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Arafat exhumation scheduled on Tuesday
2012-11-24
Palestinian officials said the body of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat is to be exhumed on Tuesday. The body is to undergo tests to find out whether his death resulted from poisoning.

According to Arafat's medical records, he had a stroke resulting from a blood disorder. But France started a murder inquiry in August after Swiss experts working with a documentary crew found radioactive polonium-210 on Arafat's personal effects.

The chief investigator Taufik al Tirawi said they had recently asked the Russians to join in the investigation because of their "historical relationship" with Moscow. It appears the Palestinians do not fully trust France and Switzerland when it comes to determining whether their former leader was murdered.

While most Palestinians are sure Arafat was murdered, there are serious questions about the validity of testing for polonium poisoning eight years after his death. The half-life of polonium is less than five months.

Once the body is taken from the tomb inside the stone-clad mausoleum, scientists from France, Switzerland and Russia will each take samples. The experts will then take these samples to their respective countries to be tested for Polonium 210 and possibly other lethal substances. Arafat's body will be reburied the same day with military honors.
Posted by:ryuge

#18  let's see if they buried the Dread Red Binder™ with him
Posted by: Frank G   2012-11-24 16:10  

#17  How do we know Arafat is buried in his tomb? For all we know it's just a bunch of concrete and they threw his corpse out the back hole-in-the-wall.
Posted by: Charles   2012-11-24 15:57  

#16  Got 10 down on a flyer Gangrene of the Esophagus.
Posted by: Shipman   2012-11-24 15:46  

#15  With Suha as his wife, he probably poisoned himself.
Posted by: gorb   2012-11-24 14:55  

#14  I have seen bodies exhumed, but I would NOT like to see the remains of the Arafish. Excuse me now while I finish some Thanksgiving left overs.
Posted by: Alaska Paul   2012-11-24 14:07  

#13  I imagine they've got a conspiracy theory already assembled that basically means "If Polonium, then The Joos Did It."

And a sample of Polonium from the xKGB.
Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain   2012-11-24 13:22  

#12  I wonder if this means they found the phylactery.
Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain   2012-11-24 13:21  

#11  And his wife killed him for his "fascination" for pretty little boys and young men?
Posted by: Bill Clinton   2012-11-24 12:36  

#10  His wife killed him. It's usually the case in poisonings like this.
Posted by: Penguin   2012-11-24 12:17  

#9  And if they find Polonium in his system, who on earth did it?

Geez, that's a KGB signature, or someone trying to make it look like a KGB hit, my head spins with the possibilities.

Of course, the key question is who could get that close to him.
Posted by: Bill Clinton   2012-11-24 11:17  

#8  Lock your doors, hide the boys.

Is geraldo hosting the show?
Posted by: swksvolFF   2012-11-24 11:03  

#7  do it with a JDAM
Posted by: Frank G   2012-11-24 09:40  

#6  Will he finally get the car grave swarm he always wanted?
Posted by: CrazyFool   2012-11-24 09:14  

#5  I'll be glued to the live coverage.
Posted by: Grunter   2012-11-24 08:18  

#4  Not to sound....racist or Islamo-mortophobic, but I certainly hope the exhumation party and observers are properly masked up.
Posted by: Besoeker   2012-11-24 07:22  

#3  To be named 'Yassir Arafat Circle' or roundabout.
Posted by: Au Auric   2012-11-24 07:15  

#2  Wonder how he liked his 72 raisins.
Posted by: Mullah Richard   2012-11-24 07:13  

#1  And after that they'll re-bury him at a crossroads, with a stake in his heart, face-down.
Posted by: Eric Jablow   2012-11-24 07:00  

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