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Report: Radioactive poison may have killed Arafat
Elior Levy
Published: 03.07.12, 20:53
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1. Conspiracy Theory?
(07.03.12)
No, it is fact. Now it is time to turn the tables. Who is first-noodles?
2. Suha probably killed him herself to get at his millions.....
Ali   (07.03.12)
stuffed away in foreign bank accounts.
3. Then Arafat can be linked...
Beary White ,   Norway   (07.03.12)
..to the murder of Alexander Litvinenko. Pollunium is very hard to handle for unexperiences people without adequate equipment,and sure terrorist Arafat took a too big risk to handle this stuff.The terrorist was killed by is own weapon.!!
4. just 1 problem with the conspiracy
zionist forever   (07.03.12)
Arafat spent the last couple of years of his life holed up in a few small rooms of Mukata far away from the reach of Israel. How did he end up with all this Polonium in his system, the only people who would have been able to give it to him or put it on his effects are his most loyal bodyguards and I can't see them doing it on Israel's behalf. It would have also been to risk for Sharon because Bush wanted Arafat alive and if it had let slip Israel was giving Arafat Polonium secretly Bush would have given Sharon hell
5. just al jazeera trying to take the onus
Barney ,   USA   (07.03.12)
off all the terrible things happening in the arab muslim world. everyone saw what the russian guy looked like after being poisoned. if that had happened to the terrorist/goniff then there would have been NO doubt
6. Polonium makes Hell fire stronger
hadad ,   u.k   (07.03.12)
7. Whodunnit?
Ariel ,   Modi'in   (07.03.12)
Must have fed the polonium by one of his inner circle. Maybe the person misunderstood him asking for polony and fed him polonium :) It would have been far easier to administer a lethal dose of lead by helicopter anally to get rid of him.... I bet he might have enjoyed that!!
8. @#1 Nonsense!
me ,   golus   (07.03.12)
9. #1 - is it a fact? So far, it's just conjecture.
William ,   Israel   (07.03.12)
They tested clothing that had been in Suha's (and PLO's) possession since Arafat's death. But they never actually tested Arafat or his blood. Alexander Litvinenko was tested from his bodily fluids taken from his person to determine the poisoning. Plus, though Arafat fell ill suddenly (which can even occur with AIDS if the immune system is sufficiently compromised. Same too with certain cancers) he didn't personally resemble anyone who was poisoned through radioactivity. Notice however that only Al-Jazeera is covering the story (besides Ynet and Jpost - for a laugh).
10. Perhaps it was liquid hate oozing from his body
William ,   Israel   (07.03.12)
I hear that's pretty toxic and radioactive.
11. Maybe he was trying to make a nuclear
Eric..... ,   Israel...   (07.03.12)
bomb, or maybe Arafat thought it was bath salts that would get rid of his( BO) that is body odor .Well his dead and now we will never know ,shame what a pity.
12. Swiss laboratory? France lab said he was infected with HIV
Robert ,   USA   (07.03.12)
Can't trust anyone anymore. He is dead end of story.
13. AIDS!
Jerome ,   Basalt, Colorado   (07.03.12)
Arafat would have been hanged in Iran for being gay.
14. # 4 Plutonium 210 has a half life of 138 days
ben   (07.03.12)
That is why it is allegedly used in these situations. Not many have access to it. The last 2 years of his life are relavant but the last week Oct 25th 2004 are mostly important. I would not rule out he was beyond Israels reach. Allegedly Israel assasinated a Hamas member in a luxury hotel in Dubai. and alegeddly Iranian scientits inside of Iran. Arafat aid Bassam Abu Sharif blamed the mossad when Arafat died. There are a lot of rumors. Also a lot of money. The mossad said Arafat was worth 1.3 billion in 02. To bad the Palastinians didn't have a leader like Gandhi, I think they would have a country by now and there would be peace. I like Mahmoud Abbas. I think he is a genuine man of peace. He wresteled with Arafat over control of Fatah because he wanted to rein in the terrorits. I know he is villified by the hard core Zionist media saying he is a terrorist and supports terrorism acusing him of denying the Holocaust because he wrote his colledge thesis on the Transfer agreement. But I think he wants peace and I hope they give him a chane. Look at Yitzak Shamir, how much blood does he have on his hans and look at the comments on Ynet following his death
15. polonium
Allan ,   Toronto   (07.03.12)
It is a known fact that polonium comes from eating too much hummus! Arafat ate hummus at least three times a day and caused his own death. The Zohan used hummus to kill off many of his enemies!
16. 1 posoined by radioactive HIV
(07.03.12)
17. I CONFESS
DA RAP ARTIST ,   SAFED OPERA HOUSE   (07.03.12)
18. Aids is radioactive?
Charles   (07.03.12)
Who knew?
19. VERY strange> Suha has his death certificate from France
PETER SM ,   AUSTRALIA   (07.03.12)
She is hanging on to it as life & income insurance.
20. His clothes etc years later proves? Why not years ago?
PETER SM ,   AUSTRALIA   (07.03.12)
Who had access to his affects over all these years? What does the death certificate say?
21. arafat
spookey ,   birmingham uk   (07.03.12)
WHO CARES THE OLD FRUAD
22. This means that -
Arn. ,   Sweden.   (07.03.12)
I Quote - The Institut de Radiophysique in Lausanne tested samples taken from Arafat's personal belongings including his clothes, his toothbrush and even his iconic kaffiyeh. The personal effects were provided by Arafat's widow Suha. - If this was Years after His Death, the Poison could have been added afterwards for Political reasons. Arn.Sweden.
23. there can never be peace
milson   (07.03.12)
conspiracies, lies are chronic features of arabs societies. The fbi said years ago the lie detector doesn't work in arab countries as lies are truths. This is why putin found a home selling to arabs as lies 24/7 to them about everything and they eat it up. Signed treaties are worthless.Only status quo arrangments with security borders for israel make sense. Ross, kurtzer, lauder, clinton, emanuel,they are full of merde on so called peace.
24. "al jazeera investigation"
david ,   new york   (07.03.12)
need i say more?
25. 7
zionist forever   (07.03.12)
Unless the polonium was given to a terrorist by Israel to use on Arafat they would never get it and Polonium is just not the right tactic if Sharon wanted him dead. If I was Sharon I wanted Arafat killed in a way that looked like natural causes I would use something other than Polonium which will look more natural rather than have him killed in a way that leaves alot of questions unanswered and cries out conspiracy.
26. Polonium has a short half life!Sounds like another Pallywood
PETER SM ,   AUSTRALIA   (07.03.12)
production to focus attention on "palestine" away from thje Arab/Moslem world mess & terror in the media.Suicide bombings in Iraq Mali barbarity etc etc. Pal.posed pictures are routine and taken up uncritically by the media by amongst others the Australian Age and the Independent. The NYT has done its share of damage that way. BTW smoking generates polonium
27. Probably had some bad Humus
Harry Nutsack, NY   (07.03.12)
28. # 20 What does the death certificate say
ben   (07.03.12)
When Arafat died there was no autopsy
29. Do we really care?
Birdi ,   Israel   (07.04.12)
30. I told the idiot not to touch it but he chose to sleep with
Harry Wright ,   UK   (07.04.12)
it under his pillow hoping to dream up the best way to use it against Israel. He was so in love with it :˒)
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