Hmm?? You don't suppose that the Israelis or the U.S. C.I.A. put "a little something" in Arafat's soup, do you? What a load of claptrap and Zionist propaganda from Associated Press in these two so-called "news" articles. Does anyone actually suppose that they didn't???
mart ============================================== ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "NYTr List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, October 28, 2004 2:05 PM Subject: [NYTr] Seriously Ill Arafat Reported Headed for Paris Via NY Transfer News Collective * All the News that Doesn't Fit [An earlier report that Arafat was being moved to Jordan is attached below this article.] AP via Yahoo - Oct 28, 2004 http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=535&e=1&u=/ap/20041028/ap_on_re_mi_ea/arafat_s_health Arafat to Be Flown to Paris for Treatment By LARA SUKHTIAN, Associated Press Writer RAMALLAH, West Bank - Doctors decided to fly ailing Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat to Paris for treatment, as associates described a Palestinian leader who was too weak to stand Thursday, appeared confused and spent most of the day sleeping. Fifteen doctors - including Palestinians and specialists rushed in from Jordan, Tunisia and Egypt - examined the 75-year-old Arafat on Thursday and decided he would be able to get the best treatment in Paris, one of the doctors said. An aide said later that Arafat would be flown to Paris on Friday. Arafat's impending transfer to a hospital highlights the severity of the health crisis. It would be his first trip away from the battered Ramallah headquarters since he was confined there by Israel in 2002. Israeli officials assured the Palestinians on Thursday that if Arafat recovered, he would be able to return to the West Bank, a prominent Israel-Arab lawmaker said. In the past, Israel was unwilling to make such promises. The doctors, who had considered flying Arafat by helicopter to a hospital in Amman, Jordan, were by Arafat's side Thursday in a small clinic at his compound after he collapsed and briefly lost consciousness Wednesday night. Palestinian officials initially tried to play down the health problems, saying he performed Muslim prayers before dawn Thursday and ate a light breakfast of cornflakes and milk. On Thursday evening, Arafat's aides released two photos showing him sitting in a chair, broadly smiling as he posed with his doctors. He wore blue pajamas and a dark stocking cap - a rare view of Arafat without his trademark black-and-white checkered headscarf. But a close Arafat associate said the Palestinian leader spent most of the day sleeping. When he awoke, he was moved into a wheelchair because he was very weak and could not stand up, the associate said. At times, Arafat appeared confused, not recognizing some of his visitors, he added. Arafat has been unable to hold down food, and also suffers from diarrhea, the associate said on condition of anonymity. Israeli defense officials met Thursday to discuss the possible fallout if Arafat dies. Anxious Palestinians throughout the West Bank and Gaza Strip waited for any scrap of information about his condition, with many fearing his death would plunge their nation into a profound crisis. "I was awake all the night," said Imad Samara, a 38-year-old teacher from Gaza City. "I pray to God to save him because we need him, he is the safety valve for everything here, he is the father of all the Palestinians." Arafat's wife, Suha, arrived at the Ramallah headquarters Thursday after she was called from Tunis to be with her husband. Suha Arafat lives in Paris with their young daughter, and has not seen her husband since 2001. On Wednesday evening, Arafat's persistent two-week illness had taken a sudden turn for the worse. Arafat vomited after eating soup, then collapsed and was unconscious for about 10 minutes, a bodyguard said. Palestinian officials initially insisted that Arafat was suffering only from a severe flu, while doctors said he also suffered from a large gallstone. Israeli officials have speculated Arafat is suffering from cancer in the digestive tract, but the Palestinians said tests found no sign of cancer. Arafat has been confined to the sandbagged, partially demolished compound since May 2002. He has been kept inside both by occasional Israeli military blockades and by threats that he would not be allowed to return if he leaves. Israel, fearing it will be blamed for any further deterioration in Arafat's condition, said Thursday it is ready to lift its travel ban and allow Arafat to leave. Arab-Israeli lawmaker Ahmed Tibi, an Arafat confidant, said the promise had come from Dov Weisglass, a senior aide of Prime Minister Ariel