Posted on 11/11/2004 9:46:16 PM PST by claudiustg
The United Nations has accorded Yasser Arafat honors as a head of state, holding a tribute in the General Assembly and flying the flag at half staff. Secretary-General Kofi Annan led the tribute.
The hour-long General Assembly tribute featured eulogies from ambassadors representing each of the world's regions, as well as Islamic and Arab groups. Such tributes are usually reserved for sitting heads of state.
Secretary-General Kofi Annan described Mr. Arafat as one of those few leaders instantly recognizable by people around the world. He said Mr. Arafat's signing of the 1993 Oslo Accords was a giant step in realizing the vision of two states, Israel and Palestine, living side by side in peace.
"It is tragic that he did not live to see it fulfilled," he said. "Now that he has gone, both Israelis and Palestinians, and friends of both peoples throughout the world, must make even greater efforts to bring about the peaceful realization of the Palestinian right of self-determination."
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That headline's three words too long.
What State? He denied his people a state.
Good One!
HAR!!!
my thoughts exactly.. how can you be the head of a state that does not exist? or to put it another way... how can you be the head of a state that Israel offered to give you but you refused to take?
Up where I live, the Canadian networks are going to broadcast this unworthy's funeral. It's enough to spit boardnails.
tell those UN bums to get out of my country.
When the hell are we going to send Goofy the Corrupt Annan and his son Krazy Kojo packing the hell off the sacred ground of NYC and back to whatever p&ss-hole they came from?
Oil scandals, sex scandals, and THIS obscenity!
When Jacques Chirac and Nelson Mandela - AND the abominable Jimmy Carter - think someone is a statesman, that ought to tell you everything you need to know.
LOL exactly!
Amen.
Something positive in the diarrhea that was Arafat is how the communist bastards keep exposing themselves.
Take Jimmy Carter, for instance. In the past year, this traitor has gone completely off the deep end. From verifying Chavez's election in Venezuela to meeting Castro to denouncing Pres. Bush and his policy in Iraq and on terrorism, he's lost it.
If folks can't see these slimeballs for who they really are now, they never will.
It's the least Anan could do after he has made off with millions c/o butt boy.
That HAS to be 'Post of the Day', IMHO.
How disgraceful it is, that an organization which purports to be SO concerned about human rights, about maintaining peace, the welfare of the less fortunate, blah-blah-blah, sees fit to fly it's own fit-for-toilet-paper flag at HALF MAST for a f(#*&!@ng TERRORIST?!?
And a terrorist who brought a pistol to the very PODIUM of the U.N.!!!
The only consolation in all of this is that Arafat will be warm for the winter.
REAL warm.
The justice reached Arafat (he died from AIDS) and the justice will reach the UN, French, and others.
Remember: UN=Unwanted Nobodies
By the way 70% of the Israelis deslike the UN and 56% think this terror supporter organization must be closed.
HEHEHE...that's about the size of it too. No pun intended. :0)
I'd like to see the UN reformed. France kicked off the security council. Replaced by Israel. The world would be a much safer place if this dream came true. Jim
THIS JUST IN:
FROM: SATAN
RE: ARAFART
PLEASE KEEP THE SUMBITCH! I DON'T WANT HIM HERE. WHY F*^K UP A GOOD HELL? HE'S TOO EVIL FOR ME. HE WOULD DEMORALIZE THE DEMONS.
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