Follow the money...

[cantwealljustgetalong]

...

This is the money that helped finance the Al Aqsa Martyrs organization and its terrorist activities. It is also, no doubt, the money that Arafat used from time to time to buy off other hostile organizations like Hamas. His wife, Suha, profited. His family profited, and his financial advisers and close allies profited.

While Arafat bought stability and shored up his own position of leadership, he also bought terrorism, corruption, and a continuing struggle against Israel. According to Palestinians who sat in on decisive meetings with Arafat, it was Arafat's design and money that triggered and sustained the intifada after the Camp David failure, not the visit of Ariel Sharon to the Temple Mount. The money that was used by Arafat to corrupt and bypass the system and to sustain the conflict is now up for grabs.

...

The Palestinian people are suffering greatly and the gap between the rich leadership and poor refugees is growing amid continuing charges of corruption. This is a situation that threatens stability and works to the advantage of radical elements and against a peaceful transition to a moderate leadership.

Therefore, it is in our interest and, indeed, imperative for the US administration, to take leadership of an international effort through our combined intelligence and financial resources, working with responsible Palestinians, to trace this money, identify it, freeze it, and safeguard it for the Palestinian people.


http://www.boston.com/news/globe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2004/11/12/follow_the_money?mode=PF

[bullimiami]

1. I am so sick of news / propaganda. I dont know what is real.

I just dont know what is true and what is not. I dont recall Arafat living like a king. Bush wears 3000 dollar suits, Arafat wore those crappy fatigues.

They said the same thing about Aristide when they were deposing from Haiti. I dont recall him living like high on the hog either.

[MadAsHellNewYorker]

2. I was living in Israel

when the Second Intifada broke out. A "high-up" in the PA was saying the Israelis came and shot up his house. He invited video crews in to see the damage, which was mostly bullet holes in a few places. There was marble floors, Art all over the walls, a hot tub, china, chandeliers, etc. He was trying to provoke the Palestinians by saying their leadership was under attack, and all he managed to do was piss them off by showing how opulently he lived.

just some food for thought

[drdon326]

3. Not to mention Arafat was worth $ 4 BILLION DOLLARS...

And now the "grieving widow" Suha is getting...

$ 22 MILLION A YEAR !!!!!!

[ashiebr]

4. Arafat was worth $ 4 BILLION DOLLARS............

........says who dr? If all these bank accounts are secret, how come the likes of you, can'tweall and Mad know what was in them? Or are you, perhaps, perpetuating a myth?

[drdon326]

5. Good....

post an article that says otherwise.

on edit...i dont think ABBAS was negotiating with her for $47.58.

[drdon326]

6. I could be wrong....MIGHT BE $ 5 BILLION DOLLARS

"Jaweed al-Ghussein, a former PLO finance minister, said it was worth US$3 billion (HK$23.4 billion)to US$5 billion when he quit in 1996."


http://www.thestandard.com.hk/stdn/std/Focus/FK10Dh02.html


Perhaps you want to contact Mr. al-Ghussein.

[drdon326]

7. Oh...........btw...Welcome to i/p

aka....YOU'RE WORST NIGHTMARE !!!



LOL

[ashiebr]

9. "YOU'RE WORST NIGHTMARE !!!"

Not even close!

[ashiebr]

8. Not at all....

...but I might contact those who said it might be:

".... as little as a few million".

[drdon326]

10. I suspect...

Jaweed al-Ghussein, a former PLO finance minister, might be fairly
knowledgeable in this matter.

[ashiebr]

11. "Former" nt

[drdon326]

12. Yeah...its NOW probably more than $ 5 BILLION. N/T

.

[ashiebr]

13. Or.......

...........".... as little as a few million".