Hussein Ibish(!) deconstructs the 'Arafat died from Polonium poisoning' myth
Hussein Ibish, of all people, deconstructs the myth that Yasser Arafat died of Polonium poisoning. First and most importantly, Arafat's symptoms are well documented and completely inconsistent with 210PO (polonium) poisoning. Unlike Litvenenko, he didn't lose his hair and his bone marrow was found to be undamaged. He also staged at least one brief recovery, which wouldn't be possible in the case of polonium poisoning. It should be added that his symptoms were also completely inconsistent with AIDS.Rumor has it that MJ Rosenberg now believes that Ibish has now joined AIPAC. Heh.
Second, the Swiss lab report on which the Al Jazeera story relies, clearly states that its findings are inconclusive and provide no basis for concluding polonium poisoning, especially since his symptoms were inconsistent with that. The report also states that further testing may reveal that the 210PO levels detected may prove to have been naturally occurring, albeit unusually high.
Third, the provenance of the items in question is not well-established, and therefore the relationship between the 210PO levels discovered on them and Arafat's condition is very much in doubt. Even an exhumation of the body, which the Palestinian Authority (PA) is reportedly considering, may not prove conclusive, as 210PO has a very short half-life of 137 days.
Finally, the timing of the Al Jazeera story is extremely suspicious. The PA leadership is currently embroiled in a series of controversies involving police brutality against demonstrators, suppression of dissent, potentially politically motivated corruption trials, and a growing financial crisis that has made paying the salaries of public employees extremely difficult.
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Al Jazeera has a history of trying to discredit the Palestinian leadership in Ramallah, most notably with the release of a dump of often undated and unsigned documents from the PLO negotiation support unit in January 2011. The current report, which fails to make a convincing case that Arafat was killed by 210PO poisoning, seems to be only the latest iteration of this pattern.
Labels: AIDS, blood libel, Yasser Arafat
posted by Carl in Jerusalem @ 12:42 AM
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Al-AP has an article about this, written today, "Palestinian leader OK's digging up Arafat's body". Being good dhimmis, they managed to write the entire article without mentioning AIDS or homosexuality and leaving the reader with the impression that Arafat was poisoned, possibly by polonium, possibly other sources.
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