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A report by a group of Swiss scientists has confirmed what many Palestinians have feared since the PLO leader’s death in 2004: That he was poisoned.
According to al-Jazeera and other media outlets, at least 18 times the normal levels of radioactive polonium have been discovered in Arafat’s remains. “The scientists said that they were confident up to an 83 percent level that the late Palestinian leader was poisoned,” al-Jazeera America reported Wednesday.
A 108-page report (PDF) by the University Centre of Legal Medicine in Lausanne, which was obtained exclusively by Al Jazeera, found unnaturally high levels of polonium in Arafat’s ribs and pelvis, and in soil stained with his decaying organs.
Arafat’s body was exhumed last year in order for tests to be conducted that might shed light on his true cause of death, which was attributed in 2004 to illness only.
The report does not address who killed Arafat, only how he death was caused.
Palestinians have long suspected Israel in Arafat’s untimely death, but the country has always denied any role.
5 thoughts on “Report says Yasser Arafat was poisoned”
This had the mark of the PLO written all over it. There was a lot of infighting going on in Arafat’s organization because Arafat was seen as softening when dealing with Israel.
Besides, he was so tightly guarded that the only people who had access to him was his staff and guards.
I don’t miss him, he was a murderer and terrorist.
Radiation poisoning? Isn’t that a Russian trademark?
I believe so. They must have picked up on it when the ruskies delivered nuclear equipment to Tehran.
I don’t think losing him was a big loss. It seems to me that all he did was rip off his own people for his personal gain.
If memory serves me, ol’ Arafat ripped off the Palestinians big-time. I think he had a French wife that lived a lavish life style and would not travel to Gaza for any reason.
It may have been the Israeli’s but also could have been from within his own camp – like the Iranians who also have access to plutonium.