Arafat Death Watch
Time is running out for Egyptian-born terrorist Yasser Arafat.
News reports are that he is in a coma and on life support systems.
An excellent source for updates is
Wizbang
Kevin comments that one of Arafat's last visitors might have been
Jacques Chirac
This is also of interest (from the
World Tribune):
bq. "He is dead, but neither Arafat's wife nor the Palestinian leadership is ready to announce this," a PA official said. "The announcement could take place on Friday."
bq.
The problem is that Arafat is still the only Palestinian official who can pay the bills. And it is unclear who, if anyone, has access to the estimated $2-3 billion in his personal Swiss bank accounts, according to a report in the current edition of Geostrategy-Direct.com. Even his wife is said to be unaware of how to access the funds.
bq. Arafat continues to hold the purse strings to the Palestinian finances. For the last decade, he has been the final, and often only word on payment to everybody from the suicide bomber to the janitor. Not a dime was paid without Arafat's okay.
Emphasis mine -- that is soooo sweet... He is a megalomaniac and cannot yield any power to anyone else. The best managers I have always found are very eager to delegate. Not our little Yasser. It will be fun for the various terror organizations as their operating capital dries up.
Oh, the money is there, it's just that nobody knows where it is...
Posted by DaveH at November 4, 2004 5:59 PM