Coincidence that the Frog word for fish is "poisson"?

I think not.

I guess the AIDS virus isn't technically poison.

"unusual blood disease and a liver problem"

Just say he had AIDS….geesh!

Since he was "holed up" in the Muckata for 3 years, and Israel had no direct access to him, they have obviously perfected a mind ray which poisons the body. (Bit like the MSM)

Beware all other enemies of Israel.

He was poisoned...He got a poisonous peice of ass.

Uncertainty surrounds the cause of the Palestinian president’s death in a Paris military hospital last week because French law prevents doctors releasing details about his condition without permission from the next of kin.

Somebody contact Charlie Tuna.

Funny When the World is INSANE - sad tho

Silly french. Don't they know by now that the best way to the truth is a car swarm?

The Deathcult™ doesn't understand any other crime scene investigation.

If the Israelis did poison him, you would expect them to deny it, no? They tried to do comrade Stalin the same way, remember the Doctors Plot? I smell a conspiracy!
/moonbat musings

OT

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OT: I looked for the video of the Marine killing the Iraqi terrorist on the Rooter's site and did not which one it is, does anyone have a link?

Is he still dead? Or was it just another misdiagnosis?

Froggy caprice:

Le Monde newspaper quoted doctors as saying he suffered from an unusual blood disease and a liver problem.

VS.

French law prevents doctors releasing details about his condition without permission from the next of kin.

Uncertainty surrounds the cause of the Palestinian president’s death in a Paris military hospital last week because French law prevents doctors releasing details about his condition without permission from the next of kin.

Such menschen. Lying about his place of birth is perfectly fine though. I support the creation of a Palestinian state in France.

From the bug in the fish's room:

Grrr I'm a tiger! Do me again hans.

I think we all know what the fish died of.

Uh, it serves the purposes of the French to let the libel stand that the Jews poisoned Arafat. Besides, plenty of people came and went from his hovel, it's not like none of them could bring him a sandwich and a Mecca Cola. Also makes one wonder how the crafty usurpers could know which bottle of French water Arafat would choose out of a case, while everyone else there is fit as a fiddle.

Would be far more likely that if he were poisoned, it would be by Jordyptians who saw themselves as gaining from his passing.

Nah, it was AIDS, which explains the stone coffin. Don't want any of the little shahids getting sick from playing with his body parts like we've seen before. But at least word is out that dying of old age and/or disease counts as "martyrdom" too. Might be a nice line to use on the Hamascide recruiters. "Nah, I wanna grow up, get married, watch tv and hang out. I can do all that without the bomb belt and eventually be a martyr just like Arafat."

Cirrhosis is an irreversible scarring of the liver. Alcohol is blamed in about half of all cases, but it can also be caused by viral hepatitis and other factors.

[Link: www.newyorkpost.com...]

Moreover we all noticed that the French filled in "Al Quds" )Jerusalem)for his birthplace, when even the Egyptians say he was born in Egypt. And the put "parents unknown" -- wth??

#10:

That gives me an idea:

"CSI Gaza"

The new hit show! Not the CSI you're used to! No scientists or technicians or investogators or anything. When something suspicious happens, like when some guy's car blows up, hundreds of amateur investigators are on scene immediately. Souvenir pieces of any humans in the wreakage are distributed by the equitable method of "who's fastest and strongest."

One problem: all the conclusions are the same. Car accident? "Dirty Zionists." House blows up at random moment? "Dirty Zionists." Falafel stand loses a wheel? "Dirty Zionists."

Ya know... if there were ANY reason to suspect the Israeli's poisoned him, I highly doubt that news would be kept from the public... I mean, we're talking about the Palestinian "Authority", and the French. It's not like either are well known for protecting Israel or Jews in general.

tsk tsk... no kudos for anyone I guess

This is going to be fun, watching the story unfold. I'm suprised a bounty hasn't been placed on that medical file. I'd ante up a few shekels to liberate it from the Fwench hospital.

Well, dig his ass up and do an autopsy. Michael Baden could determine cause of death, no problem.

I mean, if there's some mystery disease out there previously unknown to medical science, then identifying it should be top priority.

