Perhaps or perhaps not appropos of this thread: I remember seeing some footage of the funeral of the Iyatollah (sp) Khomenie (sp). People were in a frenzy as they carried his coffin through the streets. They turned the coffin over and out came his shriveled body. The mourners grabbed it and began to tear it apart it their frenzy. I found it rather freakish and sad.
It appears to have turned into a soap opera as his wife is now accusing the leadership of "trying to bury him alive." Apparently Palestinians resent her as she has been living a lavish life in Paris without him, yet supported by him. He reportedly has a billion dollars stashed away and no one knows where it is. The Palestinian leadership would like the money and she would like the money. All we are missing in this is a nice Jewish lawyer to make this story complete.