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| Former PLO treasurer sez Yasser's a crook... |
| 2002-08-18 |
| The former treasurer of the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) Jaweed al-Ghussein has accused Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat of massive corruption in remarks published in the Israeli press. "I discovered how he took money given to the Palestinian people by donor countries and put it in his own account," Ghussein, 71, told the best-selling Israeli daily Yediot Aharanot. This comes as a surprise? Only because it's from the horse's mouth... Yediot said Ghussein, interviewed in London where he now lives, personally deposited half a billion dollars in secret bank accounts for the Palestinian leader. The daily said Ghussein had transferred between 7.5 and 8.0 million dollars each month from Palestinian public funds to Arafat's personal account. "There was never any clear demarcation between the tasks of the heads of PLO and the Palestinian Authority, so questions about the responsibility for good management went unanswered," he was quoted as saying. Arafat is the leader of both organisations. "L'etat c'est moi. And the dough, too..." "I constantly and vainly called for reforms and transparency and when I finally quit in 1996, I warned donor countries of the situation, because I could not simply carry on being held responsible for these disappearances of money," he said. But, what the hell? It's only money, and it's in a good cause, right? |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |
| #1 Hmmmm.... lookin like my Miscsuha account maybe peaked at..... trust me, no will audit Suah! Is it true that the local al aqua water brigade war cry is Suha! Suha! Suha! |
| Posted by: A Anderson 2004-08-17 6:53:41 PM |