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Israel-Palestine
Arafat's Wife Lashes Out at Officials
2004-11-08
The soap opera continues.
Yasser Arafat's wife lashed out at his top lieutenants Monday, accusing them of traveling to Paris with plans to "bury" her husband "alive." In a screaming telephone call from Arafat's hospital bedside, Sooeee Suha Arafat told pan-Arab Al-Jazeera television that she was issuing "an appeal to the Palestinian people." She accused his top aides, who are traveling to Paris later Monday, of conspiring to usurp her husband's four-decade long role as Palestinian leader. "Let it be known to the honest Palestinian people that a bunch of those who want to take all my money over are coming to Paris tomorrow," she screamed in Arabic over the telephone. "You have to realize the size of the conspiracy. I tell you they are trying to bury Abu Ammar alive," she said, using his nom de guerre. He is all right and he is going home. God is great."

An Al-Jazeera producer said the broadcaster was confident it was Sooeee Suha Arafat on the telephone and that she had called their Ramallah office from Arafat's bedside at a French military hospital. Despite her insistence that Arafat, 75, was fine, French Foreign Minister Michel Barnier on Sunday called the Palestinian leader's condition "very complex, very serious and stable right now."
"He's dead, Jim."
Sooeee Suha Arafat, 41, who lives in Paris, has not been to the West Bank or seen her husband since the latest round of Palestinian violence began in 2000. She also is widely believed to have control of vast amounts of PLO money.
Posted by:phil_b

#22  Are you sure those aren't eye lashes? On well, I am sure there are plenty more lashes for the Madam to administer to the boys (and girls).
Posted by: Capt America   2004-11-08 9:41:53 PM  

#21  I'm tired of people comparing Suha to a pig. My pig Elsbeth is a purty pig. Suha is not. I'm reminded of Daffy Duck when he and Bugs find the cave filled with gold. "It's mine, mine, mine!"
Posted by: Deacon Blues   2004-11-08 12:22:49 PM  

#20  Egad, Frank, you're right! There is a family resemblence.
Posted by: Mike   2004-11-08 12:12:00 PM  

#19  she'll also answer to "Miss Piggy"
Posted by: Frank G   2004-11-08 12:06:45 PM  

#18  Is it "Suha" or "Sooo-eeeee?"
Posted by: Mike   2004-11-08 11:56:59 AM  

#17  Suha appears to have wintered well.....
Posted by: Alaska Paul   2004-11-08 11:28:02 AM  

#16  As I've always said, Arafat is John Gotti in a keffiyeh. Perhaps Francis Coppola could do a three-part saga on him, Mme Arafat and the crew.
Posted by: lex   2004-11-08 10:53:40 AM  

#15  SCREW WITH ME AND I WILL SCRATCH OUT YOUR EYES WITH MY WELL MANICURED NAILS!!! IT'S MINE!!! ALL MINE!!! MINE!!! MINE!!! MINE!!! WAKE UP AND TELL THEM THAT, YOU DISGUSTING PIG!!!
Posted by: Suha Arafat   2004-11-08 10:47:21 AM  

#14  "Rosebud!"
Posted by: Frank G   2004-11-08 10:22:14 AM  

#13  tu3031 - are you referring to Arafat's daughter and the less-than-immaculate-conception? Wrong thread. ;)
Posted by: Bulldog   2004-11-08 10:20:20 AM  

#12  So I wonder how the Palis feel now that they see what "The Struggle" was really all about?
Posted by: tu3031   2004-11-08 10:17:48 AM  

#11  Porky Arafat!
Posted by: Sock Puppet of Doom   2004-11-08 10:17:17 AM  

#10  Ugliest terrorist. Fits.
Posted by: Bulldog   2004-11-08 10:16:32 AM  

#9  Ugliest. Terrorist's wife. Ever.
Posted by: BH   2004-11-08 10:14:44 AM  

#8  Debka is reporting that this is simply a ploy to get the paleo power players to sign an agreement that says she continues to get cash.

quelle suprise, as they say in gaza france.
Posted by: PlanetDan   2004-11-08 9:57:20 AM  

#7  She's lovely - I'd give her a red second place ribbon
Posted by: Frank G   2004-11-08 9:48:41 AM  

#6  Have another twinkie Suha...sooeyyyy!
Posted by: jawa   2004-11-08 9:45:40 AM  

#5  "'Bury him alive'--what's up with that? They threatening him with a Caterpillar D9 or something? You wanna talk about 'buried alive,' now, that I know something about."

--Rachel Corrie
Posted by: Mike   2004-11-08 8:34:32 AM  

#4  All Suha fans raise your hands and repeat slowly after me:
Allahu Akbar, Allahu Akbar, Allahu Akbar !!!!

OK,
Now you can sit down grab some pretzels and
enjoy the unfolding "Comedia Del Arte".
Posted by: Elder of Zion   2004-11-08 8:15:17 AM  

#3  My God, these people are just a bunch of mobsters!

/sarcasm
Posted by: Bulldog   2004-11-08 5:55:30 AM  

#2  Is Mrs. Arafat who is often seen in the front rows of Paris fashion shows, or shopping with the wife of the Saudi arms dealer Adnan Khashoggi and the sister of the King of Morocco, is she cognizant of the reported 1 to 3 billion $$$$ her so-called husband has stashed away over the last 25 years?

Or, maybe Arafat's brother, the 67 year old Fathi Arafat has some clues, but he is reported in a Cairo hospital with 'terminal cancer'.

What about those in the top PA/PLO high command (of terrorists) all very rich. The billions never benefited the Arabs in Gaza or the 'West bank'. In addition to Saudi, E.U. assistance, U.S. tax dollars in the millions were donated to Arafat's 'people'.

Enlarge the photo of Fathi Arafat in the link.
Posted by: Mark Espinola   2004-11-08 2:54:50 AM  

#1  Barbara, please pass the popcorn! This Sooeee/Arafish thing is quite a source of innocent merriment.
Posted by: Alaska Paul   2004-11-08 1:26:56 AM  

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