Yasser Arafat Isn't Well

From here:

Six Tunisian doctors arrived in Ramallah Saturday night amid growing concern for the health of Palestinian Authority Chairman Yasser Arafat.

The 75-year-old Arafat has been reported unwell for more than a week, supposedly with a severe flu. But the dramatic request to Israel to grant permission for a medical examination by the Tunisian specialists has heightened speculation about the severity of his illness.

Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom approved the Tunisian government's request to send the medical team to Ramallah.

Over the past few days Arafat has been forced to cut short a number of meetings after complaining of exhaustion, shivering and general weakness.

On Friday night, Arafat's aides summoned the Tunisian representative to Ramallah, Ahmed al-Habasi, and requested that the Tunisian government urgently send a medical team to examine Arafat.

Tunisian President Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali, who approved the request, later phoned Arafat to inquire about his health. The medical team includes six doctors, among them an ear, nose and throat specialist.

Habasi said the doctors will perform a precautionary exam on Arafat. "The president is in good health. He is suffering from a cold," he said. "There is nothing to worry about."

The decision to summon the specialists came shortly after Arafat was unable to complete Friday prayers at a small mosque inside his compound.

Top PA officials in Ramallah refused to elaborate on Arafat's health condition, insisting that he was only suffering from a "bad flu."

I suspect the elderly terrorist has finally met his match. Israeli bombs will not make him a martyr. A microscopic virus will end his evil life.

Hopefully, a decent government with true hopes of peace and democratic statehood arises from his ashes. But that's probably too much to expect from the Palestinians, who danced in the streets after 9/11...

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