In today's "Maariv International":
... In response to a request of several dozen Israeli left wing activists, the Palestinian leader's chief financial advisor, Mohammad Rashid, told al-Arabiya television this afternoon that Israelis who wish to attend Arafat's burial ceremony should be allowed to do so. According to Gush Shalom spokesman, Adam Keller, among those who would participate are Uri Avneri, Teddy Katz the historian, Yitzhak Frenkeltal from the Forum of Bereaved Parents for Peace and former Jerusalem City Council member Meir Margalit.
Frenkental, whose son was murdered in 1994 while serving in the IDF, told NRG Maariv, "I asked to take part in Arafat's funeral because I think it would contribute to an Israeli-Palestinian dialogue and express empathy towards the Palestinian people. Arafat is no longer alive and the gesture is towards the Palestinian people. I am sure many Israelis sympathize with the Palestinians today. I met Arafat many times and saw in him a man who wanted to reach a long-lasting peace. But again, I say, there was no partner on the Israeli side".
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let em go - if they're threatened or harmed they can appeal to their Paleo friends for security - LOL- be sure to wear your yarmulkes, heros!
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I met Arafat many times and saw in him a man who wanted to reach a long-lasting peace
until his death, he wore his kaffiyeh in the shape of "palestine" -- which looks remarkably like Israel, the west bank and gaza. That asswipe would only be happy if Israel ceased to exist. And now, fittingly, he ceased to exist, instead. There's a lesson there.
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Re: There are LLL folks everywhere. It is what makes a world. Deal with it as you may but don't expect to rid the world of them. The only real answer is Elections in a republic/democracy form of government (but then you still have the Klinton Factor).
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How Arafat Got Away With It The Soviets, U.S., EU and other foreign enablers helped this thug stay in power.
It is considered bad form to speak ill of the dead, but I will make an exception for Yasser Arafat, the pathetic embodiment of all that went wrong in the Third World after the demise of the European empires. All too many rulers of "liberated" nations in the second half of the 20th century — the likes of Mao Tse-tung (China), Sukarno (Indonesia), Robert Mugabe (Zimbabwe), Moammar Kadafi (Libya) and Gamal Abdel Nasser (Egypt) — proved to be devotees of the Louis XIV school of political philosophy: L'etat, c'est moi. Their rapaciousness knew no bounds. Neither did their cruelty.
Yet even as these rulers were torturing their own people, they were lionized in the salons of the West. European and American intellectuals, motivated by a combination of guilt for their countries' past conduct, vicarious zest for revolutionary adventure and condescension toward Africans and Asians who were thought incapable of conforming to Western standards, were willing to excuse any crime committed in the name of "national liberation." Arafat benefited from this deference ever since taking over the Palestine Liberation Organization in 1969. He and his cronies pocketed billions of dollars and kept their grip on power through the cruel application of violence against various enemies and "collaborators." In return, Arafat reaped worldwide adulation and a Nobel Peace Prize.
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DEBKAfile's Palestinian sources report extremist PLO politburo chief Farouk Kaddoumi is challenging legitimacy of interim regime. He claims he is rightful PLO chairman after Arafat's death not Abbas. Self-exiled in protest against 1993 Oslo Peace accords, Kaddoumi is promised Hizballah support for a fresh wave of terrorist violence starting during Arafat funeral. Hizballah chairman Hassan Nasrallah schedules an inflammatory speech to mark event. Last Friday, Kaddoumi forwarded funds to Fatah-Tanzim's al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades for mob clashes with Israeli troops and spectacular terrorist attacks. His supporters in Ramallah PLO, Hani al Hassan, Azzem Ahmed, Abbas Zaki and Saher Habash, have failed to broker an amicable arrangement with Abbas. Let the bloodbath begin.
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I am sick today, and am going home from work. But I could sure use some cyber popcorn for this festival. Email me some, please, and I will gladly pay you Tuesday.....
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And when this internecine war is over with, I'm betting the victorious losers winners abrogate the deal with Suha.
If they don't, they're even dumber than I thought.
Maybe they can convince the Euros to pay her directly instead of funneling it through the PLO.
