Iraqi President Saddam Hussein, left, greets Yasser Arafat, chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization, at the 6th Non-Aligned Summit in Havana, Cuba, in the Sept. 2, 1979 file photo. Arafat, who triumphantly forced his people's plight into the world spotlight but failed to achieve his lifelong quest for Palestinian statehood, died Thursday, Nov. 11, 2004, at age 75, three Palestinian officials said. (AP Photo/File)