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Was it the leader of the PLO who died... or the drummer for the Beatles?

Key Facts Arafat has often claimed that he was born in Jerusalem, though his birth certificate indicates that his actual place of birth was Cairo, Egypt in 1929. He moved to live with his uncle in Jerusalem after the death of his mother in 1933.In the late 1950's, Arafat helped found the Fatah movement. Beginning as early as 1965, Fatah launched various terrorist attacks against Israeli targets. Fatah is Arabic for "conquest" and the name refers to the Islamic idea that once a land has been under Muslim control, it can never return to non-Muslim rule.In 1969, Arafat was elected...

MIDI - IT MUST HAVE BEEN LOVE It is over...for dear Yasser...hourglass is...out of sand I've had fun in Paris...with all that money...he lived in that stinking land...stinking land As he lay...on his deathbed...I will act I found his account...time to pull the plug...I found his account...say goodbye to the slug I found his account...time to pull the plug...I found his account...I will not miss his mug I could not stand...goat smell breathing...it had gagged me...every time I'm a high-priced hooker...that's what they called me...and a partner in his crimes And as he lay...on his deathbed...I've got to act...

The Palestinians now have their own Anna Nicole Smith. Yasser Arafat's wife is jockeying for position to retain as large a portion of his "personal" wealth, which has been estimated to be close to a billion dollars. She has been living a life of luxury in France for the last 4 years, and wants to have French law determine the distribution of her husband's assets (just about everything goes to the spouse). The Palestinian leadership, of course, want to get those dollars back to work financing the intifada. It's getting increasingly difficult to raise new money in the era of...

"I think it's very important for our friends, the Israelis, to have a peaceful Palestinian state living on their border. And it's very important for the Palestinian people to have a peaceful, hopeful future." So spoke President Bush just two days after his re-election, just exactly as news reports were leaking Yasser Arafat's demise.The combination of Mr. Bush's stunning new mandate and Mr. Arafat's near-death condition will lead, I predict, to a quick revival of Palestinian-Israeli diplomacy after months of relative doldrums and to massive dangers to Israel.The doldrums will cease because the Bush administration views Mr. Arafat as the...

I have been asked whether the death of Arafat will open the doors to peace between the so-called Palestinians and the Israelis. If the past is any indication, the answer is no. It is important to understand that Palestinians are Arabs. They have little or no experience with elections and, more importantly, the rule of law. Nothing protects Arabs from each other. Who, I am asked, will be Arafat’s successor? It hardly matters. Whoever is designated--not elected--the next prime minister will be more concerned with not being assassinated by his political enemies than with negotiating peace with the Israelis. Indeed,...

Yasser Arafat chose to fight for his cause by killing, maiming, and destroying the lives of uncounted innocent men, women, and children. Regardless of the virtue of of the Palestinian cause, Arafat's method of fighting for it was monsterous. Let's hope God finds a special place in Hell for that bag of garbage.

Ailing Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat's health has deteriorated, Palestinian officials say. Mr Arafat is being treated at a military hospital in Paris for an undisclosed medical condition. Palestinian envoy Leila Shahid told the BBC that his health had suffered a setback, but gave no further details. Her statement followed rumours that Mr Arafat had been vomiting and lapsing in and out of consciousness, before being moved to intensive care. Blood tests have already revealed that 75-year-old Mr Arafat has a low count of platelets, which are needed for clotting, but doctors are unsure of what is causing the condition. Doctors'...

Yasir Arafat and the Palestinian Authority are known internationally for the violence between Israelis and Palestinians. As ruinous as that violence has been, another cancer permeates Arafat's administration; its name is corruption. From firsthand experience, I understand just how deep it is. Here is what I know.From Optimism to Dismay On July 1, 1994, the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) chairman, Yasir Arafat, arrived triumphant in the Gaza Strip, watched by millions on television across the world. I was already in Ramallah, having traveled there from my family's exile in Qatar in the weeks after Arafat, Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin,...

Globalterroralert.com (10/12/04): Al-Qaida supporters in London, led by the notorious Shaykh Omar Bakri Mohammed (Al-Muhajiroun) and Yasser al-Sirri (the Islamic Observation Centre), held a protest rally outside the Saudi embassy in London on October 8. Only a day after the terrorist attacks on Israeli tourists in Taba, Egypt, the militants shouted: "Taba, Taba, O' Jews! The Army of Mohammed is Coming!"http://www.globalterroralert.com/london-saudi.wmv

The world has decided that the territories are beyond the pale for the Jews. In a crash course on Jewish literacy, dealing with the Pale of Settlement published by Aish.com we learn "From 1791 until 1915, the Jews living in Eastern Europe were confined by the Czars of Russia -- starting with Catherine the Great -- to an area known as the "Pale of Settlement" (meaning "borders of settlement"). "Jews were specifically expelled from Moscow and St. Petersburg and forced into the Pale. Later they were also expelled from rural areas within the Pale and forced to live only in...

