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Arafat in Deeper Coma, Condition Worsens
or
Yasser Arafat 'Dead' - Palestinian Sources Say
and
Arafat Fate Mired in Confusion
In order to speed the inevitable, I'll put cash on the table. $25 to whoever is closest to the official date and time that Arafat is pronounced dead.
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Comments (44)
Pronounced dead by a medica... (Below threshold)1. Posted by Pavel | November 9, 2004 10:26 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Pronounced dead by a medical authority? I'd say 11/9, 1545 GMT - twenty minutes from now.
1. Posted by Pavel | November 9, 2004 10:26 AM |
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Posted on November 9, 2004 10:26
2. Posted by Norm | November 9, 2004 10:26 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
It will be announced at 1:30 pm Eastern Standard Time. It hsould have been announced last Thursday. They may have to drive a wooden stake thru his heart to make it official.
2. Posted by Norm | November 9, 2004 10:26 AM |
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Posted on November 9, 2004 10:26
3. Posted by Wodinn | November 9, 2004 10:27 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
$1, Bob.
3. Posted by Wodinn | November 9, 2004 10:27 AM |
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Posted on November 9, 2004 10:27
4. Posted by James | November 9, 2004 10:31 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Hero Arafat will live forever you NAZI pig.
4. Posted by James | November 9, 2004 10:31 AM |
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Posted on November 9, 2004 10:31
5. Posted by superhawk | November 9, 2004 10:37 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Announced by French doctors at 1:45pm EST.
5. Posted by superhawk | November 9, 2004 10:37 AM |
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Posted on November 9, 2004 10:37
6. Posted by Amber | November 9, 2004 10:41 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Here's some background: In his four decades as Palestinian leader, Yasser Arafat has run a murky financial empire that includes far-flung PLO investments in airlines, banana plantations and high-tech companies, and may have stashed up to $700 million in hidden bank accounts across the globe.
-All the while, the palestinian people earn $12 bucks a month and live in a hog lot.
6. Posted by Amber | November 9, 2004 10:41 AM |
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Posted on November 9, 2004 10:41
7. Posted by Kim | November 9, 2004 10:43 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
3pm EST.
7. Posted by Kim | November 9, 2004 10:43 AM |
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Posted on November 9, 2004 10:43
8. Posted by LargeBill | November 9, 2004 10:55 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
4 AM EST 10 November 2004 (believe that is 9 AM in Paris or 11 in the Gaza Strip). It is going to take that long to get Helen Thomas and 71 other hags too ugly to have been defiled on Earth ready for his arrival in hell.
8. Posted by LargeBill | November 9, 2004 10:55 AM |
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Posted on November 9, 2004 10:55
9. Posted by Jim | November 9, 2004 11:03 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Sunrise in the Gaze Strip 10 Nov 2004. I don't know the official time of sunrise there, but it will be annouced then for political purposes.
9. Posted by Jim | November 9, 2004 11:03 AM |
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Posted on November 9, 2004 11:03
10. Posted by Bob Whaley | November 9, 2004 11:05 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
An APB has been issued for John Edwards. The PLO believes this may be Arafat's last chance to rise and walk again.
10. Posted by Bob Whaley | November 9, 2004 11:05 AM |
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Posted on November 9, 2004 11:05
11. Posted by Earlg | November 9, 2004 11:11 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
It certainly good to see the Fwrench staying right on top of the situation....as usual.
I guess we'll know one way or the other when they go to plant him. Now that should be a real interesting project!
11. Posted by Earlg | November 9, 2004 11:11 AM |
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Posted on November 9, 2004 11:11
12. Posted by MichaelW | November 9, 2004 11:36 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Sundown on Palestinian Independence Day, Nov. 15th.
If Arafat makes a miraculous recovery between now and then, the next Palestinian Holiday (I believe) is Fatah Day on January 1st, which of course would probably mean that December 31st will see the announcement of Arafat's death.
12. Posted by MichaelW | November 9, 2004 11:36 AM |
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Posted on November 9, 2004 11:36
13. Posted by SteveL | November 9, 2004 11:50 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
So when do they drag out "Miracle Max" to bring him back? And will he be able to defeat Prince Humperdink? But I digress...pronounced dead at 10:42 PM, Paris time, on November 13. May his journey to hell be swift.
