Al-Jazeera: Tests suggest Arafat died of polonium poisoning

[rfournier103]

Originally Posted by DaveBj

Until we have confirmation from an neutral source, all we have are wild-haired claims from a source not exactly known for being unbiased.

I saw a story on CNN several years ago that shortly after the Iraq War began in 2003, British PM Tony Blair had to talk George Bush out of an ordering an American airstrike against the Al Jazeera home office, transmitters, and studios. I'm not a huge fan of the former president, but I think the world would be a better place without Al Jazeera.

Originally Posted by curlycool89

Interesting findings. The question then turns to who would do it and who had access to polonium.

Who WOULDN'T want to do it??? In fact... I am shocked, stunned, and amazed that the Israelis, the United States, or some other entity never killed him DECADES ago! As for access to polonium... the U.S. and Russia certainly have access to something like that, and many governments and organizations are clever enough to get it.

[EmperorNapoleon]

Originally Posted by gilliam

I don't know. Polonium has a half-life of 138 days, which means half the radioactivity of the sample disappears every four and a half months or so. Eight years later, only a tiny, tiny amount should be left from the original dose, on the order of just one atom per million. According to an Israeli scientist, the amount the Swiss lab found recently in Arafat’s possessions is simply too high to believe that it started decaying in 2004:

http://www.jpost.com/MiddleEast/Arti...ID=276447&R=R1

Interesting...

Polonium 208 has a half-life of 2.9 years so the question is; which isotope was discovered? Polonium 208 or Polonium 210? There is one more thing that the Jerusalem Post failed to consider; Arafat's wife isn't dying of Polonium poisoning or known to be suffering any of the consequences of exposure to it.