:-D
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Let's hope the IDF can continue to protect the Jewish people. I hope the Palestinian Christians are NOT EXTERMINATED by the Islamofascists. As for Hamas, Islamic Jihad and the al Asqa (sp). bunch, let's hope there are NO SURVIVORS.
Found via Drudge. Hopefully a antidote to all the 'He was a GREAT MAN' bullshit the MSM is spewing forth.... EFL somewhat.
YASSER ARAFAT died at age 75, lying in bed surrounded by familiar faces. He left this world peacefully, unlike the thousands of victims he sent to early graves.
In a better world, the PLO chief would have met his end on a gallows, hanged for mass murder much as the Nazi chiefs were hanged at Nuremberg. In a better world, the French president would not have paid a visit to the bedside of such a monster. In a better world, George Bush would not have said, on hearing the first reports that Arafat had died, "God bless his soul."
Arafat always inspired flights of nonsense from Western journalists, and his last two weeks were no exception.
Derek Brown wrote in The Guardian that Arafat's "undisputed courage as a guerrilla leader" was exceeded only "by his extraordinary courage" as a peace negotiator. But it is an odd kind of courage that expresses itself in shooting unarmed victims -- or in signing peace accords and then flagrantly violating their terms.
Some journalists couldn't wait for Arafat's actual death to begin weeping for him. Take the BBC's Barbara Plett, who burst into tears on the day he was airlifted out of the West Bank. "When the helicopter carrying the frail old man rose above his ruined compound," Plett reported from Ramallah, "I started to cry." Normal people don't weep for brutal murderers, but Plett made it clear that her empathy for Arafat -- whom she praised as "a symbol of Palestinian unity, steadfastness, and resistance" -- was heartfelt:
"I remember well when the Israelis re-conquered the West Bank more than two years ago, how they drove their tanks and bulldozers into Mr. Arafat's headquarters, trapping him in a few rooms, and throwing a military curtain around Ramallah. I remember how Palestinians admired his refusal to flee under fire. They told me: `Our leader is sharing our pain, we are all under the same siege.' And so was I." Such is the state of journalism at the BBC, whose reporters do not seem to have any trouble reporting, dry-eyed, on the plight of Arafat's victims. (That is, when they mention them -- which Plett's teary bon voyage to Arafat did not.)
And what about those victims? Why were they scarcely remembered in this Arafat death watch?
It would take an encyclopedia to catalog all of the evil Arafat committed. But that is no excuse for not trying to recall at least some of it.
Perhaps his signal contribution to the practice of political terror was the introduction of warfare against children. On one black date in May 1974, three PLO terrorists slipped from Lebanon into the northern Israeli town of Ma'alot. They murdered two parents and a child whom they found at home, then seized a local school, taking more than 100 boys and girls hostage and threatening to kill them unless a number of imprisoned terrorists were released. When Israeli troops attempted a rescue, the terrorists exploded hand grenades and opened fire on the students. By the time the horror ended, 25 people were dead; 21 of them were children.
Thirty years later, no one speaks of Ma'alot anymore. The dead children have been forgotten. Everyone knows Arafat's name, but who ever recalls the names of his victims?
So let us recall them: Ilana Turgeman. Rachel Aputa. Yocheved Mazoz. Sarah Ben-Shim'on. Yona Sabag. Yafa Cohen. Shoshana Cohen. Michal Sitrok. Malka Amrosy. Aviva Saada. Yocheved Diyi. Yaakov Levi. Yaakov Kabla. Rina Cohen. Ilana Ne'eman. Sarah Madar. Tamar Dahan. Sarah Soper. Lili Morad. David Madar. Yehudit Madar. The 21 dead children of Ma'alot -- 21 of the thousands of who died at Arafat's command.
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When I saw "Boston Globe", I almost shit. But then I saw it was Jacoby, their token conservative.
I'm sure management at the Globe will have him cleaning the toilets with a toothbrush over the weekend as his penance.
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"I started to cry." Normal people donât weep for brutal murderers, but Plett made it clear that her empathy for Arafat -- whom she praised as "a symbol of Palestinian unity, steadfastness, and resistance" -- was heartfelt:
Why did she cry? Did she miss out on part of his one Billion dollars, that all freedom fighters get while his people suffer.
