Suha Arafat accuses Qurei delegation of wanting to bury her husband alive
Palestine, Politics, 11/8/2004

Suha Arafat, wife of the Palestinian President Yasser Arafat, extended a call to the Palestinian people via al-Jazeera TV in which she described the Palestinian officials who want to head for Paris today as "handful of inheritors who want to bury Yasser Arafat alive."

She said that President Arafat is in a good condition "and he is retuning back to the homeland and it is a revolution until victory." Some members of the Palestinian delegation which is heading for Paris refused to comment on what was stated in Suha Arafat's statement.

Each of the Palestinian prime minister Ahmad Qurei, the secretary of the PLO Mahmoud Abbas; the Palestinian foreign minister Nabil Shaath and Rouhi Fattouh, the chairman of the Palestinian legislative council are expected to arrive in Paris today.

The French foreign minister Michael Barnier said that the Palestinian officials asked for permission from the French authorities to visit the Palestinian President Yasser Arafat in Percy military hospital in Klamar suburb to know the reality of his health condition.

Barnier announced that Arafat is alive but in a very grave and complex situation, adding that he has been treated in a good way in France according to the desire of his family and associates.

Previous Stories:
  Percy hospital describes Arafat's status as stable   (11/6/2004)
  Arafat in a state of clinical death, alert in the Palestinian territories   (11/5/2004)
  New health setback for Arafat, doctors make new tests   (11/4/2004)

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