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November 11, 2004
Arafat Is Dead
Topics: Middle East News and PerspectivesAccording to Haaretz in Israel today:
Palestinian Authority Chairman Yasser Arafat died on
Thursday morning in the Percy hospital in Paris, Palestinian Authority
official Saeb Erekat announced early Thursday.
"His body will be moved to Cairo where his funeral
will take place Friday, Erekat said, adding that the Palestinian leader
died at around 3:30 A.M. local time. Estripeau then told reporters that the body of the
75-year-old leader would be leaving the hospital, but that - because of
French privacy laws - no details would be given on the cause of death
or anything else.
Arafat's top aide Nabil Abu Rudeinah told reporters Wednesday night that Arafat was expected to die within hours. "Many organs have stopped working, except for Arafat's heart - it is still beating," Abu Rudeinah said. "Should
the Palestinian leader die in the coming hours, as his doctors are
expecting, there will be an official funeral in Cairo on Friday with
the participation of kings, princes and heads of Arab and Islamic
states," Abu Rudeinah added."
Arafat has been rumored to have already been clinically dead for some time, staying alive only by artificial means. Rumors of his having AIDS have persisted but have not been confirmed. More on this coming in Hyscience later today.
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