Grumpy Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat was marking his 75th birthday without ceremony or celebration in his West Bank headquarters yesterday, insiders said. Staff working at the leadership compound where Mr Arafat has been kept under effective house arrest for nearly three years said he ignored them when they uttered birthday greetings. Although surprise birthday parties have been held in the battered compound, known as the Muqataa, no such celebration was expected this year.
| I'd like to send him something, maybe a gift-wrapped JDAM. |
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