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Israel-Palestine
Thousands Storm Arafat's Ramallah Compound
2004-11-12
This could turn into total madness with the masked, armed, terrorist thugs pushing their way through this ever growing mob in Ramallah, sending Yasser off for ever. Stay glued to FOX.
Thousands of Palestinian mourners burst into Yasser Arafat's walled compound Friday, raising questions about whether the helicopter carrying his body would be able to land there.
'Copter swarm! LGF standing by...
Arafat was to be buried at the compound before sunset Friday, following a state funeral in Egypt. For several hours, hundreds of Palestinian police had tried to keep the growing crowd back from the walls of the compound, but at one point, mourners managed to break through gates and climb over walls. A top Arafat aide, Tayeb Abdel Rahim, appealed to the crowd to move back from the gates. Despite the chaos, a marching band lined up in one corner of the compound for a drill, ahead of the burial. The crowd broke into the compound as Arafat's helicopter was en route from Egypt to Ramallah.
Posted by:Mark Espinola

#17  This *must* be the definition of a 'target rich environment'.....
Posted by: Tony (UK)   2004-11-12 6:31:47 PM  

#16  well, I felt like dancing when i heard the news of Arafats death, but this is ridiculous.

Posted by: Liberalhawk   2004-11-12 3:10:31 PM  

#15  This gives new meaning to the phrase target-rich environment.
Posted by: Barbara Skolaut   2004-11-12 11:40:53 AM  

#14  ..Palestinian police..

Such a thing actually exists? Sure had me fooled.
Posted by: Bomb-a-rama   2004-11-12 11:05:55 AM  

#13  MOAB
Posted by: Mrs. Davis   2004-11-12 8:57:29 AM  

#12  
The rotten fruit of Arafat is being
clearly demonstrated to
the entire world in Ram'allah
Posted by: Mark Espinola   2004-11-12 8:17:09 AM  

#11  JDAM , 30 years from now no-one will care .
Posted by: MacNails   2004-11-12 8:12:09 AM  

#10  shooting Ak's into the sky - gravity, what a concept...
Posted by: Frank G   2004-11-12 8:08:47 AM  

#9  What a bunch of savages. The paleos can't orchestrate a sane, orderly and respectful funeral, but they're ready for self-rule, boy!
Posted by: gb506   2004-11-12 8:05:29 AM  

#8  Yegads--I'm watching this on Fox now. Gun sex, coffin swarm, chanting mobs. Compare and contrast this with the dignity, ceremony and respect shown during Ronald Reagan's procession, the viewing in the Capitol rotunda, and the funeral.

Yeah, these people are definitely ready for their own country.
Posted by: Dar   2004-11-12 8:01:56 AM  

#7  Eegad!
Insane screaming mob, berserk terrorists, grief-stricken LLLs, gyrating LLL media.
Kind of reminds me of the Paul Wellstone funeral.
Posted by: Atomic Conspiracy   2004-11-12 7:58:26 AM  

#6  I just saw a coffin swarm. The "security men" were standing on the thing. No great hope that this is going to be a new chance for peace.
Posted by: Sock Puppet of Doom   2004-11-12 7:53:17 AM  

#5  Yasser even dead, continues the insanity! I have a real bad feeling about this for Mr. Abbas, in terms of Hamas trying to murder him. plus---> a terrorist march to Jerusalem & Israel being VERY hard pressed to stop all these killers as the whole world is watching.

Islam in action. Real peaceful right?
Posted by: Mark Espinola   2004-11-12 7:24:37 AM  

#4  I'm watching it live, it's as classy as you might imagine in Ramallah. Helicopter swarm...

(plus reports of two dead in a car bomb/explosion in Ramallah)
Posted by: Lux   2004-11-12 7:17:20 AM  

#3  No, no, no! The car swarm isn't supposed to start until after the body arrives. No souvenir body parts for you.
Posted by: ed   2004-11-12 7:16:35 AM  

#2  The Paleo mobs have also stoned and torched a number of cars in the area. Last week, I predicted that Arafat mourners would swarm some poor bastard's car just from force of habit. I was kidding, but damned if it isn't happening right before our eyes.
Posted by: Atomic Conspiracy   2004-11-12 7:11:19 AM  

#1  
Just as Yasser would love it---chaos!
Posted by: Mark Espinola   2004-11-12 7:07:12 AM  

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