Yasser Arafat Dead?

[RiverKitty]

Reports just in that he is brain dead but they're waiting until tonight to announce his death.
It's been all over the news...but why are people worried about his passing....politically speaking? :confused:
I know it's a lame topic but I was just curious.

[Mrs. Restless22]

I personally could care less.....just my $.02 :rollside:
Maybe they are just making it publicized becuase he has a famous name :confused:

[GlastronGuy]

http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/11/04/arafat.health/index.html

[lucky]

brain dead along time ago

[switchin'addiction]

Yeah I saw a few reports this morning that he had died as well. Some said he was only in a coma, while others were trying to confirm if he had died or not. :confused: I would say he's dead, but they just don'twant to announce it for some reason.

[Havasu_Dreamin]

People care becaue of the impacts it will ahve on the Palestinian Authority and their relationship with Israel and all the BS that goes over in that part of the world. Personally, I think he's a scumbag, good riddance. :yuk:

[cdog]

I hope old scrotum face's 77 girl friends look like rosie odonnel. :D :D

[PHX ATC]

Agreed with HD.
There might be some political uprising (not to be associated with the thread on penis injuries - although similar :D ) due to his death. Some of his extremist buddies might send out an order to bomb, rocketlaunch, mutilate some of the very nice outdoor patio cafes in neighboring nations.
Kinda makes you wonder, huh? :messedup:

[JustMVG]

Arafat is/was considered a "calming" influence in that region, although he started the suicide bombings of Israel, and other area of the region, if he dies, it looks like there will be noone to "lead" the radical Palestinians, all hel* may break loose over there, he's something of a "god" to the peoples of region. Expect alot of insanity over there should all of what you said is true.
As head of the PLO(Palestinian Liberation Organazation) he has advocated and demanded that Israel give back the land they took from Palestine years ago, resorting to terrorism to prove his point. Says he wants peace then will dispatch some suicide bombers to go do a job somewhere in Israel.
He's not one that will be missed!!!!
The funny part of all this is if Arafat truly wanted peace for his peoples and got it he'd been out of a job, no more hobnobbing with the real leaders of real nations, so he kept the terror going, if he's dead grab a rock toss it at something anything or anyone, thats how they grieve over there. This should be very interesting, as there has been no mention of who should replace him!!
MVG

[chub]

If control of the Palestinian Authority goes in the direction of a Hamas/Jihad direction. Much worse violence and retaliation by Israel could drag the Arab nations into a third world war type situation. That's what people are worried about. That's a highly condensed version.

[GlastronGuy]

Agreed with HD.
There might be some political uprising (not to be associated with the thread on penis injuries - although similar :D ) due to his death. Some of his extremist buddies might send out an order to bomb, rocketlaunch, mutilate some of the very nice outdoor patio cafes in neighboring nations.
Kinda makes you wonder, huh? :messedup:
So, when he does die they will never tell anyone?

[nodigg]

One less terrorist in the world, don't think he will be missed by the good people in this world. Now we just gotta' wait for Fidel to follow. I wanna go visit Havana DAMMIT!

[spectratoad]

HHHMMMMMM porbably the oldest and leading terrorist of the world, the one who pioneered the airlines hijackings rage goes for treatment in France?????
I say we finish with Iraq and head to France although not to liberate. If we own it then they don't have to worry about being taken over again by anyone but us.
Maybe France isn't the gentle, peaceloving country we seem to think they are. I bet we could follow some of their money to the terrorists. And yes we could probably follow ours too.

[JustMVG]

Digg it's easy just go thru Cancun, take Cubana airlines, you don't even get your Passport stamped, you just get a little piece of paper saying you were here, Havana is all you'd really want to see, the rest of the place a craphole because of Fidel, maybe Fidel will trip again and hit his head.... be prepared to uh "pay" some extra "Fees" when you thru "Customs" at the airport in Havana. Need more PM me.

[Essex502]

I Agree that this terrorist in sheep's clothing is/was POS and I certainly won't miss him. But...having said that, he did keep the more radical members of the Palenstinians in check - to some extent. The fear that I have is that the void left by Arafat will cause a bunch of in-fighting amongst the lesser known POS's and this might spill over into more strife in the middle east. This isn't good. Could be very bad.

