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Israel-Palestine
Yasser officially in the box
2004-11-11
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!
Posted by:Fred

#37  Krutz. He didn't repent before he died. But that's one less terror kingpin in the world and that's good.

"I'm going to miss those buzzards"

They're actually turkey vultures(Cathartes aura).
Posted by: Korora   2004-11-11 11:19:35 PM  

#36  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.
Posted by: Tony (UK)   2004-11-11 6:22:04 PM  

#35  Hallelujah, i hope everyone has enjoyed their Yom Tov (jewish holiday).
Posted by: liberalhawk   2004-11-11 6:17:41 PM  

#34  Frank---Those things are Tibetan Monks Ceremonial hats, rented out to the Fat Lady. When Tibet is freed, then they go back into the monastary.
Posted by: Alaska Paul   2004-11-11 5:59:38 PM  

#33  Frank G: Not hubcaps, just standard Mossad "laser beam platforms".
Posted by: Charles   2004-11-11 1:55:32 PM  

#32  Off to Pakistan!
Posted by: Fred   2004-11-11 12:52:50 PM  

#31  Okay, boys. Pack up The Death Ray. We're outta here.
Posted by: The Mossad   2004-11-11 12:42:47 PM  

#30  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.
Posted by: Shipman   2004-11-11 12:41:04 PM  

#29  Christ Almighty! - what are those on the fat ladies' chest? Hubcaps?
Posted by: Frank G   2004-11-11 11:46:13 AM  

#28  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
Posted by: Mike   2004-11-11 11:41:45 AM  

#27  See Wretchard's obit.
Posted by: James   2004-11-11 11:25:23 AM  

#26  You cannot post LGF pictures here but I think you can link to them.
Posted by: Steve from Relto   2004-11-11 11:20:19 AM  

#25  #24 just need shrub and sharon to be next and the world will be a better place
Posted by: rofl 2004-11-11 9:05:15 AM

hopefully you first , and then in 50 years maybe the other two by natural causes , moron .
Posted by: MacNails   2004-11-11 9:36:36 AM  

#24  just need shrub and sharon to be next and the world will be a better place
Posted by: rofl   2004-11-11 9:05:15 AM  

#23  Ding Dong, the Fish is dead!

Posted by: PlanetDan   2004-11-11 9:00:39 AM  

#22  I'll start to believe it when the box is buried and the funeral is over.
Posted by: Tom   2004-11-11 8:50:46 AM  

#21  Hey Jen!

How'd you get lost in Democratic Fever Swamps when you're in Texas?
Posted by: Phil Fraering   2004-11-11 8:49:39 AM  

#20  Poke him with a stick...just to make sure he's dead.
Posted by: Rafael   2004-11-11 8:49:22 AM  

#19  Mark's photo of the barbarian just screams queen uncle uncle easy roger.
Posted by: raptor   2004-11-11 8:41:10 AM  

#18  Missed you, Jen! But you did post some good stuff in your own blog. Thank goodness the election is over and the right people won :-)
Posted by: trailing wife   2004-11-11 7:23:38 AM  

#17  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.
Posted by: Bryan   2004-11-11 6:10:28 AM  

#16  He was to the end a man of many mysteries and paradoxes — 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.
Posted by: Jitle Jiting4292   2004-11-11 4:43:08 AM  

#15  Say hello to Himmler and co , tell em we aint missing em , just like we aint missing u
Posted by: MacNails   2004-11-11 4:28:44 AM  

#14  
Yasser out of uniform.
Posted by: Mark Espinola   2004-11-11 3:27:08 AM  

#13  I am glad for him turning into a good terrorrist. The only kind of good terrorrist.
Posted by: JFM   2004-11-11 3:11:46 AM  

#12  
Mohammed Abdel-Raouf 'Arafat' al-Qudwa al-Husseini
Posted by: Mark Espinola   2004-11-11 2:41:20 AM  

#11  This is like the election -- dragged out so long I don't even know when to ululate.
Posted by: someone   2004-11-11 2:36:40 AM  

#10  Wonderful graphic Fred. It's new and you've been saving it for the special occassion haven't you?
Posted by: Classical_Liberal   2004-11-11 1:47:29 AM  

#9  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.
Posted by: Sock Puppet of Doom   2004-11-11 1:37:09 AM  

#8  Hat tip to whoever is inserting the pictures (I'm going to miss those buzzards). Where can I buy the sombrero brassiere for my wife?
Posted by: Thoan   2004-11-11 1:20:26 AM  

#7  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!)
Posted by: GreatestJeneration   2004-11-11 1:06:07 AM  

#6  I know it has been mentioned before but...now that's a fat lady. Kudos for stepping the fat lady up.
Posted by: Ol_Dirty_American   2004-11-11 1:01:32 AM  

#5  I reiterate:

Ding dong, the d**k is dead!
Posted by: dushan   2004-11-11 12:21:15 AM  

#4  Passing out Luden's cough drops for all the ululators out there. Here, take two.
Posted by: Seafarious   2004-11-11 12:17:30 AM  

#3  Some say Yasser should have been placed in the box last Thursday around mid-day Paris TIME.
Posted by: Mark Espinola   2004-11-11 12:11:08 AM  

#2  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!

Coroner's Song
Posted by: BigEd   2004-11-11 12:08:27 AM  

#1  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.
Posted by: Steve   2004-11-10 11:49:09 PM  

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