This just in: Arafat wasn’t poisoned

[longknife]

by Scott Johnson

Since Yasser Arafat died in 2004, I doubt there are many Power Line readers who have harbored the suspicion that he died of poisoning inflicted on him by Israel. I thought at the time that he had died of AIDS and the proposition goes beyond rumors, as indicated in this 2007 Israel National News round-up.

Times of Israel editor David Horovitz nevertheless warns that “we’re going to hear weeks about how Israel killed Arafat from Arab conspiracy theorists” now that the process of dismantling his grave ahead of exhumation Has begun. David therefore writes: “This is SO important! Our scoop, from an inside French doctor.” The Times of Israel reports: “‘Absolutely no way’ Arafat was poisoned, says top doctor who teaches at Paris hospital where Palestinian leader died.”

On a related note, in 2008 I wrote about Arafat’s manipulation of the media in a medical context in the Weekly Standard article “He didn’t give at the office.” Arafat staged a production designed to support the story that he was contributing blood to the United States following 9/11. The good news is that the story was blatantly false. The bad news is that the media bought it. In any event, his malign spirit lives on.

From This just in: Arafat wasn’t poisoned | Power Line

 

[Rct_Tsoul]

He died of breast cancer, this is why his people covered up the cause of death.
Imagine a Muslim leader going on world wide television and giving the news that Arafat has lost the battle against breast cancer, a disease that women get.

 

[waltky]

Uncle Ferd says, "Aw man, why dey wanna keep diggin' dat ol' sh*t up for?...

Arafat's remains said to be exhumed Tuesday
Nov 24,`12 --- The remains of former Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat will be exhumed Tuesday as part of a renewed investigation into his death, a Palestinian investigator said Saturday.

Arafat died in November 2004 in a French military hospital, a month after suddenly falling ill. Palestinian officials claim he was poisoned by Israel, but have not presented evidence. Israel has denied such allegations. Earlier this year, the detection of a lethal radioactive substance in biological traces on Arafat's clothing sparked a new investigation. Tests were inconclusive, and experts said they need to check his remains to learn more. On Tuesday, Swiss, French and Russian experts will take samples from Arafat's bones, said Tawfik Tirawi, who heads the Palestinian team investigating the death. They will examine the samples in their home countries. Arafat will be reburied the same day with military honors, but the ceremony will be closed to the public, Tirawi told a news conference.

He did not specify when results would be announced but said the probe could take months. Earlier this month, workers began prying open the concrete-encased tomb in Arafat's former government headquarters in the West Bank city of Ramallah. The Palestinian Authority, the self-rule government in the West Bank, had hesitated before agreeing to exhume the remains, in part because of cultural and religious sensitivities. Since mid-November, the gravesite has been surrounded with a blue tarpaulin and roads leading to the Arafat mausoleum were closed. Arafat is still widely revered in the Palestinian territories, and Palestinian officials said they don't want the process observed by media and others.

The new probe into his death began this summer, after a Swiss lab discovered traces of polonium-210, a deadly radioactive isotope, on clothes said to be Arafat's. The clothes were provided by Arafat's widow, Suha, and given to the lab by the Arab satellite TV station Al-Jazeera. Separately, Mrs. Arafat asked the French government to investigate, while the Palestinian Authority called in Russian experts. Arafat's death 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 conspiracy theories that he had cancer, AIDS or was poisoned.

Many in the Arab world believe Arafat, the face of the Palestinian independence struggle for four decades, was killed by Israel. Israel, which saw Arafat as an obstacle to peace, vehemently denies the charge. There is no guarantee the exhumation will solve the mystery. Polonium-210 is known to rapidly decompose, and experts are divided over whether any remaining samples will be sufficient for testing.

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[RetiredGySgt]

Uncle Ferd says, "Aw man, why dey wanna keep diggin' dat ol' sh*t up for?...

Arafat's remains said to be exhumed Tuesday
Nov 24,`12 --- The remains of former Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat will be exhumed Tuesday as part of a renewed investigation into his death, a Palestinian investigator said Saturday.

