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| Communist China highly concerned with Arafat's health |
| 2004-10-29 |
| Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Zhang Qiyue said here Friday that the Chinese leaders and Chinese government are highly concerned with Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat's state of illness. Zhang said President Hu Jintao sent a message Thursday to Arafat to express his solicitude. "Arafat is an outstanding leader of the Palestinian national liberation movement and an old friend of Chinese people" said Zhang, adding that China is willing to offer any possible help forArafat's recovery. Reports said Yasser Arafat will be airlifted to Paris for treatment early Friday. Arafat, 75, president of the Palestinian National Authority, has been sick over the past two weeks, suffering from what Palestinian officials said a stomach flu. On Wednesday night, the Israeli media quoted sources as saying that Arafat was very very sick. Some reports said that Arafat collapsed earlier and had lost consciousness for several hours. Arafat's senior advisor Nabil Abu Rudeina said the leader was now in stable condition but doctors had advised Arafat to receive follow-up checks abroad as they deemed it necessary. |
| Posted by:Mark Espinola |
| #6 #3 The Chinee are a lot of things, but MoonBats they ain't, we should be so lucky. /Zman. Shipman, I'm not sure of whether or not you meant to quote me with that post. However, if you did, that was a d@mn fine job of it. |
| Posted by: Zenster 2004-10-30 1:08:29 AM |
| #5 This is a joke, right??? |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2004-10-29 10:53:01 PM |
| #4 Arafat is an outstanding leader of the Palestinian national liberation movement (but it isn't like the standards for Paleo leadership are very high) and an old friend of Chinese people (who has been a thorn in the side of the Americans for years). |
| Posted by: SteveS 2004-10-29 8:37:19 PM |
| #3 The Chinee are a lot of things, but MoonBats they ain't, we should be so lucky. /Zman. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2004-10-29 8:33:52 PM |
| #2 Arafat is an outstanding leader of the Palestinian national liberation movement and an old friend of Chinese people Jeeze, are these Chinese guys smoking whacky weed??? Maybe the lunar eclipse created a bunch of moonbats on the other side of the world. |
| Posted by: John Q. Citizen 2004-10-29 6:58:31 PM |
| #1 Yeah, maybe they can offer some Chinese medical assistance *shudder*. My friend laid down his motorcycle last year...broke 6 ribs and a collarbone. Took him to the hospital, they sent him home with no treatment, not so much as an aspirin for the pain. "We don't have the right supplies", and that was that. I live in fear of having to visit a hospital here. |
| Posted by: gromky 2004-10-29 6:12:40 AM |