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Arafat aide calls on Chirac to reveal truth about Arafat's death
By AP

Former French President Jacques Chirac knows what killed Yasser Arafat and should make it public, an ex-Arafat aide said Saturday, reiterating that he believes his boss was poisoned by Israel.

Arafat died Nov. 11, 2004, after being treated in a French military hospital.

French doctors who treated Arafat said he died of a massive stroke after suffering intestinal inflammation, jaundice and a blood condition known as disseminated intravascular coagulation, or DIC.
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However, the records were inconclusive about what brought about DIC, which has numerous causes ranging from infections to colitis to liver disease.

Bassam Abu Sharif, a former Arafat aide, told reporters Saturday - on what would have been Arafat's 78th birthday - that Chirac and Arafat's French doctors know the real cause of death but decided to withhold it from the public for fear of further destabilizing the Middle East.

Abu Sharif said he believes Israel killed Arafat with a substance that destroys red blood cells. Asked for proof, he said he would reveal his sources if Chirac publicly denies his allegations.

Israel has vehemently denied involvement in Arafat's death.

Abu Sharif spoke several days after a senior Hamas leader in Gaza, Mahmoud Zahar, alleged that Arafat was killed in a conspiracy between Israel and Palestinians close to Arafat
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  1.   MOFAZ, SHARON, DAHLAN 15:19  |  indrajaya 04/08/07
  2.   EVERYONE knows He died of AIDs 16:20  |  GZLives 04/08/07
  3.   to the guy of Jakarta 16:31  |  polifar 04/08/07
  4.   Ask Suha 16:34  |  Ron 04/08/07
  5.   PROTECTING WHOM??? 16:39  |  Brant 04/08/07
  6.   Everyone knows he died of AIDS 17:02  |  RA 04/08/07
  7.   The truth isn`t antithetical to PNA interests 17:07  |  Chris 04/08/07
  8.   Suha must be to blame 17:12  |  KUTW 04/08/07
  9.   no one dies of AIDS in a matter of days 17:16  |  Marco 04/08/07
  10.   Sounds Like AIDS 17:22  |  Duh 04/08/07
  11.   maybe he died of greed after stealing his people`s charity $$? 17:25  |  Richard S 04/08/07
  12.   Arafat`s death 17:25  |  Jecheskel 04/08/07
  13.   Great day for the zionists on this board,it`s supposed to be 17:31  |  lakshmi 04/08/07
  14.   Arafat. 17:34  |  jake 04/08/07
  15.   Better off without Arafat 17:35  |  Margie in Tel Aviv 04/08/07
  16.   Arafat`s death certificate is Suha`s life insurance.Privacy laws 17:37  |  PETER SM 04/08/07
  17.   Lies become truth 17:38  |  Twogunz 04/08/07
  18.   INDRAJAYA .What disease did Bung Sukarno have 17:48  |  PETER SM 04/08/07
  19.   Chirac/arafat 17:53  |  stanley Cohen 04/08/07
  20.   question for indrajaya 17:55  |  scanadu 04/08/07
  21.   Indra, LOL !!! 18:19  |  martyrmaker 04/08/07
  22.   to marco 18:35  |  juctice 04/08/07
  23.   one doesnt die of AIDS in a matter of days 18:40  |  Marco 04/08/07
  24.   Jecheskel - and how he died `makes no difference` 18:43  |  Marco 04/08/07
  25.   # 8 Brant on Chirac 18:46  |  Lynn 04/08/07
  26.   Richard S 18:48  |  Marco 04/08/07
  27.   # 10 Chris 18:50  |  Lynn 04/08/07
  28.   LAKSHMI AND "GREAT DAYS" 19:12  |  Brant 04/08/07
  29.   IT WAS AIDS 20:16  |  don 04/08/07
