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July 5, 2012

PA Calls for Probe After Radiation Found on Arafat's Belongings 
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The Palestinian Authority has called for an international investigation
of the death of Yasser Arafat after traces of radioactive material were
found on his belongings. An investigation by the news network Al Jazeera
found Arafat may have died of poisoning after high levels of polonium
were discovered on personal items including his clothes and toothbrush.
Arafat died in November 2004 after being flown to France for medical
treatment. His widow, Suha Arafat, called on the Palestinian Authority
to allow for her husband's body to be exhumed.

Suha Arafat: "I want to ask to exhume the body of my husband. I think
this is my responsibility as a mother, as a wife, as his partner of this
great man for 20 years. This is my message to the Palestinian Authority
that they have to co-operate because the grave and the tomb of Yasser is
in Ramallah."

 

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