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Palestinians seek international probe of Arafat's death
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Published: 05.07.12, 15:16
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1. News flash!
Sarah B ,   U.S.A. / Israel   (07.05.12)
The international community is not all that likely to be interested in the circumstances surrounding the death of a vile terrorist. No one is interested, really; we're just all glad that a vicious, cold-blooded murderer is dead. We would have been gladder still had his death occurred twenty or thirty years earlier. Geez -- the ersatz "Palestinians" just cannot tolerate being out of the news for a single second, can they? Don't they understand that the world has passed them by, and gotten on to matters of REAL importance?
2. Start with French test results & death certificate. Time
PETER SM ,   AUSTRALIA   (07.05.12)
Pals paid their own way instead of forever demanding from the world. Get independent world renowned experts and pay for them.
3. Waking the Sleepimg
Dig It! ,   australia   (07.05.12)
Here we go again, now has he been poisoned? Don't think so. This is an old accusation which I believe was proved inaccurate last time it was raised, so let the dead play with corpses, and let the rest of the world continue to bless the Holy One, melach Israel !!
4. We've seen this show before....
I Eidus ,   USA   (07.05.12)
The palestinians have already pre-determined the outcome. They contaminated his body when he died just for this purpose, and so they know what they are going to find. What better than to create false "proof" that he was murdered, and then blame it on Israel. They have done it before and obtained outside support in doing it. Remember Al Dura. Then they had help from the French, now from the Swiss. No surprises here.
5. # 4 - They contaminated his body when he died
split ,   US   (07.05.12)
Sure, they got the Polonium at local food market or hardware store ,...
6. Fishy, His Widow Didn't Want it Done At the Time
Dallas ,   Canada   (07.05.12)
And we need to understand what that was about.
7. He died of AIDS....
Malone ,   Hfx   (07.05.12)
...because he was a flaming fruit loop!!
8. polonium is produced in a nuclear reactor ..No arab country
Shadi ,   Gaza strip   (07.05.12)
has nuclear reactors .... only one country in the whole middle east has a reactor and possesses hundreds of warheads ..... you know for sure this country !!!! some of you live in this country !!!! Arafat wasit's enemy ........
9. They want an international probe
Devorah   (07.05.12)
Excuse me, but wasn't probing responsible for his demise?
10. aL jAZIRA
Abu Yusuf ,   ME   (07.05.12)
Al Jazira is the most anti Israel anti America and the west station, watching it's programs over the last several years and given the fact that "Suha Arafat gave Al-Jazeera permission to take the items, which contained strands of Arafat's hair and traces of sweat, urine and blood, for testing at several European laboratories, including in Switzerland. " we can absolutely know the outcome from the Investigation before it starts: Israel killed Arafat. Its about time Arabs will have a real independent true station.
11. Whoever or whatever
Sagi   (07.05.12)
finished off the slimey bastard,thank you and leave it at that.
12. #7 Arafat a flaming fruit loop!
Elizabeth   (07.05.12)
I love it!
13. Cause of death
Adam Freedman ,   Thornhill   (07.05.12)
First of all lets make it clear that not only that we don't care how Arafat died , we are just happy that he did die! Second of all why doesn't his wife show the death certificate? They want to make Arafat a martyr which he isn't. He was a terrorist .Plain and simple. The Palestinians need to find a way to stay in the spotlight and this is their new tactic.Yeah why not blame it on the mossad or Israel for that matter. In reality it was too bad that Israel didn't take him out since they had many chance to do so. Arafat was nothing but a smelly rat and he should stay buried in his hole!
14. One thing they all overlook...
Ariel ,   Modi'in   (07.05.12)
...is that no Israeli agent had access to Arafat while he was holed up in his Muqatta after the outbreak of the second intifada. He was surrounded 24/7 for the last few years of his life by his inner circle and bodyguards, Talk about a "whodunnit?"
15. did the french
daniela ,   panama   (07.05.12)
doctors did not gave the cause of his death at thte time he died. Were they incompetent doctors that did not check all the pssobilities for his deteriorating healt and his death? I doubt it. Specially because after seeing part of the Al Jazeera program it seems that Arafat was treated by several doctors. Firts it was his own doctor, then they brought one from Egypt, the a tunisian then they asked the advice of a jordanian and at the end they decided on a french hospital. None of those doctors could check any kind of poisoning? The other thing that called my attention is the words of Suha refering to her husband as martyr Arafat... Martyr? him????? for sure the virgins in heaven must be laughing.. first because he did not get were the virgins are.. he was no martir... and then because his reputation was not of a man who could do much with those 72 women... poor Suha..
