Free Republic

Op-ed: Latest Arafat conspiracy theory merely an effort to arrange a more dignified death Fatah’s old guard, and especially Arafat’s family, has a great task: Arranging a dignified death for the father of the Palestinian nation. The fact that Arafat left the stage while afflicted with a disease that one does not speak about openly, far away from his people, at a French hospital, is incommensurate with the national ethos. Moreover, immediately after his death, Arafat’s wife, Suha, openly accused the PLO’s top brass of killing him. On top of it, she extorted huge sums of hush money from them....

LONDON-A week after his death, speculation still swirls around what killed Yasser Arafat. Cirrhoses of the liver, AIDS, a blood disorder and poisoning are frequently mentioned in unconfirmed reports-all constant with the little that is publicly known about the medical condition that landed the Palestinian leader in a French hospital.

Suha Arafat, wife of ailing PLO leader Yasser Arafat, is looking to delay as long as possible the announcement of her husband's death to bide time while she tries to negotiate for herself a large inheritance, Israeli sources told WorldNetDaily. Meanwhile, a team of PLO leaders, including Prime Minister Ahmad Qureia, former Prime Minister Abu Mazen, and Foreign Minister Nabil Shaath, arrived in Paris late last night, and many expect them to officially declare Arafat dead within the next 48 hours. Suha, who lives in Paris and rarely ever saw her husband until ten days ago, accused the Palestinian leaders...