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2018-12-11 Israel-Palestine-Jordan
Decision to assassinate Arafat approved by Saudis: Former senior advisor
[PRESSTV] A former senior adviser to Yasser Arafat, the late leader of the Paleostine Liberation Organization (PLO), has said that Arafat's death was not natural and he was actually assassinated, with Soddy Arabia
...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual hajj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. When the oil runs out the rest of the world is going to kick sand in the Soddy national face...
approving the decision to assassinate him.
You could tell it was a Saudi plot because they never found the body.
Speaking in an exclusive interview with Paleostine’s Arabic-language Shehab news agency, Bassam Abu Sharif said former US president, George W. Bush, had contacted Saudi officials after a meeting with former Israeli prime minister, Ariel Sharon, during which Arafat's liquidation was discussed, and Saudi authorities consented.

Abu Sharif went on to say that the Riyadh regime approved of Arafat’s liquidation, because it viewed him as an obstacle to the Arab Peace Initiative, which envisioned a so-called two-state solution to the Israeli-Paleostinian conflict.

"Sharon met with Bush at the White House and told him that he could no longer keep his promise of not physically attacking Yasser Arafat, because he was a leading terror figure and collaborating with Hamas, a contraction of the Arabic words for "frothing at the mouth",, and that Hamas operations were carried out with the approval and blessing of Arafat," the senior member of the PLO pointed out.

Abu Sharif highlighted that Bush contacted Saudi officials the following day and informed them of the matter, and the Al Saud regime agreed to the decision to assassinate Arafat.

The late Paleostinian leader's adviser noted that his new book, titled Salty Fish, contains many secrets about the liquidation of Arafat; Sheikh Ahmed Yassin, the former leader of the Paleostinian resistance movement Hamas, who was killed in an Israeli Arclight airstrike in 2004; as well as senior Hamas figure, Mahmoud al-Mabhouh, who was found dead in his hotel room in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates, back in 2010.
Posted by Fred 2018-12-11 00:00|| || Front Page|| [27 views ]  Top
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#1 Gotta say compared to those that replaced him Arafat is looking better these days. Still glad he's in hell but Hamas is worse by a big measure.
Posted by rjschwarz 2018-12-11 13:26||   2018-12-11 13:26|| Front Page Top

#2 this article sounds like nonsense

Bassam Abu Sharif is a former PFLP leader (now in his 70s) who defected to the PLO. He has a history of creating goofy stories. He claimed in 2010 that Ben Gurion was responsible for the assassination of JFK.
Posted by lord garth 2018-12-11 17:26||   2018-12-11 17:26|| Front Page Top

#3 Iran PressTV has a stable of obscure, Johnny-one-note “experts” who happily sing whatever song the Mullahs want that day. But it’s useful to know how they hope to guide our thinking, just as it’s useful to know the latest direction of Russian propaganda.
Posted by trailing wife 2018-12-11 17:36||   2018-12-11 17:36|| Front Page Top

#4 #3 - like Herb without the stipend (I assume hopefully)
Posted by Frank G 2018-12-11 19:23||   2018-12-11 19:23|| Front Page Top

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