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Qadaffy's son pays US diva for New Year's Eve
2009-01-06
U.S. diva Mariah Carey reportedly scooped up a whooping $1 million to perform only four songs at a lavish New Year's Eve bash in the Caribbean thrown by the son of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, press reports said Monday.

As several Middle East countries cancelled New Year celebrations in a show of solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza under attack by Israel, Saif Gaddafi, 36, held an intimate bash on the Caribbean island of St. Barts, where Carey was vacationing with husband Nick Cannon, British tabloid The Sun reported.

The songstress was paid to sing a set of four classic tracks at the island's Nikki Beach Club where U.S. producer Timbaland and rapper Jay-Z also performed as part of the event. "They all had a great time," a guest was quoted by the paper as saying.

Meanwhile, in the Middle East several concerts and shows were cancelled as Israel began a deadly assault on Gaza just four days before New Year's Eve. As the death toll of just days of bombings climbed a somber mood dominated the area, events scheduled to take place in Egypt, Bahrain, Jordan, Lebanon, Turkey and the UAE emirate of Dubai were all cancelled or replaced with low key celebrations.
Posted by:Fred

#7  what else does she have too perform besides the 4 songs.
Posted by: rabid whitetail   2009-01-06 17:18  

#6  Jewish pirates? Oy vey, me hearties, oy vey!
Posted by: Mike   2009-01-06 16:48  

#5  Jewish Pirates?!

WTF?
Posted by: bigjim-ky   2009-01-06 14:53  

#4  Who knows, if she has fighting skills she might be hired on as one of Poppa's bodyguard hotties.
Posted by: rjschwarz   2009-01-06 12:34  

#3  Spent the holidays on a cruise in the Carib. You should see the homes in the old Jew quarter of Curacao. Definitely not a ghetto in modern terms.
Posted by: Jack is Back   2009-01-06 11:50  

#2  Isn't Saif Qaddafi the one who aided the Christian aid workers held hostage in a shipping container in Afghanistan? Aiding People of the Book, are we, or a closet Christian? In another fun twist of fate, Catholic, Muslim, & Jewish paths cross again:
According to Edward Kritzler, in Jewish Pirates of the Caribbean, many of these British Caribbean islands were settled by Jewish pirates! Sephardim living in Spain were hired on as pilots and cartographers, hiding under the banner of new Catholic converts when Spain banned all Jews. He claims Colombus was a closet Jew, looking for a new homeland following the time of the Inquisition, which drove the Dispora to the Dutch and British for protection. They hired them on to build their empires. Cromwell gave them his blessing, but then he also deported the Irish "pigs" to run the pubs and brothels for the sailors! Jamaica and other islands prospered, as they became merchants, shipping traders, and planted crops. These same islands also have taken in many of the Paleo diaspora, too, where they have lived together fairly peacefully. Interesting book, btw, with unusual history taken from ships' logs at the Jamaican National Library.
Posted by: Danielle   2009-01-06 10:08  

#1  Obviously the nut doesn't fall far from the sprocket tree.
Posted by: Darrell   2009-01-06 09:55  

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