Palestinian medical committee concluded Arafat died of unknown poison

The head of a medical committee that investigated the death of former leader Yasser Arafat said today that the cause of death was poisoning, but declined to confirm it was the radioactive element polonium-210. During a press conference in Ramallah, headquarters of the Palestinian National Authority (PNA) and the tomb of Arafat, the doctor said Abdullah Al-Basheer that although it was difficult to certify that it was polonium-210, also can not rule it out in the current inquiries. The Al-Basheer statement following the decision of PA President Mahmoud Abbas, to authorize the exhumation of the remains of the founder of the Organization for the Liberation of Palestine (PLO) to determine the cause of death, at the request of his widow, Suha Arafat. A week ago, catarí channel Al Jazeera broadcast the results of an inquiry conducted by doctors of the Swiss Institute of Radiophysics, which confirmed the presence of said radioactive element belongings Suha Arafat made ​​by. The reports French hospital where he died the legendary leader on November 11, 2004 "were incomplete," said Al-Basheer, noting that a clinic gala rejected his commission coroner provide appropriate information to assist in that process. speculations of various kinds surrounded the Arafat's sudden death comes as Israel grew stronger the site to its headquarters in Ramallah, but the French doctors who treated him declared incapable of defining the causes of fatal outcome. While waiting for the day to point to exhume the remains bone buried in the complex of the Muqata, the seat of government of the ANP, the nephew of the late Palestinian leader, Nasser Al-Qidwa, today took it for granted that his uncle was killed by Israel. "We accuse Israel of killing Yasser Arafat lethal poisoning with that substance, "he told reporters in Ramallah is also president of Foundation Yasser Arafat, adding that" those responsible for this murder should be tried and punished. " He said that the institution he heads contacted the Swiss laboratory and reported no objection to analyzing samples of the remains of presidents Palestinian, if necessary.