[Merged] Arafat Dead.

[sir_drinks_alot]

man whan he dies the Palestinians are going to have a civil war after all
mr Arafat holds the hole thing together


ARAFAT 'VERY SICK'
A team of emergency doctors has been rushed to the bedside of ailing Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat.

A Palestinian cabinet official said Arafat is "very, very sick", as leading officials were summoned to his West Bank headquarters.

Palestinian security services have been put on alert following the news.

A team of doctors was tonight sent to his Ramallah compound in the West Bank tonight to examine Arafat, 75, who has been suffering from a lengthy bout of flu.

Israeli radio reported that the he had lost consciousness, a report denied by Palestinian officials who insist his conditions is "stable".

It has also been reported that Arafat has been given permission by Israel to leave his compound to seek hospital treatment. He has been under virtual house arrest for three years.

Arafat had an exploratory operation earlier this week after suffering stomach pains and vomiting.

Doctors carried out an endoscopy, an investigative procedure in which a small scope is inserted into the body.

Israel had given permission for Arafat to leave his compound for the treatment, but he refused.

Arafat's foreign minister, Nabil Shaath, said this week that the leader was in pain because of serious intestinal flu but doctors flown in earlier this week from Egypt and Tunisia expected him to recover.

Questions about Arafat's health have raised Palestinian fears of a bloody succession struggle after his death. He has never picked a successor.

Source : Sky News

[Steve H]

Reuters reporting arafat has died...

http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.j...toryID=6717761

Actually, clinically dead, only kept alive by machines. Although it's being denied by the hospital

That link also seems to have disspeared :S

[danielf]

The news is very contradictory at the moment. The hospital he is in are still denying it.

[Derek]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/mid...st/3980903.stm

I can see things getting even worse if he is.

[Stephen]

Last I heard he was in a coma.

Originally Posted by Steve H

Reuters reporting arafat has died...

http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.j...toryID=6717761

Actually, clinically dead, only kept alive by machines. Although it's being denied by the hospital

That link also seems to have disspeared :S

link is still there?

Originally Posted by DarthYoda

Last I heard he was in a coma.

That was being denied as well....

funny that reuters claim he is dead and 28 minutes later they claim he is alive and have both stories on the site

Israel's Channel Two television cited unnamed sources in Paris saying that Arafat underwent a brain scan and was found to be "no longer alive."

That cant be true, they would claim they couldnt find a brain

[Matth]

OMG! The brown stuff isn't half going to hit the fan!

At least any repercussions will be aimed at the French, so it's not ALL bad

[danielf]

Originally Posted by Matth

OMG! The brown stuff isn't half going to hit the fan!

At least any repercussions will be aimed at the French, so it's not ALL bad

[andygrif]

All we need is Sharon to follow suit and the world might start to become a better place....oh and Bush, Blair, Mugabe, Kim Jong Il....etc etc etc

Originally Posted by andygrif

All we need is Sharon to follow suit and the world might start to become a better place....oh and Bush, Blair, Mugabe, Kim Jong Il....etc etc etc

As Arafat has not seen fit to pick a successor I'm very much afraid of what and whom comes after him.We could end up with MORE of a bloodbath than we have had so far.

[BBKing]

At least any repercussions will be aimed at the French

The French have pretty good relations with the Palestinians, which is why they offered to take Arafat in the first place.

[Ramrod]

In a 'reversible coma'.......whatever that is