Twilight of a Warrior

Twilight of a Warrior

There comes a rare moment when you read the words of a writer, that's so poetic, so eloquent, so moving that you could read it a thousand, and each time, it still thrills you.

Here's one such article by M.J. AKBAR, a Pakistani journalist who wrote in article on Mr Arafat.

"There comes a moment when every man's obituary appears on his face.

Suddenly the hero of a hundred battles is suffused with a childlike helplessness, and his hand clutches for support from a friend, unsure whether this will be his last gesture.

It is a moment of truth beyond denial.

It is the face of a man who has seen the approach of the angel of death
and knows that there can be no negotiation, nothing but submission to ....God.

It was such a face that Yasser Arafat presented to the television cameras that glimpsed him on Oct 28.

Etched on that face was the realiseation that, while God might yet grant Arafat longer life,
his days as commander-in-chief of the Palestinian resistance were over."