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France's Chirac hails Arafat as man of courage
 French President Jacques Chirac, confirming Yasser Arafat's death, has hailed the Palestinian leader as a man of courage and conviction who embodied the Palestinian struggle for a state.Surprise meter? I think so... "It is with emotion that I have just learnt of the death of President Yasser Arafat, the first elected president of the Palestinian Authority," Chirac said in a written statement on Thursday. "I offer my very sincere condolences to his family and to people close to him I like how he says that he was elected, as if they were a democracy. Posted by: Ol_Dirty_American 2004-11-11 |
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