Followers of Arafat wait for the arrival of
their dead leader's body that was flown to
Ramallah from Cairo, where Arafat received a state funeral he was unable to
receive in the land he fought for all his life. Thousands of grieving
Palestinians gathered for the funeral of Yassir Arafat at his headquarters in
the westbank town of Ramallah. After an unidentified illness, Arafat was
given permission to travel to Paris for medical treatment. He had previously
been under houses arrest since the start of the recent Intifada. When his
body finally arrived home for his funeral, tens of thousands gathered around
the Mukata - Arafat's and the Palestinian Authority's headquarters.
