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Israel-Palestine
SADDAM OPERATIVE SENTENCED BY ISRAEL
2004-11-21
A Palestinian operative deemed a leading financier for the former Saddam Hussein regime in the West Bank has been sentenced to eight years. Israeli authorities have identified Rakhed Salem as the liasion of the former Saddam regime in the West Bank. Salem, a regional head of the Arab Liberation Front, was convicted in early November of distributing $15 million in Iraqi funds to families of suicide bombers and other insurgents. Details released by the military outlined the intervention of the Saddam regime in the Palestinian Authority from 2000 until the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq two years later. Israeli officials said Iran has filled the vaccum left by the toppling of the Saddam regime. From his office in Ramallah, Salem, 60, was said to have received millions of dollars from Saddam as part of an effort to fuel the Palestinian insurgency war and bolster the rule of PA Chairman Yasser Arafat. The indictment against Salem, released by the Israeli Army, asserted that he purchased weapons from PA security chief Brig. Gen. Haj Ismail.
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