Hosni Mubarak “Clinically Dead,” Now “Still Alive”

June 19, 2012 | Filed under Egypt | Posted by

Yahoo News reports on the conflicting accounts of Hosni Mubarak’s “death.”

Multiple sources have told Al-Jazeera that ousted Egyptian leader Hosni Mubarak suffered a stroke and is on an artificial respirator, but that he is not “clinically dead,” as previous reports had claimed. Reuters and the Associated Press also cite sources saying the deposed president is on life support.

According to Al-Jazeera’s Mike Hanna: “We do understand from family sources that Hosni Mubarak is improving. We believe he is still in a coma.”

Earlier, the state-run news agency MENA reported that Mubarak had been declared clinically dead upon arriving at a military hospital on Tuesday evening. “Mubarak’s heart stopped beating and was subjected to a defibrillator several times but did not respond,” the MENA release stated.

However, senior officials, including military leaders, have now contradicted that earlier report. Gen. Mamdouh Shahin, a member of the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces, reportedly told CNN that Mubarak “is not clinically dead as reported, but his health is deteriorating and he is in critical condition.”

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  • Gmacr1

    Jimmy Hoffa, Gen. Fransisco Franko, Hosni Mubarak…
    and the question is:
    Name three people with a better chance of being re-elected president than Barack Hussein Obama.

  • Commander_Chico

    That’s how they roll in Egypt, since the days of the pharaohs.

  • Sky__Captain

    The thread headline sounds like a description of 0bama’s political life in June…

  • Brian_The_Adequate

    Life imitating The Simpsons:

    Mr Mubarak was taken to the hospital and declared dead. He was then taken to a better hospital and his condition was upgraded to alive.

  • http://www.rustedsky.net JLawson

    Doctor: “I hate to tell you this… but he’s pinin’ for the fjords.”
    Reporter: “Umm… I don’t think he ever visited Norway. Why would he be wanting to see a fjord?”
    Doctor: “Not much of a Monty Python fan, are you?”
    Reporter: “Are they anything like Motley Crue? I love those guys! They’re strange.”
    Doctor: “Okay, let’s try this again. He has joined the Choir Eternal?”
    Reporter: “You mean, he’s singing? So he’s getting better? That’s marvelous news!”
    Doctor: “Um. Let’s change genres. Are you familiar with Star Trek?”
    Reporter: “I have heard of it, yes.”
    Doctor: “Are you familiar with the physician McCoy?”
    Reporter: “Oh! The one who always says “I’m a doctor, not a bricklayer” sort of things?”
    Dcotor: “Yes – that’s the one.”
    Reporter: “Do go on, then.”
    Doctor: “In that case… ‘I’m a doctor, not a mortician.’ The morticians’ been called, he should be here shortly.”
    Reporter: “Um… why would he want to see a mortician while he’s singing?”
    Doctor: “He won’t be seeing the mortician, but the mortician will soon be seeing him.”
    Reporter: “I’m not sure I grasp your meaning.”
    Doctor: (Sighs.) “Call your editor, tell him that Mubarak’s dead. Then come with me to the brain lab, and hope they have an extra one laying around because yours obviously fell out.”

  • sabbahillel

    Hosni Mubarak imitates Franco.

  • http://wizbangblog.com/author/rodney-graves/ Rodney G. Graves

    Schrodinger’s Mubarak.

  • jim_m

    It’s the Night of the Living Mubarak

  • GarandFan

    Reminds me of the Lockerbie bomber who was released on humanitarian grounds because he was ‘about to die’. If Mubarak gets out of Egypt, don’t be surprised if he has a “miraculous recovery”.

  • Sky__Captain

    Weekend at Hosni’s

    • jim_m

      Talk about propping up a dictator!

  • 914

    Hosni Mubarak “Clinically Dead,” Now “Still Alive”

    Just like ObumbleCare..