Ariel Sharon (almost) Dead.

[mlc2000]

Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, the most powerful Israeli leader in 50 years, has died. He was 77.

Sharon was declared dead by physicians at Jerusalem's Hadassah Hospital before 1 p.m. Israeli time [6 a.m. EST], Middle East Newsline reported. Authorities have already been notified of the death, and a government announcement was expected to be issued over the next hour.

Full Story (http://www.worldtribune.com/worldtribune/06/front2453741.9118055557.html)

[rdtx2002]

interesting.. CNN is reporting he just finished surgery

[mlc2000]

Hmmm....it was on DrudgeReport.com

BBC and AL Ja Zero mention nothing of it.

A quick look back at Drudge and now the headline is

CONFLICTING REPORTS ON CONDITION OF SHARON.


Sounds like more back and forth like we saw with the man with the
italian tablecloth on his head.

http://www.evilwhiteguy.com/blog/images/yassir.jpg

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just watched cnn ...no mention of hid death.

[rdtx2002]

drudgereport.com says his fate is unknown.

who knows.. we'll know in a few days ;)

[lip1978]

With CNN's recent track record, anyone alive could be dead, and anyone daed could be alive. We're all Schroedinger's cat! (physics joke)

[masterballer]

He wont be back in power so he is GOOD as DEAD!

[asim99]

Sounds like more back and forth like we saw with the man with the
italian tablecloth on his head.

shame on you for making such a racist remark against arabs and their head dress

[asim99]

He wont be back in power so he is GOOD as DEAD!

sounds like terry schiavo all over again

[cipher]

Fram yahoo.com 8 minutes ago...

JERUSALEM - Prime Minister Ariel Sharon showed "significant improvement" after five hours of emergency brain surgery Friday, and his intracranial pressure returned to normal, hospital officials said.

Sharon remains in serious condition, said Hadassah Hospital director Dr. Shlomo Mor-Yosef. He said Sharon was returned to intensive care after the surgery and a brain scan.

[mlc2000]

shame on you for making such a racist remark against arabs and their head dress

Learn to laff at yourself and others.

Don't take life so seriously.

Stop waiving around the term racist.

Its very unbecoming.

[DragonZealot]

Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, the most powerful Israeli leader in 50 years, has died. He was 77.

Sharon was declared dead by physicians at Jerusalem's Hadassah Hospital before 1 p.m. Israeli time [6 a.m. EST], Middle East Newsline reported. Authorities have already been notified of the death, and a government announcement was expected to be issued over the next hour.

Full Story (http://www.worldtribune.com/worldtribune/06/front2453741.9118055557.html)


Same link now showing as conflicting reports on Sharon's health. You better change your title.

[mlc2000]

Same link now showing as conflicting reports on Sharon's health. You better change your title.

Done.

[steve.m]

http://www.worth1000.com/entries/19500/19945_w.jpg

[mlc2000]

Robertson says Sharon's stroke is God's punishment

The Reverend Pat Robertson says Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's massive stroke could be God's punishment for giving up Israeli territory.

The founder of the Christian Broadcasting Network told viewers of "The 700 Club" that Sharon was "dividing God's land," even though the Bible says doing so invites "God's enmity."

Robertson added, "I would say woe to any prime minister of Israel who takes a similar course."

He noted that former Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin was assassinated.

Robertson said God's message is, "This land belongs to me. You'd better leave it alone."



Who lets these nuts on the airwaves?

Just waiting for him to get caught in a hotel room with a hooker, ala Jimmy Swaggart.

[purple_rabbit]

Its about time, I can't stand this guy.

[Yaowsers]

"He was brought to one hospital and pronounced dead. He was brought to a second hospital and pronounced, alive." - The Simpsons

[plymouthhater]

JPost.com » Israel » Article

from the Jerusalem Post web site:

http://www.jpost.com

Updated Jan. 6, 2006 18:02
Doctors point to 'significant' improvement in CAT scan
By JPOST.COM STAFF


Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's condition was reported stable, but still serious, Friday evening after doctors evaluated a CAT scan that followed a three-hour operation earlier in the day.

