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In reply to the discussion: What Killed Arafat? Tests Hint At Possible Arafat Poisoning [View all]sofa king
(10,857 posts)If, as you say, there was no reason to kill him, there were still plenty of people who wished and still wish to defame and discredit him. That opportunity does not always entirely diminish after one is dead.
The presence of polonium on Arafat's personal effects leads directly to the idea of disturbing Arafat's grave, something which will be deeply offensive to some of his supporters and entirely necessary to others.
Arafat did not have to be alive before the polonium was introduced. It could have been accomplished with a spray bottle after his effects were collected.
Conservatives in America found reason to repeatedly dig up Abraham Lincoln until he was finally entombed so thoroughly that it would cost too much to dig him up again. His coffin was opened five times and moved seventeen times over 35 years. It was a small and petty way to continue to torment him after his death.
Looks to me like someone has the same plans for Arafat.