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Jacoby is an excellent writer, and, I've found, will graciously converse via email regarding his columns and thoughts
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Great post, CF--thanks.
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The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing. Denounce this monster. Denounce the lies and insanity that seek to portray him as anything but a monster.
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CF - that's a great post. I've been waiting a looong time for that shitbag to die. The MSM have been *vile* in reporting his 'sainthood'. May his soul rot in hell.
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I'm sure management at the Globe will have him cleaning the toilets with a toothbrush over the weekend as his penance.
I had even money on the Globe suspending him during the 2004 campaign like they did four years ago. Fascists.
Israel sealed the West Bank and Gaza Strip and sent troop reinforcements to the areas Thursday, in response to Yasser Arafat's death. Israeli troops also beefed up security at Jewish settlements, for fear they could be attacked by Palestinians.
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Israeli officials said yesterday they may release jailed Palestinians after the death of Yasser Arafat as a "good will gesture" toward the future PA leadership. Sources tell WorldNetDaily the decision comes amid heightened pressure from the U.S. Unnamed senior Israeli officials were quoted by Army Radio as saying the possible prisoner release is "intended to strengthen the moderate leadership within the Palestinian National Authority." The release, they said, is considered favorable to Israeli Foreign and Defense Ministries, but the final decision rests with Prime Minister Ariel Sharon.
Sources tell WorldNetDaily U.S. officials have recently been sending strong messages to Israel indicating the Jewish state should take certain measures, such as prisoner releases, that could strengthen the new Palestinian leadership in a succession phase. Sharon, however, is not warm to the idea. Israel is also considering a host of other "gestures." A foreign ministry paper urges the IDF to go into "defensive mode" and not launch pre-emptive strikes against terrorist organizations for the time being. Other planned moves include further easing restrictions on Palestinian movement and encouraging economic activity.
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Personally, there is a gesture I'm willing to make to the Palestinian National Authority. It involves my middle finger.....
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send any released to Gaza - they won't be going anywhere and can be part of the Civil War post-Araft celebratory party
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"the moderate leadership within the Palestinian National Authority."
Are these the ones who only want to kill half the Israelis?
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If they are released.
1) Mark of Cain - tattoo "murdering terrorist" on their foreheads.
2) embed GPS and transponder within their skulls so they can be tracked to other terrorists and used as JDAM targets.
The militant (terrorist)Islamic group Hamas said the death of Palestinian President Yasser Arafat would strengthen its resolve to keep up attacks against Israel. Is that so
"The loss of the great leader will increase our determination and steadfastness to continue Jihad and resistance against the Zionist enemy until victory and liberation is achieved," Hamas said in statement. Bla, bla, blaaaa Israel is now free of the thing called Arafat.
Hamas, sworn to Israel's destruction, is the main Palestinian group behind suicide bombings and other attacks against Israelis. It will be the other way around
The militant Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades also urged militants to attack Israel to avenge the "Zionist assassination" of Yasser Arafat, who died hours earlier in a Paris hospital, said a statement received by AFP. The old terrorist queen may have really had Aids
The Palestine Liberation Organisation's (PLO) top body is to meet at to discuss arrangements for a smooth transition of power following Mr Arafat's death. Hamas members should ready themselves to join 'Yasser' sooner than they think.
The PLO executive committee will discuss "the transition and how to fill the void left by President Arafat," as well as "preparations for the funeral and burial," negotiations minister Saeb Erakat told AFP. The void will be filled by more Islamic terror on other Islamics, like always.
"We extend our condolences to the Palestinian and Arab people upon the death of the symbolic leader," he added. "Yasser Arafat is dead ,(are they sure this time?)
but the Palestinian (Arab) cause lives on and we will continue in the footsteps of Abu Ammar (Arafat) to freedom and independence and the creation of an independent Palestinian state with Jerusalem as its capital," he said. Jerusalem will remain the capitol of Israel, not HQ for Islamic killers
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title should be changed to 'Hamas continue to die at a steady rate '(refer to donkey v tank image imho :)
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"The loss of the great leader will increase our determination and steadfastness to continue Jihad and resistance against the Zionist enemy until victory and liberation is achieved..."
Then the Hamas apokesman said, with his trademark brilliance, "I'm going to keep hammering my thumb until it stops hurting".
