French court opens murder inquiry into Arafat's death

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Ailing Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat says goodbye to well-wishers as he boards a Jordanian army helicopter at dawn at the Muqatta, his West Bank offices in Ramallah, Oct. 29, 2004.

Following allegations by his widow that the late Palestinian leader might have been poisoned, a French court has opened an inquiry into the 2004 death of Yasser Arafat, prosecutors said Tuesday.

Arafat died at age 75 in a Paris military hospital in November 2004, a month after being flown, seriously ill, from his battered headquarters in Ramallah, where he had been effectively confined by Israel for more than 2-1/2 years.

According to the BBC, medical records stated Arafat had a massive stroke resulting from a blood disorder caused by an unknown infection. Many Palestinians, however, still believe the leader was poisoned by Israel, the BBC said, adding that some also believe the late leader had AIDS.

Saeb Erekat, chief negotiator for the Palestinian Authority, welcomed the inquiry. However, he said the Arab League would also call at the United Nations for an international investigation into the death of Arafat, who led Palestinians' campaign to create a state through years of war and peace.

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Allegations of foul play have long surrounded Arafat's demise after French doctors who treated him in his final days said they could not establish the cause of death.


Many Arabs suspect Israel of being behind his decline, and the case returned to the headlines last month when a Swiss institute said it had discovered high levels of the radioactive element polonium-210 on Arafat's clothing supplied by his widow, Suha.

That substance was found to have killed former Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko in London in 2006.

Suha asked a court in the Paris suburb of Nanterre to open a murder investigation following the revelations publicized in a July documentary broadcast by the Qatar-based Al Jazeera satellite TV channel.

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However, the Institut de Radiophysique in Lausanne said that symptoms described in Arafat's medical reports were not consistent with polonium-210 and conclusions could not be drawn as to whether he had been poisoned.

Israeli Foreign Ministry spokesman Yigal Palmor said he hoped the French inquiry would reveal more on the circumstances of Arafat's death.

"This does not pertain to us. The complaint lodged by Suha Arafat with the French police does not address Israel or anyone in particular," he said.

"If the French justice system has decided to open an investigation, we hope that it will shed light on this matter."

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Erekat said a Palestinian committee investigating the death would continue its work. "We welcome the (French) decision," he said.

"We believe our political and medical team is working in parallel (with the French inquiry). At the same time the Arab League has now formed a committee which will call for an international investigation through the U.N. Security Council."

According to the BBC, Erekat said Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas had officially requested President Francois Hollande's assistance in this inquiry.

"We hope there will be a serious investigation to reveal the whole truth, in addition to an international investigation to identify all the parties involved in Arafat's martyrdom," Erekat said, according to the BBC.

'Premeditated murder'
A lawyer for Suha Arafat told Europe 1 radio that the French court was correct in recognizing its jurisdiction to investigate the case, since Arafat died in France.

"The tests done in Switzerland showed that Mr. Arafat, in all likelihood, died through poisoning," said the lawyer, Marc Bonnant. "This hypothesis must be proved, and if that's the case, then it's premeditated murder."

Suha Arafat has said her suspicions were raised when the hospital where her husband was treated acknowledged that it had destroyed his blood and urine samples.

The Palestinian Authority plans to exhume Arafat's body from a limestone mausoleum in Ramallah for an autopsy, and Tunisia has called for a ministerial meeting of the Arab League to discuss his death.

Arafat became the first president of the Palestinian Authority in 1996.

Reuters contributed to this report.

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polonium-210 has a half life of 138 days. Impossible to find traces years after on his cloths.

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#1 - Tue Aug 28, 2012 5:33 PM EDT

@J-cubed,

Wrongo Bucko. Half the radioactivity goes in 138 days, but only half the remainder in the next 138 days, and half the remainder in the next 138 days and so on. So the amount may be small, but even the slightest trace would be significant since it is not a naturally-occurring substance. And the Po210 decays into Pb206 which can be used to reconstruct the original amount. So they will be looking for BOTH Po210 and Pb206.

And, need I point out that the IDF controlled EVERYTHING --- all food, medicine, clothing, water, etc --- that went in and out of his compound for 2 1/2 years. And the Russians, East Germans and Mossad have used Polonium 210 for past assassination attempts.

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#1.1 - Tue Aug 28, 2012 5:46 PM EDT

@ Chris

Wrongo Bucko:

1. IDF controlled NOTHING in the compound. IF they did, he'd have been killed long before then (assuming, of course, that t Israelis actually WANTED him dead).

2. His cause of death did not have the symptoms of radiation poisoning.

3. There has not even BEEN a finding of murder, but YOU have already decided that it's not just "murder", but who the murderer IS.....wow, maybe you should lead the investigation....no agenda there, huh ? (oh...wait - you've already CONDUCTED the investigation)

4. So, YEARS after the death, Arafat's widow gives clothing that has radiation on it...gee, NO chance that anyone could have planted it so that nimrods can make claims (sound familiar ?)

5. Please state the person(s) that Mossad has killed using radiation. (and, no, Al Jazeera doesnt count as a source).

6. Arafat got the Nobel for changing his stance to a peaceful one - do ya THINK that any Arabs may have wanted him dead ? (you know...like Sadat ?)

"A little knowledge is a dangerous thing"..and you're about as "dangerous" as it gets.

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#1.2 - Tue Aug 28, 2012 5:56 PM EDT

@Jeff,

1) Did you forget that the IDF kept Arafat in his own compount in Rafallah for 2 1/2 years? Well they did. And every bit of food and every drop of water and every sheet of paper was inspected by the IDF during the entire period. There was simply too much public attention for the IDF to risk killing himn directly. At that point, all assassinations using Po210 had happenbed undetected. Bad facts on your part.

2) The symptoms were very close in many regards to those of Voktor Litivencho. You are referring to the symptoms of massive multi-organ failure, not the initial symptoms of illness. Straw dog argument on your part.

3) I made no such claim. False reasoning on your part.

4) They are not all that interested in Arafat's clothing for that exact reason. That is why they will exhume the body. Another straw dog argument.

5) The Mossad trained the Iranian SAVAK in the use of Po210 as an assassination tool. Yes, I know the CIA took the blame, but all the training was subcontracted to the Mossad and it was purely a Mossad effort for which they were paid $230 million. You can get that much from Israeli newspapers. LOL

6) Yep Arafat had a lot of enemies. He had been a revolutionary with his hand in a lot of stuff starting with the overthrow of Farouk. And he had made a lot of money through dubious means. And a number of Arab factions, let alone the Palestinians, the remnanents of Fatah, Hamas, Hezbollah, and others hated him with a passion. But he was also revered by a lot of Arabs sho saw him as one of the key figures standing up for Palestinians. But how many enemies did he have with a nuclear4 weapons manufactory or access to a cyclotron????? Too bad --- not a plausible argument that some goatherder with a grudge killed him.

