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Israel-Palestine
Removing Life Support Ruled Out for Arafat
2004-11-10
EFL.Why don't they just let this pus bag on the ass of humanity get on with his non stop trip to hell and get it over with...
Yasser Arafat has suffered brain damage and kidney and liver failure, the Palestinian prime minister said Wednesday, but a top Muslim cleric ruled out any possibility of life support being turned off.
Oh, good. Now the "clerics" have shown up looking for their cut.
French Prime Minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin said late Wednesday that the Palestinian leader was in his "final hours," telling France-2 television: "I hope that we can respect the final hours of a man who is approaching death."
Ummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm...Nah.
Palestinian Foreign Minister Nabil Shaath said Arafat, who was in a deep coma connected to a respirator and a feeding tube, had suffered brain damage because of a hemorrhage. Only his heart and lungs were still functioning, Shaath said. A top Islamic cleric, Taisser Bayoud Tamimi, read Wednesday from the Quran at Arafat's bedside and said no attempt would be made to remove him from life support. "As long as there are signs of life in the body of the president, he will remain under treatment," said Tamimi. "It is prohibited in Islam."
"It is prohibited in Islam." All right, "holy man". How much do you want to make it okay by "Islam" to shut him down? We've worked our way around "Islam" many times in the past, haven't we?
Posted by:tu3031

#12  So they aren't sure they've got the right confirm codes!
Posted by: Mrs. Davis   2004-11-10 6:47:56 PM  

#11  Riddle me this: How can they tell when a man with no heart has actually died?
Posted by: Curious1   2004-11-10 6:29:55 PM  

#10  I heard the Suha has settled on a $22Million yearly allowance from Fatah. Now that’s done I bet she will pulls the plug herself. FYI She aint a Muslim, so those rules don’t apply.
Posted by: Cyber Sarge   2004-11-10 6:26:15 PM  

#9  Ya know folks, the Ululators are still sitting there waiting for their masters to operate them. Kinda of a letdown, waiting so long. Fat Ladies and Accordion Ladies have come and gone. Well, at least the Paleos have given up trying to bury the 'Fish in Jerusalem.

I read an article in Jewish World Review today that the gist was that after the Arafish dies, and the other goons get sorted out, nothing will change in ‘Palestine’ during the transition from kaffiyehs and holsters to suits and ties. Here is the link. Kinda depressing.
Posted by: Alaska Paul   2004-11-10 6:08:57 PM  

#8  "only his heart and lungs were still functioning". Sounds like he's legally dead.
I'd say he's probably already stinking up the hospital room, but this is France we're talking about.
Posted by: Dishman   2004-11-10 6:02:17 PM  

#7  I say we take off and nuke the place from orbit. It's the only way to be sure.
Posted by: Michael   2004-11-10 6:00:42 PM  

#6  I say we pack him in C2 and let her rip!

Problem solved.
Posted by: CrazyFool   2004-11-10 5:35:58 PM  

#5  Why are they still calling it "life support" instead of what it really is (death support)?
Posted by: Phil Fraering   2004-11-10 5:25:49 PM  

#4  So it is OK with Islam to hook the Arafish up to a bunch of tubes and respirators? Where is that written in the Koran? Or does some Imam clown issue a fatwa permitting the proceedure until financial negotiations are completed by all parties?

The thing that gets me is that the French play right into this. I am sure that the Islamists look at the French as useful idiots, but the French cannot see this basic principle.
Posted by: Alaska Paul   2004-11-10 5:19:23 PM  

#3  Hey! That might be the compromise they work out with the "holy man"! That... and lot's of money!
Posted by: tu3031   2004-11-10 5:18:43 PM  

#2  Removing Life Support Ruled Out for Arafat

After all, it's a little late in the game to be dismantling the UN.
Posted by: BH   2004-11-10 5:16:42 PM  

#1  If they won't pull the plug, flip the breaker!
Posted by: Hyper   2004-11-10 5:15:46 PM  

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