GENEVA: A Swiss radiation lab is awaiting a decision from Yasser ArafatÂ’s widow on whether it should conduct tests on the remains of the former Palestinian president to see if he was poisoned, its spokesman said.| Still won't help with finding the Krugerrands, Suha... |
“We have shown our interest as long as the independence, credibility and transparency in our involvement is guaranteed,” said Darcy Christen, a spokesman for Lausanne University Hospital’s radiology lab, was quoted as saying in AFP report.
| Independence, credibility and transparency aren't the three words I'd use around any member of the Arafat clan... |
Because a criminal complaint had been filed, Christen said the lab was waiting for Suha ArafatÂ’s approval before it decided on its involvement. The lab is one of several specialists consulted by the Al-Jazeera news channel, which commissioned an analysis of ArafatÂ’s personal effects, including clothing he wore in the days before he died age 75.
Suha Arafat has already said she would seek an exhumation to allow specialists to take additional samples for testing, and the Palestinian leadership has said it would be willing to allow exhumation if ArafatÂ’s family agreed.