At least he died doing what he loved.Yasser died from polonium poisoning thanks to another prominent Israeli terrorist, and your good bud, Ariel Sharon. How's that old war whore doing these days?
"For me, there was no surprise. From the very first day, I was convinced that Yasser Arafat had been poisoned by Ariel Sharon. I even wrote about it several times.
"It was a simple logical conclusion.
"First, a thorough medical examination in the French military hospital where he died did not find any cause for his sudden collapse and death. No traces of any life-threatening disease were found.
"The rumors distributed by the Israeli propaganda machine that Arafat had AIDS were blatant lies. They were a continuation of the rumors spread by the same machine that he was gay all part of the relentless demonization of the Palestinian leader, which went on daily for decades."
If you didn't have lies, what would you write about?
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Yasser died from taking it up the ass.
I guess I would have preferred Arafat having had an instant in time to see the business end of a Hellfire missile coming at him at near the speed of sound... with a big yellow smiley face painted on the nose of the missile.