Israeli Justice Minister Tommy Lapid on Tuesday welcomed the death of veteran Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, telling military radio that it was "good that the world is rid of him". The Israeli army on Thursday imposed a total security clampdown on the Palestinian Territories due to a fear of attacks following the death, military radio announced. "The sun is shining in the Middle East and around the world, as Arafat was not only the leader of terrorism against Israel, but also the founding father of the terrorism that is running rampant around the world right now, including that of Al Qaeda," Mr Lapid said. "All this terrorism is the fruit of Arafat's work, and it's good that the world is rid of him. Without Arafat there could have already been peace in the region and a Palestinian state. The government of Israel will continue with its efforts to reach peace."
Israeli President Moshe Katsav expressed hope that the death of Mr Arafat would allow his successors to open a "new chapter" in their relations with the Jewish state. "The death of Yasser Arafat can constitute the start of a new chapter," Mr Katsav said in a statement. "I hope that the new Palestinian leadership will take a new path with a view to putting an end to terrorism and violence, which would allow a resumption of negotiations," he added. "If this new Palestinian leadership commits to this path, it will find in us a reliable partner aspiring to peace," Mr Katsav noted. "I hope that the Palestinians will quickly know how to overcome their grief, and that their new leaders will act to help them escape the suffering and distress in which they have been plunged," said the president.
Israel's army imposed a general closure on the West Bank and Gaza Strip on Thursday after Mr Arafat's death. The army said it the decision was made following security assessments by the Government. "The IDF (Israel Defence Force) is deploying in order to allow for a dignified funeral ceremony for the chairman of the Palestinian Authority, Yasser Arafat," a statement said.
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Mohammed Abdel-Raouf Arafat
al-Qudwa al-Husseini of Cairo
Old al-Limp-of-Wrist al-Fatah
"Any good looking terrorists here"?
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Rumours go that Arafat actually died on 911 (09-11-2004) and not on the 11th like the official announcement, could this be true?
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Good riddance indeed. BTW MSNBC during its flash coverage called Arafat a Palestinian activist.
Activist! The man was a thug and a terrorist!
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aa - It seems like a little bit long to carry on a farce. If it were true, the rationale would be that muslims need to be interred within 24 hours of death. Up until recently, there was no agreement wear to bury him. Now there is. And he's officially dead.
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aa may be reading source with a euro-style date, which would translate to 11-9-04 in the US.
In any case, the first $22 million raised by the Palestnian Authority each year will be reserved for her royal majesty the grieving widow Suha Arafat (age 41), for the rest of her life. Good gravy. What a scam.
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That pic is priceless. Last night I watched Fox with the sound off, and they kept running old clips of him. The shades are just too, too precious. He looks like a rapper. Wonder what he'd call himself?
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It's easy to mock him but Arafat and Che both managed to create a radical chic with ignorant westerners that allowed them to survive and even prosper despite their sick agenda.
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Saw him on a clip last night on Nightline. Ted went to interview him while the al muqata was being dismembered by the IDF demolition team. Pathetic. "I am a general!!!" Shaking, shouting, his head leaning toward Ted, only a foot away. Ted was so intimidated that he was afraid of saying anything that might make to nutjob pounce on him.
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"The death of Yasser Arafat is a significant moment in Palestinian history. We express our condolences to the Palestinian people. For the Palestinian people, we hope that the future will bring peace and the fulfillment of their aspirations for an independent, democratic Palestine that is at peace with its neighbors." - President Bush.
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"President Arafat was one of those few leaders who could be instantly recognized by people in any walk of life all around the world. For nearly four decades, he expressed and symbolized in his person the national aspirations of the Palestinian people." - U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan.
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"It is one of the tragedies of the world that he didn't understand that the terror that began here would spread to the entire world." - Israeli Justice Minister Yosef Lapid.
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"His passing has to be a positive sign for future Middle East peace prospects, because under his leadership things could not have been worse." - Rabbi Marvin Hier, head of the Simon Wiesenthal Center in Los Angeles.
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"Yasir Arafat's legacy is one of terrorism and failed leadership. Instead of building a state for the Palestinian people, he focused on ways to destroy the Jewish state of Israel." - Abraham H. Foxman, National Director of the Anti-Defamation League.
