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2004-10-28 Israel-Palestine

Ailing Arafat Still in Serious Condition

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Posted by Fred 2004-10-28 11:23:43 PM|| || Front Page|| [11130 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Generalissimo Yasser Arafat is still (almost) dead!

Posted by Sheik Abu Bin Ali Al-Yahood 2004-10-28 12:43:18 AM|| 2004-10-28 12:43:18 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 This sounds like one for the Futures. Will he or won't he? Anybody have the numbers from Vegas?

Posted by Rafael 2004-10-28 12:50:07 AM|| 2004-10-28 12:50:07 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 September 25th, 1969: PLO 'Chairman' Yasser Arafat, in Arab Fatah commando uniform with an automatic weapon over his shoulder.

Posted by Mark Espinola 2004-10-28 4:35:24 AM|| 2004-10-28 4:35:24 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 That's a commando uniform? He looks like he's fighting in pajamas.

Posted by Steve White 2004-10-28 5:40:55 AM|| 2004-10-28 5:40:55 AM|| Front Page Top

#5 Looks like Walter Matthau in the Odd Couple with a dishrag on his head.

Posted by Mrs. Davis 2004-10-28 7:20:24 AM|| 2004-10-28 7:20:24 AM|| Front Page Top

#6 There was a cartoon in the Jerusalem Post a few years back which was so over the top I was amazed they'd printed it. It showed a suicide bomber in the form of a pig complete with explosives belt descending to hell with a grinning Charon waiting with his trident - at least I think it was Charon since he's the boatman who rows the condemned across the River Styx. There was also a burning cauldron waiting for the suicide bomber who says, "Where are all these virgins I was promised?"

That's where and how I see Arafat ending up.

Posted by Bryan 2004-10-28 8:16:59 AM|| 2004-10-28 8:16:59 AM|| Front Page Top

#7 Mark: No wonder his name is AraFAT.

I woke up this morning, poured myself a cup of coffee and thought, ah....let's see if he's dead yet. I'm waaaiting....

Posted by 2b 2004-10-28 9:39:02 AM|| 2004-10-28 9:39:02 AM|| Front Page Top

#8 Paleo civil war for power in 5...4...3.

Posted by Frank G 2004-10-28 10:11:19 AM|| 2004-10-28 10:11:19 AM|| Front Page Top

#9 i think its no more than 50/50 on civil war, at least right away.

Posted by Liberalhawk 2004-10-28 10:19:26 AM|| 2004-10-28 10:19:26 AM|| Front Page Top

#10 Isn't Suha the one Hillery gave a big BUSS on the lips?

Posted by RN 2004-10-28 10:21:46 AM|| 2004-10-28 10:21:46 AM|| Front Page Top

#11 This sounds like one for the Futures.

It has been for a while.

Event: Fin tag for Yasser
Group: God
Narrative: Yasser Arafat kicks the bucket and good riddance.
Window: 15 Months (1/22/2006)
Probability 75% entered by Steve from Relto on 1/23/2004
Probability 95% entered by dataman1 on 2/5/2004
Probability 100% entered by Frank G on 3/4/2004
Probability 90% entered by BigEd on 6/8/2004
Probability 40% entered by Liberalhawk on 6/23/2004
Probability 100% entered by tu3031 on 6/26/2004
Probability 95% entered by Mark Espinola on 10/26/2004
Overall opinion is Probable (85%)
Current opinion is Probable (87%)

Posted by Steve from Relto 2004-10-28 10:23:48 AM|| 2004-10-28 10:23:48 AM|| Front Page Top

#12 AP reports Arafat unable to stand, or eat this morning, and reportedly confused, unable to recognize some visitors (abu WHO?)

Hmmm.
Arafat wakes up.
Ah Mr President, youre awake this is good
Im President of what? A country?
No, we have an entity, Ehud Barak offered us a state in 2000 but you turned it down.
Oh, he must have offered us only half of, what its called again, the West Bank.
No he offered us 90% of it - together with Gaza its where 99% of our people live.
Oh cmon, its impossible we would have rejected that, stop trying to fool me ....

Posted by Liberalhawk 2004-10-28 10:30:26 AM|| 2004-10-28 10:30:26 AM|| Front Page Top

#13 Fin tag. LMAO.

Posted by Seafarious 2004-10-28 11:09:00 AM|| 2004-10-28 11:09:00 AM|| Front Page Top

#14 I wonder who is behind the scenes on the various Palestinian factions. Debka said the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood was the mother organization for Hamas, and Hezbollah is Iranian, but I don't know who's who for the rest. I suppose some factions will be simply local thugs, but I'd guess that the winning factions will have foreign backers.

Posted by James 2004-10-28 1:35:22 PM|| [http://www.idontknowbut.blogspot.com] 2004-10-28 1:35:22 PM|| Front Page Top

#15 "Serious condition", eh?

Come on critical! Let's see a critical condition! Come on critical! Woo woo woo woo!

Posted by Bomb-a-rama 2004-10-28 2:35:19 PM|| 2004-10-28 2:35:19 PM|| Front Page Top

#16 I vote 100%. The mood is too grave to be a false alarm.

Posted by 2b 2004-10-28 2:35:23 PM|| 2004-10-28 2:35:23 PM|| Front Page Top

#17 They better search him and his people throughly before boarding them into a plane - including cavity searches. AfaFart and company may be making a last ditch effort to gain their 72 raisins.

Posted by CrazyFool 2004-10-28 2:45:34 PM|| 2004-10-28 2:45:34 PM|| Front Page Top

#18 Yes LH - I wonder if he'll have a moment of striking clarity just before he snuffs it (hopefully in extreme pain) and realises what could have been. Instead, the World Sympathy Meter(tm) is stuck hard over on the left for the Palestinians.

BAR - surely you mean 'terminal' condition?

Posted by Tony (UK) 2004-10-28 5:06:24 PM|| 2004-10-28 5:06:24 PM|| Front Page Top