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Non Gaming Discussions => Off-Topic => Topic started by: GigaShadow on November 09, 2004, 06:41:44 AM
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http://cnn.netscape.cnn.com/ns/news/story.jsp?id=2004110909240002228642&dt=20041109092400&w=RTR&coview=
PARIS (Reuters) - Palestinian President Yasser Arafat is dead, senior Palestinian political sources said on Tuesday.
The information from sources close to Arafat could not immediately be confirmed.
"He is dead," a senior political source close to Arafat told Reuters in Paris, where the 75-year-old leader has been lying in a coma at a French military hospital.
Asked to confirm Arafat\'s death, another official close to the president said: "Yes, he is dead. There will be an announcement soon."
None of the sources gave any details of the cause of death.
Officials in the West Bank said they had not been informed that Arafat was dead.
He had been at the hospital having treatment since Oct. 29.
Palestinian officials had said Arafat was suffering from liver failure and the lower part of his body was not functioning. He had been in a coma and his condition worsened overnight, a hospital spokesman said earlier on Tuesday.
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Press conference in 9 minutes, we will see then.
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Frenchies are still saying he\'s alive.
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During the press conference they said he was alive.
Im guessing he wont be for much longer though.
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They fed him some snails, I bet.
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Why do the Palestinians keep announcing him dead only to have the Paris officials upgrade his status to alive?
Who benefits from that?
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Originally posted by Black Samurai
Why do the Palestinians keep announcing him dead only to have the Paris officials upgrade his status to alive?
Who benefits from that?
I have no clue - maybe its some form of Jerry Lewis humor? No sooner had I posed this article then Reuters posted another stating he was alive.
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In any case, this is just a gold mine for The Daily Show.
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He has had a brain haemorrhage now. He doesn\'t have long left now by the looks of things.
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If the guy dies there would be so much shit breaking out. I don\'t think he\'s named the Palestinian\'s next leader but if he dies without doing so there would be turmoil in order to take control.
Unless the United States and good ol\' Israel decide to take advantage and take back all of the Muslim land.
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Yeah sure thats going to happen SirMystic
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It\'s possible.
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First - Arafat has already appointed two people (the PM and ex PM) to share power until elections I believe. Secondly - please STFU with your idiotic alternate universe scenerios Mystiq.
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Hey I know!
GTH!
Their for purposes only and besides I was only repeating what my history teacher told me.
So...STFU!
http://www.sciforums.com/showthread.php?p=704355
Besides just by appointing somebody doesn\'t mean the whole world is solved...
http://www.greekcity.com.au/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=3;t=004347;p=1
Wow...alot of people seem to think that there is going to be a power struggle...probably because there will be?
http://www.washingtontimes.com/functions/print.php?StoryID=20041102-082414-2579r
http://www.detnews.com/2004/nation/0411/05/nation-325556.htm
"After Arafat, analyst see mostly chaos"
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****\'em all is what I say, Jews and Muslims have been going at it for centuries why not just let them kill each other off.
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Originally posted by SirMystiq
Unless the United States and good ol\' Israel decide to take advantage and take back all of the Muslim land.
Your history teacher told you this or was this your a result of your creative thinking?
That is what I was referring to.
The fact is with Arafat gone there is a greater chance that the Israeli\'s and the PAL\'s can come to some sort of agreement. Arafat is a terrorist and frankly the world is better off without him. He was a major roadblock to any peace agreement.
Of course with the passing of any leader in a country like Palestine there is a power vacuum - you on the other hand are trying to portray it as the apocolypse. :rolleyes:
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No...My history teacher told me that. It was just a worst case scenario wise ass.
Israel was given to the Jews b/c of humanitarian reasons and other. Muslims didn\'t take it so well went to war and lost the war and land. Now the country is divided. IT could happen.
The apocolypse...nah...that started with the war in Iraq.
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\'bout ****n time. I can\'t belive they actually interrupted ET with a newsflash! jesus!
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look here:
http://www.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,4057,11351905%255E401,00.html
and
http://news.com.au/common/story_page/0,4057,11352187%255E401,00.html
I agree with that second one.
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Now he\'s in heaven with Tupac and Biggie doing a group hug.
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What about the 72 virgins? DID I CONVERT FOR NOTHING?
Seriously, I wonder what happens now. Some people were killed just now, I hope there wont be a riot.
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If it hasnt been posted already:
Palestinians Attack Settlement After Arafat Dies (http://cnn.aimtoday.cnn.com/news/story.jsp?&idq=/ff/story/0002%2F20041111%2F0647416304.htm&sc=roitz&photoid=20041111GAZ109)
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Originally posted by Lord Nicon
If it hasnt been posted already:
Palestinians Attack Settlement After Arafat Dies (http://cnn.aimtoday.cnn.com/news/story.jsp?&idq=/ff/story/0002%2F20041111%2F0647416304.htm&sc=roitz&photoid=20041111GAZ109)
I kind of figured this was going to happen. This is going to make matters worse between the 2 countries :(
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Originally posted by EviscerationX
I kind of figured this was going to happen. This is going to make matters worse between the 2 countries :(
yep, no doubt..i knew the pal\'s was gonna blame israel for his death,..for having him held prisoner for 2 yrs or whatever..with no real acces to the outside world...
now i have heard of that proposal that was given to the pal\'s where israel was willing to offer at least 90% of what the pal\'s wanted...i see it like this,..if they fought a war with isreal and lost...they need to just suck it up and accept it...now i know the offer wasn\'t presented back then in 67...but arafat at the time(sometime in the mid 90\'s) should\'ve took the offer...
that whole situation is doomed..the pal\'s want israel gone completely and israel, at this time it seems doesn\'t want to give up anything...
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Who would?
Israel has the US forces behind them.
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Originally posted by fastson
What about the 72 virgins? DID I CONVERT FOR NOTHING?
Seriously, I wonder what happens now. Some people were killed just now, I hope there wont be a riot.
I heard he died and was revived a few times. He saw heaven...but there weren\'t 72 virgins but rather 72 Virginians! Nasty.
Just remember guys....Arafat was behind the \'72 Munich games killings.
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You guys watching the funeral? Very strong, thousans of people gathering around the helicopter in Ramallah.
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