[Shadow_Group] Fw: Arafat

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(This is astonishing...as the Palestinians explore the possibility
(probability) that Arafat had been poisoned to death by the Mossad;
Israel begins to leak dis-information that Arafat had AIDS.)
 
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TROUBLE IN THE HOLY LAND
Israel considering AIDS in Arafat's death
Palestinians set up team to determine cause of late PLO leader's illness

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Posted: November 18, 2004
1:00 a.m. Eastern


By Aaron Klein
© 2004 WorldNetDaily.com 


Israel has been investigating the possibility the late PLO leader Yasser
Arafat died of AIDS, while the Palestinians said yesterday they would set
up an official commission of inquiry into Arafat's demise amid rumors
among some Palestinians that he was poisoned. 

Arafat's official cause of death has not been released by the Paris
hospital in which he was treated because French law prohibits
distribution of medical records to anyone other than immediate family.
Arafat's widow, Suha, refuses to divulge any details of his illness. 

Arafat's doctors and Palestinian leaders have ruled out the possibility
he died of poisoning, although Hamas and Islamic Jihad continue to accuse
Israel of killing Arafat. 

The Israeli intelligence community the past few days has been using what
they know about Arafat's symptoms and the information surrounding his
hospitalization to determine, along with medical experts, the most likely
cause of death. Sources have said AIDS is being considered, and seems to
fit with some of the results of Arafat's blood chemistry, including a low
blood platelet count that indicates a weakened immune system - a
characteristic of the disease. 


While Arafat was sick, some publicly speculated he was dying of AIDS. 

The homosexual site, 365Gay.com, which deals regularly with issues
related to HIV/AIDS, ran a piece reminding readers that, for several
years, it has been suggested Arafat is bisexual, and could have
contracted the disease. 

"If suggestions that Arafat has AIDS are true, it is doubtful it would be
made public," wrote 365Gay.com European bureau chief Malcolm Thornberry. 

National Review diarist David Frum suggested in a column Arafat
contracted AIDS from homosexual sex with his bodyguards. 

Ion Pacepa, who was deputy chief of Romanian foreign intelligence under
the Ceaucescu regime and who defected to the West in 1978, says in his
memoirs the Romania government bugged Arafat and had recordings of the
Arab leader in orgies with his security detail. 

Various Israeli security sources have in the past suggested publicly
Arafat might be homosexual. They've claimed Arafat's former personal
driver - a Mossad double agent - used to find teenage boys to bring back
to the PLO leader. His wife, Suha, mostly lived abroad and rarely saw her
husband. 

France's Le Monde newspaper yesterday quoted unnamed doctors who say they
treated Arafat as believing he died of a blood clotting disorder called
disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC). 

The condition is described as "the complete disruption of the mechanisms
which normally assure proper blood clotting ... It can lead to major
internal bleeding and possible death." 

DIC is usually triggered in a person Arafat's age by either infection or
a cancer, but his doctors have publicly stated they found no indication
of either. 

Meanwhile, the Palestinians set up a commission that will take testimony
from Palestinian and other Arab doctors in an effort to remove questions
surrounding Arafat's death. 

One commission member, Palestinian Minister of Health Jawad Tibi, said he
is planning to visit France to pursue the investigation. 

The French government insisted again yesterday Arafat was not poisoned,
but said it would not release Arafat's medical records to the public.
They said any information would have to be obtained from Arafat's family.




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Aaron Klein is WorldNetDaily's special Middle East correspondent, whose
past interview subjects have included Yasser Arafat, Ehud Barak, Shlomo
Ben Ami and leaders of the Taliban.

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