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Palestinians open Arafat's bedroom to public
Associated Press ^ | Nov 7, 2016 3:17 PM EST | Mohammed Daraghmeh

Posted on 11/07/2016 3:24:02 PM PST by Olog-hai

Palestinians will soon get a chance to glimpse the small bedroom where their longtime leader Yasser Arafat spent his final years.

The 5-square meter (54-square-foot) room is the centerpiece of the new Arafat Museum, which opens to the public on Thursday to coincide with the 12th anniversary of Arafat’s death. […]

Arafat spent most of the last three years of his life in this bedroom on the ground floor of his Ramallah headquarters, known as the Muqata.

Israel confined him to the building on Dec. 8, 2001, accusing him of masterminding a violent uprising at the time. He remained holed up there until Oct. 29, 2004, when Israel allowed him to travel to France for emergency medical care. He died from a mysterious illness at the age of 75 two weeks later. …

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TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Religion
KEYWORDS: aids; arafat; bedroom; israel; rop
Wonder where they got the money for an “Arafat Museum” if they claim to be so poor.
1 posted on 11/07/2016 3:24:02 PM PST by Olog-hai
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They could collect some good culture there to make Goat Cheese.


2 posted on 11/07/2016 3:26:47 PM PST by soycd
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To: Olog-hai

Your tax dollars at work.


3 posted on 11/07/2016 3:27:58 PM PST by Read Write Repeat (afk babysitting libertarians)
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Complete with pictures of innocent people he had murdered or bombed !?


4 posted on 11/07/2016 3:29:00 PM PST by faithhopecharity ("Politicians are not born. They're excreted." Marcus Tullius Cicero.)
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How’d they funnel the little boys into it?

Shut the dang door again. No one wants to see that place.


5 posted on 11/07/2016 3:30:16 PM PST by Yaelle
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To: Olog-hai
Available for an additional fee:


6 posted on 11/07/2016 3:32:42 PM PST by RightGeek (FUBO and the donkey you rode in on)
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To: soycd
They could collect some good culture...

I was hoping they hit it with carbolic acid to avoid health hazards.

7 posted on 11/07/2016 3:38:03 PM PST by Calvin Locke
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Now I know where to dump all my bacon grease at!


8 posted on 11/07/2016 3:38:09 PM PST by InsidiousMongo
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To: Olog-hai

Fake museum! Everything terrorists do is fake.


9 posted on 11/07/2016 3:41:00 PM PST by \/\/ayne (I regret that I have but one subscription cancellation notice to give to my local newspaper.)
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To: Olog-hai

Did they keep his goat-humping harness?


10 posted on 11/07/2016 3:42:06 PM PST by MeanWestTexan (Sometimes There Is No Lesser Of Two Evils)
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“Palestinians open Arafat’s bedroom to public”

They are behind the times. Bill Clinton started this policy here in the USA a long time ago.


11 posted on 11/07/2016 3:42:06 PM PST by RightInTheMain
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To: Calvin Locke
"I was hoping they hit it with carbolic acid to avoid health hazards. "

Bleach. Bleach kills the AIDS virus.
Carbolic acid too I guess.
But bleach is probably cheaper.
Arafat's bedroom. Yuch!

12 posted on 11/07/2016 3:42:26 PM PST by StormEye
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So. Are the aged Markie Post and Linda Bloodworth Thomason gonna get to jump with glee on it?


13 posted on 11/07/2016 3:44:35 PM PST by Gaffer
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Guess it took ‘em 12 years to properly fumigate it.

How long will the White Hut have to be closed after January 20th?


14 posted on 11/07/2016 4:44:08 PM PST by A Formerly Proud Canadian (I once was blind but now I see...)
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Had to give it enough time for the AIDS viruses to die.


15 posted on 11/07/2016 11:16:27 PM PST by Arthur McGowan (https://youtu.be/IYUYya6bPGw)
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