[Garvin]

Polonium, Poisoned by the Russians?

[montag813]

Uh, 3 words: “chain of custody”. CSI 101. How on Earth can clothing from Arafat’s dresser, held by God knows who for 9 YEARS, be considered as legitimate “evidence”?

[relictele]

He was poisonous all right....

[jazusamo]

Whether true or not, there’s a problem?

[4yearlurker]

Maybe that’s why his beard fell out.

[Ezekiel]

Arafat died in France on November 11 2004

Off topic (sort of) but when Arafat finally warmed up and assumed room temp, I thought of the old joke about Arafat dying on a Jewish holiday (whatever day he died would be a Jewish holiday). How providential, then, that Arafat croaked in the month of Cheshvan, also known as Marcheshvan (bitter Cheshvan) for its lack of any Jewish holidays.

"Yeah, well history's gonna change!"

[Calvin Locke]

... but doctors were unable to specify the cause of death.

but paid off doctors were unable...to admit that it was complications from HIV...

[Pan_Yan]

Arafat died in France on November 11 2004 at the age of 75, but doctors were unable to specify the cause of death. No autopsy was carried out at the time, in line with his widow's request.

That would be the widow who walked a way with a large (really, really large) check from the PLO, I mean Palestinian Authority to stay in France and keep quiet.

[Venturer]

Somebody cares?

[Toddsterpatriot]

Swiss radiation experts have confirmed they found traces of polonium on clothing used by Yasser Arafat which "support the possibility" the veteran Palestinian leader was poisoned.

9 years ago, half-life of 138 days, for the most widely available isotope (the dangerous one).

There'd be about one 4-millionth the original amount left.

He died of AIDS, not Israeli nuclear assassination.

[forgotten man]

I heard that Arafat died from food poisoning. He ate a bad weenie.

[grumpygresh]

I can think of another Muzzie closer to home that this could be used on.

[JoeProBono]

[rfp1234]

Polonium? He deserved plutonium.

[Titus-Maximus]

OK, He's Done

[ronnie raygun]

Ban checkered tablecloths!

[Mr Ramsbotham]

Arafat died of terminal ugliness.

[lbryce]

Nothing will change the fact that he was gag and died due to complications of full blow AIDS. The French hospital in which spent the last days of his life had made public a report that validated his death as that of being AIDS-related.

[dfwgator]

I thought he got botulism from eating bad meat from a can.

[Pearls Before Swine]

Maybe the Russians got tired of him. They’ve been implicated in polonium poisoning — look up the death of Alexander Litvinenko.

[Gil4]

I still can’t believe he was only 75. He looked like he was at least 80 for the last 30 years of his life.