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Well, what I'm wondering is, what's Sharon going to do about it if they try to bury him there? Surely even he isn't dumb enough to order troops to fire on a funeral procession...
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Blockade probably. It probably wont come to that though: the request is being viewed as a shot in the dark by most arabs. I was listening to someone from the Egyptian government alluding that they would try to start peace talks with whoever takes over.
I dont know what the Isralies think about that.
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Don't know if it's true, but this would be explosive if so.
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That's one mighty fair and balanced news source you have there.
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Read the source he's citing. Ion Pacepa's no shill for the right. He speaks with a bit more experience of what Communism, socialism, and Islamofascism really offer the world.
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What I wish for is, sometime soon, someone to describe Arafat's health as something other than "complex" or some other vague adjective. I mean, I know he has a liver disease or something, but what we need is a journalist to go in there and report what is going on with him...
(On the same note, I wish we would stop hearing about the storming of Fallujah being "imminent" when it has been "imminent" since summer.)
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Veers: I think it's liver failure brought on by a blood disease. No statements, though, on precisely what that disease is.
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Hmmm....why could he be dying? ...he's older than christ, out of shape, smoked for years and has been under (serious) stress for the past few years cooped up within a small area, has liver disease nad (probably) some sort of blood disease (take your pick in a region where malaria and polio are still a fairly common).
I really dont think we need sill "Arafat has Aids" theories to explain why he's at death's door. If he has AIDS, the news would have leaked long before now: Arafat's got plenty of money for treatment nad someone would have blabbed. If he has it, we'll never know anyway.
Sounds like kicking a creep when he's down though.
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I'm not sure being older than Christ is such an accomplishment, unless one has gotten there by avoiding Carousel or something.
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I imagine that any attempt to debate support for Israel with the writer of that Blog would soon result in any of us getting called anti-Semitic at best, and a Nazi at worst.
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Seems like the situation down there in Israel will get even more fucked up. With Arafat gone there would be the danger of extremist factions gaining even more power. I just hope that Sharon won�t screw up again like he did back then with his visit to the "temple mount" (not sure if it�s the right transtlation) which started the current "Intifada" that has cost so many lifes.
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Jason: I'm not a doctor, but I would have thought some of the theorists would have considered malaria and polio. I'm not sure either of those diseases wipe out your platelet count and body weight without some other signs.
The former gives you this on-again-off-again fever. Though it definitely would be consistent with the blood disorder he has. The latter gives your difficulty breathing and severe nerve damage. I hadn't heard that he had had those problems. What can't be explained by either is the liver failure.
I think what is making people say he might be suffering from late-stage AIDS is that Percy hospital has some of France's top HIV doctors. So it's consistent with him having it, but not proven.
Tim: it is certainly possible he could have gotten it from a blood transfusion. But Pacepa's a pretty reliable source, so it's a strong possibility he contracted it sexually. He may not be gay either. Given he has a daughter with a woman he married, it's very possible he's bisexual.
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That's possible too. I just object to everyone jumping on him not being straight as too ludicrous to be believable.
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