No knowledge is an even more dangerous thing. But luckily people like you posting anonymously on NV pose no real threat. Bye.

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#1.3 - Tue Aug 28, 2012 6:29 PM EDT

Actually, the Israelis had Arafat barricaded in his Compound. Sadat was murdered in 1981 because he was pro West and Arafat surely had a hand in that.

Arafat died in 2004 in a Paris Hospital. I suspect the French Food killed him or perhaps he had a French Maid and screwed himself to death.

But, the signs of death are of a Putin Polonium Tea. Litvinenko died in 2006 from Putin Polonium Tea, (he pissed off Putin. deadly to tell the truth about Putin).

Polonium: Dangerous??

Very. If ingested, it is lethal in extremely small doses. Less than 1 gram (0.04 ounces) of the silver powder is sufficient to kill. A 2007 study by radiation experts from Britain's Health Protection Agency concluded that once polonium-210 is deposited in the bloodstream, its potent effects are nearly impossible to stop. A poisoning victim would experience multiple organ failure as alpha radiation particles bombard the liver, kidneys and bone marrow from within.

Arafat's wife is acting very strangely. Why would she want to prove HER MONEY has to go back to the Palestinian People??? That's what this is all about. $300 Million dollars. HAMAS wants it back.

Arafat had the $300 Million in his personal joint account with his wife. I guess she got tired of Camel Breath and not being able to drive the family APC. Besides life in Paris is so better than the life of living in a Compound with a bunch of terrorists.

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#1.4 - Tue Aug 28, 2012 6:29 PM EDT

Chris:

1. If you're right, and the compound was locked up tight, there would have been no weapons in there - demonstrably false.

2. B.S. - NO cause of death was found. Article medical records stated Arafat had a massive stroke resulting from a blood disorder caused by an unknown infection." - but YOU know better, right ?

3. & 4.YOUR quote : "And the Russians, East Germans and Mossad have used Polonium 210 for past assassination attempts." Nah...you're not implying anything, are you ?

5. First, cite your source. Second, your quote "The Mossad trained the Iranian SAVAK in the use of Po210 as an assassination tool." does NOT inure to the Mossad committing THIS actual act.

6. For your heading to make ANY sense, you have to ASSUME radiation had something to do with the death - again, mere naked supposition on your part, not supported by ANY facts.

And..Jimmy ?

I'm so sorry that the basis of my post escaped you. The POINT was, that Arabs KILL leaders who work toward peace. I dont think that the Arafat/Saddat comparison is that far fetched.....but, of course, when you want, well, NEED to paint Israel as the perpetrator, you'll go to any lengths to do so.

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#1.5 - Tue Aug 28, 2012 6:59 PM EDT

Hummmmmmmmm ~~~~~Traces of polonium-210 were found on Arafat s clothing and toothbrush by the eminent Institut de Radiophysique in Lausanne, Switzerland ..... considering that fact alone, it narrows down the the possibilities to a very few players ... it's not a item you can buy from you local drug dealer .. there are less than 10 ? possibilities in the world ...

I don't believe Arrafat took it for a headache .. or bought it as a tooth brightener ..... soooooooooo how could it be anything but murder?

Is this going to be ruled another "unfortunate" accident?

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#1.6 - Tue Aug 28, 2012 7:01 PM EDT

Wee-Wee, talk to former KGB Head Putin - that darn radioactive poison seems to turn up on the toothbrushes & in the toothpaste of enemies of Mother Russia.

    #1.7 - Tue Aug 28, 2012 7:09 PM EDT

    The Israelis had no reason to kill Arafat and certainly would not have done it with polonium if they had wanted him dead. Arafat had no symptoms of radiation poisoning when he died. Presenting some clothing years later that show traces of polonium is far from what anyone would call solid evidence. This whole thing is absurd. Arafat had been ill for a long time before he died. Polonium would have killed him far more quickly, it certainly would not have taken more than a month to kill him. That is unless you are going to say that he was poisoned after entering the hospital, but then there would not be traces of the polonium on his street clothes, which he obviously was not wearing in the hospital. The odds on some undetected poison killing someone a month or more after it was administered is extremely unlikely, which means if he was poisoned it would have had to happen while he was in the French hospital. It is far more likely that he died from an infection he contracted in the hospital than anything else.

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    #1.8 - Tue Aug 28, 2012 7:17 PM EDT

    Hey people. You are all wrong. His wife poisoned him because she found out that he was cheating. Besides the large amount of women he bedded, which she didn't mind so much, she went off the walls when she found out about the cow, 2 sheep, a donkey, and a goat.

    There you have the truth.

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    #1.9 - Tue Aug 28, 2012 7:23 PM EDT

    Arafat didn't kill sadat. Right after sadat was killed - the Egyptian military took over (Hosni Mubarak) who remained friends with US for years. So who do you think may have killed Sadat?

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    #1.10 - Tue Aug 28, 2012 7:47 PM EDT

    According to the BBC, medical records stated Arafat had a massive stroke resulting from a blood disorder caused by an unknown infection. Many Palestinians, however, still believe the leader was poisoned by Israel, the BBC said, adding that some also believe the late leader had AIDS.

    The Jews know how to recognize a threat and take care of it! Evolution of life experiences no doubt...

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    #1.11 - Tue Aug 28, 2012 8:00 PM EDT

    Jeff, I agree with your point, that's why I affiliated Sadat's death with Arafat. You are correct. Muslim Leaders kill each other all the time. That's the way they move up in Power, Prestige, and Recognition. Mudbug Sader in Iraq stabbed to death an Imam and took over his Place in the Mosque. Stabbed him 31 times on the Mosque steps. Made himself leader.

    Saddam Hussein murdered plenty of Leaders to ascend to his Throne. Look at Gaddafi, look at what's happening to Assad. Do you remember the Shah of Iran? Mubarak? Look what happened in Lebanon with Hezbollah. Hezbollah killed and killed until they eliminated their opposition and now they hold a Majority in Government.

    Murder you way to the top is a Muslim Tradition.

    Someone murdered Yassar Arafat, but who cares? His wife? Putin? Hamas? Hezbollah? Ahmadinejab? Arafat back stabbed all of them because Arafat was a Crook and a Terrorist. Scam Artist.

    Israel did not kill Arafat. They could have blown up his Compound at anytime and rightfully so. If Cuba was launching missiles into Florida, blowing up schools, churches, hospitals, restaurants, with suicide bombers, IEDs, etc then Cuba would be "Scorched Earth".

