First the Democratic Party, now Arafat. Good week, huh?
Posted on 11/04/2004 7:46:17 AM PST by quidnunc
As Yasser Arafat reviews his life from his Paris hospital bed, what do you think he thinks? Does he regard himself as a success or not?
In some senses, he must feel he has failed. He has been waging war on Israel for four decades, and yet Israel is still there, richer and stronger than ever. He has personified Palestinian Arab nationalism — and he has led the Palestinian Arabs from one disaster to another.
Yet the old murderer surely also has abundant cause to feel successful. Once a pariah, a killer, a terrorist, he is now a Nobel Peace Prize winner and a billionaire. His agents hijacked planes, massacred civilians, organized the murder of schoolchildren and Olympic athletes — and even the assassinations of American diplomats. Yet he forced the world to recognize him as a legitimate head of government, and hundreds of millions of people worldwide regard him as the leader of a righteous cause. President Bill Clinton met with Yasser Arafat 24 times in eight years, more often than with any other international political figure. And though recent months have gone badly for him, Arafat has good reason to feel confident that he and his movement will in time recover.
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And yet, even as the international media reports on Arafat's condition with the kind of attention normally reserved for ailing popes, unwelcome possibilities like an AIDS diagnosis go unmentioned.
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ACCORDING TO RELIABLE SOURCES ARAFAT IS DEAD.
proche orient info ^ | o4-10-2004 | Kristian
Posted on 11/04/2004 10:33:04 AM EST by Kristian
According to PROCHE ORIENT INFO, a french newspaper, ARAFAT DIES A FEW MINUTES AGO.
http://www.proche-orient.info/
The headline says..... ARAFAT HAS DIED A FEW MINUTES AGO.
I know the newspaper ,i read it every day and are reliable sources.
He's dead, Jim.
Ululating of joy...
First the Democratic Party, now Arafat. Good week, huh?
Hillary packing mourning duds.... to console arafats wife during her grieving....
You know, I actually feel that the Palestinians have a real chance to resolve their problems now.
We beat Drudge again, if True.
IMO, too many consistant reports for it not to be true.
That was funny!
:)
Bump
Yes, yes it is a good week.
Now we as a nation better not send out condolences for that terrorist bast**d.
he is thinking a young boy
he is a pedophile
Bet on a civil war among them in a month?
Whether or not he is dead yet, I hope the Mossad somehow had a hand in his demise. It's terrible to think that a man so responsible for the deaths of so many innocents would pass on quietly of natural causes.
More White House Staffers use Free Republic than any other news source.
There might be a gang war, a street rumble, but it won't be general.
How many mentally ill kids has he strapped a bomb to and directed them into a crowded building.
Arrafat Exit Poll
1 person polled. Name.... Y. Arrafat.
Question... Arte you dead?
No answer.
Conclusion...
He's dead.
Subject to verification.
This is NOT a scientific poll, but it may be pretty accurate.
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