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PA finance minister warns of "second Somalia"
2006-04-12
Palestinian Finance Minister Omar Abdel Razak warned on Wednesday that if the Hamas-led government were to fall the Palestinian Authority would turn into "a second Somalia".

In an interview with the British The Times newspaper Razak said that there would be no calm in Israel if the current financial crisis continues and there would be terror attacks if PA wages were not paid.

The finance minister asked Arab countries to grant them 120 million dollars a month to prevent the Palestinian government from collapsing. He said that Hamas had inherited a deficit of 1.2 billion dollars from the previous Fatah-led government.
Posted by:phil_b

#10  By "second Somalia" he may be implying that Americans are going to die.
Posted by: Baba Tutu   2006-04-12 22:32  

#9  When the Israelis finish their fence and the Paleos can no longer threaten Israeli civilians, who in Israel will care what the Paleos do to each other. Or did he mean by a "second Somalia" that there would be widespread famine amongst the seething, unproductive masses if charity donations aren't increased?
Posted by: RWV   2006-04-12 14:58  

#8  No, Besoeker, the term is extortion. Blackmail means that you pay me to keep quiet about your indiscretions; extortion means you pay me to keep from killing you.

What I'd like to know is "...would turn into "a second Somalia". "

How could anyone tell the difference?
Posted by: AlanC   2006-04-12 13:55  

#7  In an interview with the British The Times newspaper Razak said that there would be no calm in Israel if the current financial crisis continues and there would be terror attacks if PA wages were not paid.

I believe this is referred to in the civilized world as simple blackmail.

Posted by: Besoeker   2006-04-12 11:02  

#6  I really think the world is getting sick of listening to the pissing and moaning of the Palis and could care less if it turns into New Somalia.
I know I am.
Posted by: tu3031   2006-04-12 11:01  

#5  I've got five bucks that says Razak is one of the first ones popped.
Posted by: mojo   2006-04-12 10:43  

#4  "Razak said that there would be no calm in Israel if the current financial crisis continues and there would be terror attacks if PA wages were not paid." Yes, but there will be FEWER.
Posted by: Perfesser   2006-04-12 09:24  

#3  Time to give up the Palestinian myth, and return to your grandparents' lands.
Posted by: gromgoru   2006-04-12 07:10  

#2  Funny. The arab world didn't give a sh*t about the first somalia.

In fact, if somalia was so much worse than paleoland, why didn't the ISM come to its rescue? Why didn't the arab league try to get resolutions passed in the UN? Why didn't the arab world seethe the way they do every time Israel is mentioned?

Ah hypocracy, thy name is islamic.
Posted by: PlanetDan   2006-04-12 06:00  

#1  Popcorn-tastic.
Posted by: Howard UK   2006-04-12 03:52  

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