Right?

I had read elsewhere that the docs said that the 'fat had cirrhosis of the liver not caused by alcohol abuse.

Docs said that he died of multiple causes, with cirrhosis being just one part.

BTW, what does all of this mean? Nada, as the 'fat is still dead, the Palestinians continue to seek Israel's destruction, and Palestinian civil war v. 1.0 is under way.

#21 rosh

And the put "parents unknown" -- wth??

That sounds right - after all, he was the son of 60,000 whores.

NATO invites Israel to joint maneuvers for first time

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization has invited Israel to take part in a series of multinational military exercises and anti-terror maneuvers, in what marks the first time the Israel Defense Forces has received such an invitation.

And

Mofaz wraps up official visit to Poland

During his official visit to Poland, Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz on Wednesday invited Poland's Minister of Interior Ryszard Klisz to send a delegation to Israel to study upfront the steps and technologies used by the IDF to secure Israel's borders, including the security fence separating the West Bank from Israel.

Mofaz's offer came during a meeting with Klisz who stressed the importance of securing his country's eastern border and setting up border control checkpoints and 30 control centers, which he described as necessary steps Poland must take in light of its recent acceptance as a member of the European Union.

Earlier Wednesday, Mofaz signed a memorandum with Jerzy Hausner the Polish Minister of Finance to enhance industrial ties between the two countries. Speaking to reporters Hausner described the memorandum as important, saying it will both lead to the modernization of Poland and allow his country's economy to move forward.

"We require serious partners, not only partners who will sell us advanced weaponery but also partners who will assist us in research and development. We found those partners in Israel," he said.

An 'unusual blood disease'? Never heard THAT euphemisms before.

I understand Arafat has a posthumous book that will clear all of this up, "Aging Grossfully With AIDs."

Clearly died of ink poisoning from the 2 billion in cash shoved up his ass.

"If you want some, you know where it is, hunky"

The Fish's face is on the cover of the 'Newsweek' that came to the house yesterday.

He was truly an ugly looking man, disgustingly so.

It fits him.

Ashraf al-Kurdi, a Jordanian doctor who treated Arafat for a quarter of a century, reiterated calls for an autopsy in an interview with Spain's El Pais newspaper and said he still suspected the president could have been poisoned.

The doctor is covering his botty.

BUT there is an Israeli connection: It was the liver and he only drank water.

Who controls the Palestinians water, huh, huh?

See!

France has a lot of Jew-bashing on its plate at the moment ... wouldn't want to be too obvious or anything ...

Well they tried to put "evil Zionist Assassination Death Ray" as cause of death, but they couldn't fit it on the line in French.

Are these the same doctors that declared all of his organs were functioning?

Speaking of Arabs...Protesting Saudi treatment of women; what a concept!!

#27 lawhawk

Palestinian civil war v. 1.0 is under way.

Do we have to download a patch to PCW 1.1 when Abbas gets offed?

#29

NATO as in Northern Arabic Terror Organization?

LMAO@kragar!
hmmm, that or a tiny meteor.
might as well , makes as much sense!

#31 Bob G:

You know books today have to have a subtitle, like: Blahblahblah:yakyakyakyakyak.

My idea for a subtitle to your magnum opus: "Aging Grossfully with AIDS: My Stinky Feet Have Failed Me Now."

Well, it's a start...

The whole cover-up was so badly done as it was playing out.

And this from a MILITARY hospital?

If that's any indication of what the French military is like...that is scary.

Have no resurrection sightings been reported yet?

I was sure we'd get some of those.

Why is it so hard for the Palestinians to just accept that their cherished leader died because his body didn't want to go on any longer?

No, it had to be poison!

Geez.

Too bad the humiliating cause of his death--in the Muslim world, anyway--will probably never be released by the French. Since Suha Arafat's deal is that she'll never release the records in return for the millions to be kept flowing to her.

Maybe some day the Paleos will be courageous enough to cut off the blackmail $$, let the truth come out, admit that Israel had nothing to do with it and spend the money on building a viable representative government.

Riiight.

