nemo Posted November 4, 2004 Share Posted November 4, 2004 I know here in RWI, its usually just the same people bashing G.W. Bush and America, so i'm not sure, is this allowed in RWI anymore? Ya know... real world news? Yasser Arafat in comaThu 4 November, 2004 14:27 By Wafa Amr PARIS (Reuters) - Palestinian President Yasser Arafat went into a coma overnight and is lying unconscious and in critical condition in the intensive care unit at a French military hospital, aides say. Doctors carrying out tests on the 75-year-old leader since he was airlifted to France last Friday still did not know what was wrong with him, despite ruling out leukaemia, they said. Arafat's immune system appeared quite weak as his health, which had at first stabilised after he arrived at the hospital, suddenly deteriorated on Wednesday, they said. "Arafat is in a coma and in a critical condition," a senior Palestinian official told Reuters. He was transferred to the intensive care unit on Wednesday at around 5 p.m.. "He has no immunity whatsoever," said another aide, adding he slipped into the coma around 2 a.m. on Thursday. In the West Bank city of Ramallah, senior Palestinian officials denied he was in a coma. "No coma," Prime Minister Ahmed Qurie told reporters. "His condition is not getting better, nor is it worsening." Arafat's slide into illness has raised fears of chaos among Palestinians locked in a 4-year-old uprising. Arafat, loved by most Palestinians and reviled by many Israelis, has named no successor since emerging from exile under interim peace accords with Israel in the early 1990s. The death of a leader Israel and Washington see as an obstacle to peace could also shuffle the cards in the Middle East conflict. In Ramallah, the central committee of Arafat's Fatah faction in the Palestine Liberation Organisation met with the president's health topping the agenda. The PLO's executive committee was also called into session. Arafat was rushed to France from the West Bank with severe stomach pains, diarrhoea and vomiting. A briefing by the hospital had been expected at 11 a.m. but was put off without any explanation. Journalists at the hospital in Clamart, a southwestern Paris suburb, expected a statement later on Thursday. "New tests have been carried out including an endoscopy (visual internal examination). Nothing was found out from those tests," a senior aide said earlier on Thursday. According to France 2 television, the Palestinian leader was very weak and seemed to have reacted badly to tests his doctors were carrying out to determine the cause of his illness. DOCTORS SEEK EXPLANATIONS Leila Shahid, the Palestinian's permanent envoy to Paris, earlier said that there was a setback in Arafat's health and that doctors were trying to find out what had caused it. "Obviously in his case, there could be setbacks at times and this is a setback," said Shahid. "(On Thursday), the doctors will give a very clear and direct explanation and report on what is happening." In Washington, a senior State Department official said: "We frankly don't know the state of his medical condition." Aides have been keen to present Arafat as still in charge. He has temporarily delegated powers to two men -- Qurie and Mahmoud Abbas, the Palestinian leader's number two in the PLO. Palestinian officials said Farouq Kaddoumi, another senior PLO official, had arrived in Paris to see Arafat. Earlier on Wednesday, Arafat had sent congratulations to U.S. President George W. Bush on his re-election. Bush has backed the idea of a Palestinian state as part of a peace deal but has tried to shut Arafat out of Middle East decision-making. Both Washington and Israel accuse Arafat of fomenting violence in the uprising against Israeli occupation in Gaza and the West Bank that broke out in 2000, a charge he denies. Until he was airlifted to France, Arafat had been effectively confined to his shell-shattered Ramallah headquarters by Israeli forces for 2-1/2 years. [Reuters] Looks like Arafat is gonna die... I don't particularly like him.. but it's still huge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redFX Posted November 4, 2004 Share Posted November 4, 2004 Just herd it on TV, he died. Wonder what will happen now seeing as he has no successor. This could be trouble if there is a power strugle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ifsixwasnine Posted November 4, 2004 Share Posted November 4, 2004 Hospital officials are denying it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lardiop Veteran Posted November 4, 2004 Veteran Share Posted November 4, 2004 Weird... If it's true, CNN doesn't know about it yet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joel Posted November 4, 2004 Share Posted November 4, 2004 I know here in RWI, its usually just the same people bashing