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Palestinians begin work to open Arafat grave | ||||
2012-11-14 | ||||
“Today they started removing concrete and stones from Arafat’s mausoleum and the work will last for almost 15 days,” the source said.
“It starts with the removal of stone and concrete and cutting the iron (framework) until they reach the soil that covers the body, which will not be removed until the arrival of the French prosecutors, Swiss experts and Russian investigators,” the source said. On Monday, Arafat’s mausoleum, which is located at the Muqataa presidential headquarters in the West Bank city of Ramallah was screened from public view with blue tarpaulins ahead of the operation to open the grave. The process of taking samples is expected to begin at the end of the month after the French and Swiss delegations arrive on November 26, officials have said. “Because of Arafat’s position and his status, no-one will be allowed, under any circumstances, to photograph his body while the samples are taken,” the source told AFP. When Arafat died at the age of 75 in a French military hospital near Paris on November 11, 2004, French doctors were unable to say what had killed him. Many Palestinians are convinced he was poisoned by Israel.
Speaking at a ceremony to mark the eighth anniversary of Arafat’s death on Sunday, Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas said Russia would also be helping the investigation, although he did not specify how. “We hope for new facts that we can tell our people and the public,” Abbas said. The new investigation, he said, was “bigger and more important” that the uproar created by the Al-Jazeera inquiry. The French murder inquiry was opened in late August at the request of Arafat’s widow Suha,
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Posted by:Steve White |
#3 "Those Swiss bank account numbers have to to be here, somewhere!" |
Posted by: Pappy 2012-11-14 16:13 |
#2 My guess is that you have to be very careful while sprinking the sample of polonium on and around what's left of the body.... |
Posted by: CrazyFool 2012-11-14 14:45 |
#1 "Today they started removing concrete and stones from Arafat's mausoleum and the work will last for almost 15 days," the source said. Union job. I'm thinking Hazmat too... |
Posted by: tu3031 2012-11-14 14:18 |