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THE OLD MAN.(The Talk of the Town)(Obituary)(Biography)

The New Yorker

| November 22, 2004 | Remnick, - - David | COPYRIGHT 2004 All rights reserved. Reproduced by permission of The Condé Nast Publications Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Modest in his personal habits and his material desires, Yasir Arafat was grandiose only in his sense of mission. By bringing low "the Zionist entity," he would win the most glorious Muslim victory since the noble Saladin drove the Crusaders out of Jerusalem. Then, having restored the city to Arab rule, he would go to his rest in the sacred soil of the grounds of the Al Aksa Mosque.

History had other ideas. Last week, in the Paris suburb of Clamart, a French general named Christian Estripeau stood in front of the cameras and announced, "M. Yasir Arafat, president of the Palestinian Authority, died at the Percy Military Training Hospital in Clamart on November 11, ...

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