WP/AP: Israel to Declare Sharon 'Incapacitated'

[DeepModem Mom]

Israel to Declare Sharon 'Incapacitated'
The Associated Press
Sunday, April 9, 2006

JERUSALEM -- Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, who has been in a coma for three months, will be declared permanently incapacitated Tuesday, a decision that signals the official end of his reign, the Justice Ministry said Sunday.

Sharon, 78, was declared temporarily incapacitated after he lapsed into a coma following a stroke Jan. 4. Ehud Olmert stepped in for him immediately as acting prime minister, but under Israeli law he can only serve in that capacity for up to 100 days before an official replacement for Sharon has to be named.

That deadline expires Friday, but because the weeklong Jewish Passover holiday begins Wednesday, the declaration of permanent incapacitation has been moved up to Tuesday _ with the proviso that it not take effect if Sharon's condition improves before the deadline, Justice Ministry spokesman Jacob Galanti said.

Olmert, who won March 28 elections, is expected to be named Sharon's official replacement as he continues negotiating with smaller parties to form a governing coalition.

Officials at Hadassah Hospital in Jerusalem, where Sharon is being treated, said Sunday that discussions were still under way on whether to move him to a long-term care facility. Experts say his chances of recovery are extremely slim, given the gravity of his stroke and his persistent coma....

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/04/09/AR2006040900106.html

[Festivito]

1. Just as we need Israel to help strike Iran.

Armageddon to begin.

[Canuckistanian]

2. It's a sign from God

Exactly what he's saying is unclear, though.

[Kailassa]

3. Could it be God's way of letting us know

that He is in a coma too?

[leesa]

5. Really. He'll miss all the fruit of his labor. Oh well. Happy trails.

[sweetheart]

6. i'm sure that fruit will all find him.

Surely the will of Allah that sharon get his just deserve.

[IndianaGreen]

7. Israel will not nuke Iran like Bush is planning to do

Even Israel is not stupid enough to be the first to use nukes in the Middle East. This doesn't mean that Israel will not use conventional weapons.

[Festivito]

13. Happy to think that way.

It's a big game. Big players could change.
Good thing Bush spent his world credibility capital.
Even rotten and big players won't easily follow him now.

It's not a done deal. Just a high probability Israel won't jump on this start.

[savemefromdumbya]

4. Oh well

too bad

[Zorra]

8. Many, many years too late. n/t

[oneold1-4u]

9. The plan

Is that with the newest "big bomb" (to be tested in NV soon) will, if dropped into enriched fissionable material, create "their own" massacre and we won't be held responsible!

[fshrink]

10. Karma.

[Phx_Dem]

11. yeh it's effing karma

when a 78 yr old man has a stroke.

[David in Canada]

12. Captain Obvious strikes again!

Sharon has been long incapacitated. Now that the elections are over and Sharon's body is no longer needed to be breathing to avoid a crisis regarding their Basic Law (constitution), they'll likely have him wheeled in for an emergency operation and he'll die "peacefully" on the operating table.

His stroke and coma MIGHT have prevented a January attack on Iran. If it did, we'll likely never know.