 Yasser Arafat, hospitalized in France with a painful mystery ailment, was rushed to intensive care after suffering a setback and was undergoing a new round of tests, Palestinian officials said early Thursday. The two officials said the 75-year-old Arafat's condition had seriously deteriorated over the past day, adding that doctors who have been examining him since Friday still don't know the cause of his illness.
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"M'sieur le Docteur! What's wrong with him?"
"Hmmm... He looks sick to me!" |
French hospital and military officials refused to comment, but more information was expected from a previously planned news conference Thursday afternoon (10 a.m. EST). Meanwhile, Arafat's top aides denied there had been any setback and accused Israel of spreading rumors. The report first aired on Israel's Channel Two television.
Zionist Lies!
| "C'mon, Yasser! Show 'em you ain't sick! Blink yer eyes!" |
"These unfounded reports are not coming from French medical teams. These are leaks from the Israeli side," said Mohammed Dahlan, a former Palestinian security chief. "Leaking such rumors will only complicate things and also complicate the situation within the Palestinian public," he told reporters in Paris. Haled Salem, Arafat's top aide, said early Thursday that the medical analysis was "deepening a little bit" but he remained confident Arafat would recover. "There are no setbacks."
Der Fuhrer His Majesty suffers from a slight headache - nothing more! |