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Conflicting Reports About Yasser Arafat

Some report that the notorious terrorist leader has died:

Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat has died after slipping into a coma on Wednesday at a French military hospital. [article, article]

or is brain dead:

Palestinain leader Yasser Arafat has been declared brain dead, reports Israeli TV, citing French sources.
[article via Wizbangblog]

others suggest a deep comma:

Palestinian President Yasser Arafat is not brain dead but his condition is getting worse, his doctor said this morning. [article]

while his aides reject all of the above:

Three Arafat aides denied the 75-year-old was comatose, but said his condition was serious. Foreign Minister Nabil Shaath said top officials were in touch with Arafat's hospital every half hour to check on his condition. [article]

Update:

Neil Uchitel at Digitus, Finger and Co. seeks confirmation of Arafat's status while asking whether or not the terrorist's health deterioration is related to AIDS. Hmmm... interesting. More on this from WorldNetDaily.

[AFP 11/4 19:00 pm pacific]: According to a French medical source, 75-year-old Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat was late Thursday brain dead, and in an "irreversible coma." ... For life support teams, to say a patient is brain dead means he is dead.

[World News 11/4 19:00 pm pacific]: Jerusalem, Nov 4 : Palestinian President Yasser Arafat is brain-dead, an Israeli TV channel reported Thursday, but this was immediately denied.

Posted by tim at November 4, 2004 12:45 PM

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