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    #1.12 - Tue Aug 28, 2012 8:03 PM EDT

    In the immortal words of Paul Ryan....It's all speculation at this point! PERIOD

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    #1.13 - Tue Aug 28, 2012 8:17 PM EDT

    If he was murdered let the murderer(s) be charged and tried in the World Court. It is time that those who commit assassinations be brought to justice just as past murderers have been and hung until they were dead. This world has seen enough of assassinations in the past decade from the Middle East. So much for acting as humane people. Sounds like the Old Testament at work to me.

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    #1.14 - Tue Aug 28, 2012 8:21 PM EDT

    I'm curious as to why all these years later, this investigation should be reopened. I suppose a sense of closure is a fair thing to ask for, but this sounds a lot like a pursuit of vengeance.

    What will never be reported likely is how much Po210 was found on his clothes for one of two reasons: the levels will be too high to conceivably have been on his clothes at the time of his death and not have poisonsed EMTs and doctors who worked on him in his last moments or the levels will be too low and any Pb206 found will have to definitively correllate to an amount that was dangerous to him but not others.

    I don't know if Israel did or didn't do this, I suspect they had plenty of motive though. In any case, it seems untimely to be bringing this up now.

      #1.15 - Tue Aug 28, 2012 8:37 PM EDT

      Exactly what is going to come of this? What if it turns out he WAS poisoned but there is insufficient evidence to determine who sent this dirtbag terrorist to his overdue dirt nap?? How is that going to accomplish anything positive??

      President Clinton had 95% of Palestinian demands covered, yet Arafat chose more death and war. That he may have come to a bad end is little surprise since he chose to lead a bad life, one with a lot of innocent blood on his hands through his refusal to accept reasonable compromises in turn for a Palestinian State (what I thought he was fighting for!).

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      #1.16 - Tue Aug 28, 2012 8:38 PM EDT

      I'm curious as to why all these years later, this investigation should be reopened. I suppose a sense of closure is a fair thing to ask for, but this sounds a lot like a pursuit of vengeance

      Political vengeance no doubt. You are on to something ssperfect! Forget the scope of possibilities...lets pin it on the most opportune target! It's the science of human nature!

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      #1.17 - Tue Aug 28, 2012 8:47 PM EDT

      A terrorist is dead does anyone care? I truly hope this man died in extreme agony so those he slaughtered gain a measure of revenge for his atrocities

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      #1.18 - Tue Aug 28, 2012 8:58 PM EDT

      What do they want to do? Find the responsible party to give them their trophy and prize money?

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      #1.19 - Tue Aug 28, 2012 8:59 PM EDT

      So one Muslim terrorist down and a few hundred million Muslim terrorists to go - appears we need to get busy

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      #1.20 - Tue Aug 28, 2012 9:04 PM EDT

      If his death was caused by someone's willful act, then it was an execution for crimes against humanity.

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      #1.21 - Tue Aug 28, 2012 9:06 PM EDT

      Arafat had an infection, which resulted in HUS (Hemolytic-Uremic Syndrome), which killed him because the French doctors wouldn't perform an American procedure that could have saved him. HUS is often caused by a variant strain of E. Coli. So far as I know, they weren't testing for E. Coli but all the signs were there. That is why it was an unknown infection to them because they were too inept to see it. And, that is where our medical care will be heading in a few years in America, too, thanks to our Socialist-leaning President and Democrat-controlled Congress of the time, who passed the legislation without even reading it first.

      The IDF had nothing to do with it. Arafat ate a bad piece of meat and his condition killed him when French doctors refused to perform a "Cowboy" medical procedure on him because of cost and prejudice against anything American.

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      #1.22 - Tue Aug 28, 2012 9:18 PM EDT

      Polonium of Less than 1 gram (0.04 ounces) of the silver powder is sufficient to kill. easy to conceal, easy to administer, deadly, and no trace to the killer.

      If you have the cash, you can get anything you want, even Polonium.

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      #1.23 - Tue Aug 28, 2012 9:19 PM EDT

      I have just forwarded all of the previous post to the "French Court" to take under advisory which will certainly expedite their findings.

        #1.24 - Tue Aug 28, 2012 9:54 PM EDT

        I have just forwarded all of the previous post to the "French Court" to take under advisory which will certainly expedite their findings.

        Their trademark of pacificity shall guide them to a just verdict! I await the judgement with child like enthusiasm!

          #1.25 - Tue Aug 28, 2012 10:12 PM EDT

          I'll vouch for most of the posters on the NV! They didn't do it...they were either at the movies or posting on the NV! They probably can't pronounce the word I can't spell and didn't know Arafat all that well anyways. But, frankly, I'm not so sure about the Moon Beam Racer, well, she just seems to know too much.

            #1.26 - Tue Aug 28, 2012 10:18 PM EDT

            Bill: For there to be a "crime against humanity" there must have been a crime against a human. Arafat was an animal. Nothing more than a thug and a terrorist. Unfortunately for the Palestinians they have yet to have leaders that are actually interested in the well being of the Palestinians. The only interest of their leadership is to keep the Palestinians poor and angry so that they will hate Israel and the Israelis. Everyone knows that the Palestinians that live under Israeli control are better off than those living under Palestinian control. It doesn't take a genius to figure out that if those "leaders" were actually interested int he welfare of the people, they would emulate Israel rather than spew hatred towards Israel.

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            #1.27 - Wed Aug 29, 2012 12:08 AM EDT

            none of it matters, isreal keeps getting away with murder even when it kills Americans.

            witchrunner, if you understood the real story, you would be embarrassed by your own post. let me give you a little hint. millions of palestinians didn't run tot he west bank without reason. the terror started in 1945. unarmed palestinians murdered and robbed of the land they had been on for thousands of years, It took untill the late 1960s for the PLO to begin. 20 years of being robbed and murdered turned a people who had never been in a war, into what u call terrorists. If your wife and children had been murdered like the women and children in diess yassiem in 1945. what would you do? Bet u never heard of the irgun or stern gang.

              #1.28 - Wed Aug 29, 2012 12:30 AM EDT

              george pauljohn: You forgot Ringo.

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              #1.29 - Wed Aug 29, 2012 12:53 AM EDT

              moonbeam-racer is the correct newsvine posted an article about 3 weeks after his death about polonium-210 in his toothpaste . the old polonium-210 in your toothpaste trick works every time was a quote someone wrote just remembered it because it was funny, at least i thought it was

                #1.30 - Wed Aug 29, 2012 1:48 AM EDT

                sorry didn't proof read my post - should read moonbeam racer is correct newsvine posted, with no "the" between is and correct

                  #1.31 - Wed Aug 29, 2012 2:21 AM EDT

                  George: Nice try! But the facts haven't changed, even though you've tried. The fact is that the Jews have been there for centuries. Even the Muslims admit this as they accept the beginning parts of the bible. The UN officially established the State of Israel in 1948. The day after Israel was established, neighboring Arab states invaded Israel. The fact remains that if the Palestinians want peace in the region all they have to do is stop attacking Israel. It really is that simple. And, yes!, there are Arabs (Muslims) who are citizens of Israel who have the same rights as the Jews. Israel is the only democratically based nation in the region. Israel allows people to practice their own religions. The Despotic surrounding nations are ruled by thugs that don't allow individual liberty. Not one of them!

