Tests hint at possible Arafat poisoning

Al Jazeera English 2012-08-31

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A nine-month investigation by Al Jazeera has discovered rare, radioactive polonium on ex-Palestinian leader's final belongings.

Most of it was "unsupported" polonium, an artificial type produced in nuclear reactors, according to forensic pathologists who studied his belongings. Polonium is the same chemical used to kill Russian dissident Alexander Litvinenko in 2006.

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