[nodigg]

Digg it's easy just go thru Cancun, take Cubana airlines, you don't even get your Passport stamped, you just get a little piece of paper saying you were here, Havana is all you'd really want to see, the rest of the place a craphole because of Fidel, maybe Fidel will trip again and hit his head.... be prepared to uh "pay" some extra "Fees" when you thru "Customs" at the airport in Havana. Need more PM me.
Thanks for the info. A Cuban friend of my wifes wants to go again and take me but my wife and her husband do not want to go. We are working on them still. NO, we can't go without the spouses, :cry: (but she is awfully cute!) :rollside:

[spectratoad]

especially since we already have troops over there. Don't want to see them get sucked into this. There will be a vaccuum effect in the Palestinian world.

[spectratoad]

Thanks for the info. A Cuban friend of my wifes wants to go again and take me but my wife and her husband do not want to go. We are working on them still. NO, we can't go without the spouses, :cry: (but she is awfully cute!) :rollside:
I was going to say, "So you go with his wife" :hammerhea but would lead to.. :argue:

[Ion]

...Maybe France isn't the gentle, peaceloving country we seem to think they are. I bet we could follow some of their money to the terrorists. And yes we could probably follow ours too.
Aside from assisting our country's battle for independence from England, the f'n frenchies have done nothing but bend over and grab their ankles in the eye of military conflict...resulting in our country repeatedly running to their aid. They show their gratitude by continuing to spite our efforts to rid the world of sub-human terrorists. There is evidence they were in bed with Hussein prior to the Iraq war. Following is paraphrased from the Wall Street Journal:
" British journalists combing through documents in Iraq's foreign ministry are unearthing substantial evidence of Paris's perfidy.* ''France gave Saddam Hussein's regime regular reports on its dealings with American officials,'' reports London's Sunday Times.* ''The information, said in the files to have come partly from 'friends of Iraq' at the French foreign ministry, kept Saddam abreast of every development in American planning and may have helped him to prepare for war.'' Maybe there was something to that joke about the French teaching the Iraqis to surrender.
****** One of the documents includes ''an account of a meeting between Hubert Vedrine, the former Socialist foreign minister of France, and [Colin Powell].''
And now they take our longtime foe, Arafat, into their waiting arms and do their best to save his sorry ass! What next?!?!?

[Freak]

The son of a bitch thought he would never die. So no successor is really in line. The place could go nutz.

[SMFRiverRat]

Good Riddance....

[Mandelon]

I heard he has hundreds of millions (or more) stashed in Swiss Bank Accounts. That is UN and US Palestinian aid money...... :mad:

[Ducatista]

