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PA: Hamas smuggled millions in cash into Gaza to pay police
2006-10-26
Hamas managed this week to bring into the Gaza Strip millions of dollars in cash that will be used to pay salaries to thousands of Palestinian policemen, senior Palestinian Authority officials revealed on Wednesday.
Interior Minister Said Siam of Hamas brought with him "suitcases stashed with lots of cash." One official estimated that the suitcases contained at least three to five million dollars, while another put the figure at about $10m.
The officials told The Jerusalem Post that Interior Minister Said Siam of Hamas, who returned to the Gaza Strip via the Rafah border crossing on Tuesday, brought with him "suitcases stashed with lots of cash." One official estimated that the suitcases contained at least three to five million dollars, while another put the figure at about $10m.

Siam, who is formally in charge of the PA security forces, visited Egypt, Iran and Syria, where he managed to raise millions of dollars in donations, the officials added, citing "well-informed Arab intelligence sources."

This is not the first time that Hamas leaders have brought millions of dollars in cash through the Rafah border crossing, bypassing international sanctions imposed on the Hamas government. In recent months, two other senior
Siam announced that his ministry had decided to give a grant of $50 to each policeman on the occasion of the Muslim feast of Id al-Fitr.
Hamas representatives, spokesman Sami Abu Zuhri and Foreign Minister Mahmoud Zahar, also returned from a tour of Arab and Islamic countries with suitcases containing large amounts of money. Upon his return to the Gaza Strip, Siam announced that his ministry had decided to give a grant of $50 to each policeman on the occasion of the Muslim feast of Id al-Fitr.

Khaled Abu Hilal, spokesman for the PA Interior Ministry, said
The grants would be paid next week to more than 20,000 members of the police force.
the grants would be paid next week to more than 20,000 members of the police force. Hamas is believed to have collected at least $50 million in donations from various Arab and Islamic countries over the past eight months. However, the Islamic movement is facing difficulties in transferring the money into the Gaza Strip because Arab banks are under pressure from the US not to deal with the Hamas government.
Posted by:Fred

#5  One official estimated that the suitcases contained at least three to five million dollars, while another put the figure at about $10m.

Quite a swing. And isn't that convienient...
Is this before or after "miscellaneous expenses"?
Posted by: tu3031   2006-10-26 09:04  

#4  well worth dying for

especially when you get others to do the dying for you.
Posted by: PlanetDan   2006-10-26 08:54  

#3  Oooppps, 2500$ per---well worth dying for.
Posted by: gromgoru   2006-10-26 00:24  

#2  Khaled Abu Hilal, spokesman for the PA Interior Ministry, said The grants would be paid next week to more than 20,000 members of the police force. Hamas is believed to have collected at least $50 million in donations from various Arab and Islamic countries

That's 250$ per
Posted by: gromgoru   2006-10-26 00:23  

#1  "One for you, one for me. One for you, two for me. One for you, three for me..."
Posted by: PBMcL   2006-10-26 00:20  

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