Tuesday, July 3, 2012

Was Former Palestian Leader Yasser Arafat Murdered?



Arafat's Widow Calls To Exhume His Body -- Al Jazeera

A nine-month investigation suggests that the late Palestinian leader may have been poisoned with polonium.

It was a scene that riveted the world for weeks: The ailing Yasser Arafat, first besieged by Israeli tanks in his Ramallah compound, then shuttled to Paris, where he spent his final days undergoing a barrage of medical tests in a French military hospital.

Eight years after his death, it remains a mystery exactly what killed the longtime Palestinian leader. Tests conducted in Paris found no obvious traces of poison in Arafat’s system. Rumors abound about what might have killed him – cancer, cirrhosis of the liver, even allegations that he was infected with HIV.

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My Comment: Arafat had a lot of enemies .... both non-Palestinian and Palestinian. But focusing all of this attention on what caused his death .... while the Middle East is in turmoil .... is to me a waste of time.

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