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2005-03-21 Israel-Palestine
Americans Recover Arafat's plundered hoard
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Posted by Steve 2005-03-21 11:09:36 AM|| || Front Page|| [11136 views since 2007-05-07]  Top

#1 Nothing wrong here that another couple of billion won't cure.
Posted by abu Virginia Compromised 2005-03-21 12:22:16 PM||   2005-03-21 12:22:16 PM|| Front Page Top

#2 
[Rice] told Abbas to go back to Ramallah and assume immediate control of the Palestinian Investment Fund (PIF) where the bulk of Arafat’s money was stashed, or forget about receiving a single aid dollar from international donors.
Yee-haw!

Dr. Rice, you da' woman!

If I were a man, I'd be in love. ;-p
Posted by Barbara Skolaut  2005-03-21 12:24:33 PM||   2005-03-21 12:24:33 PM|| Front Page Top

#3 â€You can stop going around with your hat in your hand,” a stern US secretary of state Condoleezza Rice told Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas

*sigh*
Posted by Robert Crawford  2005-03-21 12:31:21 PM|| [http://www.kloognome.com/]  2005-03-21 12:31:21 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 Yee-haw! in 96pt bold caps, Barb.

Condi sounds like my wife when she upbraided our sons on the proper use of an allowance. As I recall "that look" was only needed once.
Posted by AlanC  2005-03-21 12:41:05 PM||   2005-03-21 12:41:05 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 "'You can stop going around with your hat in your hand,' a stern US secretary of state Condoleezza Rice told Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas...

[sigh] I think I'm in love.
Posted by Jackal  2005-03-21 12:54:30 PM|| [http://home.earthlink.net/~sleepyjackal/index.html]  2005-03-21 12:54:30 PM|| Front Page Top

#6 Bzzzzt. That's "Trace" or "Discover" -- certainly not "Recover".
Posted by .com 2005-03-21 12:55:52 PM||   2005-03-21 12:55:52 PM|| Front Page Top

#7 Abu Mazen’s close allies warn him, according to DEBKA-Net-Weekly’s Palestinian sources, that without control of the PIF, he will never be more than a figurehead, His rivals have come to the same conclusion and are all now chasing after the billion-dollar fund hoping to lay hands on the wherewithal for buying a following. They are racing all the harder with the approach of the next Palestinian ballots – the April 28 municipal election and the July 17 parliamentary vote. A hefty cash campaign chest can promise victory. It can also buy the undying loyalty of all or some of the endemically corrupt Palestinian security and intelligence services. Conversely, candidates strapped for funds may as well give up. Control of the PIF will also buy political control within Abu Mazen’s unruly and divided Fatah party. At the same time, some central party figures warn that the gold rush could destroy the Fatah from within.

Boy, these Paleos are seriously, seriously, phuqued up, and they have Arafart to thank for all of it.
Posted by Bomb-a-rama 2005-03-21 12:59:23 PM||   2005-03-21 12:59:23 PM|| Front Page Top

#8 Control of the PIF will also buy political control

if the paleos were simply striving for a homeland, none of this would be necessary. but it's not about that. it's about power and greed, and they use the politics of hate and division for their own purposes. contrast that with how Israel began: everyone came together, from secular Jews to Orthodox, for a common cause - the birth of their nation.
Posted by PlanetDan  2005-03-21 1:12:58 PM||   2005-03-21 1:12:58 PM|| Front Page Top

#9 Look like its time to invest in Popcorn and Beer companies.....
Posted by CrazyFool 2005-03-21 1:39:12 PM||   2005-03-21 1:39:12 PM|| Front Page Top

#10 "'You can stop going around with your hat in your hand,' a stern US secretary of state Condoleezza Rice told Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas"
was she wearing the knee boots and black wrap dress?

hubba hubba
Posted by mhw 2005-03-21 2:07:46 PM||   2005-03-21 2:07:46 PM|| Front Page Top

#11 SO WHEN DO I GET IT!
BASTARD! I KNEW THERE WAS MORE!
Posted by Suha Arafat 2005-03-21 2:12:49 PM||   2005-03-21 2:12:49 PM|| Front Page Top

#12 The fundamental problem viewed from 50,000 feet is that the corrupt sponges who have been in control will no longer have any relevance. They were only interested in instability as "peace" does not bring in the financial assets that would pour in from the EU and the middle east.
Those on the "donor list" for Arafat were merely outsourcing their own dislike of the sucess of Isreal. Take away the ongoing contributions which it is becoming apparent was only arriving at pennies on the dollar after Arafat paid off himself, and the whole payroll will be gone. The corrupt sponges will have to look for real jobs. Peace has never been in the PLO's financial interests.
Posted by Capsu78 2005-03-21 3:20:13 PM||   2005-03-21 3:20:13 PM|| Front Page Top

#13 â€You can stop going around with your hat in your hand,”
Priceless!
Posted by Tom 2005-03-21 9:31:47 PM||   2005-03-21 9:31:47 PM|| Front Page Top

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