16. #5 - Po-210 has a half-life of 135 days
William ,   Israel   (07.05.12)
After 8 years, nothing significant would be left to be measured - whether on his clothes or in his body. The real question remains - WHO was in possession of the clothes for 8 years? Sometimes, your own hate blinds you to basic reality. Sadly, a true curse of your ilk.
17. #9 - AWWWW! You beat me to it.
William ,   Israel   (07.05.12)
18. #5: how about Iran?
jack ,   San Diego, USA   (07.05.12)
19. 8#Arafat's medical reports
funkyyaya ,   uk/il   (07.05.12)
Abnormally high concentrations of 210Po have been detected in July 2012 in clothes and personal belongings of the Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, who died in 2004 of uncertain causes. However, the spokesman for the Institut de Radiophysique in Lausanne, Switzerland, where those items were analyzed, stressed that the "clinical symptoms described in Arafat's medical reports were not consistent with polonium-210 and that conclusions could not be drawn as to whether the Palestinian leader was poisoned or not", and that "the only way to confirm the findings would be to exhume Arafat's body to test it for polonium-210."[72]
20. #8 - didn't Syria once have a nuke reactor?
William ,   Israel   (07.05.12)
South Africa also? And Brazil? and Russia? and China? I can name more pro-"Palestinian" countries with nuke reactors, if you'd like. Nevermind that Po-210 has been found in trace amounts in even tobacco - which Arafat happened to partake a lot of. Hmmmm? Finally, if Po-210 was really the culprit, Suha wouldn't have any problem releasing the medical reports, would she?
21. Split, Arafat was just like you
BEN JABO (MACHAL) ,   ISRAEL   (07.05.12)
Contaminated while alive
22. #8 Maybe they bought some for Pakistan
BEN JABO (MACAL) ,   ISRAEL   (07.05.12)
Pakistan is within flying distance or maybe North Korea if it was polonium, which must be determined by an independent Medical Examiner Then again, who gives a damn, the turd is dead
23. # 22 Arafat isn't turd .. he has been and remain the iconic
Shadi ,   Gaza strip   (07.05.12)
leader of the palestinian people .. Arafat is still alive in memory ...... we teach his doctrines ,bravery and actions to childern at schools ..... No one would replace Arafat , even the figurehead Abbas
24. Yo Jabo ,...
split ,   US   (07.05.12)
Maybe you can ell me why Shamir is called a giant, a paragon of loyalty and his counterpart Arafat a terrorist ? ,...
25. The whole thing stinks. Sorry the pun.
Efraim ,   in Virginia   (07.05.12)
26. cool beans...
mark ,   usa   (07.05.12)
With a half life of 128 days... They will likely have to mass spectrometer arafat's entire corpse to get a statistical postive sample.
27. #8 Arafat's medical reports disagree
Jake   (07.05.12)
The French medical reports on Arafat revealed he had a blood disorder, linked to lesions on the liver. The Swiss lab has stated that Arafat's medical reports are inconsistent with polonium poisoning. Arafat's clothing have been in Suha's possession for 8 years, yet interestingly she didn't get radioactive poisoning herself. If indeed the clothing had traces of polonium on it, then they were planted there, and recently. But I don't expect that you will consider any angle other than your preconceived Pallywood myths and hoaxes.
28. Liar "Shadi",Hamas was trampling on pictures of Arafat after
ab   (07.05.12)
it got to power in Gaza,saw it on TV so no use denying
29. Polonium poisoning causes hair to fall out
Jake   (07.05.12)
Including beard hair. And from the video of Arafat catching a helicopter ride to France, it looks like he has a pretty healthy beard. Doesn't look even a bit like Alexander Litvinenko on his deathbead.
30. DA CAUSE OF DEATH
DA RAP ARTIST ,   SAFED OPERA HOUSE   (07.05.12)
Arafart simply stopped breathing ( which can be fatal ).
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