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Israel-Palestine
Arafat to Be Moved to Paris Jordan?
2004-10-28
The ailing Yasser Arafat was expected to be moved from his West Bank compound to a hospital in the Jordanian capital of Amman later Thursday, a Palestinian official said. The 75-year-old Palestinian leader spent most of the day Thursday sleeping, was unable to stand up and had to be moved in a wheelchair. Doctors have conducted a battery of tests, but have declined to say what he is suffering from. If Arafat goes to the hospital, it will be the first time since 2002 that he has left his headquarters compound in Ramallah.
Posted by:Steve

#40  Did you say...Paris?
Posted by: Suha Arafat   2004-10-28 10:34:47 PM  

#39  
Posted by: Mark Espinola   2004-10-28 8:23:21 PM  

#38  Nice turkey vulture, Fred.
Posted by: Korora   2004-10-28 7:59:28 PM  

#37  I hear Hell's pretty hot this time of year.
Posted by: darkCircle   2004-10-28 7:47:56 PM  

#36  LOl! That's just plain mean Seafarious.
Posted by: Shipman   2004-10-28 4:18:44 PM  

#35  Maybe he can take detour through the Vatican before arriving in Frooti Pareee.

Warning!!! image NOT doctored.

Posted by: Poison Reverse   2004-10-28 3:54:35 PM  

#34  A funeral in Paris? Rather than back in Ramallah? Dont get your hopes up Lex.
Posted by: Liberalhawk   2004-10-28 3:27:57 PM  

#33  Suspicious IAF traffic shortly after his plane leaves:

"Roger, Homeplate, target in sight...Good tone...Request weapons free..."
Posted by: mojo   2004-10-28 3:15:08 PM  

#32  Let's send him a nice bouquet of hydrogen balloons.
Posted by: Seafarious   2004-10-28 3:13:13 PM  

#31  Let's see... Should he fly to Paris tomorrow, die there early Saturday am, and be given a red-carpet state funeral in Paris on Monday, the spectacle of France mourning the man who is responsible for the slaughter of more thousands of Israeli men women and children than anyone else would hit the nightly news here on election eve.

Wonder what Sen Kerry would have to say about his proud French "ally" then? Think he might lose another 10% or more of the jewish vote in Miami, Philly, and Detroit?
Posted by: lex   2004-10-28 3:10:17 PM  

#30  Steve, maybe the bulldozers are just there for sound effects to give him nightmares. A little extra stress may be useful.
Posted by: Tom   2004-10-28 3:05:45 PM  

#29  "But a close Arafat associate said the Palestinian leader spent most of the day sleeping. When he awoke, he was moved into a wheelchair because he was very weak and could not stand up, the associate said. At times, Arafat appeared confused, not recognizing some of his visitors, he added.

"Arafat has been unable to hold down food, and also suffers from diarrhea, the associate said."

I don't see how he'll survive a flight to Paris. With any luck his duodenum will explode while he's in transit.
Posted by: growler   2004-10-28 3:03:03 PM  

#28  An hour ago I made the mistake of switching on CNN. The outpouring of sympathy for Arafat was quite nauseating. Against a background of a bulldozer clearing the obstacles the Palestinians had placed in the compound to block any Israeli attempt to remove Arafat, CNN even managed to make it sound as though the Israelis were somehow suggesting that he may not be allowed back in once he's left the country. In fact there's been nothing but full cooperation from the Israeli side.

Then there was an interview with Jack Straw looking and sounding sincere when he wished "President Arafat" a full recovery. The cherry on the top was a studio interview with a woman who's apparently close to Arafat and was talking about his diet and lack of exercise and the length of time that he hasn't seen his wife and daughter and how traumatic it will be for his daughter if he is very ill by the time she sees him.

I thought at first that they were just going through their PC exercises, but genuine concern appears to be coming across here. Words fail me.

I'm sure they'll roll the red carpet out for him in Paris.
Posted by: Bryan   2004-10-28 3:02:21 PM  

#27  Rush just reported that bulldozers are clearing a landing zone at Arafats compound for a helicopter. Must be getting ready to fly him out. It'll be handy having those dozers close by afterward, if you know what I mean.
Posted by: Steve   2004-10-28 2:49:35 PM  

#26  "His blood cells which should normally destroy microbes are currently destroying blood platelets," the doctor said on condition of anonymity.

See my entry #2

T-Cell count down?
Posted by: BigEd   2004-10-28 2:30:06 PM  

#25  With any luck, it'll be an A300, and the pilot will initiate sudden rudder movements shortly after takeoff.
Posted by: Bomb-a-rama   2004-10-28 2:25:21 PM  

#24  ya, well Haaretz sez the French are sending a plane for him, and that hes leaving Friday AM.
So its Drudge vs Haaretz.
Posted by: Liberalhawk   2004-10-28 2:00:31 PM  

#23  Should I stay or should I go now
Should I stay or should I go now
If I stay there will be trouble
If I go there wil be double...

