Yasser Arafat
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A 'Teabagger' Summa -- By: Jay Nordlinger...'Teabagger' Summa -- By: Jay Nordlinger Once upon a time, I wrote a heck of a lot about Jimmy Carter, and how outrageous he was as an ex-president: ghostwriting speeches for Yasser Arafat and so on. (Yes, he did.) I was something of a... In this article: Jimmy Carter, National Review, and Yasser Arafat |
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The University Daily Kansan | October 28, 2009
Letter to the Editor: Defending conservatives
...leader could just cancel any and all attacks. Modern international terrorism got its start under the liberal president Jimmy Carter who thought of Yassar Arafat as a George Washington. Carter also forced out the Shah of Iran in favor of...
In this article: Osama bin Laden, Bill Clinton, Liberalism, Jimmy Carter, Barack Obama, Ayatollah Khomeini, and Yassar Arafat
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Independent.co.uk - World | October 09, 2009
Barack Obama awarded Nobel Peace Prize
Friday, 9 October 2009 at 10:25 am (UTC) Well, Obama joins a long list of loony winners such as Henry Kissinger, Yasser Arafat, Al Gore, Jimmy Carter, Menachem Begin, and Kofi Annan. Then there are complete frauds such as Rigoberto...
In this article: Barack Obama, United States, Alfred Nobel, Afghanistan, Climate change, Mohamed ElBaradei, and Lech Walesa
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JPost.com Front Page Top Stories | October 18, 2009
Think Again: Booby prize
...an embarrassment than a boost to Obama. A prize previously won by unrepentant, arch-terrorist Yasser Arafat and former president Jimmy Carter, who is on every short list of worst American presidents and who presided over the greatest...
In this article: Barack Obama, UN, Jimmy Carter, Nicolas Sarkozy, Kofi Annan, George W. Bush, Iran, Israel, and Recession
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Media Matters for America | November 12, 2009
Who will mainstream right-wing attacks with Beck's lieutenant gone from CNN?
Dobbs' website responded to Obama's winning the Nobel Peace Prize by asking if Obama, former Vice President Al Gore, former President Jimmy Carter, or late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat "was most deserving of their Nobel Peace Prize."
In this article: Lou Dobbs, Lou Dobbs Tonight, Barack Obama, Glenn Beck, Nancy Pelosi, Sonia Sotomayor, Mao Zedong, Eric Holder, and AARP
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Florida-Times Union | October 12, 2009
RANTS & RAVES: Booing runners are a reflection of charity
...Obama now joins the Nobel Peace Prize group that includes such distinguished contributors as Yasser Arafat, the father of modern day terrorism, Jimmy Carter, probably the worst president of recent times and Al Gore, who gained fame by...
In this article: Barack Obama, Global warming, Taliban, Al-qaida, Al Gore, and Jimmy Carter
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Redstate -- Conservative News and Community | October 09, 2009
Who Exactly Is Aligned With Terrorists?
...Director Brad Woodhouse said in a statement. The Nobel Peace Prize has gone to Yassar Arafat, Hezbollah, Jimmy Carter, and too many other terrorists and terrorist sympathizers to count. It looks like it is the Nobel committee throwing...
In this article: Barack Obama, Taliban, Nobel Prize, Yassar Arafat, Democratic National Committee, Hans Christian Anderson, Republican Party, and Hamas
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Financial Times | October 11, 2009
Nobel committee defends Obama choice
...advises the committee. More contentious picks included the Dalai Lama in 1989 for efforts to liberate Tibet and the trio of Yasser Arafat, Yitzhak Rabin and Shimon Peres in 1994 for Middle East peace efforts. The choice of Mr Obama...
In this article: Barack Obama, Alfred Nobel, Geir Lundestad, US, Norway, Ideology, Thorbjorn Jagland, Climate change, and Dalai Lama
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FOXNews.com: Politics | October 09, 2009
How the Nobel Peace Prize Is Awarded
...said. Previous winners include U.S. presidents Theodore Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson, former President Jimmy Carter, former Vice President Al Gore, Israeli President Shimon Peres, Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat and former U.S. Secretary...
In this article: Barack Obama, Alfred Nobel, Nobel Institute, Joseph Stalin, Shimon Peres, Benito Mussolini, Theodore Roosevelt, and U.S.
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Wikipedia | September 12, 2009
Arthur Blessitt
...and Mongolia. During his walk around the world, Blessitt has held audience with numerous world and religious leaders including, Jimmy Carter, Reverend Billy Graham, Pope John Paul II, Yasser Arafat and Muammar al-Gaddafi. He completed his...
In this article: Greenville, Mississippi, Antarctica, California, Christianity, Washington D.C., Palestine, Billy Graham, and Pope John Paul II
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Mohammed Abdel Rahman Abdel Raouf Arafat al-Qudwa al-Husseini (Arabic: محمد عبد الرؤوف عرفات القدوة الحسيني, 24 August 1929–11 November 2004), popularly known as Yasser Arafat (ياسر عرفات) or by his kunya Abu Ammar (أبو عمار), was a Palestinian leader. He was Chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization, President of the Palestinian National Authority, and leader of the Fatah political party, which he founded in 1959. Arafat spent much of his life fighting against Israel in the name of Palestinian self-determination. Originally opposed to Israel's existence, he modified his position in 1988 when he accepted UN Security Council Resolution 242.
Arafat and his movement operated from several Arab countries. In the late 1960s and early 1970s, Fatah faced off with Jordan in a brief civil war. Forced out of Jordan and into Lebanon, Arafat and Fatah were major targets of Israel's 1978 and 1982 invasions of that country. He was "revered by many Arabs," and the majority of the Palestinian people, regardless of political ideology or faction, viewed him as a freedom fighter who symbolized their national aspirations. However, he was "reviled by many Israelis" and described "in much of the West as the world's number one terrorist" for the attacks his faction led against civilians.
In late 2004, after effectively being confined within his Ramallah compound for over two years by the Israeli army, Arafat became ill and fell into a coma. While the exact cause of his death remains unknown, doctors spoke of idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura and cirrhosis, but no autopsy was performed. Arafat died on 11 November 2004 at the age of 75.
- Birth Date:
- August 24, 1929
- Birthplace:
- Cairo, Egypt
- Death Date:
- November 11, 2004
- Place of Death:
- Paris, France
- Religion:
- Sunni Islam
- Nationality:
- Palestinian
- Spouse:
- Suha Arafat
- Political party:
- Fatah
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