He never missed an opportunity to miss an opportunity.
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I'm not sure how to 'feel' about his passing. Was he the 'George Washington' of his nation, or a man bent on the extermination of the Jews?
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He's dead; that's good.
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He may have been the George Washington of his nation - look at the nation we're talking about.
His death is satisfying, but it changes nothing. He leaves behind a people just as wedded to the self defeating death cult (that he was such an inspirational leader of) as they were this time last week.
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From CNN "The last two days were very painful, very difficult days," said Saeb Erakat, the chief Palestinian negotiator, who confirmed Arafat's death Thursday morning. "And now, after these painful days of President Arafat, he is dead."
"These painful days of President Arafat" . . .
hmmm that's what the Israelis are thinking too .
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Just read on LGF that a State Dept official is going to attend Arafart's funeral. That son of a bitch doesn't even deserve the attendance of a Capitol page.
Yasser Arafat, who triumphantly forced his people's plight into the world spotlight but failed to achieve his lifelong quest for Palestinian statehood, died Thursday at age 75. He was to the end a man of many mysteries and paradoxes — terrorist, statesman, autocrat and peacemaker.
Mostly terrorist and autocrat...
Palestinian Cabinet minister Saeb Erekat confirmed The Associated Press that Arafat had died. The Palestinian leader spent his final days in a coma at a French military hospital outside Paris. Arafat's last days were as murky and dramatic as his life. Flown to France on Oct. 29 after nearly three years of being penned in his West Bank headquarters by Israeli tanks, he initially improved but then sharply deteriorated as rumors swirled about his illness. Top Palestinian officials flew in to check on their leader while Arafat's 41-year-old wife, Suha, publicly accused them of trying to usurp his powers. Ordinary Palestinians prayed for his well being, but expressed deep frustration over his failure to improve their lives. Arafat's failure to groom a successor complicated his passing, raising the danger of factional conflict among Palestinians.
Now stay in the damned box. The Fat Lady's tired of this!
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Yeah, and CBS broke into the end of CSI-NY with their breaking news logo. I figured the president got shot, somebody got nuked, etc. No, it was that the Arafish had died and they went into a somber bio of his life. I don't think they mentioned terrorist once. Bastards.
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Harold Arlen in 1939, said:
As coroner
I must aver
I thoroughly examined her
And she's not only merely dead
She's really, most sincerely dead!
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Let the ululating and rejoicing commence and Satan needs to throw another log on the barbie--Yasser needs to toast on both sides real good!
(Missed (most of you) guys since I got lost in the Democrat fever swamps of the election!)
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He has been dead for days. They had him on machines to keep it from rotting. Once a deal was done his porker of a wife pulled the plug after she got her cut. This wasn't even very well disguised.
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He was to the end a man of many mysteries and paradoxes â terrorist, statesman, autocrat and peacemaker.
Hmm. Yep. And I'm a tall thin short fat idiot genius young white old black man/woman. Shut up. I'm just far too paradoxical and mysterious for most people to understand or judge me.
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Steve #1 Talking about spin, according to the CNN website: Israeli Justice Minister Yosef Lapid said that without Arafat "there could have already been peace in the region and a Palestinian state ... The government of Israel will continue with its efforts to reach peace."
They put so much spin on what I heard Lapid actually say on Sky News in his brief statement that I'm still dizzy. Here's the gist of the crucial bits they left out:
"Arafat chose terror, and not just against Israel, but worldwide. He was the godfather of Bin Laden and Al Quaida."
The obvious question arises: why would CNN miss an opportunity to show Israel in a bad light? Why wouldn't they include and emphasize Lapid's anti-Arafat comments on their website?
Oh, silly me, I finally got it. It's because they can't mention the word 'terrorist' - especially in connection with attacks on Israel.
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So bye-bye Yasser Arafat guy
Clinton brought you to the White House, but that well has run dry
Now Jimmy Carter's gonna break down and cry
'Cause this'll be the day that you die
This'll be the day that you die
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Christ Almighty! - what are those on the fat ladies' chest? Hubcaps?