Sharon. However, Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak was skeptical. "If Arafat wants to come to Egypt, it would be difficult to get Israeli guarantees to let him go back," Mubarak told reporters in Cairo. Sharon, in a telephone conversation with his Palestinian counterpart Ahmed Qureia, agreed to allow Arafat to be flown abroad for treatment if necessary, though they did not discuss the question of his returning, a Sharon aide said. Arafat's health crisis has highlighted how unprepared the Palestinians are for their leader's death, making a chaotic transition period all but inevitable. Arafat has refused to groom a successor, fearing an impatient protege could turn on him. Two Palestinian leadership groups, the Central Committee of the ruling Fatah movement and the PLO Executive Committee, planned to meet at Arafat's headquarters later Thursday. One Palestinian official said Arafat has created a special committee consisting of Qureia, former Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas, and Salim Zaanoun, head of the Palestinian National Council, to run the PLO and the Palestinian Authority while he is ill. But when asked if Arafat had set up such a committee, Arafat spokesman Nabil Abu Rdeneh said: "Nothing like that." White House spokesman Scott McClellan, traveling in Michigan with President Bush, said U.S. officials were monitoring the situation. Sharon met Thursday with his defense minister, Shaul Mofaz. Israel has prepared contingency plans if Arafat dies, including how to deal with possible riots and prevent Palestinian attempts to bury Arafat in Jerusalem. Israel has marked a possible burial site for Arafat in the Jerusalem suburb of Abu Dis, in the West Bank, security officials said. The Haaretz daily said Israel has taken the location of the plot into consideration in planning the route of its West Bank separation barrier. Israeli Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom said a Palestinian Authority without Arafat could become a partner for peace. "We always said we would be willing to talk to a Palestinian leadership that would be willing once and for all to bring an end to the bloodshed," Shalom told Israel Radio. *** AP via Yahoo - Oct 28, 2004 Official: Arafat to Be Moved to Jordan By LARA SUKHTIAN, Associated Press Writer RAMALLAH, West Bank - The ailing Yasser Arafat was expected to be moved from his West Bank compound to a hospital in the Jordanian capital of Amman later Thursday, a Palestinian official said. The 75-year-old Palestinian leader spent most of the day Thursday sleeping, was unable to stand up and had to be moved in a wheelchair. Doctors have conducted a battery of tests, but have declined to say what he is suffering from. If Arafat goes to the hospital, it will be the first time since 2002 that he has left his headquarters compound in Ramallah. Israeli officials assured the Palestinians on Thursday that if Arafat recovered, he would be able to return to the West Bank. In the past, Israel was unwilling to make such promises. Palestinian officials initially were trying to play down Arafat's health problems, saying he performed Muslim prayers before dawn Thursday and ate a light breakfast of cornflakes and milk. However, a close Arafat associate said the Palestinian leader spent most of the day sleeping. When he awoke, he was moved into a wheelchair because he was very weak and could not stand up, the associate said on condition of anonymity. Arafat has been unable to hold down food, and also suffers from diarrhea, the associate said. At times, Arafat appeared confused, not recognizing some of his visitors, he added. On Wednesday evening, Arafat's persistent two-week illness had taken a sudden turn for the worse. Arafat vomited after eating soup, then collapsed and was unconscious for about 10 minutes, a bodyguard said. Palestinian officials initially insisted that Arafat was suffering only from a severe flu, while doctors said he also suffered from a large gallstone. Israeli officials have speculated Arafat is suffering from > cancer in the digestive tract. Doctors from Jordan, Tunisia and Egypt were by Arafat's side Thursday, monitoring his vital signs. Arafat's wife, Suha also arrived in the West Bank from Tunis. Mrs. Arafat lives in Paris, and has not seen her husband since 2001. Arafat has been confined to the sandbagged, partially demolished compound since May 2002. He has been kept inside both by occasional Israeli military blockades and by threats that he would not be allowed to return if he leaves. Israel, fearing it will be blamed for any further deterioration in Arafat's condition, said Thursday it is ready to lift its travel ban and allow Arafat to