#27 lawhawk 11

Palestinian civil war v. 1.0 is under way.

Won my office pool, I called it in less than a week that they would be at each others throats. I'm going to Outback.

Oh, the irony.
Arafat poisoned the World.

The Baalistinian Ethic...

Membership in NAMBLA and other 'perverions' = Evil ( alah-disapprove)

Killing Innocents and Self = Good (alah-approve)

Ban Islam/Muslims --NOW--

#40 CommonSense

Now, now...those are moderate Arab terror-supporting regimes.

Shhh...the poison was in his cornflakes and on the comics page...

Don't tell anyone.

He did not smoke, drinking only tea or water. His morning cornflakes were soaked in tea and honey. An insomniac who would not finish work until 4am, his only diversions were comics and Tom And Jerry cartoons.

# 14 - here is your link

mms[Link: a251.v12883d.c12883.g.vm.akamaistream.net...]

Wonder if Suha would entertain the offer of some substantial cash for permission to divulge the records. Of course, someone has to be able to ascertain that they are they real records, untampered with.

#22 John Ann Arbor

LOL!

. Autopsy results showing retraction or 'melting' of Mr. Arafat's private parts would confirm the illegal use of the Mossad Secret Agent Handshake.
/ Primitive

I had read elsewhere that the docs said that the 'fat had cirrhosis of the liver not caused by alcohol abuse.

Hmmm. What grounds are there for ruling out alcohol abuse as a cause of the cirrhosis, other than the word of his associates that Arafat "only drank water"? Although alcoholism might be less embarrassing for a leader of Arab Muslims than playing hide-the-zucchini with hunky bodyguards, it's not something that his would-be hagiographers would care to be reminded of.

(Speaking of hagiography, Kemal Atatürk died of cirrhosis, but neither this nor the drinking that brought it on was a secret in Turkey, despite the carefully preserved cult of personality that was attached to his name.)

This is not very suprising - since when have the French been open and honest about anything? Other than their contempt for the United States?

BDS actor Vincent D'Onofrio swoons again

Maybe his corset is too tight.

Sounding more and more like Hep C to me.

Car Swarm? No, Locusts Swarm!

Swarms of pink locusts swept through the Egyptian capital on Wednesday, evoking the biblical description of the plagues which struck in the time of Moses.

#56 Ed Moran

Get D'Onofrio TO AN OXYGEN BAR!!! STAT!!!

From what is said/not being said, we can assume the following:

1. Obviously, Araftat was NOT poisoned. If the Fwench had any evidence that he had been posioned (and/or that Israel was responsible), releasing this evidence would be at the top of their agenda. It would make her masters so proud.

2. Further, the UN would also by now be actively involved. Central to their mission and raison d'être is to discredit and eventually destroy the Jewish state (and the Jews), so they would have siezed instantly upon this opportunity (and sugar-coating the horrors of Darfur gets oh-so-boring).

The very idea of "posioned" in this capacity has such a Medieval ring to it, does it not? What's next? The Zionists must return the Philosopher's Stone? Only the Umma would even think in these 9th c terms.

Fwance is such a good little dhimmi, isn't she? The best. She's Allah's favorite concubine. Unfortunately, Fwance cannot tell her master's that they shouldn't clamor so loudly for the "truth": they may not like the answer.

- The French government insisted on Wednesday that Yasser Arafat was not poisoned and Le Monde newspaper quoted doctors as saying he suffered from an unusual blood disease and a liver problem.

Yeah...AIDS and Hepatitis!!!

Momzilla - yup. What I think is the real culprit here. My husband had a transfusion in 'Nam in 68 and he's on the liver transplant waiting list now from liver disease. His symptoms match what's been released on Arabfart. Untreated Hep C.

#55 IMMORTAL_CTHULHU

Oh yeah, like the U.S. is honest about everything, especially that uranium from Niger.

I have probably been rather glib in saying that Palestinian civil war v. 1.0 is underway. If anything we probably are witnessing v.1.1 at the moment.

v.1 was the few months where Arafat actually killed/imprisoned a few of his opponents in the mid 90s, particularly members of Hamas who challenged Arafat too openly.

v.1.1 started with the attempted assassination of abu mazen and hamas and PIJ both said they wouldn't abide by abu's calls for peace.