13. Posted by SteveL | November 9, 2004 11:50 AM |
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Posted on November 9, 2004 11:50
14. Posted by Norman | November 9, 2004 12:04 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Ya know it's not really Yasser in France. He took a cue from Elvis and will be spotted in a Walmart in Little Rock, Arkansas sometime next week.
14. Posted by Norman | November 9, 2004 12:04 PM |
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Posted on November 9, 2004 12:04
15. Posted by alcibiades | November 9, 2004 12:07 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Suha doesn't which vault in Switzerland contains the family's personal vampire, so she can't bring him back again.
Where's the Paris branch of Wolfram and Hart when you need them?
15. Posted by alcibiades | November 9, 2004 12:07 PM |
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Posted on November 9, 2004 12:07
16. Posted by OneDrummer | November 9, 2004 12:17 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
I'd like to see Chevy Chase go on Tom Brokaw's newscast and announce....
Generalissimo Francisco Franco is still dead. And in late breaking news... PLO chairman Arafat is still not dead.
16. Posted by OneDrummer | November 9, 2004 12:17 PM |
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Posted on November 9, 2004 12:17
17. Posted by Laurence Simon | November 9, 2004 12:22 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Announced by Pauly Shore on MTV, 15:00 Manhattan Time.
Buuuuuuu-dy!
17. Posted by Laurence Simon | November 9, 2004 12:22 PM |
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Posted on November 9, 2004 12:22
18. Posted by Doug McPeek | November 9, 2004 12:47 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Friday, November 12th, 2:34 PM Central Standard Time.
18. Posted by Doug McPeek | November 9, 2004 12:47 PM |
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Posted on November 9, 2004 12:47
19. Posted by Jim | November 9, 2004 1:02 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Norm, LMAO!!!
19. Posted by Jim | November 9, 2004 1:02 PM |
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Posted on November 9, 2004 13:02
20. Posted by McCain | November 9, 2004 1:06 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
This is like the foreverness of the dying scene in a tragic opera. As your feet fall asleep, and your butt shifts to the cheek still with feeling, the final notes ring out and the curtain falls.
20. Posted by McCain | November 9, 2004 1:06 PM |
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Posted on November 9, 2004 13:06
21. Posted by Jim | November 9, 2004 1:07 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
I believe Arafat will be met in paradise -- not by 72 virgins -- by a 72-year old yenta who's a virgin.
21. Posted by Jim | November 9, 2004 1:07 PM |
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Posted on November 9, 2004 13:07
22. Posted by Jim | November 9, 2004 1:38 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
American Digest's French Military Hospital has it the closest to the truth.
'E's not dead I tell you, 'e's stunned!
22. Posted by Jim | November 9, 2004 1:38 PM |
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Posted on November 9, 2004 13:38
23. Posted by tony | November 9, 2004 1:39 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
because I just can't turn down a good death pool...
November 19th, 5:25PM EST.
23. Posted by tony | November 9, 2004 1:39 PM |
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Posted on November 9, 2004 13:39
24. Posted by Eric | November 9, 2004 2:08 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
9:00 AM EST Thursday, Nov 11, allowing him to be buried after Fri. services, last Friday of Ramadan.
24. Posted by Eric | November 9, 2004 2:08 PM |
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Posted on November 9, 2004 14:08
25. Posted by Richard L Walus | November 9, 2004 2:32 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
After Arafat dies, his mouth should be stuffed with hog intestines, his body smeared with pork fat, and he should be buried on a pig farm in Iowa, if they would have him. Then he could meet with the 72 virgins that are Helen Thomas clones.
25. Posted by Richard L Walus | November 9, 2004 2:32 PM |
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Posted on November 9, 2004 14:32
26. Posted by Patrick | November 9, 2004 3:04 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
5pm EST on 11/9.
26. Posted by Patrick | November 9, 2004 3:04 PM |
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Posted on November 9, 2004 15:04
27. Posted by Jim | November 9, 2004 3:23 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
I'm waiting till Arafat kicks the bucket so they can remove the towel off his head. I suspect his head is the same peculiar shape.
