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| Nasser did not die of poisoned coffee: doctor | |
| 2010-09-27 | |
[Al Arabiya] The doctor of late Egyptian President Gamal Abdel-Nasser denied recent reports that he died of poisoned coffee prepared for him by his successor President Anwar Sadat and attributed his death to hereditary reasons.
"What Heikal said about Sadat making a cup of coffee for Nasser three days before his death is true," Habib told Al Arabiya's Studio Cairo Friday. "But this is not the reason for his death." According to Habib, it is very unlikely to identify a type of poison that takes such a long time to become effective. "Also nothing abnormal happened to Nasser after drinking the coffee." Habib, who treated Nasser from July 1967 till his death in September 1970, said that the late president suffered from a heart stroke a year before his death and that he was already suffering from arteriosclerosis, varicose lungs, and diabetic complications. "Then he had a heart attack and this immediately stopped more than 40% of the cardiac muscle." Regarding the reasons for the different speculations on Nasser's death and suspicions of a criminal activity were due to the fact that the late president was only 52 years old when he died and that he did not fall ill before his death. "Egyptians did not know anything about Nasser's health and they were shocked to know that he died." The state of war between Egypt and Israel and the numerous enemies Nasser had also fueled speculations of foul play, Habib added. | |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 "Poisoned coffee" > D *** NG IT, I'm interpreting this to mean wily ole' ABDUL-NASSER died from something other than drinking any WENDY'S coffee [coffee-colored watery swill]. WENDY's serves a lot of good stuff, except when it come to its Coffee. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2010-09-27 20:02 |