Good Riddance....
http://www.paulreveresociety.com/files/aaarafat.jpg
Exactly...here are some reasons why. Sorry for the cut & paste, but it is important to understand who this man is....
Arafats Trail Of Blood
The world media portrays Yasser Arafat as a kindly George Washington of the Palestinian people. The real Arafat is a blood-thirsty Ghoul. He Pioneered airline high- jacking's, and he was the god father of terror. Whole villages of Christians were massacred under his command in Lebanon. His P.L.O. conducted many cowardly campaigns of murder. Perhaps the best known, in 1972, when 5 Arab terrorists entered the Olympic Village in Munich Germany, and Slaughtered 11 unarmed Israeli athletes in cold blood. This beast must not be glorified! To the side, you will find a portrait of the real Yasser Arafat. A man courted by the Democrats and shunned by Republicans. Now do you know why God smiles on George Bush?
Yasser Arafat has compiled a record of atrocities which would be the envy of past war criminals. From the blowing-up of planes, through thousands of terrorist attacks, ordering the execution of American Ambassador to Sudan, Cleo No'l, charges des affaires George Moore and the Belgium aid, Guy Eid in Khartoum.
During the 12 year Civil War in Lebanon, caused by Yasser Arafat's assuming power through terror, his terrorists committed mass murder. Whole Villages of Christians like Damour were massacred, chopped into pieces with machetes. Out of the 30,000 Christians, 10,000 were slaughtered by Arafat's PLO. The town was then occupied and kept as Arafat's stronghold. David Shipler of the New York Times wrote the story of Damour June 21, 1982. There were individual murders. One horrific, but typical, example is when the Muktar (leader) of a village refused to be cooperative with Arafat and his terrorists. The Muktar's teenage daughter was abducted and raped. Her breasts were cut off and she was delivered to the doorstep of her father in a sack.
At 4:30 A.M. on September 5, 1972, five Arab terrorists wearing track suits climbed the six and ½ foot fence surrounding the Olympic Village in Munich, Germany. Once inside, they were met by three others who had gained entrance with credentials. Within 24 hours, 11 Israelis, five terrorists and a German policeman were dead. The Munich operation was ordered by Yasser Arafat and carried out by Fatah, Arafat's faction of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO).
What Exactly Does Israel Have On Yasser Arafat?
-Arafat Finances Suicide Bombings
In a memorandum captured in Operation Defensive Shield, the Secretary-General of the Fatah office in Tulkarm requested that Arafat provide $2,000 to each of 15 specifically named "Fighting Brethren" of the Tanzim military wing of Fatah. According to Israeli military sources, each of the "fighters" was involved in the planning or execution of suicide attacks. With his own signature in Arabic, Arafat authorized the payment of $800 to each of the "fighters" on April 5, 2001.
-Arafat Finances Terrorist Attacks
On September 19, 2001, Arafat personally approved a request for payment of $600 to three people including Ra'ad Karmi, commander of the Tanzim in Tulkarm, who was personally involved in at least 25 shooting attacks against Israelis. Arafat funded Karmi even though Israel had placed Karmi on its "most-wanted" list just three months earlier. On the same day, Arafat approved payment to Amar Qadan, a member of his own Force-17 "Presidential Guard," who was involved in terrorist operations.
A second request was faxed to Arafat to fund 12 more terrorists. According to Colonel Miri Eisin of the IDF intelligence Branch, "Every single one of them was on our wanted list these are Tanzim members, which is Arafat's own party." Arafat knew well that these individuals were involved in terrorism. Nevertheless, on January 7, 2002, "Arafat himself in his handwriting, with his signature agreed to pay the money."
On January 17, 2002, two and a half weeks later, a Palestinian killed six Israelis and wounded twenty-six at a bat-mitzvah party in Hadera, initiated and planned by one of those on Arafat's list Mansur Saleh Sharim, who was already responsible for the deaths of at least three Israelis. Senior Fatah figures in Israeli custody, like Marwan Barghouti, admitted subsequently that Arafat approved funding for Fatah operatives with knowledge that it would be used to finance terrorist attacks against Israeli civilians.
-Arafat Commands the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades
While some draw a distinction between Yasser Arafat's Fatah organization and the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, Palestinians refute such assertions. The leader of the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades in Tulkarm told USA Today in March 2002: "The truth is, we are Fatah, but we didn't operate under the name of Fatah We are the armed wing of the organization. We receive our instructions from Fatah. Our commander is Yasser Arafat himself."
In the early months of 2002, the number of attacks by the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, including suicide bombings, exceeded those of Hamas and Islamic Jihad. On September 16, 2001, the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades requested payment to cover expenses for "production of explosive charges" from Arafat's financial confidante, Fuad Shubaki, who, as the head of the Palestinian Authority's "Armed Forces Financial Directorate," was also the mastermind behind the Karine-A weapons ship delivery from Iran. That ship also carried huge amounts of C-4 explosives that could only be use for bombing attacks against Israel.
-Arafat Authorized Hamas and Islamic Jihad Attacks
During March 9-13, 1997 (and perhaps earlier), Arafat met personally in Gaza with the leaders of Hamas and other militant groups, and gave them the "green light" to resume terrorist attacks. Following those meetings, Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Amnon Lipkin-Shahak told Israel Radio on March 23, 1997: "Organizations such as Hamas and Islamic Jihad have an understanding from the Palestinian Authority to carry out attacks." After the outbreak of the violence in September 2000, Hamas, Islamic Jihad, and Fatah coordinated together under the umbrella of the "Nationalist and Islamic Forces," led by Fatah.

[INXS]

is trying to rewrite history to make him look like some great Freedom figther! NUTS!

[Midlife Advantage]

Reports just in that he is brain dead but they're waiting until tonight to announce his death.
It's been all over the news...but why are people worried about his passing....politically speaking? :confused:
I know it's a lame topic but I was just curious.
not so lame as you can see girl, I just wish I was as politically adept as people like Ducati, good post bro. I try, but its hard to catch up on thousands of years of historic bloodshed. Rot in hell Yassir.

[WUTWZAT]

I'll be happy when he is dead and I can dance on his grave that is not in Jerusalem, which is where he wants to be buried but has already been denied. Yeah babe, sucks to be him.
Jason