Oh, I'm willing to believe he was a pervert but even perverts can die of things other than AIDS. I'm just saying, "Let's wait and see". Besides, the big news is that he IS dead. Who cares how?
The reason I care at all is because I detest this French/PLO conspiracy to hush up the truth about Arafat so that none of his Muslim followers should be disuaded from worshipping him. The fact that he was having homosexual sex won't be well received by the terrorists.
If he died of AIDS, his followers will care.
Homosexuality will brings calls of disgrace, shame, and disgust upon his head among the Arab world. To have a revered 'leader' shown to have died of this disease, well, there is a reason why they are desperate to cover up the cause of death. It could impact the allegiance to carrying out Arafat's will.
Michael Medved is answering the question now. He says Old Media doesn't want to report what the "undisclosed illness" is because they don't like to make homosexuals look bad. I believe the videos of Arafat with young boys is what made sure he wouldn't be buried in Jerusalem.