 PALESTINIAN leader Yasser Arafat has been "unconscious for the past several hours", a source close to the Palestinian delegation with Arafat in France said. The source refused to say Mr Arafat had fallen into a coma, insisting that the 75-year-old Palestinian leader - in hospital in France for nearly a week for treatment of a mysterious illness - was "unconscious". | "He's not dead, he's only sleeping" |
the heads of all Palestinian security services were summoned to an emergency meeting early this morning (AEDT) after Mr Arafat fell into a coma, security sources said. Meanwhile, Israeli forces in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip have been placed on a state of alert following a deterioration in the health of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, security sources said. The decision was taken after a meeting between Defence Minister Shaul Mofaz and the leaders of intelligence services in Tel Aviv. The army's chief of staff, General Moshe Yaalon, had also held a meeting with the senior commanders in charge of the Palestinian territories. The Israeli army has a contingency plan, called 'new leaf', to deal with the fallout from Mr Arafat's death, including possible Palestinian riots.| "New Leaf", possibly they plan on turning a few things over? |
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