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Palestinian Panel Probes Qureia, Cement |
2004-02-11 |
I’m still chuckling over this one. A Palestinian parliamentary committee is investigating whether Palestinian cement companies are providing Israel with material for a controversial West Bank barrier and have been selling concrete to Jewish settlements. A parable about a rope comes to mind. A Palestinian lawmaker, speaking on condition of anonymity, said Tuesday there is evidence that a company owned by Prime Minister Ahmed Qureia’s family is among them. But other lawmakers said Qureia was not part of the investigation. Of course not: he’s the target of the investigation. Israel’s Channel 10 TV also reported that the Al-Quds Cement Company - owned by Qureia’s family - has been providing the materials to help build the barrier, allegations Palestinian officials denied. Even if it isn’t true it’s fun to report. And when Qureia "proves" it isn’t true, tell everyone the proof isn’t good enough. The TV report said Qureia was providing the cement to build the concrete slabs right outside his house in Abu Dis, a town near Jerusalem divided by a 25-foot wall. "And it certainly improved the view from the bedroom windows!" Television footage also showed cement mixers leaving the Al-Quds company and driving to the Jewish settlement of Maale Adumim, just a few miles away. "Where ya goin’ with dat truck, Mahmoud?" "Um, off to bury the Zionist pigs in cement!" "Oh, great! Can I come along and explode with you?" "Um, no. Go ’way." The lawmaker who spoke on condition of anonymity said there was "evidence" that Al-Quds was selling cement to Maale Adumim. He said Qureia transferred ownership of the company to another Qureia needs to take lessons from the outfit in Chicago. No way a Daley would ever leave fingerprints like this. The Palestinian premier was in Rome and First time in a while that a Paleostinian has said thing I agree with. "This is a very dangerous national issue. This is something that belongs to the core of the Palestinian cause." "My countrymen are exploding with anger!" "But they’re always doing that." "Well, they’re going to do MORE of that!" Lawmaker Hassan Khreishe, who is also on the inquiry committee, also denied the team was investigating Qureia. Khreishe told AP the committee was investigating allegations - which originated in an Egyptian newspaper report published in November - that three Palestinian cement companies had illegally imported concrete from Egypt and sold it to an Israeli businessmen. "We want to know if this cement was used to build the barrier or any other Israeli needs. This is the information we are investigating," Khreishe said. "There are several names mentioned, but for sure, the name of Abu Ala (Qureia) is not mentioned in this issue." "We won’t be mentioning it, we’ll just have a talk with him. The cement will come in handy when it’s shoe-making time." Palestinian Cabinet minister Jamil Tarifi is among those being investigated, said Palestinian officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity. Excellent! Can I suggest more names? I’m sure I could implicate a whole bunch of these mutts just for grins and giggles. |
Posted by:Steve White |
#7 I looked up Yarmulke LOL a serious funny. |
Posted by: Shipman 2004-2-11 8:00:25 PM |
#6 Wait'll they hear about the Qureia Yarmulke Factory... |
Posted by: tu3031 2004-2-11 9:08:00 AM |
#5 Qureia is one of the most vocal opponents of Jewish settlements and the barrier Now this is a businessman! Sell 'em cement to use, then tell 'em to destroy what they built so you can sell 'em more cement to build more stuff! This is why he's rich and I'm not. That, and cuz he's a corrupt paleostinian. |
Posted by: PlanetDan 2004-2-11 9:03:25 AM |
#4 "The capitalists will sell us the rope with whitch we will hang them" -- several prominent communists. Who said irony was dead at Rantburg? |
Posted by: N Guard 2004-2-11 8:24:15 AM |
#3 Business is business, Steve. :-) |
Posted by: GK 2004-2-11 7:20:03 AM |
#2 Now I can't stop grinning! Damn you Steve! |
Posted by: Charles 2004-2-11 6:59:53 AM |
#1 "Abu Ala? Oh you mean Signore Rudolpho Laspari, of Palermo.." |
Posted by: Anonymous 2004-2-11 2:45:53 AM |