BYE BYE GAZA - Barry Chamish

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It took me ten years to convince a majority of Israelis that
Yitzhak Rabin was murdered in a political coup directed by
Shimon Peres. The same thing happened to Sharon and I'm
not planning to write another book proving it.
Sharon Docs Face Scrutiny Over Treatment
By RAMIT PLUSHNICK-MASTI
The Associated Press
Friday, January 13, 2006; 8:39 AM
JERUSALEM -- Ariel Sharon's doctors faced new criticism
Thursday for failing to divulge a brain disease discovered
after the prime minister's initial stroke and for prescribing
blood thinners that may have contributed to a massive
second stroke.
The criticism added to a growing chorus of questions about
Sharon's treatment.
After Sharon, 77, suffered an initial, minor stroke Dec. 18,
doctors put him on Clexane, an anticoagulant. At a news
conference a few days later, doctors acknowledged blood
thinners increased the risk of brain hemorrhage, but said the
fear of a clot leading to another stroke was greater in this
case.
The debate gained momentum after the Haaretz daily
revealed that Sharon also suffered from cerebral amyloid
angiopathy, known as CAA, a disease common in the elderly
that weakens the blood vessels in the brain and increases
the risk of hemorrhage.
Doctors confirmed they knew about the disease after the first
stroke, but prescribed the blood thinners anyway, a move
outside experts criticized Thursday.
"If someone has a disease that caused bleeding, that causes
bleeding, that could cause bleeding in the future, giving
anticoagulants . . . is certainly an undesirable situation," said