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| 2004-03-02 | ||
| Expands on last night's post... Unknown gunmen have shot dead a key adviser to Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat outside his office in Gaza City. Khalil al-Zaben, a prominent journalist who also advised Mr Arafat on human rights, was struck by a dozen bullets, local Palestinian sources said.
quick, let's change the subject to the zionists .... In Gaza, Mr Zaben died soon after being brought to hospital following the shooting just before midnight. Mr Arafat himself led the tributes to the 59-year-old veteran journalist who ran a Palestinian Authority-funded magazine. "The assassination is an abject act which targeted a great Palestinian figure who was working for the national interest and that of his people," Mr Arafat told reporters. Palestinian officials have not commented on a possible motive. or more importantly, which group challenged Arafat's hold on power this way The local union of journalists has also condemned the attack and demanded an inquiry. "We strongly condemn the assassination of veteran journalist Khalil al-Zaben and urge the Palestinian Authority to intervene immediately to find the perpetrators," said Tawfiq Abu Khoussa, deputy chairman of the Palestinian Journalists' Union. AP news agency reports that Mr Zaben became an Arafat ally in the 1960s and returned to Gaza along with the Palestinian leader and other exiles in 1994, under the terms of Israeli-Palestinian interim peace accords. Two of his brothers are Palestinian ambassadors in South America and his son works as an airline pilot there, the agency says. He is also survived by his wife and three daughters.
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| Posted by:rkb |
| #8 (ba-ba bump bump bump) Another one bites the dust (bump bump bump) Another one bites the dust And another one gone and another one gone Another one bites the dust |
| Posted by: Mike 2004-3-2 3:52:29 PM |
| #7 "Quick, let's change the subject to the Zionists." Fair and Balanced, BBC style. Classic. |
| Posted by: Daniel King 2004-3-2 3:30:39 PM |
| #6 Anyone up for a pool on this particular subject and its imedeate consequences ? I say this hydrahead will fall on the 21th of april, it starts with Arafat taken to hospital "critically ill" from "natural causes", a coupe de eta by Dahlan that very night ( maybe even somewhat aided (diplomatically)by the U.S.) civilwar instigated by Hamas, who eventually come out on top after 4-6 months rerun of beirout "the early years". |
| Posted by: Evert Visser 2004-3-2 2:20:22 PM |
| #5 oh yeah, interesting times ahead. Who's making popcorn? |
| Posted by: Evert Visser 2004-3-2 2:07:18 PM |
| #4 time to grab my beer and nachos - the shows beginning! |
| Posted by: Yosemite Sam 2004-3-2 1:23:08 PM |
| #3 I GUARANTEE they'll quickly find the people who did it (not in the public eye, of course) and will subject them to efficient, paleo justice. This, of course, would prove the PA is capable of finding culprits - as contrasted with their "inability" to find the killers of the three Americans in October. |
| Posted by: PlanetDan 2004-3-2 12:52:39 PM |
| #2 This is going to end up being a bloodbath and I don't see any down side for the US. Islaofascists vs Islamofascists only results in a thinning of the herd. Israel needs to finish that fence to stop to the coming spill over of refugees. Since the Arabs have so much love for their Palestinian brothers, let them provide the humanitarian aid for once. BTW, has Kerry called for the US to go in with or without international support, a la Haiti? |
| Posted by: Scott 2004-3-2 12:21:05 PM |
| #1 WTF? Can't these guys get their priorities straight? It's Arafart that needs to be dispatched. A-R-A-F-A-R-T. Now go, and don't come back until you get it right!!!! |
| Posted by: Bomb-a-rama 2004-3-2 11:50:01 AM |