The best plugin right now is the use of IDF Eliminatorware v.2004.11, which includes targetware, spyware, and munitionware designed to ferret out jihadis, mullahs, and islamofascists with aplomb.

#54 Throbert McGee: I would assume that the reason they ruled out alcohol as a cause was that the pathologies of cirrohosis of the liver by alcohol differs from non-alcoholic causes. Either that, or the docs relied on the patient history, personal statements from Arafat's advisors who provided the information. If that's the case, those same personal statements and from the advisors could have been covering up for some not so-Islamic activities. /not a doc, but having fun playing one on the 'net :)

freedomsound

Car Swarm? No, Locusts Swarm!

Swarms of pink locusts swept through the Egyptian capital on Wednesday, evoking the biblical description of the plagues which struck in the time of Moses.

Theis same locust swarm may be headed for Israel-

Israel on alert for invasion – by locusts

...Officials worried about swarms making way across northern Africa

#62 And of course exposure to Agent Orange didn't help either.

(OT) No Blood For Chocolate

The French sure do enjoy murdering unarmed Africans! They've been raping and pillaging various African countries for decades. Now they're murdering Africans because the French want to control the cocoa crop. For shame, Mr. Chirac, for shame!

If the Arab world really believes that Chirac and the French are covering up for the alleged Zionist poison-murder of Arafat, shouldn't they riot and commit acts of murder, mayhem and terror throughout France until the French government tells them what they want to hear? Yep, that would be the ticket.

No, I don't think that even the Arabs believe that lie, but they are compelled to promote it for a while anyhow because of their solemn religious obligation to incite hatred for Jews. It will fade only to be replaced by laying on Israel the blame for the soon-to-come deaths of a score of Pali leaders and assassins killed in their own little gangland style civil war.

There has been a lot of talk in the french media about the possibility that Arafat was poisoned but it is currently being suggested that these allegations are directed not so much against the Israelis as such but against some of his close associates(who were of course in the pay of the jews). This would justify a purge within Al Fatah.
No one has had the courage to say " L'enculé etait mort de sida!"

krazykommie

Yep, the U.S. lies about everything...nothing to see here...no terrorist threat...move along, move along.

Still mad about the Santa Claus thing?...Broke your trust in the U.S. Government, too?

(What is it about Liberals and their lapping up of conspiracy theories?... Must be the excitement quotient.))

#65 fiery celt

Yeah, they already hit Lebanon too. Hope they avoid Israel.

It's pretty obvious that it's the French who poisoned him. He was fine until he showed up in France.

#72 Geepers

It's pretty obvious that it's the French who poisoned him. He was fine until he showed up in France.

Yeah -- poor guy was just dropping in on his lovely wife.

# 22 - LOL!

___

I would say that HIV is an unusual blood disease in Jihadi Land.

They don't take too kindly to buggering in those parts.

#63 krazykounselor: I know you're a troll, but can't help myself. OK, what "lies" are you talking about regarding uranium from Niger? Quote, source and link please.

What are there 3 people in the world who do not know that Arafish died from Aids. They need to open their eyes and see what is going on around them. I am glad that sorry SOB is gone.

62 zygazint

I'm sure sorry to hear that your family is going through this. We lost my grandfather to "non-A, non-B" in 1991, so I have a good idea what you're going through. He'd received a pint of blood during back surgery in 1972. They sure have better treatments now that it's been identified. I'll pray for a good outcome for your family.

A
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No current tornado warnings, but I am watching a possible circulation on Houston-Galveston WSR-88D NexRad Radial Velocity Mode over western Jackson county.

Palestinians Head to Paris to Probe Arafat's Death

"Magical Mystery Tour" is playing in my mind.

uncertainty surrounded the cause of Arafat's death because French law prevents doctors releasing details without permission from his wife Souha, who has maintained a veil of secrecy

The PA are trying to jettison any claim Suha has on the cash, why don't they just call for a DNA test on her daughter?

