Arafat widow & P.A. paid for polonium tests

By JTA

The widow of Yasser Arafat and the Palestinian Authority paid for the Swiss medical tests on the late Palestinian leader’s body that showed he did not die of natural causes.

Yasser Arafat and his wife Suha hold hands prior to Arafat’s departure from Ramallah, Oct. 29, 2004. –     Photo: AP

The Washington Free Beacon reported Friday that a spokesperson for the University Centre of Legal Medicine in Lausanne told the newspaper that Suha Arafat and the P.A. paid for the tests.