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Yasser Arafat Poisoned? Autopsy Set To Start Within Days HUFFINGTON POST, By MOHAMMED DARAGHMEH 09/05/12 02: RAMALLAH, West Bank — The widow of Yasser Arafat said Wednesday that French investigators will soon visit the West Bank to dig up the remains of her husband in hopes of determining what killed the longtime Palestinian leader eight years ago.

Palestinian officials welcomed the investigation, saying the French team could begin work within days. But some also privately expressed misgivings over the probe.

Arafat’s death in a French hospital in November 2004 has remained a mystery for many. While the immediate cause of death was a stroke, the underlying source of an illness he suffered in his final weeks has never been clear, leading to persistent, unproven conspiracy theories that he had cancer, AIDS or was poisoned.

A Swiss lab’s recent discovery of polonium-210, a deadly radioactive isotope, on clothes said to be Arafat’s has fueled new suspicions of poisoning…. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/05/yasser-arafat-dead-palest_n_1858494.html?ncid=txtlnkushpmg00000032

September 7, 2012 - Posted by | general

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