Arafat Assassinated?

Natan said:
Except that some estimates enough Po 210 to kill quickly costs in the price range of a couple of tens of millions of dollar. Poor me will have to stick to rat poison to kill my wife. Ideal poison if you're rich maybe.
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No, the cost of a lethal dose of Po210 is not significant, the availability is the issue. This was discussed extensively here with the litvinenko assassination.

Al Jazeera just released the Swiss report which is embedded in their news story.

http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2013/11/6/swiss-study-poloniumfoundinarafatasbones.html

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https://s3.amazonaws.com/s3.documen...pert-forensics-report-concerning-the-late.pdf
 
theprestige said:
Once, probably. It'd be a defensive war. We'd be invaded by someone whose political leaders delegated leadership on the front to military professionals. Our own government would be massacred in the first clash. Our troops would wander about aimlessly before surrendering. From then on, we'd go to war whenever our new glorious overlords decreed it, while they quite prudently led from the back.
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Cheney did very well in Desert Storm. Stayed back and let the professionals do the job. There coulda been an experienced political negotiator at the surrender.
In Operation Iraqi Liberation, by instigating it , not so good at all! :(
 
Soapy Sam said:
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Actually, with the gummint removed, they might have a better chance of winning as about 70% of the stupid idea supply would dry up.

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After a couple of short required sessions on night shift, I told my boss I would do night shift forever!
There was no interference from the brights and luminaries, so we could get the jobs assigned completed quickly.
 
What a ridiculous soap opera.

They thought his death was suspicious, but refused to have an autopsy done?
Then they dig him up eight years later? Why?
Polonium as a poison seems like weird, and impractical choice. (for all parties, not just Israel)
And why would Israel want him gone, he was sidelined and ineffective, for as long as he was alive he'd make the PLO a limping, unthreatening beast.
Maybe they were hoping for a bloody palace revolution or something. Or Ariel Sharon had a bad hair day and wanted to take it out on someone.
 
Eddie Dane said:
They thought his death was suspicious, but refused to have an autopsy done?
Then they dig him up eight years later? Why?
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Serious (as opposed to consipiracy theorist) suspicion of polonium poisoning wasn't raised until last year. And the "they" that initially refused the autopsy when he died was a single person (his wife).
 
Found this article which thinks that the Lab results are much less definitive then reported.
The Swiss report also makes reference to the issue of “supported” versus “unsupported” polonium 210. The science is complex – as naturally occurring polonium 210 comes from decay of Lead 210. If one measures the Lead 210 in a particular place and compares it to the amount of polonium, mathematical calculations can show if the proportion is correct for the polonium having been caused by decay of the Lead. This is “supported” polonium, and it is much more likely to have come from natural sources rather than nefarious ones. The report clearly states on page 58 that the polonium in the human remains was likely to be “supported.” In my mind this casts some serious doubt on the poisoning hypothesis.
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RecoveringYuppy said:
Serious (as opposed to consipiracy theorist) suspicion of polonium poisoning wasn't raised until last year. And the "they" that initially refused the autopsy when he died was a single person (his wife).
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The guy was the leader of a major political movement in conflict with various enemies inside and outside movement that are known to assassinate their competition.

Surely Abbas or whoever was in charge of their security operation could have told Arafat's widow to get this done. Unless they were afraid they'd get the wrong answer from an investigation.
Imagine the incredible amount of political hay they could have made from an Israeli assassination.
 
The Russian study, released a few days ago, concluded there was no proof of poisoning. But who listens to the Russians, anyway?
 
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