Richard Symons

Yasser Arafat poisoning: Light fuse, stand back

The wife of President Arafat, Suha, is understandably anxious. Next week, after nine years, she may finally learn whether her husband was assassinated. It will be hard to overestimate the consequences of that knowledge for the Middle East. In 2004, whilst under siege in his Presidential compound, Arafat succumbed to a mysterious illness and was