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HiPointDem

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6. Under house arrest. I say that's in custody.

Reply to Scootaloo (Reply #5)

Wed Jul 4, 2012, 01:30 AM

Jul 2012

In late 2004, after effectively being confined within his Ramallah compound for over two years by the Israeli army, Arafat became ill, fell into a coma and died on 11 November 2004 at the age of 75.

http://articles.latimes.com/2002/jun/11/world/fg-izpals11

Israel had him under house arrest, which means they were determining who entered & exited his home.

Why would 'all eyes' look to russia in such a case?

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Yasser Arafat poisoned with polonium? [View all] HiPointDem Jul 2012 OP

Wow. Interesting. lonestarnot Jul 2012 #1

i thought so too. i remember when he was suddenly at death's door it seemed kind of -- well, HiPointDem Jul 2012 #2

If true... Scootaloo Jul 2012 #3

He had been in israeli custody for 2 years when he died. HiPointDem Jul 2012 #4

"Custody" isn't quite accurate Scootaloo Jul 2012 #5

Under house arrest. I say that's in custody. HiPointDem Jul 2012 #6

Custody means someone is in the hands of the authorities Scootaloo Jul 2012 #7

I'm fairly certain that any of the world's security services could get their hands on polonium if HiPointDem Jul 2012 #9

Well, sort of true... Scootaloo Jul 2012 #14

it's also a specific product of bombarding lead or bismuth with neutrons in a cyclotron. not high- HiPointDem Jul 2012 #15

Okay Scootaloo Jul 2012 #16

As would I. lonestarnot Jul 2012 #8

if you believe those figures are the last word on the topic. which i don't. HiPointDem Jul 2012 #10

I do not and there is never a last word, there is always another. lonestarnot Jul 2012 #12

The source being from Russia may not necessarily implicate the Russian gov't itself. Selatius Jul 2012 #11

russian reactors are monitored by iaea. israel's reactors aren't. anyone with nuclear facilities HiPointDem Jul 2012 #13