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EXPERT FORENSICS REPORT CONCERNING THE LATE PRESIDENT YASSER ARAFAT

I. CONTENT .. 3
II. .. 7
STUDY OF THE MEDICAL RECORDS .. 9
MEDICAL HISTORY ..10
EVALUATION OF THE PATIENTJS MEDICAL CARE ..13
POTENTIAL FURTHER FORENSIC INVESTIGATIONS ..14
IV. EXAMINATION OF THE PERSONAL EFFECTS IN THE TRAVEL BAG ..17
GENETIC IDENTIFICATION OF THE PERSONAL EFFECTS IN THE TRAVEL BAG .. 18
IV.2. TOXICOLOGICAL ANALYSES OF THE PERSONAL EFFECTS IN THE TRAVEL BAG ..19
Specimens ..19
I V.2.2 Results ..20
IV.3. RADIOLOGICAL ANALYSES OF THE PERSONAL EFFECTS IN THE TRAVEL BAG ..21
IV.3.1 Goals of the radiological analyses ..21
Surface contamination monitoring of personal efiects ..21
lV.3.3 Gamma spectrometry ..21
IV.3.3.1. Gamma spectrometry of the personal effects .. 21
Re–analysis of the gamma spectrometry measurements performed in 2004 .. 22
lV.3.4 Po/onium-210 determination in personal effects ..22
lV.3.5 Supported polonium-210 determination ..26
lV.3.6 Biokinetic modeling for polonium-210 in urine ..27
IV.3. 7 Discussion and conclusion of radiological analyses of the personal efiects ..28
V. FORENSIC EVALUATION OF THE SPECIMENS TAKEN FROM THE REMAINS AFTER
V.1. ANTHROPOLOGICAL AND ARCHEOLOGICAL DESCRIPTIONS ..30
V.2. GENETIC IDENTIFICATION OF THE SPECIMENS TAKEN FROM THE REMAINS AFTER EXHUMATION ..33
V.3. TOXICOLOGICAL ANALYSES OF THE SPECIMENS TAKEN FROM THE REMAINS AFTER EXHUMATION ..33
V.3.1 Specimens ..33
V.3.2 Results ..34
V.3.3 Discussion and conclusion of the toxicological analyses on the specimens taken from the
remains after exhumation ..34
V.4. RADIOLOGICAL ANALYSES OF THE SPECIMENS TAKEN FROM THE REMAINS AFTER EXHUMATION ..35
V.4.1 Goals of the radiological analyses ..35
V.4.2 Radiological measurements on the grave site ..35
V.4.2.1. Alpha/beta/gamma emitters measurements .. 35
V.4.2.2. Dose rate measurements .. 37
V.4.2.3. Radon–222 measurements and estimation of the potential natural contamination of lead-210 and
polonium-210 in the grave .. 37
V.4.3 Surface deposition of polonium-210 and /ead-210 ..38
V.4.3.1. Deposition on shroud ..38
V.4.3.2. Deposition in soil .. 39
V.4.3.3. Deposition on bones and scalp ..40
V.4.4 Gamma spectrometry of selected specimens ..42
V.4.5 Po/onium-210 determination in the grave specimens ..43
V.4.5.1. All specimens ..43
V.4.5.2. Polonium-210 bone specimens ..44
V.4.5.3. Polonium-210 in non-bone Specimens ..47
V.4.5.4. Support of polonium-210 by lead-210 ..47
ml Expert forensic report Concerning 3/20 – November 2013