#75 Model4

Here is your link:

[Link: washingtontimes.com...]

GAZE at KrazyKounselor, Lizardoids. He's throwing out red herrings (and false uranium reports) because he doesn't want us saying mean things about his gone-but-not-forgotten hero, Arafat.

:)

#75 Model4

Capt Dipshit is talking about the paper's the French provided implicating Niger. It seemed to be an attempt by France to set up a "gotcha" for the US.

Agent behind fake uranium documents worked for France

#81 krazykounselor: Thanks, we're all well aware of the French forgery. Which would be France lying, not the US.

OT Passover already?

[Link: story.news.yahoo.com...]

Pink Locusts from North Africa Swarm Through Cairo

2 hours, 4 minutes ago World - Reuters

By Amil Khan and Tom Perry

CAIRO (Reuters) - Swarms of pink locusts swept through the Egyptian capital on Wednesday, evoking the biblical description of the plagues which struck in the time of Moses.

The swarms of millions flew high above tall towers or swooped down onto treelined streets, where scared pedestrians stamped on them or ran for cover.

The flying insects arrived from neighboring Libya after devouring the countryside in central and western Africa in past months. But locust experts said they were unlikely to wreak similar havoc in Egypt, where agriculture is a cornerstone of the economy.

"This is really horrible," said one man as he ran past a building where locusts, some of them more than 3 inches (7.6 cm) long, smacked into office windows or landed on cars.

#81 krazyk...

Your link is about the documents having been forged and fooling the U.S. government. That means they were not lying but had been taken in by the forgery. Thanks for supplying the link.

BTW it's from 2003. Since then they figure the forgeries were done by the government of ... ??? any guesses?

FRANCE. (Sorry no links . I read that a while ago and didn't care if it was true or not. If France didn't do it it's only because they never thought of it. You should move there.)

... off for another sip of Scotch to quell my stream of conchoness

Swarms of pink locusts swept through the Egyptian capital on Wednesday, evoking the biblical description of the plagues which struck in the time of Moses.

The souls of Arafat's little boys coming back to plague Pharaoh?
I will spill a drop of rosé in remembrance.

#81 krazykounselor

Sadly, David, I do not think you are ready to sit at the big table yet. Finish political science 101, take a logic course, and consider restarting your adderal Rx.

The blood/liver connection could have been Hepatitis.

He certainly looked jaundiced for long time before.

Hep C can be fatal.

Every time Israel is accused of poisoning Arafat, they rush to deny.

At best they should keep quiet. The Arabs don't believe them anyway and I would like to keep entertaining the hope that they did justifiably execute the bastard for his crimes.

Hate to believe he just died naturally.

(OT) No Blood For Chocolate

The French sure do enjoy murdering unarmed Africans! They've been raping and pillaging various African countries for decades. Now they're murdering Africans because the French want to control the cocoa crop. For shame, Mr. Chirac, for shame!

In his defense he said:

"the
Oompa-Loompas were a tribe of 3,000 amiable black pygmies who
have been imported by Mr. Willy Wonka from 'the very deepest and
darkest part of the African jungle where no white man had been
before.' Mr. Wonka keeps them in the factory, where they have
replaced the sacked white workers. Wonka's little slaves are
delighted with their new circumstances, and particularly with
their diet of chocolate. Before they lived on green caterpillars,
beetles, eucalyptus leaves, 'and the bark of the bong-bong
tree.'"

The symptoms certainly fit with what was disclosed when he became ill.

Hepatitis C:

SIGNS & SYMPTOMS
jaundice
fatigue
dark urine
abdominal pain
loss of appetite
nausea

[Link: www.cdc.gov...]

Before they lived on green caterpillars, beetles, eucalyptus leaves, 'and the bark of the bong-bong
tree

Just like KK does now

#92 Nancy
Hmm... Hep C. Interesting. Prison populations are interesting study groups with their Hep C epidemic. Of course, there is a high concurrence of HIV/HCV in that population, too. I'm off to search.