Ah, the travails of a tiny country caught at the crossroads of greater powers. Sound familiar? Lithuania? Armenia? Israel? There have been so many holocausts that we could easily pick one out of a hat and discuss it. But because of recent developments in Damascus and Beirut, we’ll discuss Lebanon today. In a move I found quite surprising, the U.N. Security Council voted Friday in, support for a free and fair electoral process in Lebanon's upcoming presidential election, conducted according to Lebanese constitutional rules devised without foreign interference or influence. The new U.N. resolution also called for, the restoration of...

I want information about this photo. If I were to guess, he was given the kaffiyeh as a gift and dean has no idea of it's possible symbolism. anyone got the true story? Or at least a funny anecdote?

Wed Dec 24, 9:53 PM ET Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat's Kefiyeh marks his empty chair at the Midnight Mass on Christmas eve in the West Bank city of Bethlehem. After three years of Intifada which has blighted the traditional birth town of Jesus Christ, Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat was once again banned from the festivities, confined to his Ramallah headquarters since early December 2001 by Israeli forces.(AFP/Musa Al-Shaer)

<p>October 2, 2003 -- The next time you hear the Palestinians and their supporters bemoaning how Israel's determination to defend itself against terror has "crippled" the Palestinian economy, consider a new report from the International Monetary Fund. The IMF recently disclosed that its own audit uncovered the fact that Palestinian Authority President Yasser Arafat between 1995 and 2000 diverted fully $591 million from the PA budget into a special bank account under his personal control.</p>

Guess what, everybody? It's time for an event we've all been waiting YEARS for... the... Yasser Arafat Death Watch Thread! To commemorate this glorious moment, let's all contribute our testimonials to the character of ol' Yasser. Suggestions for NON FRENCH champagne are heartily welcomed, as well as pics of 9/11, our brave troops in Iraq, the noble men and women of the Israeli armed forces, cartoons making fun of rag-heads in general, and quotes from old Mark Steyn columns!I will personally send a box of chocolates to the person who picks the time closest to Yasser's actual passing (or a...

Terrorist Arafat Clings to Power (Same Old, Same Old) By Andrew L. Jaffee, September 7, 2003 Home   Search   Forum   Terms Yasser Arafat today named Palestinian Authority (PA) parliamentary speaker Ahmed Qurei as new prime minister. Qurei will replace Mahmoud Abbas, who resigned yesterday. The BBC describes Qurei as: ...a leading member of the mainstream Fatah faction who helped to negotiate the Oslo peace accord with Israel 10 years ago. ... Palestinian officials describe him as an Arafat loyalist who's unlikely to challenge the veteran leader. "Arafat loyalist" means he's tainted by terror, and will continue the PA's rampant mismanagement and corruption. Same...

Floral basket to Kim Jong Il from Yasser Arafat     Pyongyang, April 8 (KCNA) -- Kim Jong Il received a floral basket from Palestinian Yasser Arafat on the occasion of the tenth anniversary of his election as Chairman of the DPRK National Defence Commission. Today it was conveyed to DPRK Foreign Minister Paek Nam Sun by Palestinian Ambassador to the DPRK Shaher Mohammed Abdlah.

Most here at FreeRepublic are smart enough to know of the indoctrination of hate going on in the Palestinian society. What a contradiction it is to see a little boy engage and identify with elements of war, a diametrically opposed concept to the innocence of childhood. Unless taught, children know no hate, skin color, or political interests. Powerfully reminiscient of the Palestinian who raised his hands, covered in blood, from a window, near the beginning of the violence in the Mideast, a little girl with red paint on her hands raises them in like manner. See for yourself the reality...

MOSCOW, June 24 (UPI) -- Russian President Vladimir Putin Monday called it "dangerous and a mistake" to remove Yasser Arafat from the Palestinian leadership because "it would lead to a radicalization of Palestinian society." Speaking at a wide-ranging news conference in the Kremlin Monday, Putin differed from U.S. President George Bush who a few hours later called for "new and different Palestinian leadership" to bring peace to the region. But Putin, who said he was very concerned with the deteriorating situation in the Middle East, warned that Arafat should not be sidelined. "It would be dangerous and a mistake to...