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Some days, I despise CNN more than on others.

Palestinian Authority President Yasser Arafat, 75, the leader who passionately sought a homeland for his people but was seen by many Israelis as a ruthless terrorist and a roadblock to peace, died early Thursday in Paris.

Never mind that Arafat could have had an independent Palestine before the end of the Clinton administration, but refused; or that he actually was “a ruthless terrorist and a roadblock to peace”. Can't speak evil of the dead.

Yeah, whatever.

A treacherous, murderous, thieving, genocidal maggot of a man is dead—and his passing was far too easy for the multitudes killed and maimed by his command, or for the people he supposedly led, but in truth exploited, robbed blind, and finally molded into a freakish and bloodthirsty death cult.

I heartily second Gerard Van der Leun's assessment:

MORE: An obit far more honest than CNN's is here.