leave. Arab-Israeli lawmaker Ahmed Tibi, an Arafat confidant, said the promise had come from Dov Weisglass, a senior aide of Prime Minister Ariel Sharon. However, Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak was skeptical. "If Arafat wants to come to Egypt, it would be difficult to get Israeli guarantees to let him go back," Mubarak told reporters in Cairo. Sharon, in a telephone conversation with his Palestinian counterpart Ahmed Qureia, agreed to allow Arafat to be flown abroad for treatment if necessary. However, Israeli security officials said the Palestinians have only requested, for now, to take Arafat to a local hospital. Two Palestinian leadership groups, the Central Committee of the ruling Fatah movement and the PLO Executive Committee, planned to meet at Arafat's headquarters later Thursday. One Palestinian official said Arafat has created a special committee consisting of Qureia, former Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas, and Salim Zaanoun, head of the Palestinian National Council, to run the PLO and the Palestinian Authority while he is ill.But when asked if Arafat had set up such a committee, Arafat spokesman Nabil Abu Rdeneh said: "Nothing like that." White House spokesman Scott McClellan, traveling in Michigan with U.S. President George W. Bush, said U.S. officials were monitoring the situation. In Israel, defense officials were meeting Thursday to discuss the fallout from Arafat's possible death. Israel has prepared contingency plans, including how to deal with possible riots and prevent Palestinian attempts to bury Arafat in Jerusalem. Israel has marked a possible burial site for Arafat in the Jerusalem suburb of Abu Dis, in the West Bank, security officials said. The Haaretz daily said Israel has taken the location of the plot into consideration in planning the route of its West Bank separation barrier. Sharon met Thursday with his defense minister, Shaul Mofaz. Israeli Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom said a Palestinian Authority without Arafat could become a partner for peace. "We always said we would be willing to talk to a Palestinian leadership that would be willing once and for all to bring an end to the bloodshed," Shalom told Israel Radio. Arafat has been ill for two weeks, but reports about his ailment have varied widely. Palestinian officials said he had the flu. Israeli officials speculated he might have stomach cancer, but two of his doctors said Wednesday a blood test and a biopsy of tissue from his digestive tract showed no evidence of that. On Tuesday, a hospital official said Arafat was suffering from a large gallstone. The gallstone, while extremely painful, is not life-threatening and can be easily treated, the official said. Kurdi, head of the Jordanian team, told The Associated Press that he was urgently summoned to Arafat's compound but was given no details by the Palestinians' aides."I tried to get a medical report from them. I couldn't get anything," he said. Israeli officials speculated Arafat had suffered a stroke. Arafat has shown symptoms of Parkinson's disease since the late 1990s. Arafat's health crisis has highlighted how unprepared the Palestinians are for their leader's death, making a chaotic transition period all but inevitable. Arafat has refused to groom a successor, fearing an impatient protege could turn on him. During Arafat's long confinement in the compound, doctors have equipped two rooms with medical equipment, including X-ray, ultrasound machines and emergency resuscitation gear. In tests this week, Arafat was in his pajamas and wore a blue wool hat, instead of his trademark black-and-white checkered headscarf, an official on the medical team said. The medical official said Arafat continues to sleep in a small room, which has only one window and is furnished with a bed and a closet, even though a new, sunnier room has been refurbished for him on another floor. From his small window, Arafat looks out on rubble and heaps of cars flattened in previous Israeli raids. =========================================== Search the NYTr Archives at: http://olm.blythe-systems.com/pipermail/nytr/ To subscribe or unsubscribe or change your settings via the web, visit: http://olm.blythe-systems.com/mailman/listinfo/nytr ======================================== NY Transfer News Collective * A Service of Blythe Systems Since 1985 - Information for the Rest of Us 339 Lafayette St., New York, NY 10012 http://www.blythe.org e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] =========================================== [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Make a clean sweep of pop-up ads. 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