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That was fast. He didn't look that bad when he was filmed a few days ago. Things just got a lot uglier in the middle east. Too bad.
Currahee
11:20:04 PM
11/10/04

I wonder if the video you saw of him was file footage? When I saw him a few days ago, he looked like crap, but he always looks like crap, lol:)
lipstick hiker
11:37:27 PM
11/10/04

trivia question - What was Arafat's college degree in?






Answer: engineering...but he didn't do that for a living very long.
Phil
12:51:00 AM
11/11/04

Isn't that Osama Bin Ladin's major too?

I'm neither sad or happy with Arafat's passing. He's a hero to some and a terrorist to others....
stanlee
1:54:41 AM
11/11/04

So it's the engineers, eh? We'll have to watch them a little more closely.
reformed lurker
6:42:37 AM
11/11/04

Is it the one's that get to drive the trains?
Snake Eyes
6:53:09 AM
11/11/04

One more terrorist dead.

I don't know how they were able to forecast his death so accuately.

"Arafat continues to live, Funeral on Friday." What a bunch of half wits.
bbw
7:00:11 AM
11/11/04

Yeah but RL, who was it who instructed those engineers?! It's the teachers who're behind it all!
Sassafras
7:01:23 AM
11/11/04

The people behind it all are the people in the caboose.
Snake Eyes
7:05:08 AM
11/11/04

Now that the wicked witch is dead I hope the PLO can restart their investigation on the billions Arafat stole from his people.
bbw
7:08:28 AM
11/11/04

E's not dead; e's just sleepin! Lovely plumage.
Geobeet
8:19:42 AM
11/11/04

Arafat has probably been dead a couple days. In order to conform to islamic law they delayed the announcement.
bbw
12:43:32 PM
11/11/04

was he sick?













j/k

Personally, I think he's been dead for at least a couple of days.
last edited: 11/11/04 1:12:59 PM
skiracer
1:12:08 PM
11/11/04

Probably not, think desert and heat.
Islamic law is probably similar to judaic law and you have to get them in the ground pretty quick.

as for him dying, well it happens to all of us eventually. He just lasted longer than the victims of his early career as a terrorist. I do not know if he personally killed women and children or just helped plan the killings, but he represented an organization that did.
They had a home in Jordan until they tried to assasinate the king and take over in 1970-71.
They were driven out into Lebanon, shortly later (2-3 years) the civil war muslim against christian started there, never proven but probably caused by Palestinian assasination of christians in political power.

The PLO has never renounced their goal to kill all Israelis, I think their terminology is "drive them into the sea". Why the world accepts this but condemns Hitler I will never know because they have the same stated goal, genocide.

No tears from me with his passing.
manuka
1:25:20 PM
11/11/04

The [Ara]Fat Boys

Clinton Says Arafat Missed the Chance for Peace

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20041111/pl_nm/mideast_arafat_clinton_dc

Former U.S. President Bill Clinton on Thursday offered condolences to Palestinians after the death of Yasser Arafat but said their leader had missed the opportunity to create lasting Middle East peace in 2000.

Clinton, who helped broker a Middle East peace plan with Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat and Israeli leader Yitzhak Rabin in 1993, will not attend either his memorial service or his funeral, the former president's office said.
manuka
1:48:00 PM
11/11/04

Sleeping? This is one dead Arafat. Watch:

'ELLO ARAFAT!
'ELLO ARAFAT!
'WOULD ARAFAT LIKE A PITA?

See? Nothin.
Bearmagnet
1:49:52 PM
11/11/04

He will be mourned for 40 days by his people.
lipstick hiker
2:24:50 PM
11/11/04

Geez
For a moment there...I thought Lipstick typed "mounted.....".
stanlee
3:27:46 PM
11/11/04

He just showed up. It's good to see old friends come home.
beast666
5:35:29 PM
11/11/04

Bearmagnet, maybe he would have gone for it if it came with hummus (chic pea dip).

stanlee, Arafat's head mounted, lol!!!!!
lipstick hiker
12:04:14 AM
11/12/04

No, I meant in a sexual manner. :o0
stanlee
1:40:37 AM
11/12/04

I think it's sickening how they are treating this whole thing in the media and spinning him to be a great leader and everything BUT a cold blooded murdering killer of women, children and the elderly.
Nigal
8:09:33 AM
11/12/04

1. Swallow your coffee

2. Check this out:

http://www.sfgate.com/columnists/asmussen/
BowlderMan
8:18:42 AM
11/12/04

LOL! I was actually begining to wonder if he was the Islamic version of Jesus..."He's dead! No wait! He's alive! No wait, he's dead again!".
Nigal
8:23:45 AM
11/12/04

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