PLO CALLS FOR U.N. TO INVESTIGATE ISRAEL'S MURDER OF ARAFAT

THE PLO'S HEADQUARTERS (IN SYRIA!!!) IS CALLING FOR THE U.N. TO INVESTIGATE THE DEATH OF YASSER ARAFAT, ALLEGING THAT ISRAEL MURDERED HIM.

PLO Calls for UN Probe Into Arafat’s Death.

DAMASCUS, Syria - A senior Palestinian official has called for a U.N. investigation into the death of Yasser Arafat, reiterating allegations that the Palestinian leader was poisoned by Israel.  Farouk Kaddoumi, head of the Palestine Liberation Organization’s mainstream Fatah faction, said Arafat was poisoned by Israel “because he was a stumbling block to (Israeli) plans.” Other Palestinians have made the same charge in the past and Israel has repeatedly denied it.

The PLO will ask the U.N. Security Council “to form an international investigating commission into the assassination of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat.” Kaddoumi told reporters on Saturday.  Arafat died in a French hospital on Nov. 11, 2004 at age 75. The exact cause of death remains unknown, fueling persistent rumors that he was either poisoned or died of AIDS.