Professor Shlomo Mor-Yosef announced at 5:35 p.m. that the cranial pressure had been relieved, and blood clots remaining from the previous operation successfully drained.

Mor-Yosef said that neurologists and neurosurgeons at Hadassah agreed that the most recent CAT scan results showed a 'significant' improvement in Sharon's condition. He added that doctors were working to adjust the placement of the catherer, and that Sharon would be moved to neurological intensive care, where he would be closely monitered.

The latest CAT scan followed a three-hour operation earlier Friday, the third the prime minister had undergone since he arrived at the hospital Wednesday night.

Earlier Friday Sharon was rushed back to the operating room after a precautionary CAT scan performed on him late Friday morning showed new bleeding in the same area of the brain and an expansion in the cerebral ventricles in his brain.

Professor Mor-Yosef told reporters that Sharon was experiencing an escalation in cranial and blood pressure.

"It was decided to bring the prime minister to the operating room in order to deal with these two issues, to drain the bleeding and to decrease the intracranial pressure," he said.

Doctors did not elaborate on Sharon's prognosis, but an aide to Shimon Peres said the veteran Israeli politician's staff was told that Sharon's situation is "not good." The aide spoke on condition of anonymity because only Peres' spokesman was authorized to speak to the media.

Following a traumatic day for Israel, in which Sharon nearly lost his life after suffering an initial extensive cranial hemorrhage, the dir.-gen. of the hospital reported Friday morning that Sharon's condition remained serious but stable and that his vital signs remained strong.

The prime minister had continued to be sedated and was being held in the neuro-surgical unit of the hospital.

A number of Israeli doctors criticized the treatment Sharon received after his first, "minor", stroke, saying that the prime minister's return to work affected the development of Sharon's cerebral hemorrhage.

A senior doctor claimed Friday morning that he "didn't understand how the prime minister, two weeks after a stroke and the night before he was supposed to undergo catheterization, was allowed to spend the night at an isolated ranch in the south of the country."

In an interview to Army Radio, Professor Shmuel Shapira, Deputy Director of Hadassah Ein Kerem Hospital, refuted criticism of Sharon's treatment. "We are very pleased," Shapira said. "We wish everyone would receive this level of care, decisions made this quickly."

Sources at Hadassah Hospital said late Thursday night that Sharon suffered extensive damage to the right lobe of his brain during the hemorrhage which he suffered Wednesday night.

They noted that such damage may negatively affect his motor capabilites in the left side of his body, as well as possible deterioration in speech.

The sourced revealed that Sharon's medical condition might have been caused by personal or emotional stress. They couldn't reject the possibility that the recent reports of developments in the police investigations against Sharon severely harmed his health

[plymouthhater]

Its about time, I can't stand this guy.

Each to their own. If I was living in Israel, he'd have gotten my vote :) !

[numb555]

Learn to laff at yourself and others.

Don't take life so seriously.

Stop waiving around the term racist.

Its very unbecoming.


Its hard to take life lightly when you are trained to detonate yourself.

[Jump]

This is almost turning into the 'Pope Death Watch 2005'.

Robertson says Sharon's stroke is God's punishment


Pat Robertson is his own Anti Christ. Everytime something bad happens to someone, he claims God did it because he/she/they pissed him off. I'm surprised he hasn't said the reason he has big ears is that God blessed him with them so he can hear Gods every word.

[insanity]

It doesn't matter any more what people think of this guy, the main question is who is going to replace him. If Nethanyahoo is elected you can expect a lot more bloodshed.

[lip1978]

Each to their own. If I was living in Israel, he'd have gotten my vote :) !

Liar :) You'd so be supporting Bibi Netanyahu, or a party who was against giving up land. hehe