The Clash
Posted by: Seafarious   2004-10-28 1:59:46 PM  

#22  Ailing Yasser Arafat refusing doctors' recommendation that he go to Paris for treatment, PA sources say. Developing...

New Drudge Lede
Posted by: Frank G   2004-10-28 1:41:42 PM  

#21  Send him to Cairo, where he (a "Palestinian") was born.
Posted by: Regnad Kcin   2004-10-28 1:34:38 PM  

#20  Lex, awhile back the Onion had one of those funny "Man-in-the-Street" interviews where they asked the passersby about their opinion of Arafat's loot. One guy said: "I'll be darned. He really does have a nickel for every time someone called him a terrorist."
Posted by: Seafarious   2004-10-28 1:32:35 PM  

#19  He went to Paris
Lookin' for healthcare
For a condition
No one knew much about...

I'll stop there. My apologies to Mr. Jimmy Buffett.
Posted by: nada   2004-10-28 1:19:54 PM  

#18  Acc to the Telegraph, MI5 estimates that Arafat has stashed away nearly $2 billion. That could have funded a hospital or two in the territories, methinks.
Posted by: lex   2004-10-28 1:18:12 PM  

#17  Rather telling that, after all the money thrown at them, the Palestinians are unable to field the medical assets to treat their "Great Leader".
Posted by: Pappy   2004-10-28 1:15:01 PM  

#16  Fred's vulture is saying, "Nevermore................ yasshole............."
Posted by: Alaska Paul   2004-10-28 1:12:42 PM  

#15  Drudge now has a bit up that says he's headed for Gay Paree. Great pic of Yasshole in his jammies, wearing a do-rag and surrounded by the grinning vultures waiting for him to die.

Yowza!
Posted by: mojo   2004-10-28 1:03:23 PM  

#14  well of course the medical care in Paris is alot better than he could find in Jordan, or anywhere in the mideast outside Israel. I doubt Chirac will have to protect him for long, or he'll have much opportunity to enjoy his wealth.

The info in my previous post is from Haaretz, although the Paris destination is now widely confirmed. The disorder isnt.
Posted by: Liberalhawk   2004-10-28 12:53:10 PM  

#13  Aha, as I thought. Cherchez l'argent. I'll bet much of his non-Geneva loot is stashed in French real estate. ChIrak will protect him the way his predecessors protected Mombassa and Baby Doc.
Posted by: lex   2004-10-28 12:48:17 PM  

#12  its now confirmed he'll be going to Paris. Reports he as some kind of immune system disease (his immune cells reported to be destroying his platelets) origin either cancer, a virus, or poison.
Posted by: Liberalhawk   2004-10-28 12:46:03 PM  

#11  The ailing Yasser Arafat was expected to be moved from his West Bank compound to a hospital in the Jordanian capital of Amman later Thursday, a Palestinian official said.

If Abdullah were smart, he wouldn't have bothered. I wonder, does he remember what happened around the time he was eight years old?
Posted by: Bomb-a-rama   2004-10-28 12:45:21 PM  

#10  The PA have just released a video of arafat, who still seems to be wasting oxygen, surrounded by his doctors. Their treatment seems to involve dressing him as a smurf (you'll have to see the video to appreciate it).
Posted by: Lux   2004-10-28 12:42:19 PM  

#9  LOL at Fred & the vulture.
Posted by: Seafarious   2004-10-28 12:14:02 PM  

#8  Wouldn't he do better to go to the gallows?
Posted by: Steve from Relto   2004-10-28 12:05:43 PM  

#7  Ironic that all the best doctors in the region are Jewish isn't it. Perhaps some Jordanian leeches can suck out the bad blood and fix him right up.
Posted by: rjschwarz   2004-10-28 12:05:35 PM  

#6  I doubt the Jordanians want him dying in their country ... this sounds like the Palestinians are trying to make it a "done deal" by pre-announcing it.
Posted by: too true   2004-10-28 12:00:13 PM  

#5  Fitting that he should go to the paleostein homeland for treatment.
Posted by: Shipman   2004-10-28 11:59:36 AM  

#4  Paris is where Madame lives. Wonder if ChIrak will roll out the carpet, give him a state funeral with a procession down the Champs Elysee?
Posted by: lex   2004-10-28 11:59:28 AM  

#3  also reports he will go to Paris.
Posted by: Liberalhawk   2004-10-28 11:57:16 AM  

#2  If it is AIDS, contacted because he's a promiscuous "switch-hutter", will he be granted "36 of each" in "paradise"?
Posted by: BigEd   2004-10-28 11:32:55 AM  

#1  Doctors have conducted a battery of tests, but have declined to say what he is suffering from

I hope he's suffering from death...
Posted by: Frank G   2004-10-28 11:29:33 AM  

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