                  The fact is that, with the exception, perhaps of our current President, there is no way that this country would have put up with the bombs dropping on them, the suicide bombers, etc. Israel has been patient beyond reason. The Palestinian authorities continue their official policy of nothing short of the destruction of Israel is acceptable.

                  I must admit, it still behooves me to understand the liberal mindset. In the 50s they supported the Soviet Union more than they did the US. Fortunately, there were fewer of them then. In the 60s they fawned over Mao, Khrushchev, Castro, etc. Who can forget Hanoi Jane? Even now, we have an administration that envies and seeks to emulate Mao, Marx, Castro, and the rest of the thugs of the world. Funny how these people won't just go to their already existing utopia, they just want to tear our country apart.

                  I did get a boot out of the Clinton ad supporting Obama. Clinton stated out right that Obama was trying to destroy our country, and that he agreed with it. That's why Obama needs to be defeated.

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                  #1.32 - Wed Aug 29, 2012 2:24 AM EDT

                  Wrongo Bucko. Half the radioactivity goes in 138 days, but only half the remainder in the next 138 days, and half the remainder in the next 138 days and so on.

                  Looks like some people aren't aware of the "Rule of Ten" when it comes to radioactive isotopes. In a very little over 3.7 years, just about all of the Po-210 allegedly used on Arafat has decayed by that time. It has been more than 7 years and a few months off from 8 years since Arafat's death.

                  IF there is any at all left on the clothes, it would be an astronomically small amount that requires very advanced equipment to detect. I want to see the test results for the numbers on the clothes, and a listing of the equipment that they used to perform the tests before I'd believe this claim even in the least. Something smells very fishy about this late-in-the-game claim...

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                  #1.33 - Wed Aug 29, 2012 4:18 AM EDT

                  I have some dog crap on my front lawn they can analyse and compare with their autopsy results. In both cases the bottom line is, they are still both dog crap.

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                  #1.34 - Wed Aug 29, 2012 5:23 AM EDT

                  Once again Israeli state sponsored terrorism shows itself to the world, however briefly and muted, for the fear of not offending the international Jew.

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                  #1.35 - Wed Aug 29, 2012 8:24 AM EDT

                  Well it's silly, but go ahead and investigate Arafat's death. I suppose it's uncommon for a 75-year-old to die, especially after having a stroke. But if it turns out that Arafat was poisoned, give the killer a medal.

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                  #1.36 - Wed Aug 29, 2012 9:59 AM EDT

                  The French?!? Obviously a mission which has no possibility of live fire.

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                  #1.37 - Wed Aug 29, 2012 11:35 AM EDT

                  witchrunner:

                  I must admit, it still behooves me to understand the liberal mindset.

                  Murder, greed, power, thievery, dishonesty and hate is inherent in all man's DNA and no one is immune.

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                  #1.38 - Wed Aug 29, 2012 12:13 PM EDT

                  If you have the cash, you can get anything you want, even Polonium.

                  But, that is not what killed him. And, apparently with all his cash Arafat couldn't even get proper medical care in France.

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                  #1.39 - Wed Aug 29, 2012 3:09 PM EDT

                  Max:

                  LOL...your quote "Once again Israeli state sponsored terrorism shows itself to the world, however briefly and muted, for the fear of not offending the international Jew."

                  Upon what are you basing that ? Certainly not the article, because it says nothing of the kind.

                  Your agenda is showing.

                  "Better to keep silent and have people think you a fool, than to open your mouth and remove all doubt".

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                  #1.40 - Wed Aug 29, 2012 5:37 PM EDT

                  debi: LOL! As good an explanation as I have heard. Usually in a civilized society you try to cover that up. But, there is no pretension with the dems.

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                  #1.41 - Wed Aug 29, 2012 6:57 PM EDT

                  witchrunner:

                  LOL. Yes, the democrats do their dirty deeds like bulls in a china shop and haven't quite perfected the art of sneakiness and stealth to which the Republicans have become accustom.

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                  #1.42 - Wed Aug 29, 2012 7:43 PM EDT
                  Reply

                  It is doubtful that any facts uncovered in the French investigation will change anyone's mind.

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                  Reply#2 - Tue Aug 28, 2012 5:37 PM EDT

                  Arafat´s wife who lives the life of Reily in Paris is VERY far away from the mideast and the Palestine cause.Lots of this sounds fishy. Perhaps a type of set up by verk dark forces.Didn´t the French who have one of the best medical and clinical establishment do a very thorough autopsy. ? And on his tooth brush.How many people had access to his toothbrush? His wife? El fatah members.? This sounds more like an after the fact set up. After so many years..

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                  #2.1 - Tue Aug 28, 2012 8:15 PM EDT

                  none of the people you mentioned could get their hands on that stuff. the Russians could, and being that putin and bush are such cool friends, wont surprise me if bush arranged it. A big portion of so called isreali's are Russian immigrants.

                  Ever wonder why Isreal who has such limited water resources keeps accelerating immigration of Jews from Russia? it's because they are afraid that the israli Arabs and Christians will out birth them. What? you didnt know there where a large population of Christians and Arabs there? Think back when the idf had araphat cornered in a church and shot the place up. it was a Greek orthodox church. (that's a christain church) They control the water in the west bank because they betrayed everyone with the oslo accords. thats why they keep bull dozing palestinian homes to build settlements. But if people already lived there, why do they call them settlements? To fool people like you. see? it worked. but i'm sure silly facts just bore the hell out of you.

                    #2.2 - Wed Aug 29, 2012 12:41 AM EDT
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                    I wonder if anyone has followed the dollar and Euro trail from the US and the EU through the PLO to Suha Arafat's bank account.

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                    Reply#3 - Tue Aug 28, 2012 5:39 PM EDT

                    I'd be willing to bet that he was poisoned and most likely by Israel........ so what? It improved the world by 1 evil person.

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                    Reply#4 - Tue Aug 28, 2012 5:41 PM EDT

                    While I'm not convinced Israel had anything to do with it (or even that it was a murder), I HOPE it was a killing and I hope Israel was behind it. (notice I said "killing" and not "murder" - no accident in the verbiage).

                    This man killed hundreds of men, women and children....CIVILIANS. That he ultimately got a Nobel Prize for it is disgusting.

                    FREEDOM FIGHTERS DONT TARGET CIVILIANS, AND CERTAINLY NOT CHILDREN.

