01-07-2006, 12:57
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Ariel Sharon has died (not as of 071800RJAN05)
How do you guys think this is going to effect relations with Iran?
JERUSALEM — Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, 77, the most powerful Israeli leader in 50 years, has died, Middle East Newsline reported.
However subsequent wire reports said Sharon showed "significant improvement" after five hours of emergency brain surgery Friday.
The confusion was exacerbated by the timing of the reports which came at the onset of the Jewish Sabbath, at sundown on Friday, when traditionally arrangements for the dead and burials are delayed until Saturday night.
Sharon was declared dead by physicians at Jerusalem's Hadassah Hospital before 1 p.m. Israeli time [6 a.m. EST], the report stated. Authorities had already been notified of the death, and a government announcement was expected to be issued over the next hour, it continued.
However Reuters reported Sharon underwent emergency surgery to stem fresh bleeding in his brain. "During the surgery the cranial pressure was released and some of the blood clots that remained from the previous surgery were drained," Dr. Shlomo Mor-Yosef, director of Jerusalem's Hadassah hospital, told reporters.
"At the end of the operation there is no active bleeding," Mor-Yosef said after the nearly five-hour procedure.
The prime minister was felled by a massive stroke on late Jan. 4. A nine-hour operation failed to repair what physicians and officials termed was widespread damage to his brain and other vital organs.
A computed tomography scan taken on Friday morning showed little to no brain activity in Sharon. At that point, Sharon's son, Omri, called aides and senior officials to the hospital to prepare for an announcement of the prime minister's death.
Sharon was expected to be succeeded by Vice Premier Ehud Olmert, who is also the nation's finance minister. On Friday, Olmert met Sharon's political ally, former Prime Minister Shimon Peres, in an attempt to form a working relationship ahead of parliamentary elections on March 28.
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01-07-2006, 13:03
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Number 1, less stability in that part of the world.
It might hinge on whether his number 2 (Olmert) emerges as s leader.
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01-07-2006, 13:17
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We'll see
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It might hinge on whether his number 2 (Olmert) emerges as s leader.
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We'll see if his central party can stick to walling off the country or if the left or right parties will take over and go back to the all or nothing policies.
Me - I think their best bet is to straighten their lines, wall off the PA , block all crossing points and let the PAs stew and rot.
We see how the PAs put the green house gift in Gaza to work for the people.
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01-07-2006, 13:59
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PA has already tried to hire former owners to run the greenhouses. They can't make them work, so no crop no money!
 
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01-07-2006, 14:13
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My Mistake...
My Prayers are with you Mr. Sharon.
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01-07-2006, 14:16
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Hi all
Mr Sharon has suffered a major stroke, but is not deceased. He is intensive care after 3 surgical procedures.
He is over as PM of Israel, but not dead yet.
Hoepoe
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01-07-2006, 14:16
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My prayers are with him.
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01-07-2006, 14:18
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Rest in Peace Prime Minister. My condolences to the Israeli people.
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He is still alive as of the major news reports just now.
Let's not plant him too early.
TR
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01-07-2006, 14:19
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Roger, I edited as you quoted TR.
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01-07-2006, 15:03
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Originally Posted by The Reaper
He is still alive as of the major news reports just now.
Let's not plant him too early.
TR
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I checked with Ha'aretz and Arutz Sheva and there is still some talk of a positive prognosis. Even the BBC mention some positive out come on PM Sharon's health.
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01-07-2006, 15:49
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Originally Posted by hoepoe
Hi all
Mr Sharon has suffered a major stroke, but is not deceased. He is intensive care after 3 surgical procedures.
He is over as PM of Israel, but not dead yet.
Hoepoe
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Damn I'm sorry. I checked two different sites and they said the he had died. I just checked on Drudge and your right. Hopefully he pulls through.
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