The Jerusalem Post reports that members of Fatah are launching an internet petition demanding an official PA inquiry to determine the cause of Yasser Arafat’s death. Their goal is to collect one million signatures. Backspin’s own unofficial inquiry resulted in this top ten list of likely causes of Arafat’s death:
10. Arafat died of blood clotting problems.
9. Arafat died of cirrhosis of the liver.
8. Arafat was poisoned by Israel.
7. The Rais was killed by Israeli radiation.
6. Actually, he died years ago when he began negotiating with Israel.
5. Arafat died of AIDS.
4. Suspicious of physicians, Arafat ignored his doctors’ advice to take medicine.
3. Arafat was killed by a laser gun.
2. Arafat was killed by Rachel Corrie’s parents.
1. Power-hungry PA officials buried him alive.