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                    #4.1 - Tue Aug 28, 2012 7:03 PM EDT

                    He was not poisoned. He ate a piece of bad meat, got infected, got HUS, and died from stroke caused by the strain of organ failure from a rather nasty variant of E. Coli. His red corpuscals literally exploded, releasing free hemoglobin into his bloodstream. Arafat had all the signs of the condition but the French doctors wouldn't perform a very costly procedure on him to save his life because the treatment was just too American.

                    Someone I know emailed the doctors in France with necessary information regarding Arafat's condition and the treatment but they just ignored it and went on giving him blood transfusions anyway. Inept, socialized medicine with doctors prejudiced against so-called "Cowboy Medicine" killed Arafat, not Israel.

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                    #4.2 - Wed Aug 29, 2012 3:31 AM EDT
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                    bring this pig back to life and i will shoot him in the face at point blank w AK-47 on full automatic !

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                    Reply#5 - Tue Aug 28, 2012 5:41 PM EDT

                    Sure you will...LOL

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                    #5.1 - Tue Aug 28, 2012 6:21 PM EDT

                    drone unintentional comedy

                      #5.2 - Wed Aug 29, 2012 3:17 AM EDT
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                      The French are terrible at finding drugs in people....ask Lance Armstrong!

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                      Reply#6 - Tue Aug 28, 2012 5:49 PM EDT

                      @Idaho,

                      Don't get out much, do ya? It was the French who first found that Armnstrong was doping. And it was the French who supplied the ISADA with the incriminating samples for all seven of Armstrong's TdF medal losses. All the USADA had to do was to find eyewitnesses to support the samples so that there was no possibility that Armstrong was taking EPO, HgH and designer steroids "by mistake" or "accidentally." Don't underrate the French. They have the best medical system in the world. (Compared to 42nd for the US.)

                      • 6 votes
                      #6.1 - Tue Aug 28, 2012 6:02 PM EDT

                      Oh geez....get all huffy about it. The French did not catch him. They tried really hard, but could not make it stick...hence...they suck at it. BTW>It is USADA not ISADA....maybe you don't get out much.

                      Oh...and I would take Swiss healthcare over French any day. Wait 4 months to see a doctor for a non-emergency in France? Hope it isn't a tumor!

                      • 8 votes
                      #6.2 - Tue Aug 28, 2012 6:19 PM EDT

                      The French actually caught him and referred it to the IADA. The IADA ruled that it could not act because the tests were conducted on old frozen urine and blood samples (and in the last two wins spittle samples). Initially the French labs were just developing new tests for various drugs, primarily HgH and designer steroids. (At the time blood doping and EPO use were considered unbdetectable.) They tested old samples because they wanted to see if they could catch some drugs that earlier testing had missed. They had no idea whose samples they were testing because they were identified only by randomly-assigned ID numbers. But what they found set off the IADA --- most of the samples contained banned substances. So they went to spectroscopy and sure enough most of the samples indeed contained banned substances.

                      But the crap hit the fan when Paris Match and La Monde independently found lists which showed both the names and CoC ID numbers of riders. Armstrong was indeed caught in 1999 and every subsequent year.

                      The IADA had already ruled on it, but the USADA had jusrisdiction because the US Postal Service was a primary sponsor. This gave jurisdiction to the USADA and the FBI which is still investigating and has charges pending. Sorry for putting ISADA when I meant IADA --- my typo.

                      And having used both, French is much more comprehensive. Their waits are comparable to American waits to see a primary. Post-diagnosis, they are about 1/3 of what we are. So your tumor thing is not correct.

                      • 4 votes
                      #6.3 - Tue Aug 28, 2012 6:39 PM EDT

                      But the French still did not catch him was my point. I know the history and I know he tested positive, but they never made it stick. I don't know why we are arguing this...I was really making a joke. Any federal charges against LA were dropped because they didn't have enough evidence for a case. That is why USADA was able to nail him...arbitration and testimony from witnesses is enough...no real evidence is needed to nail him.

                      • 4 votes
                      #6.4 - Tue Aug 28, 2012 6:46 PM EDT

                      And if even half of what you are presenting as facts about Lance Armstrong was true (which by the way it is not), then why did the feds wrap up their two year investigation of Armstrong by saying that there was insufficient evidence to sustain any criminal charges against him. Please stop posting your suppositions, innuendos, and unsupported conclusions as if they were facts. There is a reason that every other body besides the USADA that investigated Armstrong, and there have been many, have all dropped their cases without filing charged or taking any action. The only reason the USADA went forward is that Tygart has a vendetta against Armstrong and refused to let it go. Even the federal judge, who found he did not have jurisdiction to grants Armstrong's request and dismiss the USADA proceedings, said that he found serious problems with the USADAs (read Tygart's) actions and procedures. If the judge had jurisdiction he would have thrown the whole thing out and he pretty much said so in his ruling.

                      • 2 votes
                      #6.5 - Tue Aug 28, 2012 10:39 PM EDT

                      They have the best medical system in the world. (Compared to 42nd for the US.)

                      If Arafat had been in the United States, he would have lived. The French think the treatment for HUS is too radical, too costly, and too "Cowboy" for the practitioners of socialized medicine in France.

                      • 1 vote
                      #6.6 - Wed Aug 29, 2012 3:34 AM EDT
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                      Another Terrorist taken out. We should have sent Seal Team 6 in years ago. Kudos to whoever killed this Pig

                      • 16 votes
                      Reply#7 - Tue Aug 28, 2012 5:49 PM EDT

                      Ignorant fool he was working for peace. If there are any terrorist involved here it's the terrorist state of Israhell.

                      • 3 votes
                      #7.1 - Tue Aug 28, 2012 8:36 PM EDT

                      Hey Blowbama-loving sheep Carl...I would like to know why there was no video or pictures or other proof that we truly got Bin Laden. Up until now, it has been the word of the president (if that is what you can call him), a few faked photos of the 'situation room' (Hi Hilary...watcha lookin at?), photoshopped death picture of Obama..oops I mean Osama Bin Laden's chin superimposed on a dead Pakistani's bullet-riddled head, and the left-wing media's biased headline. There seemed to be PLENTY of video and pictures and reporting around the world when Saddam Hussein bought the farm....and yet, the Bin Laden operation was wrapped up nice and neatly and swept under the proverbial rug. Where was the body? What happened to Obama's promise to bring Bin Laden back alive? How about Obama's promise of a military tribunal? What about the fact that there is no precedent in the entire Muslim world for dumping a body at sea? How much did Mr. Jokebama pay off Seal Team 6 to keep quiet? I would have thought there would have been fanfares and parades and tea parties (no pun intended...) for 'killing' the greatest criminal of the past 60 years...I find it fascinating that so much happened, yet so little happened.

                      Anyway, it was Blowbama who killed Arafat because he didn't give him his lunch money...

