Yasser Arafat was pronounced dead a couple of days ago. I was shocked, hell, the whole world still is. Prior to the announcement, he has been in the comatose state for nearly a week. During this time, there were infightings about his estate, where he should be buried, what would be the future of the Middle East Conflict, etc.
I was sleeping when he died. Didn’t learn about it until google news told me. But as i told my friend, she posed a very interesting argument, ‘what makes you think he hasnt died earlier?, for all you know he has died a couple of days ago’.
i see merits in her argument:
1. under Islamic law, a person has to be buried within 24 hours upon his/her death.
2. Arafat is a muslim.
3. Arafat wants to be buried in Jerusalem. But Israel forbids. They were at each others’ throat on this.
4. The PLO doesnt know what to do in terms of estate that Arafat leaves for the struggle… not only that, who should lead with such a sudden departure….
So the conspiracy theory is……
Arafat might have well been dead earlier…..because of all the confusion and infightings, he was pronounced dead later than actually is….to do two things: (1) make sure u follow the Islamic law and (2)make sure everybody knows what they are doin….
But anyway… its just a conspiracy theory……
The world has lost a freedom fighter, a man of great importance in our decade. Farewell Fighter!