10-28-2004, 10:37 AM
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Junkie
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And look who's coming to the rescue...
Aide: Arafat to enter Paris hospital
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Aide: Arafat to enter Paris hospital
Palestinian leader weak, exhausted, aide says
Thursday, October 28, 2004 Posted: 2:28 PM EDT (1828 GMT)
RAMALLAH, West Bank (CNN) -- Ailing Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat has agreed to his doctors' recommendation and will go to Paris, France, for treatment, an aide said Thursday.
Abbas Zaki, a member of the Fatah Central Committee, said Arafat will be taken Friday to Jordan by helicopter, where he will be placed aboard a French aircraft for the flight to Paris.
It will be Arafat's first excursion from his Ramallah compound since 2001 when Israel confined him to his West Bank quarters.
Earlier, Arafat expressed reluctance about leaving his home. His aides have said in the past that he feared the Israeli army would raid his headquarters in his absence.
Senior aide Nabil Abu Rudeineh said Arafat is exhausted, weak, and has been unable to keep down any food for the last 15 days. He is receiving fluids intravenously.
The Israeli government said Thursday it would not bar Arafat from returning to his compound after receiving medical treatment.
"If ... the doctors say that he needs to be transferred to a certain hospital and then be returned back, Israel will not impose any conditions, Israel will not impose any restrictions," Raanan Gissin, a senior adviser to Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, told CNN.
"As with regards to the future ... that's a separate issue." In the past, Israel has said it could not guarantee Arafat's safe return if he left his compound.
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