Wendy signals the media used the passive tense about the bad condition of Y. Arafat. In the USA it maybe came without a warning. But Arafat went to Paris Percy military hospital. And there were the rumours as if he slipped into a coma. After days the world knew Arafat was in coma and that the medics were almost planning the day he could die. That's the day of Yassar Arafats dead.
Arafat had many enemies, less true friends. The only friend he had were his brothers in arms. Arafat was a terrorist who became a dictator and in between he was best possible option to gain peace in the middle east.
From the spokesman of the French hospital I heard this:
"Mesdames et messieurs, ce matin a trois heure et demi Yassar Arafat a décédé."
A décédé, has died, Arafat dead, it's all the same but the tone is somehow different. Don't wonder why.
I gonna read my book, Hotel Honolulu.
