Arafat's Death Remains a Puzzle
News24, South Africa
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Ramallah, West Bank (Palestine):
A report released on Wednesday by a Palestinian ministerial commission charged with investigating the causes of Yasser Arafat's death has proved inconclusive, said Prime Minister Ahmed Qorei.
The report, which was heavily based on the findings of French doctors who treated Arafat before his death last November, was unable to pinpoint an exact cause of death, but said that it might be possible to do so in the future.
"The French and Palestinian doctors have concluded that there was no known cure for the illness that afflicted the president," said Qorei, who wrote a foreword to the report.
He said the death of the long-time Palestinian leader was not a result of "bacteria, nor a virus, a microbe, a cancerous tumour nor of Aids as has been said."
"Even the possibility of poisoning was examined, but no known poison has been detected," he added.
"As a result, we should not close this file for there could be medical developments in the future which could determine the cause of his death."
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Arafat died on November 11 last year in a military hospital near Paris.
He had been airlifted to France from his offices in the West Bank town of Ramallah on October 29 and lapsed into a coma on November 3 from which he never emerged.
The report repeated previous assessments that Arafat's death "resulted from a severe haemorrhaging of the brain".
Conspiracy theories
But it added that Arafat's "clinical state presented several symptoms which could not be explained in the framework of nosology" (the study of diseases).
Mystery over the cause of 75-year-old Arafat's death has for months been subject to conspiracy theories, chiefly that he was poisoned by long-time foe Israel, in part fuelled by allegations from some Palestinian officials.
A report by the New York Times last month, based on the French medical report, said Arafat had died from an unidentified infection that was "highly unlikely" to have been caused by Aids or poisoning.
A new book by two Israeli journalists has claimed that there are three possible causes of death: infection from a germ that poisoned the blood, Aids or poisoning.
Faruq Qaddumi, who succeeded Arafat as the head of the main governing Fatah faction, has insisted that Arafat was poisoned.
"The poison was administered in the food and in the medication he swallowed," the Tunis-based Qaddumi told reporters in July.
Oct 13, 2005
News24, South Africa___________________________________
Ramallah, West Bank (Palestine):
A report released on Wednesday by a Palestinian ministerial commission charged with investigating the causes of Yasser Arafat's death has proved inconclusive, said Prime Minister Ahmed Qorei.
The report, which was heavily based on the findings of French doctors who treated Arafat before his death last November, was unable to pinpoint an exact cause of death, but said that it might be possible to do so in the future.
"The French and Palestinian doctors have concluded that there was no known cure for the illness that afflicted the president," said Qorei, who wrote a foreword to the report.
He said the death of the long-time Palestinian leader was not a result of "bacteria, nor a virus, a microbe, a cancerous tumour nor of Aids as has been said."
"Even the possibility of poisoning was examined, but no known poison has been detected," he added.
"As a result, we should not close this file for there could be medical developments in the future which could determine the cause of his death."
__________________________________
See Also:
Arafat’s Death Remains Mystery
Arafat death probe 'inconclusive'
Arafat's Death Still A Mystery
__________________________________
Arafat died on November 11 last year in a military hospital near Paris.
He had been airlifted to France from his offices in the West Bank town of Ramallah on October 29 and lapsed into a coma on November 3 from which he never emerged.
The report repeated previous assessments that Arafat's death "resulted from a severe haemorrhaging of the brain".
Conspiracy theories
But it added that Arafat's "clinical state presented several symptoms which could not be explained in the framework of nosology" (the study of diseases).
Mystery over the cause of 75-year-old Arafat's death has for months been subject to conspiracy theories, chiefly that he was poisoned by long-time foe Israel, in part fuelled by allegations from some Palestinian officials.
A report by the New York Times last month, based on the French medical report, said Arafat had died from an unidentified infection that was "highly unlikely" to have been caused by Aids or poisoning.
A new book by two Israeli journalists has claimed that there are three possible causes of death: infection from a germ that poisoned the blood, Aids or poisoning.
Faruq Qaddumi, who succeeded Arafat as the head of the main governing Fatah faction, has insisted that Arafat was poisoned.
"The poison was administered in the food and in the medication he swallowed," the Tunis-based Qaddumi told reporters in July.
Oct 13, 2005