                        #7.2 - Wed Aug 29, 2012 12:19 AM EDT
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                        If he had eaten enough polonium to kill him the polonium residues would have been, and still would be, all over his compound in Ramallah. Everyone around him would have also been severely contaminated. If he was poisoned with polonium it wont be hard to prove it.

                        • 4 votes
                        Reply#8 - Tue Aug 28, 2012 5:52 PM EDT

                        When Litivencho was assassinated with Po210 the polonium was contained in a tiny metallic "BB". No need to have it all over the place. I really would not think that it would be in dust all over his clother. Too amateurish. But I agree --- if that is the cause, the Pb206 will be what they will find.

                        • 3 votes
                        #8.1 - Tue Aug 28, 2012 6:41 PM EDT

                        They'd also find Pb206 in him if he ate paint chips as a child or handled a lot of lead-based paints in adulthood and didn't wash his hands properly before eating. They still use that sort of stuff over there, as well as in khol (a kind of eye-shadow makeup for the eyes used in various countries in the Middle East).

                        • 2 votes
                        #8.2 - Wed Aug 29, 2012 3:39 AM EDT
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                        God bless the hand that killed the bastard.

                        • 10 votes
                        Reply#9 - Tue Aug 28, 2012 5:53 PM EDT

                        And God bless the hand that sends your bigoted bastard ass to hell ! Dick! Oops! I mean Richard .

                        • 7 votes
                        #9.1 - Tue Aug 28, 2012 6:10 PM EDT
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                        Good ole Putin Polonium Tea. mmmm good.

                        As Arafat gets into the Chopper, adorned with his $2000 Mink Peasant Hat, he knows his cessium clock is running down fast.

                        Arafat's wife became one of the Richest Women in the World with $300,000,000 left in Arafat's personal account.

                        Terrorism sure pays good. Where did the money come from? Arafat always cried about how poor he was and how poor all the people in Palestine were. Well, now we know Arafat was a liar and withheld millions from his fellow Palestinians preventing them from buying food, jobs, homes, schools etc.

                        Arafat died a slow and agonizing death. Just what he deserved just 40 years too late.

                        • 10 votes
                        Reply#10 - Tue Aug 28, 2012 5:53 PM EDT

                        that 300 mil was supposed to go to the arabs. Then otoh he gave us the 72 munich olympics. so why am i even bother writing anything.

                        Every arab that took an actual stance of peace with Israel gets killed. by the Arabs. They dont want peace.

                        The assassination squad was led by Lieutenant Khalid Islambouli after a fatwā approving the assassination had been obtained from Omar Abdel-Rahman. Islambouli was tried, found guilty, sentenced to death, and executed by firing squad in April 1982

                        • 3 votes
                        #10.1 - Tue Aug 28, 2012 7:29 PM EDT

                        You are correct. Arafat scammed the money. Egypt had to find the assasains of President Anwar Sadat and they did accuse and execute them.

                        The Muslim Brotherhood is the Scam Artists in Control now. CAIR, their USA Base of Operations gets millions from the USA Treasury and The New President of Egypt, Morsi was just given $1.5 Billion USA Dollars by another Scam Artist Barack Hussein Obama. Hillary Clinton kicked in another 260 Million for jobs for Islamic Jihadists.

                        Here's the big Scam. MORSI declared he would KILL all Americans and wipe Israel off the face of the Earth. So, we pay him money to help him with his goals. Who the hell is running the USA? Some dumb a s s?? Or another Terrorist?

                        • 4 votes
                        #10.2 - Tue Aug 28, 2012 8:17 PM EDT

                        Those are BS charges read somewhere in western media. if nothing - this guy worked for his people. Long and hard. What have you done in your life?

                        • 2 votes
                        #10.3 - Wed Aug 29, 2012 8:08 AM EDT
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                        If you ever go looking for adventure dont look any further than your own back yard. Id point fingers at Hamas before fingering Isreal.

                        • 11 votes
                        Reply#11 - Tue Aug 28, 2012 5:55 PM EDT

                        And where would Hamas get Polonium 210? (Hint: It is used in triggers for nuclear weapons such as the IDF produces.) In past assassination attempts using Po210, the "usual suspects" have always been countries with nuclear weapons or access to a cyclotron. That pretty much leaves Hamas out (along with Iran in 2004.)

                        • 4 votes
                        #11.1 - Tue Aug 28, 2012 6:09 PM EDT

                        How bout russia. They are their buddies. Just look at syria.

                        • 1 vote
                        #11.2 - Tue Aug 28, 2012 7:29 PM EDT

                        Where can Hamas get Polonium? Russia, Pakistan, Iran, China, North Korea, and the USA. Plenty of Terrorists in the USA and Canada. McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario has a Nuclear enrollment whose class looks more like a Terrorist Convention. Just a short distance to Chicago, home of the largest Terror Network in the World. Between CAIR, LaRaza, and the Weather Underground all led by Bill Ayers and Bernadine Dohrn they control the World of Terrorism.

                        Speaking of Universities? Columbia University is controlled by Terrorist Organizations. And speaking of Yassar Arafat, his PLO king pin and PLO Treasurer Rashid Khaladi was made a Tenured Professor at Columbia by Bill Ayers and Barack Hussein Obama with a gift of $5 Million USD to Columbia. Columbia leads the world in Research and guess who gets first dibs???

                        You might be surprised at Columbia's brand new expansion and their ability to claim blocks of residential property and commercial property to clear the way for their new "Mind Control" Institute.

                        If Terrorist wanted say someone like Jared Laughnor to shoot a Congress woman in Tucson, AZ all they would have to is brain wash the little devil and instant killer. Oh yeah, Jared Laughnor was traced back to Bill Ayers and his special classes for Schools around the Country.

                        Or if they wanted a Gunman to Kill people in a Theater in Auroa, CO all they would have to do is Brainwash him and presto a killer. Oops, I guess his Pscyhistrist was from Chicago Medical College. OOPS. Another Bill Ayers supported School.

                        Not complicated at all. Just ask Andrew Brietbart. Too late for that. Another Plotonium drink? Coincidence, such a young man who was attacking Obama died unexpectedly. Brietbart was extremely healthy until he had dinner at the Ayers home. shame.

                        • 1 vote
                        #11.3 - Tue Aug 28, 2012 9:10 PM EDT

                        Maybe for $5 they can control your mind. You are so desperate to jusitfy your hate-based ideology that you are willing to buy into the craziest stuff out there.

                        I know there are bad people. I know their are bad things happening all the time. But that knowledge does not mean that Obama is a space alien who will not be satiated until feeds on all our unborn fetuses.

                        By the way, that other guy named Chris whiped the floor with you. He clearly has done his homework. You clearly listen to a lot of radio "talk" shows.

