Nasser al-Qedwa, Palestinian delegate to the United Nations and a nephew
of late leader Yasser Arafat,left here for France on Friday to receive Arafat's
death report,the Arabic-language Radio Sawa reported.
A top Palestinian official was quoted as saying Qedwa would give the medical
file to the Palestinian leadership who would in turnpass it on to competent
doctors for thorough examination.
The details of the file will remain secret, but the main diagnosis results
will be publicized, said the official.On Wednesday, the Palestinian leadership
set up a special committee to investigate into the cause of Arafat's death.
The committee, headed by Health Minister Jawad al-Tibi, would meet with
Tunisian, Egyptian and Jordanian physicians who had examined Arafat before he
was flown to the Percy Military Hospital outside Paris on Oct. 29.
Under French law, only the family has access to Arafat's medical file and can
decide whether to make it public.
Arafat passed away on Nov. 11 in a French hospital at the age of 75. Paris
was under mounting pressure to reveal the cause of Arafat's death amid rumors
that he might have been poisoned.
