Arafat's nephew says death may have been 'unnatural'

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RAMALLAH, West Bank - Yasser Arafat's nephew said Saturday the lack of a clear reason for his uncle's death raised suspicions the late-Palestinian leader died of "unnatural" causes.

The comments by Nasser al-Kidwa, after he handed over the 558-page medical dossier to Palestinian officials in Ramallah, were certain to fuel speculation that Arafat was poisoned. Arafat died in a French hospital on Nov. 11.

Rumors and speculation, both among Palestinians and the broader Arab world, that Arafat was poisoned could make it more difficult for a new leadership to take control. Palestinian presidential elections are scheduled for Jan. 9.

Al-Kidwa repeated his statement from last month that the French doctors were unable to rule out the possibility that Arafat had been poisoned, although they said they had not found traces of "any poison known to them."
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[drdon326]

1. Considering he was surrounded by his OWN PEOPLE......

And all wanted his job, is it so surprising.

[Lefty48197]

2. Maybe somebody blew him up with a suicide vest?

Had he been visiting pizza parlors lately?

[chelaque liberal]

3. I don't get it. What am I missing/

[tinanator]

4. He seems to have enemies

Some of whom openly claimed the need, willingness and perhaps authority to assassinate him. No reason to think that happened on the eve of US elections.

[Gyre]

5. Arafat is gone.

Time for the Palestinians in the Occupied Territories to pull their collective heads out, and elect a well-spoken, photogenic, Harvard-educated Palestinian that knows American good-will is the key to their survival.

Oh yeah, the hard part will then be to find a way to keep him alive, 'cause the Likud-Israeli government is going to like that much less than having Arafat alive, held incommunicato, and visibly cornered like a neutered rodent (ie, humiliated for the world to see).

Gyre

[apple_ridge]

6. The White House dude called it.

http://tbrnews.org/Archives/a1232.htm