Yasser Arafat dies at 75
15:45 AEST Thu Nov 11 2004
AP - Yasser Arafat died on Thursday at age 75.
Palestinian Cabinet minister Saeb Erekat announced that Arafat had died. The Palestinian leader had spent his final days in a coma at a French military hospital outside Paris.
"Officially, he is dead," Erekat said in the West Bank city of Ramallah.
Hospital officials in Paris said Arafat died in intensive care at 3:30am (1330 AEDT).
Arafat's last days were as murky and dramatic as his life. Flown to France on October 29 after nearly three years of being penned in his West Bank headquarters by Israeli tanks, he initially improved but then sharply deteriorated as rumours 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.
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Ordinary Palestinians prayed for his wellbeing, 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.
So sad, I hope his death doesnt mean things will fall apart there
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Me too, but arent' things an all out battlefield there anyhow? I mean since I first learned about the whole israel-palestinian thing it's been barely anything else but an all out war betwwen the two since I don't know when..
Wow, I can't even imagine what this will mean for the middle east.
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All they need to do is kill Ariel Sharon and maybe the whole world will be a little happier. Face it, these two men are from an other generation that no longer represents teh majority. It's time for a fresh start.
Originally posted by fourboltmain@Nov 11 2004, 03:03 PM All they need to do is kill Ariel Sharon and maybe the whole world will be a little happier. Face it, these two men are from an other generation that no longer represents teh majority. It's time for a fresh start.
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I don't know if that's gonna help much but something needs to be done, they could've ended this **** back in 00 but it didnt' happen, (note i don't think it was sharon was pm then)
Originally posted by tiffany@Nov 11 2004, 03:12 PM me too I'm told I shouldn't be, but I have this forbodding feeling..
however naive this may sound, I wish everyone could just get along
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It's not naive, only in the hearts and minds of those who don't want to do so...
Originally posted by tiffany@Nov 11 2004, 02:12 PM however naive this may sound, I wish everyone could just get along
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Sometimes naivety is the real truth... I want that too.
Our theory over here, by the way, is that he's actually been dead for a while now, but that it's been covered up. Apparently he didn't appoint a direct successor which will complicate things, so they were trying to get things organized within the few days of breathing space. I'm really not sure what'll happen now. Whatever your opinions though, it's always appropriate to give respect to those who've died.
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Originally posted by kragirl@Nov 11 2004, 02:12 PM I don't know if that's gonna help much but something needs to be done, they could've ended this **** back in 00 but it didnt' happen, (note i don't think it was sharon was pm then)
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Doesn't change the fact that Sharon is almost certainly guilty of terrorism against the British army...ironic you might say...
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Originally posted by PrinceOfCats@Nov 11 2004, 03:34 PM Doesn't change the fact that Sharon is almost certainly guilty of terrorism against the British army...ironic you might say...
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what did ya mean by the last part? Anyway, I'm not saying it did but i was saying that we probably needed the last PM
I'm told I shouldn't be, but I have this forbodding feeling.. 
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