Arafat dead. Good riddance, and better luck with the next one.

better look? Or do you mean luck?

Are we sure he's dead this time?

You know, his drawn out dead/not dead, coma/not coma black comedy really is a metaphor for the whole Palestianin "cause".
A naked, ugly fight over power and money while the lowly Palestinians are left holding the bag.
Arafat's and his cohorts' contempt for his "people" couldn't be more plain.

His death is a nice present for the Palestinian people, and for the entire world. Good riddance.

God has created us and to Him we return.

Lets hope for a better future for Palestine.

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I don't get the hagiography I'm hearing/seeing in European media.

There's every indication that he was

a) a lousy negotiator, most of his 'successes' in that field were handed to him/forced upon him

b) corrupt, a whole bunch of money disappeared

c) paranoid, never bothered about a chain of command or rules of succession (Le etait Palestinianne c'est moi!!)

d) was a poor peacetime leader

e) was not really interested in a better life for Palestinians (related to b and d), the window of opportunity the Palestinians had was mostly wasted thru his incompetence and corruption (I remember stories of Palestinian diaspora returning to try to improve things and then leaving in disgust at the PLO's shakedown schemes)

I can't think of a single leader (outside of NKorea) who's done less for his people and been rewarded with more unthinking praise from within and outside his own community.

Oh yeah, he's the father of modern Arab terrorism.

I'm sorry there's nothing to mourn here. Either the Palestinians will rethink their strategies and hopefully be wiser in chosing their next leader or their cause will find itself in the dustbin of history. And rightly so.

Arafat's handiwork:

They were coming, thousands and thousands, shouting 'Allahu Akbar! God is great! Let us attack them for the Arabs, let us offer a holocaust to Mohammad 'And they were slaughtering everyone in their path, men, women and children.'

http://www.free-lebanon.com/LFPNews/psa/psa.html

Arafat has now become a timeless epitome of freedom and justice, he was a great heroic freedom fighter, Arafat has enriched the world history as a great revolutionary leader who put PALESTINE on the map again.

It is enough that he died without conceding the most vital principles of the Palestinian struggle: Jerusalem and the right of return for the Palestinians

Your struggle wont be forgotten Mr.President, May Allah Almighty bless your soul and grant you a dignified place in Paradise insha allah.

Arafat had the choice between a better life for his people and a mad, genocidal dream. He chose the latter and all who supported him dishonor themselves.

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