  30.   to reveal truth 20:31  |  Shmuelshachor 04/08/07
  31.   JEWS HAVE LEARNED THERE IS NO REST 20:37  |  TOBIA 04/08/07
  32.   ISRAEL GETS ACCUSED OF THINGS A MILLION TIMES WORSE 20:39  |  Mitch Iginer 04/08/07
  33.   Read Eli #2 post.Thats a true story.AIDS dunnit 21:00  |  Alan 04/08/07
  34.   Arafat and Our Partners in Peace 21:00  |  Stewart Pid 04/08/07
  35.   Lies 21:01  |  Ali 04/08/07
  36.   LYNN and Gullibility 21:14  |  Brant 04/08/07
  37.   #24 no difference 21:27  |  jake 04/08/07
  38.   Arafat 21:53  |  Steve 04/08/07
  39.   Arafat Not Dead! Living With Elvis! 22:04  |  Truthseeker 04/08/07
  40.   Arafat´s death 22:26  |  Daniel 04/08/07
  41.   sharon responsable 22:35  |  demonastir 04/08/07
  42.   Abu Mazen was the mastermind of this conspirasy 22:39  |  Philistine 04/08/07
  43.   How he died ? 22:39  |  BarQ 04/08/07
  44.   Arafat`s Death 22:45  |  Carol 04/08/07
  45.   Arafat`s Death 22:53  |  Carol 04/08/07
  46.   Arafat`s Death 23:10  |  Barney 04/08/07
  47.   2/GZLives:Dahlan has gone, the truth will be revealed very soon 23:10  |  Philistine 04/08/07
  48.   Arafat`s Death 2 23:18  |  Barney 04/08/07
  49.   Bar Q knows Peace 23:25  |  Barney 04/08/07
  50.   Lynn 25, Brant # 5 23:43  |  Philippe 04/08/07
  51.   BarQ 23:52  |  Ben 04/08/07
  52.   Indra, U should b hired by Haaretz ! 23:55  |  Alberto Cohen 04/08/07
  53.   Demonastir, 23:56  |  Ben 04/08/07
  54.   ARAFAT`S MURDER 23:58  |  ISHMAEL ISHMAEL 04/08/07
  55.   #2 "Everyone knows he died of AIDs" 00:04  |  Peter 05/08/07
  56.   This is how Fatah stays alive 00:09  |  Jake 05/08/07
  57.   5/Brant 00:10  |  Philistine 05/08/07
  58.   Marco, that is a poor, weak comment 00:14  |  Jake 05/08/07
  59.   And more lies 00:23  |  Nechama 05/08/07
  60.   Shouldn´t we better ask about the whereabout... 00:39  |  Karl 05/08/07
  61.   #8..KUTW 00:48  |  Nemesis 05/08/07
  62.   Arafat 01:04  |  Pnina 05/08/07
  63.   Karl, didn`t you slip a zero or two on Arafat? 01:10  |  Joe Sittizen 05/08/07
  64.   Philistine # 57 01:12  |  ChanahS 05/08/07
  65.   Phlistine # 47 01:16  |  ChanahS 05/08/07
  66.   PHILISTINE: My Reply 01:19  |  Brant 05/08/07
  67.   Ahmed Jibril: Arafat died of AIDS (video) 01:33  |  Moishe 05/08/07
  68.   yeah, sure... Arafat was the model of good health until 2004, eh? 02:03  |  Harry Shapiro 05/08/07
  69.   # 36 Brant 02:15  |  Lynn 05/08/07
  70.   Arafat laugh`s from the grave #47 02:16  |  GZLives 05/08/07
  71.   #55 02:30  |  GZLives 05/08/07
  72.   Philistine,a word of advice,this poster 66 is a loose 02:32  |  lakshmi 05/08/07
  73.   "Dahlan was the mastermind" 02:52  |  Jake 05/08/07
  74.   #72..Lakshmi Re:#66 Brant 03:10  |  Nemesis 05/08/07
  75.   Not nice to talk about the dead 03:20  |  Mike 05/08/07
  76.   Arafat was an addict 03:55  |  Mark Lincoln 05/08/07
  77.   Arafat was Amalek, everything he touch he ruined 03:55  |  David 05/08/07
  78.   72 lakshmi When you can`t face the truth of 66 04:04  |  Rob 05/08/07
  79.   Ofcourse Arafat died of AIDS 04:09  |  Moshe 05/08/07
  80.   It might interest the zionists on this thread to know that Maan 04:12  |  lakshmi 05/08/07
  81.   Contracting AIDS Is Not A Crime 04:14  |  Harry D 05/08/07
  82.   Eyewitness Account 04:24  |  Dalia 05/08/07
  83.   Eyewitness Account - Read more 04:26  |  Dalia