                          #11.4 - Tue Aug 28, 2012 11:24 PM EDT

                          And where would Hamas get Polonium 210? (Hint: It is used in triggers for nuclear weapons such as the IDF produces.)

                          Such triggers (known as modulated neutron initiators) had to be replaced frequently due to the relatively short half-life of Po-210. It also required the presence of Beryllium to even be of use in such triggers. The shelf life is about 4 months for the older "triggers." And, for the record, Plutonium is more suitable for use in nuclear weapons triggers. Do you really think the IDF would want to replace these things every few months to a year? That is not very cost effective--or practical, for that matter.

                          • 3 votes
                          #11.5 - Wed Aug 29, 2012 4:39 AM EDT

                          And, just as an afterthought, the IDF and Israeli scientists are not that technologically backward to still be using polonium-based triggers. Look to some other Middle Eastern country experimenting with older nuclear technology for that. :-)

                          • 3 votes
                          #11.6 - Wed Aug 29, 2012 3:29 PM EDT

                          You may also want to consider the following mention of a brief interview with the spokesman of the Swiss facility that found the Polonium. Here is a quote:

                          The Swiss laboratory that examined Arafat's personal effects, at the request of Suha Arafat and Al Jazeera, verified via DNA testing that the items belonged to Arafat, according to spokesman Darcy Christen.

                          However, Christen underscores, "We have never said there was Polonium poisoning. Yes, we found Polonium 210 in more elevated levels than what one might have expected, but the clinical description of Chairman Arafat's symptoms prior to his death is not compatible with Polonium poisoning."

                          http://www.alaskadispatch.com/article/yasser-arafat-s-death-real-story

                          I concur with this. The clinical description of Arafat's symptoms isn't consistent with Polonium poisoning. Palestinians and Al-Jazeera are just trying to start trouble again. Again, see "Pallywood" for examples of such stirring up of the pot in the recent past.

                          • 3 votes
                          #11.7 - Wed Aug 29, 2012 3:41 PM EDT
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                          I Truly Don't Care How He Died! I Am Glad He Is Dead!!

                          • 11 votes
                          Reply#12 - Tue Aug 28, 2012 5:55 PM EDT

                          People should care how many women and children he had killed by his terrorist allies!

                          • 8 votes
                          Reply#13 - Tue Aug 28, 2012 5:57 PM EDT

                          You mean the terrorist nation of Israel? you know the modern day Nazi's.

                          • 1 vote
                          #13.1 - Tue Aug 28, 2012 8:37 PM EDT

                          The only ones reading Mein Kampf with approval are Palestinians and others who hate Israel. That book and all it stands for is banned in most places under Israeli control. The Israeli do not have a Nazi mindset. If they did, they would have been working to exterminate Palestinians long ago. And, Israel has the ability to exterminate the Palestinians a hundred times over--if they wanted to exterminate them, that is. Yet, it is the Palestinian leaders who want to exterminate Israel. That sounds very Nazi to me.

                          • 4 votes
                          #13.2 - Wed Aug 29, 2012 3:44 AM EDT
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                          Whatever the French find will still be up for interpretation, since they could never prove Lance Armstrong was doping to win their beloved bicycle race. In any case, one of the most prolific terrorist planners and leaders, Yasser Arafat, is still seriously dead and is likely to stay that way. I still bet he died of pancreatitis -- the disease that kills many alcoholics.

                          • 2 votes
                          Reply#14 - Tue Aug 28, 2012 5:58 PM EDT

                          No, it was an infection. A variant strain of E. Coli got him. It caused HUS and he died a slow death as a result.

                          • 1 vote
                          #14.1 - Wed Aug 29, 2012 3:46 AM EDT
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                          Same old, same old Muslim hypocrisy. Where were the petitions to the U.N. by the Muslims and their lackeys in the U.S. when Arafat and his minions were actively hijacking aircraft and slaughtering innocent Jews?

                          • 10 votes
                          Reply#15 - Tue Aug 28, 2012 6:02 PM EDT

                          Same old Jew hypocrisy. Where are the petitions about the human rights violations done by Israel. They learned their lessons well taught to them by ol uncle Adolph.

                            #15.1 - Tue Aug 28, 2012 8:40 PM EDT

                            Ahem... It is the Palestinians who have made Mein Kampf a best-seller in the Middle East. They are learning from Adoph, including the master arts of propaganda and laying blame on those they hate. See info on "Pallywood." Google it. It's there for you to read and watch in video. It is well worth your time.

                            • 2 votes
                            #15.2 - Wed Aug 29, 2012 3:50 AM EDT
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                            well the important thing is that he is gone??? will he be missed... the french are afraid they will be blamed??? they are a bunch of woosies???

                            • 3 votes
                            Reply#16 - Tue Aug 28, 2012 6:04 PM EDT

                            it will go the same way as the kennedy investigation and other similar high profile deaths and murder cases, no where.

                            • 1 vote
                            Reply#17 - Tue Aug 28, 2012 6:07 PM EDT
                            plorkDeleted

                            Yep, it will. Who killed the Kennedy's? The CIA! Each assassination, including Bush Sr's attempt on Reagan, all of the assassins display the EXACT same behavior, the essence of the CIA and the poison is also one of their monikers. The French will discover that the USA CIA, are responsible for his death as is the Oil Robber Baron sitting in office at the time. Funny how Daddy ran the CIA for 35 years..... and another Skull and Crossbones member before that, the founding members. Funny how Barbara (Pierce) Bush's family was tried for assisting Hitler with Campaign and Financial crimes in Germany after WWII and we have a Reichstag in Manhattan after the Supreme Court seats her son illegally......... High crimes, misdemeanors and murderers.

                              #17.2 - Tue Aug 28, 2012 6:31 PM EDT

                              If they dug Arafat up and found he was poisoned. riddled with machine gun bullets,stab suffocated , strangled and peed on, the bottom line will be the same. The bastard is dead, the list of suspects is endless ,and may he rot in hell.

                              • 6 votes
                              #17.3 - Tue Aug 28, 2012 6:43 PM EDT

                              The records are going to be opened in 2135. Its either the mafia as they got kennedy elected, his father was a notorious bootlegger, or its johnson as kennedy would not commit troops in nam.

                                #17.4 - Tue Aug 28, 2012 7:31 PM EDT

                                Please say it wont be hosted by Geraldo!

