Monday, November 5, 2012

Yasser Arafat's Remains to Be Exhumed Nov. 26; Due to Evidence He was Poisoned with Polonium

The remains of late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat -- who died in November 2004 at the age of 75 -- will be exhumed on November 26, 2012, a Western diplomat said today (November 5, 2012), as investigators began determining how best to dig up the grave and extract samples, according to the USA Today website.

A Swiss team arrived in the West Bank today and spent an hour inspecting the grave, located in a mausoleum outside Palestinian government headquarters in Ramallah in the West Bank. The Western diplomat spoke on condition of anonymity, because the investigation is ongoing.

Tawfik Tirawi -- the head of the Palestinian committee investigating the death -- said today's visit was meant "to check the place" ahead of the exhumation.

The new probe into Arafat's death comes after a Swiss lab recently discovered traces of polonium-210 -- a deadly radioactive isotope -- on clothes said to be his, which sparked new accusations that he was poisoned.

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