Arafat died in November 2004 in a French military hospital, a month after suddenly falling ill. Palestinian officials claim he was poisoned by Israel, but have not presented evidence. Israel has denied such allegations. Earlier this year, the detection of a lethal radioactive substance in biological traces on Arafat's clothing sparked a new investigation. Tests were inconclusive, and experts said they need to check his remains to learn more. On Tuesday, Swiss, French and Russian experts will take samples from Arafat's bones, said Tawfik Tirawi, who heads the Palestinian team investigating the death. They will examine the samples in their home countries. Arafat will be reburied the same day with military honors, but the ceremony will be closed to the public, Tirawi told a news conference.

He did not specify when results would be announced but said the probe could take months. Earlier this month, workers began prying open the concrete-encased tomb in Arafat's former government headquarters in the West Bank city of Ramallah. The Palestinian Authority, the self-rule government in the West Bank, had hesitated before agreeing to exhume the remains, in part because of cultural and religious sensitivities. Since mid-November, the gravesite has been surrounded with a blue tarpaulin and roads leading to the Arafat mausoleum were closed. Arafat is still widely revered in the Palestinian territories, and Palestinian officials said they don't want the process observed by media and others.

The new probe into his death began this summer, after a Swiss lab discovered traces of polonium-210, a deadly radioactive isotope, on clothes said to be Arafat's. The clothes were provided by Arafat's widow, Suha, and given to the lab by the Arab satellite TV station Al-Jazeera. Separately, Mrs. Arafat asked the French government to investigate, while the Palestinian Authority called in Russian experts. Arafat's death 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 conspiracy theories that he had cancer, AIDS or was poisoned.

Many in the Arab world believe Arafat, the face of the Palestinian independence struggle for four decades, was killed by Israel. Israel, which saw Arafat as an obstacle to peace, vehemently denies the charge. There is no guarantee the exhumation will solve the mystery. Polonium-210 is known to rapidly decompose, and experts are divided over whether any remaining samples will be sufficient for testing.

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If it rapidly decomposes how was it still on his cloths, me smells a conspiracy all right By the Arabs.

 

[waltky]

Arafat's Remains Exhumed...

Experts exhume remains of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat searching for clues to his death
Nov 27, 2012 - Poison probe to test late leader's bone samples

The remains of the late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat were exhumed from his grave on Tuesday so international forensic experts could search for additional clues to his death, Palestinian officials said. The remains were taken from the massive mausoleum in the West Bank city of Ramallah where Arafat was buried and moved to a nearby mosque so Palestinian doctors could take samples from his bones, the officials said. Under Islam, only Muslims can handle a Muslim's remains.

The samples will be handed over to French, Swiss and Russian experts who have flown in for the exhumation and who will examine them in their home countries, the officials said. Earlier, samples were also taken from Arafat's bedroom, office and personal belongings, they said. The Palestinian officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the matter with the media. The new investigation into Arafat's death was sparked earlier this year by the discovery of a lethal radioactive substance, polonium, on clothing said to be his.

Arafat died in November 2004 in a French military hospital, a month after suddenly falling ill. 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 speculation in the Arab world that Israel poisoned him. Israel has denied such allegations. The exhumation might not resolve the mystery. Polonium-210 decomposes rapidly, and some experts say it is not clear whether any remaining samples will be sufficient for testing.

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See also:

Yasser Arafat's tomb dug up
Nov 27, 2012, : Palestinian engineers on Tuesday dug up the tomb of late leader Yasser Arafat to take samples from his remains for poison tests, sources said.

The head of the Palestinian committee investigating Arafat's death, Tawfiq Tirawi, was present during the digging beside investigators and experts from Switzerland, France and Russia, Xinhua quoted sources as saying.

Arafat's remains are still in the tomb, the sources said, adding that they will be exhumed and moved to a mosque near the tomb in the Palestinian presidency's Ramallah headquarters. Tight security measures were taken to ensure the secrecy of the process.

The investigation aims to find out if Arafat's death in a French hospital Nov 11, 2004, resulted from poisoning. The Palestinians suspect that Israel had poisoned Arafat when he was besieged in his Ramallah headquarters before falling ill.

Earlier this year, Swiss experts tested Arafat's personal belongings as part of a documentary aired by Al-Jazeera, the Doha-based TV channel. The report cited the Institute of Radiation Physics as saying that traces of radioactive polonium-210 were found on Arafat's underwear and toothbrush.