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I for one look forward to the legendary pomp and circumstance of a Pali funeral. It's been many years since the eye rollers, screechers, whinners, and thieves have marched in the Pali way down nowhere street. A note to the wise, keep a close eye on the ceremonial white Toyota.
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Good fucking riddance. That piece of shit has been responsible for so many deaths of innocent people that their shades must have been thick around his head as his breath became short in his final moments, clouding out the leeches waiting for bank a/c numbers that never came. No virgins for him, rather a waiting list of demons, each with their own list of abominations to perform - ad infinitum.
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Krutz. He didn't repent before he died. But that's one less terror kingpin in the world and that's good.
Having decided that Yasser Arafat will not return to his functions since he's doorknob dead, the Palestinian leadership moved yesterday to shape the post-Arafat era. "The post-Arafat era has started," said Hannan Ashrawi, a member of the Palestine Legislative Council (parliament). "An interim government is in place, pending general elections."
The new leadership decided that Arafat was incapacitated, thus triggering the constitutional mechanisms for choosing a new leadership. It also approved plans submitted by the Egyptian authorities for a state funeral to be held for Arafat in Cairo. The leadership also signed an agreement with the Israeli government to have Arafat put out on the curb in a recycle bag buried in Ramallah. The site of a mosque demolished by the Israelis in 2002, was chosen as the place where a national mausoleum will be built for Arafat. The new leadership, headed by Mahmoud Abbas and Prime Minister Ahmad Qorei, quashed an effort by elements linked with Suha Arafat to amend the Basic Law, and prevent elections. The proposed amendment, backed by Farouq Kaddoumi, a favorite of Suha to become leader, would have allowed Arafat to continue as president of the Palestinian Authority for as long as he was not officially pronounced dead.
Not until he coughs up those account numbers, anyways.
The Palestinian leaders rejected suggestions that Arafat, who was even more dead in deepening coma for the fifth straight day, be subjected to euthanasia, or mercy killing, by having his life-support machine switched off. "We shall never allow that since there is no need, after all," said Tayssir Al-Tamimi, a Palestinian religious leader who visited the dying leader in his hospital room near Paris yesterday. "Mercy killing has no place in Islam."
Okay, put a bomb vest on him and pull the string. Maybe Suha could do the honors.
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LOL at #2 image .. and just round the corner is Israeli tanks , crack troops , and air support ..
Also looks like the donkey in the forefront has been chewing on some seriously strong cannabis , no wonder it doesnt look fazed by its impending doom .
Palestinian officials prepared for the funeral of their ailing leader Yasser Arafat on Wednesday as Israel agreed to allow his burial at his headquarters in the West Bank town of Ramallah. Mr Arafat, 75, suffered a brain haemorrhage on Tuesday at the French hospital where he was flown from the West Bank on October 29 and had lain in a coma. Officials maintained in public that he was alive, though aides said privately that he was dead.
"HE'S NOT DEAD, DAMMIT! I WANT MY MONEY!"
Palestinian sources said Mr Arafat's death could be announced within days and arrangements were being hastily made for a funeral in Cairo and burial at his West Bank headquarters. Earth-moving equipment set to work digging up the grounds of his shell-shattered compound in Ramallah, which was to be turned into a shrine to the icon of Palestinian nationalism. But adding to the confusion, Sheikh Tayseer al-Tamimi, a leading West Bank cleric, told reporters after seeing Mr Arafat at the military hospital in a Paris suburb: "He is sick and his condition is very difficult but he remains alive." "As long as there is a manifestation of life present, from movement to temperature in the body, then he is alive," said Mr Tamimi.
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DEBKAfile's Palestinian sources report extremist PLO politburo chief 
Yasser Arafat, who triumphantly forced his people's plight into the world spotlight but failed to achieve his lifelong quest for Palestinian statehood, died Thursday at age 75. He was to the end a man of many mysteries and paradoxes — terrorist, statesman, autocrat and peacemaker.
Palestinian officials prepared for the funeral of their ailing leader Yasser Arafat on Wednesday as Israel agreed to allow his burial at his headquarters in the West Bank town of Ramallah. Mr Arafat, 75, suffered a brain haemorrhage on Tuesday at the French hospital where he was flown from the West Bank on October 29 and had lain in a coma. Officials maintained in public that he was alive, though aides said privately that he was dead. 