I don't know about the other Jews on LGF, but I am sure tired. What with controlling GW, congress, the STate Dept, the Ivory coast, poisoning Arafart, trying to assasinate Abu Abbas, running the worlds banks, controlling minds and doing all these other things we Jews are accused of doing.
Perhaps if we took a break and just let world peace happen, people might forget about us?

/sarcasm alert

#56 Ed Moran abu GOMEX aob 26.5C

D'onofrio sounds like he is suffering from Vasal Vegal sycope (not sure of spelling) fainting when blood pressure drops, I had that problem for years, went to hospital four or five times. Then a couple of years ago, it went away, no problems since.
or he could be terminal BDS :)

Locusts are Kosher by the way. Yummy

#95 cybermonk

Perhaps if we took a break and just let world peace happen, people might forget about us?

No time. I believe you have a world domination meeting starting in half an hour. Snap to it!

Nancy
HCV/HIV and Syphilis From the Maryland Department of Corrections:

Of HCV infected inmates, 88.7% have sentences > 1 year. HBV infection rate was 2.4%, and 70.5% were identified as HBV susceptible. Of the HIV positive, 64.6% were co-infected with HCV. Eleven percent of the HCV infected are HIV positive.

Only 1% had syphilis.

How in the world did anyone on LGF miss this one?

Unbelievable...well, actually very believable.

[Link: story.news.yahoo.com...]

#100 wrathofg-d

I heard on radio that a large Canadian flag was very much in evidence at the actual fun_eral.

What the hell's going on? Maybe they just ran short of Paleostain flags. Maybe Jews Zionists stole the flags.

Didn't this lizard die of AIDS?

If Israel wanted him dead they would've leveled his compound long ago. Just as Sheik Yassin, he'll tell you...Wait a tick, nevermind, I forgot he got blown out of a perfectly good wheelchair earlier this year.

#101 Greenmamba

So the Fr-wrench & the Canadians?...hmmm

I guess that isn't sooo surprising...doesn't 1/2 of Canada want to be part of France anyway.

However, I don't want anyone to miss what is in the above photo.
---Those aren't Arab or European diplomats marching goosestep displaying the French flag...it is FATAH Terrorists.

---Just in case anyone was wondering what side France was on, I guess that photo might help.

According to James Taranto on Best of the Web today, the info about Arafat's liver came from the French satirical magazine, Le Canard Enchaine. I think that casts some doubt on its validity. But hey, I head Mad Magazine may have a few theories on the subject.

Whatever the cause, May G-D give him everything he deserves.

Things keep adding up.

Bush re-elected. Arafat sleeps with the fishes. Powell quits to do the dishes. Fallujah flattened.

And now locusts swarm the north african arab world.

Maybe there is a god?

Yassin got the undignified death he deserved. Arafat got off waaay too easy.

I just read somewhere that there is going to be a Palestinian probe into that man's death. Who wants to start the "Israel poisoned him" pool?

Arafat donated blood to the victims of Sept 11. So if he died of AIDS, would the French government really admit it? Would they really want Americans to know that this is the type of guy they support?

The blood that man donated after Sept 11th would have never been used anyway because he had Parkinsons. A disease like that instantly disqualifies one from actually donating blood.

From what I've seen and read, I think that there's a very real possibility that fat could have been suffering from a form of myelodysplasia, which is a severe disorder of the blood cell creation process that produces malformed red and white blood cells. These cells circulate in the blood stream but deteriorate and die rather rapidly, resulting in all sorts of unpleasant and often unpredictable complications.

Myelodysplasia is in the same family of blood diseases as aplastic anemia and leukemia, and can progress to leukemia or be its own cause of death. My father had this disease. When you think of these diseases, think of bad bone marrow. The only known cure for myelodysplasia is a bone marrow transplant, otherwise it is 100% fatal. Unfortunately for my father, he was too old to qualify for this operation.

There is growing evidence that exposure to high levels of benzene may be a very significant cause of this disease. Since my Dad worked in the petroleum industry and even worked at refineries during strikes, the chances of him having been exposed to high benzene levels was rather large.

Aids may also cause susceptibility these illnesses, btw, and having cirrhosis would only make the chance of such a disease taking root that much more likely.

That's my .02 worth...