Arafa's widow, Suha, filed a civil lawsuit at a French hospital asking for a murder investigation into her husband's death. The Palestinian leadership also decided to bring in the Russians for more credible inquiry.

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[Rct_Tsoul]

Tests confirm death of Arafat as breast cancer, a very womanly disease, if someone could please post a picture of one of those pink ribbon breast cancer thingys, so that we all may bow our heads in a moment of silence for him.

 

[syrenn]

Tests confirm death of Arafat as breast cancer, a very womanly disease, if someone could please post a picture of one of those pink ribbon breast cancer thingys, so that we all my bow our heads in a moment of silence for him.

um.... no. He does not deserve a pink ribbon.

i am GLAD he is dead of breast cancer..... the irony is just way to funny.

 

[Rct_Tsoul]

In memory of Yasser Arafat

 

[Politico]

What a surprise....not.

 

[BecauseIKnow]

The samples haven't even been tested yet you moron.....

 

[RetiredGySgt]

The samples haven't even been tested yet you moron.....

And I repeat if the isotope decays rapidly how in the hell was any on his cloths 8 years later?

 

[BecauseIKnow]

The samples haven't even been tested yet you moron.....

And I repeat if the isotope decays rapidly how in the hell was any on his cloths 8 years later?

Most likely it will be hard to get something out of the samples.....but the results still haven't been presented.....

 

[RetiredGySgt]

The samples haven't even been tested yet you moron.....

And I repeat if the isotope decays rapidly how in the hell was any on his cloths 8 years later?

Most likely it will be hard to get something out of the samples.....but the results still haven't been presented.....

Missing the point, probably on purpose. Who had the cloths? What is more likely? That after 8 years these cloths still have traces of an isotope that decays so fast they probably couldn't find any after 8 years planted by SUPPOSEDLY the Israelis OR that his wife and cohorts planted the isotope on the cloths to create a new stir about the supposed poisoning?

 

[BecauseIKnow]

And I repeat if the isotope decays rapidly how in the hell was any on his cloths 8 years later?

Most likely it will be hard to get something out of the samples.....but the results still haven't been presented.....

Missing the point, probably on purpose. Who had the cloths? What is more likely? That after 8 years these cloths still have traces of an isotope that decays so fast they probably couldn't find any after 8 years planted by SUPPOSEDLY the Israelis OR that his wife and cohorts planted the isotope on the cloths to create a new stir about the supposed poisoning?

Put your conspiracy theories aside man, it will be hard to find traces, but ill wait till the results get through.

I already made up my mind on who killed him.....it know he was killed, not related to natural causes....

 

[Rct_Tsoul]

In memory of Yasser Arafat

Well it has been confirmed, he lost the battle to breast cancer.
Soon it will be determined that the cause of his breast cancer itself was due to the fact that he took it in the ASS and the MOUTH, somewhere out there is a man that took him on as a concubine, he will speak up soon enough.

 

[Mad Scientist]

He died of breast cancer, this is why his people covered up the cause of death.
Imagine a Muslim leader going on world wide television and giving the news that Arafat has lost the battle against breast cancer, a disease that women get.

Quick Google search reveals about 1500 men die of breast cancer every year.

Now, if they had said he died of Ovarian Cancer...!

 

[Rct_Tsoul]

In memory of Yasser Arafat

The only thing missing now is to get Elton John to sing:
A candle in the Wind in tribute to him, this will totally bitch the Arab world beyond repair, there dignity will be completely gone.

 

[Rct_Tsoul]

In memory of Yasser Arafat

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=80rHyABCb20]Tribute to Yasser[/ame]

This is too good, I am going to post this on a Muslim Extremist website, and ill post the link so you all can see how much they appreciate it.
If someone out there has video editing experiance, and can put in Yasser's name and pictures of him fading in and out softly would just kick them in the nuts............"P:" I mean pussy.

 

[Roudy]

He died of breast cancer, this is why his people covered up the cause of death.
Imagine a Muslim leader going on world wide television and giving the news that Arafat has lost the battle against breast cancer, a disease that women get.

Rumor has it that he died of testicular cancer. Oh wait he had none...never mind.