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Yasser Arafat: Tests 'Support' Polonium Claims Yasser Arafat 'may have been poisoned with polonium' Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat was 'murdered with polonium' Report: Tests 'moderately support' that Yasser Arafat poisoned by polonium Was Yasser Arafat killed by polonium poisoning? Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat death probe finds polonium in his bones Swiss Report Supports Theory Arafat Was Poisoned Yasser Arafat may have been poisoned with polonium, tests show Foreign Ministry dismisses Swiss team's findings on Arafat's death Swiss, Russian teams submit results of Yasser Arafat's autopsy Polonium 210: Radioactive Poison Eyed In Yasser Arafat's Death The former Palestinian leader's widow says a forensic team's alleged findings suggest he was the victim of an assassination. A Swiss team asked to examine samples taken from his corpse when his grave was exhumed last November allegedly said their tests "moderately support" claims he was poisoned with polonium-210. Mr Arafat's wife Suha said the findings, which were contained in a report published by Al Jazeera, revealed a "real crime" and a "political assassination". "We have scientific proof that this man was killed," she added. Mr Arafat died in November 2004 at a military hospital in Paris after he was taken ill the previous month with diarrhoea and vomiting. Doctors said he had suffered a massive stroke, although they were unable to find the origin of his illness. French prosecutors opened a murder investigation in August 2012, after traces of polonium-210 - the same radioactive substance that killed Russian spy Alexander Litvinkenko in 2006 - were reportedly found on some of Mr Arafat's belongings. His underwear, woolly hat and toothbrush were among the items tested for polonium, according to the report. British forensic scientist Professor David Barclay said the findings were a "smoking gun" for those who suspect foul play. "In my opinion, it is absolutely certain that the cause of his illness was polonium poisoning," he said. "The levels present in him are sufficient to have caused death." Professor Barclay said a miniscule dose of the deadly isotope may have been slipped into Mr Arafat's drink, food, eye drops or toothpaste. The substance must have been made in a nuclear reactor, he claimed. Mrs Arafat did not accuse any country or person for her husband's death and acknowledged that he had many enemies. However, Wasel Abu Yousef, a member of the executive committee of the Palestine Liberation Organisation, which Mr Arafat chaired for more than 40 years, claimed Israel was behind the alleged poisoning. "President Arafat passed away as a victim of an organised terrorist assassination perpetrated by a state ... which was looking to get rid of him," he said. The Israeli government has denied any role in Mr Arafat's death, noting that he was 75 years old and had an unhealthy lifestyle. Some experts have also questioned whether he could have died from polonium poisoning, given that he did not lose all his hair and made a brief recovery during his illness. Yasser Arafat 'may have been poisoned with polonium' Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat was 'murdered with polonium' Israel: Arafat 'Poisoning' Sounds More Like a Soap Opera Possible evidence of Arafat poisoning is reported Swiss experts say polonium poisonoing caused Yasser Arafat's death yasser arafat poisoned with polonium tests confirm Arafat poisoning may disrupt peace talks Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat death probe finds polonium in his bones High level of polonium found in Arafat's remains Ex-Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat may have been poisoned with radioactive ... Was Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat poisoned? New evidence found Tests point to polonium poisoning in Arafat death: Jazeera Findings of Arafat death probe handed to Palestinians Video, Alexander Litvinenko, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Arafat Poisoned, Arafat Polonium, Palestine, Polonium, Polonium 210, Radiation Poisoning, Radioactive, Yasser Arafat Poisoned, Yasser Arafat Polonium, Science News Yasser Arafat, Yasser Arafat Poisoned, Yasser Arafat Death, Video, Arafat Murdered, Polonium, Yasser Arafat Polonium, Yasser Arafat Murdered, Arafat Poisoned, Yasser Arafat Exhumed, Arafat Polonium, Yasser Arafat Autopsy, World News Yasser Arafat, Yasser Arafat Poisoned, Yasser Arafat Polonium, Yasser Arafat Death, Video, Arafat Exhumed, Yasser Arafat Exhumed, Yasser-Arafat-Death-Israel, Arafat-Exhumation, World News Video, Yasser Arafat, Palestinian Leader Yasser Arafat, Yasser Arafat Poisoned, Yasser Arafat Palestine, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Yasser Arafat Death, Yasser Arafat Death Israel, Israel Yasser Arafat Death, Yasser Arafat Exhumation, Yasser Arafat Dug Up, Yasser Arafat Exhumed, World News Palestinian Leader Yasser Arafat, Yasser Arafat Poisoned, Yasser Arafat, Palestine, Yasser Arafat Wife, Video, Suha Arafat, Yasser Arafat Polomium, Yasser-Arafat-Exhume, Yasser Arafat Autopsy, World News