27. Posted by Jim | November 9, 2004 3:23 PM |
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Posted on November 9, 2004 15:23
28. Posted by David Briggs | November 9, 2004 3:26 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Christmas Day, 8:00 am MST (mountain time)
28. Posted by David Briggs | November 9, 2004 3:26 PM |
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Posted on November 9, 2004 15:26
29. Posted by Daniel Bareither | November 9, 2004 3:30 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
I'm going to hope for a true day of thanksgiving and say November 25, 2004, at 0700 GMT
29. Posted by Daniel Bareither | November 9, 2004 3:30 PM |
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Posted on November 9, 2004 15:30
30. Posted by zach | November 9, 2004 3:51 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
midnight in paris. So 6 eastern here
30. Posted by zach | November 9, 2004 3:51 PM |
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Posted on November 9, 2004 15:51
31. Posted by zach | November 9, 2004 3:52 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
today
31. Posted by zach | November 9, 2004 3:52 PM |
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Posted on November 9, 2004 15:52
32. Posted by McCain | November 9, 2004 4:08 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
At this rate, the correct entry into the contest is obviously:
when hell freezes over.
32. Posted by McCain | November 9, 2004 4:08 PM |
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Posted on November 9, 2004 16:08
33. Posted by Princess Kimberley | November 9, 2004 4:30 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
I think the PC term for Arafat is "undead".
I think they keep him on ice until Tuesday, for the Lailat al-Kader. This way, his death holds all sorts of religious symbolism. I wonder if they'll lay him out like Lenin, all preserved under glass??? EWW, that would be COOL!
33. Posted by Princess Kimberley | November 9, 2004 4:30 PM |
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Posted on November 9, 2004 16:30
34. Posted by MikeAdamson | November 9, 2004 4:40 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
April 22, 2002
34. Posted by MikeAdamson | November 9, 2004 4:40 PM |
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Posted on November 9, 2004 16:40
35. Posted by Lastango | November 9, 2004 4:58 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
There are factions that want Arafat dead and others that want him temporarily alive, so perhaps the French are auctioning his future to the highest bidder. Meanwhile, though, if the French can verify that there are PLO billions stashed in French banks (right next to Saddam's cash) and no one has the account #'s or codes then the valves get screwed shut forthwith.
Best guess: I'd say the old butcher stays "alive" until Saturday, when we're off the news cycle, at 8:00 PM local time, too late for France's evening news broadcasts.
35. Posted by Lastango | November 9, 2004 4:58 PM |
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Posted on November 9, 2004 16:58
36. Posted by Matt | November 9, 2004 5:19 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
November, 10th 2004 at 7:45 am E.S.T.
36. Posted by Matt | November 9, 2004 5:19 PM |
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Posted on November 9, 2004 17:19
37. Posted by Debra | November 9, 2004 5:33 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
November 13th @ 7:45pm EST
Not soon enough really but hey...I can't turn down a wager.
37. Posted by Debra | November 9, 2004 5:33 PM |
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Posted on November 9, 2004 17:33
38. Posted by Ploni Almoni | November 9, 2004 6:10 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
To be Pronounced Dead by Palestinian Authority Terrorist Agency -- 7:30 GMT, Nov 11 (Now that Suha will get her share of the money and a position in the PA.) Hitler will greet him at the gates of Hell.
38. Posted by Ploni Almoni | November 9, 2004 6:10 PM |
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Posted on November 9, 2004 18:10
39. Posted by Ploni Almoni | November 9, 2004 6:11 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
(sorry - I meant Nov 10 - not Nov 11)
To be Pronounced Dead by Palestinian Authority Terrorist Agency -- 7:30 GMT, Nov 10 (Now that Suha will get her share of the money and a position in the PA.) Hitler will greet him at the gates of Hell.
39. Posted by Ploni Almoni | November 9, 2004 6:11 PM |
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Posted on November 9, 2004 18:11
40. Posted by andre3000 | November 9, 2004 6:41 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
If there were any cosmic justice, some enterprising orderly would sneak in a substantial amount of explosives, jam one stick of dy-no-mite up the Chairman's hoo-ha and attach a cellphone to the rest.
Then, with Suha and the assorted buzzards of the PLA hovering around him, Yassir finally gets to be the one martyred.
If only Chirac could be paying his respects at the time...
40. Posted by andre3000 | November 9, 2004 6:41 PM |
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Posted on November 9, 2004 18:41
41. Posted by trappedinmn | November 9, 2004 7:28 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
I checked with John Kerry: "he was dead before he wasn't dead"