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2008-03-26 Israel-Palestine-Jordan

Qurei denies that 3 million US dollars was diverted to his joint bank account

Johnson! Stop the presses!! Again!!!
Ramallah Ma'an - Head of the Palestinian negotiating team Ahmed Qurei has denied reports published by a number of news websites that three million US dollars has been diverted to a joint bank account he holds with two unknown persons.
I am shocked, shocked! Who are these unknown persons I'm supposed to be splitting this with?
Qurei told Ma'an that the money is part of five million dollars given to Fatah and the Palestine Liberation Organisation and the bank account mentioned in the news reports is the bank account of the Palestinian National Fund in the Arab Bank in Amman.
I wuz just keepin an eye on it. So some corrupt bastard doesn't steal it. No need for "the people" to thank me. I'm glad to do it...
He said he did not know who was behind the news stories or what was the motive behind publishing such accusations and demanded legal action should be brought against those who were trying to discredit him.
Look over there! Jooos!
"I would like to clarify that this amount is part of the five million dollars for the benefit of both Fatah and the PLO, and that the account number 111444/713 noted in the letter named "Adli Sadeq" to Mohammed Dahlan, is the account of the Palestinian National Fund in the Arab Bank in Jordan," Qurei told Ma'an.
How do you think Mo could afford all those nice suits?
"The Account No. 21250/510 referred to in the letter refers to the account of the Palestinian National Liberation Movement (Fatah) in the Arab Bank in Jordan. The account is in the names of different persons known to the movement and the decision of the leadership since the mid-eighties and the start of the Fatah movement was to register the account in the names of different persons for security reasons," he added.
Yeah, for...security reasons!! That's the ticket!!!
"This five million dollars was deposited on behalf of the late president Yasser Arafat in the name of the secretariats of the Palestine Liberation Organization and the Fatah movement," he said.
I must invoke the name of Yasser. The Pali hack's "Get out of jail free" card...