MSNBC reporting Arafat being flown to Paris for medical treatment

[Bryan]

...saying that he has a low platelet count. Developing.

[tishaLA]

1. It's on CNN right now

Christianne Amanpour reporting live

[Bryan]

2. Thanx. From CNN's site:

http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/10/28/arafat.health/index.html

RAMALLAH, West Bank (CNN) -- Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat is suffering from a blood platelet deficiency and is being moved to Paris for additional tests to determine its cause, one of his doctors said Thursday.

"There are certain investigations for this disease, which is not possible to do them here," said his physician, Ashraf al-Kurdi.

"This is why we advised him to go abroad for further investigations, because if we know exactly what is the cause of the platelet deficiency, then the treatment can be very easy."

A senior Palestinian official said the tests would determine whether Arafat, 75, was suffering from leukemia, as some reports have suggested.

[madmax]

3. Damn - I wanted to catch the re-run of Aaron Brown

:(

[JSJ]

4. get well, soon, sharif!