Arafat has brain haemorrhage
2004-11-09 18:44
Ramallah - Yasser Arafat is suffering from brain haemorrhage, a top aide told reporters at the Palestinian leader's headquarters on Tuesday.
The aide, Tayeb Abdel Rahim, said Arafat started bleeding on Monday evening.
Abdel Rahim said Arafat's top lieutenants would return to the West Bank later on Tuesday, after meeting with French President Jacques Chirac in Paris.
Abdel Rahim said Palestinian leaders would be meeting throughout the night at Arafat's headquarters, also known as the Muqata, "to follow everything and to agree on the details of the required arrangements".
"If the fate of God comes, all the arrangements will be made here in the Muqata, which is considered a symbol of Palestinian steadfastness," he said.
"We call on the Palestinian people to unite with steadfastness and show our real image before the whole world that our people are civilized," Abdel Rahim said.
- AP