posted on Aug, 4 2004 @ 11:51 AM
No So Happy Birthday for Arafat
Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat turned 75 today, but there were no birthday parties or parades.
Arafat spent the day as usual � hunkered down behind sandbags in the shell-pocked compound where he lives and works in the West Bank city of
Ramallah.
Aides said a few Palestinian officials brought Arafat flowers, but no festivities were planned.
link to story here, john
news.scotsman.com...