McFreedom

Reading between the lines of this CNN report, it seems like Arafat's as good as dead, they're just trying to figure out where to bury him: "The two U.S. officials say that since Muslim custom requires burial within 24 hours of death, no one will declare Arafat dead until they figure out where to bury him." When you connect that with the earlier report that he was "brain dead," it seems like what's probably going on is that Arafat is past the point of no return, but the plug will not be pulled until they have a plan for what to do with the corpse. The Palestinians want to bury him in Jerusalem, but the Isrealis want to bury him in Egypt. No word on what the Egyptians want, or the French, for that matter.