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King Fahd’s health failing
2005-07-08
LONDON — Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Fahd bin Abdulaziz’s health suffered a set-back after a relapse in the last two days, and doctors are making all efforts to keep him alive, Saudi medical sources said.
He's rapidly approaching stability
Doctors at King Fahd Specialist Hospital in Riyadh, where he is receiving treatment, are considering putting him on life-support, which necessitates inserting a tube through his throat to pump in oxygen since his lungs are not functioning properly, sources said. King Fahd is in the ICU in a semi-comatose condition, and breathes through life-support machine.
(scratches head) I thought they just said they were just considering putting on....oh, never mind. He's almost dead, Jim.
Posted by:Steve

#17  Waitin for the Hidden Imman to come out ofthe closet announce himself.
Posted by: Shipman   2005-07-08 16:48  

#16  when he goes can we make abdullah of jordan custodian of the two holey socks--its his hashemite birthrite
Posted by: SON OF TOLUI   2005-07-08 16:06  

#15  azizi and his umm are creamin' in their trobes and hijabs
Posted by: SON OF TOLUI   2005-07-08 16:03  

#14  This is sounding more and more like Edgar Allen Poe's short story, Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar.

Posted by: Alaska Paul   2005-07-08 15:16  

#13  
"Hey, somebody throw some more ice on the king..."

Oh, c'mon. They have the latest in conveniences. Fahd will be placed under an automatic ice machine, where his condition will remain stable for as long as the succession fight takes.

(A fight I fully expect to take place in Western cities, with Saudi-paid nutjobs killing women and children.)
Posted by: Robert Crawford   2005-07-08 14:23  

#12  Looks like we might be getting a new neighbor, John Henry,...you little bastard!
Posted by: Ted Williams   2005-07-08 14:09  

#11  Hibernate him like the experiment from a couple of weeks ago and then do the zombie dog thingy.

Save a couple of cells to clone a new body.. Wait 20 years and transfer his brain to the new body... Volia the king is back. Long live the king.
Posted by: 3dc   2005-07-08 13:53  

#10  Looks like the debka report a few days ago was pretty accurate.
Posted by: Rory B. Bellows   2005-07-08 13:52  

#9  Not to worry, he is only mostly dead
Posted by: SteveS   2005-07-08 11:40  

#8  We all know what this means. Looks like the easiest gig the folks at King Fahd ever had may soon be ending.
"Hey, somebody throw some more ice on the king..."
Posted by: tu3031   2005-07-08 11:18  

#7  Someone feed him Fahd something.

Preview is your friend, especially when adding HTML tags.
Posted by: ed   2005-07-08 11:12  

#6  I think the buzzard (no, not King Fahd) is ready to keel over. Someone feed him Fahd something.
Posted by: ed   2005-07-08 11:02  

#5  mojo ;>
Posted by: Shipman   2005-07-08 10:58  

#4  geebus! I just hope I live as long as he's been "failing"
Posted by: Frank G   2005-07-08 10:47  

#3  Is it a correct assumption that all this news of AQ bosses in Saudi being bagged is house cleaning to prepare for the next King? One of the Princes solidifying his base?
Posted by: BrerRabbit   2005-07-08 10:42  

#2  If he croaks in a hospital that's named after him, I mean, how's that gonna look? Guess you docs weren't as special as you thought, huh, were you?
Posted by: tu3031   2005-07-08 10:25  

#1  Doctors at King Fahd Specialist Hospital...

Well, it sounds like he went to the right place. They have doctors that specialize in King Fahd!
Posted by: mojo   2005-07-08 10:20  

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