G.W. Bush and America, so i'm not sure, is this allowed in RWI anymore? Ya know... real world news? 584862877[/snapback] Sure it is. I have links to the other posts that were world news, do you want them? ;) Merged Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redFX Posted November 4, 2004 Share Posted November 4, 2004 NBC said he's brain dead. No one knows for sure I guess. Diffrent news stations saying diffrent things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aaron Veteran Posted November 4, 2004 Veteran Share Posted November 4, 2004 Apprently he has not named a succesor, so the PLO nay be in a state of panic soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OPaul Posted November 4, 2004 Share Posted November 4, 2004 So he really didn't name a successor? Guess that means the U.S will try to take control. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Veteran Posted November 4, 2004 Veteran Share Posted November 4, 2004 Apprently he has not named a succesor, so the PLO nay be in a state of panic soon. 584863371[/snapback] It really seems to be hitting the fan lately. Maybe I'm being alarmest here, but I can actually see the world going down a path toward WWIII. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aaron Veteran Posted November 4, 2004 Veteran Share Posted November 4, 2004 So he really didn't name a successor? Guess that means the U.S will try to take control. 584863389[/snapback] Uh, what is there to take control of? Anyway, this seems to be a "good" time for the Israelis to try something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xxpor Posted November 4, 2004 Share Posted November 4, 2004 If this is true mabey the PLO will blow its self up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
threetonesun Posted November 4, 2004 Share Posted November 4, 2004 Uh, what is there to take control of? Anyway, this seems to be a "good" time for the Israelis to try something. 584863421[/snapback] Didn't they have tanks idly firing at his palace not that long ago? I don't know what advantage him dying will have to either side, but my guess is Israel is going to sit on this for a while, and see what happens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[Pirate] Posted November 4, 2004 Share Posted November 4, 2004 The Good option is that a "moderate" palestinian leader like that young security guy (forget his name now.. lol). The bad option is that it will go into anarchy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xxpor Posted November 4, 2004 Share Posted November 4, 2004 http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6402008/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PseudoRandomDragon Posted November 4, 2004 Share Posted November 4, 2004 Why does interesting stuff like this happen at almost the same time? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L3thal Veteran Posted November 5, 2004 Veteran Share Posted November 5, 2004 Looks like chaos will take over Palestine if he does die. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
praseodymium Posted November 5, 2004 Share Posted November 5, 2004 Isn't the US pretty much already in control of the West Bank and Gaza Strip? If dead, it'll be interesting to see where he'll be buried. The land Sharon has supposedly selected is not even close to where they'd, the Palestinian people, like him to be buried. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PseudoRandomDragon Posted November 5, 2004 Share Posted November 5, 2004 It seems to be a mystery how he died. Could he have been poisoned? :blink: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nelsinho Posted November 5, 2004 Share Posted November 5, 2004 I hear now in radio he still live Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Hawk Posted November 5, 2004 Share Posted November 5, 2004 It seems to be a mystery how he died. Could he have been poisoned? :blink: 584865731[/snapback] Wouldn't suprise me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L3thal Veteran Posted November 5, 2004 Veteran Share Posted November 5, 2004 It seems to be a mystery how he died. Could he have been poisoned? :blink: 584865731[/snapback] He didn't die yet, but I do believe he was poisoned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaman Posted November 5, 2004 Share Posted November 5, 2004 if he does die i hope Palestine choose someone don't take rubbish from israel. and also more anti terrsiom then yasser arafat was Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Lampkins Posted November 6, 2004 Share Posted November 6, 2004 The PLO will be in disarray. There will be back stabbing and indecision while a new leader is elected. Enter Bush..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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