                                • 3 votes
                                #17.5 - Tue Aug 28, 2012 7:51 PM EDT
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                                Suha (who convceniently with PLO/PA millions resides in Paris afterr being kicked out of Tunis for misappropriation of charity monies and Interpol notice for her arrest) now with Al Jazeera's polonium tainted Arafat's clothing (so much present that the initial dose in clothing would have made Suha very,very ill from same poisoning for handling Arafat's dirty clothes. Also her multimillion dollar apartment in Paris would make it inhabitable since plonium allegedly with the dirty clothing stored there. Arafat in all TV interviews (NBC,CNN,MSNBC,ABC,CBS) while in Ramallah shows most certainly that he was not a healthy man- he was drooling,had skin ezcema,shaking - then on Oct. 2nd 2004 fell ill-nausea,vomiting,abdominal discomfort- stayed in Ramallah for 17 days- was airlifted (helicopter) to a French military hospital-underwent all kinds of tests-fell into coma on Nov.3rd,2004 and pronounced dead Nov.11th,2004. All the military hospital personnel in close contact with Arafat would have shown polonium poisoning in some degree since they had close contact with him. PA in 2005 studied Arafat's deatrh cause and conclusion he died of cancer (while outsiders said AIDS). Anyone can read Arafat's medical records on State/France posted site. (while at the French mil.hospital. There is a typical syphilis in ME -those having contracted it years ago-went away/no signs- reemerges years later with alike symptoms of those suffered by Arafat.(Check CDC site for STDs).

                                • 4 votes
                                Reply#18 - Tue Aug 28, 2012 6:18 PM EDT

                                @mimi

                                A small point --- in other assassinations using Po210 there was no dust --- on clothing or otherwise, no contamination of other people or hospital facilities. This is why several early assassinations went initially undetected. Trace amounts of polonium (not Po210) are usually attributed to heavy smoking. Apparently it was a favorite of Stassi, KGB and NKVD and the Mossad trained the SAVAK in the methodology, so they would have had access to the material.

                                For parallels check out the death of Viktor Litvinenko in London in 2006.

                                • 3 votes
                                #18.1 - Tue Aug 28, 2012 6:49 PM EDT

                                It was a bacterial infection that killed Arafat. He had all the signs and symptoms of HUS. The French refused to accept that diagnosis and did not give him the treatment he needed to survive it, like he would have had he been in the United States.

                                • 1 vote
                                #18.2 - Wed Aug 29, 2012 3:53 AM EDT

                                Finally a reason to be proud of the French!

                                • 2 votes
                                #18.3 - Wed Aug 29, 2012 6:53 PM EDT
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                                Why at all, or now? It was a long overdue good riddance. The French are always late even for their own defense, they should have investigated at the time of death, not years later...

                                  Reply#19 - Tue Aug 28, 2012 6:19 PM EDT

                                  Israel invented terrorism, it's about time this Nobel Peace Prize winner is treated with the respect by a world that stood by while he was held prisoner by an invading force that continues it's assault on Palestinian Christians today, 70+ years of Hitler style treatment. They also kill Americans with impunity as we witnessed today and people like Sheldon Adelson and his family finance this terrorism from the USA violating the terms of the Geneva War Articles on a daily basis. This is how America 'defends' the Jews and this is why the Palestinians have been watching Jews living in Palestinian Christian homes from the 'Warsaw' style Ghetto they force the Palestinians to live in. This is how the Jews repay the world for saving their sorry, backwards thinking, secular and self-serving asses.

                                  • 5 votes
                                  Reply#20 - Tue Aug 28, 2012 6:22 PM EDT
                                  plorkDeleted

                                  Well said.

                                  • 1 vote
                                  #20.2 - Tue Aug 28, 2012 6:26 PM EDT

                                  Hey American-American 2390509

                                  You definitely need to see a head doctor, that is if he can get your head it out of your ass.

                                  • 2 votes
                                  #20.3 - Tue Aug 28, 2012 7:44 PM EDT

                                  For all you haters of Jews:

                                  Like it or not, the Jews are God's chosen people, and the Lord has a plan for the Jews. Jesus Christ the Son of God was a Jew. The "...god of this world..." hates the Jews, and "all" of the devil's children hate the Jews!

                                  "Jer-USA-lem:" the Lord use America to help the Jews, and this is part of the reason America was doing so good, until they kicked out God from the public schools and the government!!!

                                  You people listen too much to the "news media!" You are programmed by them. have a good day.

                                  • 2 votes
                                  #20.4 - Tue Aug 28, 2012 11:45 PM EDT

                                  HEY!!!

                                  Could someone please tell me how much a waterfront view will set me back in the Warsaw Ghetto???

                                  http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/aug/08/gaza-first-five-star-hotel

                                    #20.5 - Wed Aug 29, 2012 3:06 AM EDT

                                    American American:

                                    SO, ISRAEL invented Terrorism ?

                                    Do you recognize that you're the laughing stock of this thread ?

                                    • 1 vote
                                    #20.6 - Wed Aug 29, 2012 5:40 PM EDT
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                                    Such hate as is spewed here is an example of American conceit, ignorance and the vile stupidity of the eneducated, apathetic populace in general. One man's terrorist is another's freedom fighter. I doubt that most people on here would find living in the ghettos of Palestine and being persecuted by their captors a tolerable situation. You'd think that Jews would know that, considering all they have gone through.

                                    • 3 votes
                                    Reply#21 - Tue Aug 28, 2012 6:24 PM EDT

                                    The Fakestinians are desperate to have world attention focused on them once again. They cannot stand it when they are not the center of attention. Of course the Fakestinians would go to the French because they know the French generally hate Jews.

                                    It would be interesting to see the reaction if the French find nothing. It would also be interesting if Arafat's remains were examined by an impartial organization. And who is paying for this, of course his widow with money swindled from the U.S. and other countries and that money originally meant to help relieve the squalor the Fakestinians keep their own people in.

                                    • 4 votes
                                    Reply#22 - Tue Aug 28, 2012 6:38 PM EDT

                                    He died from AIDS that he acquired during sex with his boyfriend.

                                    • 4 votes
                                    Reply#23 - Tue Aug 28, 2012 6:41 PM EDT

                                    So, the court has no other pressing matters to attend to?

                                    Okay , I'll play along. What are they going to do with whatever their "inquiry" finds out? Will there be indictments and a "trial"? Will Arafat still be dead? Will his wife still be living well on the money he systematically looted from his own group?

                                    Stay tuned........

                                    • 2 votes
                                    Reply#24 - Tue Aug 28, 2012 6:51 PM EDT
                                    Comment author avatarAlex Spadelvia FacebookExpand Comment Comment collapsed by the community

                                    i wouldnt doubt the filthy murderous jews were behind it

                                    • 1 vote
                                    Reply#25 - Tue Aug 28, 2012 6:52 PM EDT

                                    Alex I Like Spandex, Wow, that was a well thought out comment. Now, go back to playing on Facebook, or banging your Camel(see , 2 can play at well thought out comments)

                                    • 3 votes
                                    #25.1 - Tue Aug 28, 2012 7:32 PM EDT

                                    I'd blame the butchers who cut the meat Arafat ate, instead.

                                      #25.2 - Wed Aug 29, 2012 3:57 AM EDT
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