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Israel-Palestine
Palestinian Leader Arafat in Coma -Aide
2004-11-04
Things are not looking good for the baby killing Nobel Prize winner.
PARIS (Reuters) - Palestinian President Yasser Arafat has been in a coma since Wednesday evening and was now in critical condition in the intensive care unit at a French military hospital, aides said on Thursday.
Funeral dirge...
"He has no immunity whatsoever," another aide said.
He lost physically what he had politically, how ironic.
In the West Bank city of Ramallah, Palestinian officials first called Baghdad Bob for advice and then said Arafat was not in a coma. "It's not true at all that Arafat went into a coma," Tayeb Abdul Rahim, a senior aide, told reporters.
UPDATE: DEBKAfile reports: Arafat is sunk in coma on artificial respirator in intensive care unit of Paris hospital. Palestinian leadership assembled in Ramallah to determine order of succession. Fox News reports the same.
Posted by:Ol_Dirty_American

#12  Let the Paleo Civil War begin. Praise the Lord and pass the popcorn.
Posted by: Laurence of the Rats   2004-11-04 11:51:10 AM  

#11  When the fish dies will LGF be able to handle the traffic?
Posted by: Shipman   2004-11-04 11:46:18 AM  

#10  after Arafat dies, Sgt Mom could do the dead parrot skit
Posted by: mhw   2004-11-04 10:55:46 AM  

#9  Sgt. Mom -
I wish I could send along a few dozen roses for the smile that brought me. My son - also a Python fan - is rolling on the floor, incapacitated by laughter.

Mike
Posted by: Mike Kozlowski   2004-11-04 10:48:39 AM  

#8  crap - I handed out all my candy at Halloween - better get mor and lube up the ululator
Posted by: Frank G   2004-11-04 10:47:35 AM  

#7  Fox confirms he uis in a coma and on life support.
He will not get better acording to the report.
Posted by: Sock Puppet of Doom   2004-11-04 10:36:40 AM  

#6  Sgt. Mom: Absolutely beautiful. That would be a fitting message for Bush to send in the *sympathy* card.
Posted by: The Doctor   2004-11-04 10:30:04 AM  

#5  Who will Bush send to the funeral?

Jimmy Carter, of course. Bill and Hillary will be too busy planning for 2008. They'll send a nice card, of course.
Posted by: Steve   2004-11-04 10:20:34 AM  

#4  Dare we to hope????"
'E's not pinin'! 'E's passed on! This Arafat is no more! He has ceased to be! 'E's expired and gone to meet 'is maker! 'E's a stiff! Bereft of life, 'e rests in peace! If you hadn't nailed 'im to the perch 'e'd be pushing up the daisies! 'Is metabolic processes are now 'istory! 'E's off the twig! 'E's kicked the bucket, 'e's shuffled off 'is mortal coil, run down the curtain and joined the bleedin' choir invisibile!! THIS IS AN EX-ARAFAT!!
Apologies to Monty Python, of course, but it just seemed so apt.
Posted by: Sgt. Mom   2004-11-04 9:53:23 AM  

#3  "He has no immunity whatsoever,"

Hmmmmmmmm. Sounds like that might answer some recent speculation.
Posted by: tu3031   2004-11-04 9:49:36 AM  

#2  Who will Bush send to the funeral? Michael Moore?
Posted by: Mrs. Davis   2004-11-04 9:42:38 AM  

#1  then his lips fell off...
Posted by: Frank G   2004-11-04 9:41:29 AM  

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