Posted on 11/03/2004 4:55:49 PM PST by LouAvul
PARIS (AP) - Yasser Arafat's condition has deteriorated significantly over the past day, and doctors treating him at a Paris hospital remain unsure what has caused the 75-year-old Palestinian leader's illness, Palestinian officials said early Thursday.
The Palestinian sources, speaking on condition of anonymity, confirmed an Israeli TV report that Arafat was in very serious condition. They said details would be disclosed at a previously planned news conference scheduled for Thursday at 10 a.m. EST.
Arafat, who has been ill for three weeks, was flown to a French military hospital on Friday after passing out briefly at his West Bank headquarters.
Mohammed Dahlan, a former Palestinian security chief in Paris with a group of Arafat aides, denied, however, that Arafat's condition has worsened. "The president's condition is stable," he told reporters.
Arafat initially was said to have been suffering a severe case of influenza, but later was diagnosed with having blood abnormalities and trouble with his digestion. Palestinian officials insist leukemia has been ruled out, but say doctors remain uncertain what is causing Arafat's illness.
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OMG a Bush win and a turn for the worst for Arafat....can this day get any better!!!
I could I receive such great news two days in a row. LOL
May the decomposition begin ASAP!
Maybe someone could whisper in his ear that W won the election by a huge margin, and it might just give him the shove out the door we desperately want.....
Is Arafat dead yet?
Wow, a Bush win and a terrorist on the outs all in one day. good times.
May his death be slow and painful.
Perhaps he was watching FOX news last night.
I wish no man or woman ill but it is over 30 years past time the father of modern terrorism left this earthly presence...Perhaps there will be a chance for peace at last. He should have been killed at the first hijacking.
Pretty soon Suha will be available, with a few hundred million squirreled away. Once she looses a few pounds, look out Teresa! Remember, Suha already has a nice place in Paris...
Anyone have any good champagne?
Hell, who cares - anyone have beer or strawberry Gatorade?
…and DU still has the covers pulled over their head.
ditto!!
I should be arrested for happy intoxication at once. First landslide now this ? he he he he he he he
May the fleas of a thousand camels infest his armpits.
buh-bye. terrorist.
I can only wish that it's blindingly painful, searing his shriveled, rotting lump of flesh with agony and suffering... But I really don't have an opinion one way or the other....
It's about time. I remember being 8 (9 in 5 more days) when Khomeini died a too peaceful death. It was the night of that Dodger/Astros game that lasted 22 innings.
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