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| Arafat losing mental faculties - aides |
| 2004-10-30 |
 Yasser Arafat's closest aides said Saturday the long-time Palestinian leader has lost control of his mental faculties and cannot communicate clearly. The aides, who spokes to CNN on condition of anonymity, said Arafat's deteriorating condition means his reign as chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization has ended. Arafat, 75, arrived in Paris for emergency medical care Friday and is believed to be suffering from an acute blood disorder, perhaps leukemia. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #28 Awwww.... well Fred the docs ruled out the leukemia... hope you are overjoyed to hear that. And please stop posting your bald pic with all Arafish articles lol.... |
| Posted by: Faisal 2004-10-30 8:57:35 PM |
#27 Glising, ...that photo and great line fits perfect! Yasser's time has come! |
| Posted by: Mark Espinola 2004-10-30 11:38:20 PM |
| #26 Sgt. Mom: Genetics might have determined Arafat's looks for the first ten to twenty years of his life, but I think by now his appearance is dominated by his various lifestyle choices. |
| Posted by: Phil Fraering 2004-10-30 11:38:19 PM |
| #25 OK... but will Jimmuh appear to be devastated with grief, or merely stoic and resigned to the loss, like Suha. (You want nauseating visuals??? Suha and Arafat produced a child, allegedly together. Short pause while everyone contemplates that visual, and runs into the facility to barf...) |
| Posted by: Sgt. Mom 2004-10-30 11:06:12 PM |
| #24 Sgt. Mom---Frank G and I were just discussing Jimmuh and this subject a few hours ago. We agree---Jimmuh will be at the funeral yep - along with Cristiane Amanpour - and P.R. - stop with the visuals - I'm eating |
| Posted by: Frank G 2004-10-30 9:54:23 PM |
| #23 Les Invalides or Le Pantheon. The Arc de Triomphe would be over the top, even for Chiraq. |
| Posted by: Michael Moore 2004-10-30 9:24:23 PM |
| #22 And moving on to the next practical order of business... where are they going to plant him? Knowing, of course, that the spot will become one of the "holy places" to his many adherants? Israel won't want him back in any form, don't think Jordan will go for it... Kuwait? Nahhh..The Magic Kingdom? Place your bets, gentleman, please... |
| Posted by: Sgt. Mom 2004-10-30 8:56:22 PM |
| #21 and best of all he will run up a big bill at the French hospital and then stiff them |
| Posted by: mhw 2004-10-30 8:45:04 PM |
| #20 A.P.: Trusts are unique to the "common law" legal system developed in England and now found in the US and the rest of the Anglosphere. The French, and continental Europe in general (inclusing Switzerland), have the "civil law" (Code Napoleon) system, which does not have the concept of trusts at all, and in its pure form does not even allow for the idea of a last will and testament. I don't know what the legal system is in Egypt, Tunisia, or the PA-administered West Bank (Does the PA=administered West Bank even have a legal system beyond "AK-47 justice?"), but if money or beer were on the line I'd guess it was closer to the civil law model than the common law model. Plus, I'm fairly confident that in Arafat's financial and estate planning, as in everything else he's ever done, strict compliance with law is just not an issue. All of which is a long way of saying I have no idea what he might have done. |
| Posted by: Mike 2004-10-30 8:37:26 PM |
| #19
They're coming to take me away ha ha! |
