Arafat Poisoned? A Locked-Door Mystery Goes Forensic -- Time
The Palestinians believe the Israelis did it; the Israelis say they didn't. Even if more evidence of polonium is found, the mystery is likely to last a very long time.
Among the few authorized uses of polonium 210 is an industrial application: removing static. A tiny amount of the radioactive compound is seated in a device attached to steel machinery spinning exceedingly fast. The potent isotope keeps a dangerous charge from accumulating and erupting. In the wake of al-Jazeera’s report that unusually high levels of the substance were found in the personal effects of Yasser Arafat, one assumption making the rounds is that Israeli agents used it to remove the dangerous nuisance — the static — that the Palestinian leader had become four years into the second intifadeh and 10 years after the crushed promise of the Oslo accords.
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My Comment: The Middle East is filled with conspiracy theories .... this is just another one. Not surprisingly .... the Israelis are responding with their own theory on this renewed focus on the death of Yasser Arafat.
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