Tests Show Arafat May Have Been Poisoned

Forensic tests on samples taken from the exhumed corpse of the late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat have shown unexpectedly high levels of radioactive polonium, according to his widow and media reports. A 108-page report by Swiss scientists at the University of Lausanne, obtained by Al-Jazeera and shown to other media outlets, found unnaturally high levels of polonium in Arafat's ribs and pelvis, and in soil stained by his decaying organs. Arafat's widow, Suha, told Reuters Wednesday ...

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