(Ma'an) -- A nephew of the late Paleostinian leader Yasser Arafat says the family will soon release a French medical report revealing Arafat's cause of death. | What precipitated that, one wonders... |
Al-Qudwa says the report will answer "many questions," as it is the Paleostinian people's right to get a clear answer about how Arafat died. The document has not previously been seen in Arabic.
The report by French doctors describes a platelet disorder and speculates on its cause, al-Qudwa says. The doctors ruled out cancer and an acute infection, he told Ma'an.
A third possibility was poisoning, al-Qudwa says, but the records show that doctors were unable to conclusively determine what poison, if any, was in Arafat's system.
"We have said that it is poisoning," he hinted.
| No, my dear Ma'an reporter, that is not a hint. That is a blunt statement of fact -- Mr. al-Qudwa did indeed say so. But that is the only fact; the doctors did not say it was a poisoning, as you wrote several sentences above. A subtle difference, but a difference nonetheless...How did you and he phrase it in Arabic, pray tell? |
Arafat died on Nov. 11, 2004 in Gay Paree. Medical records have been closely guarded amid speculation on the cause of a sudden illness that struck the Paleostinian leader shortly before his death.
| The betting at Rantburg at the time was heavily weighted toward AIDS, given Mr. Arafat's proclivities. |
| Utterly appropriate. |
| Even more appropriate. Do have appropriate fun. |