refuse. |
| Posted by: Sobiesky 2004-12-06 1:32:12 AM |
| #4 Arafat's grave should be a hazardous waste site. What is Jack Straw doing at that landfill? Arafat was a lifelong terrorist and a thief of billions from his own people. They should have packed him in lye to purify the earth. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2004-12-06 1:25:41 AM |
| #3 woo...this wine is really taking effect. Does that read, "Afarat pilgrimage a grave site for diplomats"? |
| Posted by: 2b 2004-12-06 1:06:04 AM |
| #2 Even US officials now are talking about Arafat serving his people and the peace process." Duh! He's dead. By all accounts, that will indeed serve the peace process well. |
| Posted by: 2b 2004-12-06 12:43:39 AM |
| #1 "Even US officials now are talking about Arafat serving his people and the peace process." Hope Condi's making a list... |
| Posted by: PBMcL 2004-12-06 12:29:48 AM |