ARIEL SHARON DIES 6.A.M. EST (or so says the World Tribune)

[kpete]

Ariel Sharon dies



SPECIAL TO WORLD TRIBUNE.COM
Friday, January 6, 2006
JERUSALEM — 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.



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.

http://www.worldtribune.com/worldtribune/06/front2453741.9118055557.html

[sabra]

1. also in the LBN, and thread shows that this has not been confirmed

by any other source.

[Carni]

2. I am not familiar with the world tribune

But there is a press conference scheduled for any minute per CNN regarding his medical status

[Cessna Invesco Palin]

7. I'm not familiar with it either...

...but its website does not inspire confidence in its content. (This is also not to be confused with the International Herald Tribune, which is a legit source.)

[librechik]

3. oops--didn't happen yet--he's back in surgery 8:40 am MT

[Flubadubya]

4. Not according to CNN...

just had the doctor out announcing they had relieved pressure on his cranium but that he was still in critical condition. :shrug:

[im10ashus]

5. He's not dead.

What in hell is World Tribune?

[H2O Man]

9. The MSNBC report

says that he is not dead. CNN says he is not dead. The current stream of "he's dead" posts seem odd.

[im10ashus]

11. Indeed it does.

Let's alert the mods.

[leftofthedial]

6. his mistress took poison

he went alone into a conference room in the bunker and shot himself

later, his private bodyguards put their bodies into a shallow grave outside the Israeli Occupation Headquarters and burned them.

[ToolTex]

8. Is Generalissimo Franco still dead?

n/t

[carolinalady]

10. Cat scans show bleeds, not brain activity-EEG's show brain

activity.

[ncrainbowgrrl]

12. Locking.

According to all major news sources, he is still alive.