(CNN) – Did Yasser Arafat die
eight years ago of natural causes or was the 75-year-old Palestinian
leader poisoned, as his widow believes?
That's the question forensic investigators from at least three
nations are trying to answer by testing samples taken from Arafat's
body, which was exhumed Tuesday and reburied a short time later.Tests are being performed on those samples for the presence of polonium – a toxic, radioactive element found on some of his personal belongings earlier this year.
For five decades, Arafat was the most prominent face of Palestinian opposition to Israel, first as the head of the Palestine Liberation Organization, which carried out attacks against Israeli targets, and later as the head of the Palestinian Authority.
The Palestinian Authority, which runs the West Bank, says it is convinced Israel is behind any poisoning of Arafat. FULL POST
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