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2007-03-07 Israel-Palestine-Jordan

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Posted by gromky 2007-03-07 04:12|| || Front Page|| [6 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 I liked this part -

As Arafat lay dying at Percy Hospital in Paris, Rizk reportedly negotiated with the PLO on behalf of Arafat's widow Suha for a $20 million cash payment and an ongoing monthly allowance. He helped Suha shrewdly leverage her power of attorney and next-of-kin access to the ailing leader's hospital bedside. The rumor has also been widely reported that Rizk and Suha became lovers.

"It wouldn't surprise me," says fellow Maronite Ziad Abdel Nour, who heads the U.S. Committee for a Free Lebanon. "Pierre Rizk has zero principles whatsoever. He will cheat, lie, fuck, killwhatever needs to be done."

"Where does this guy live?" I ask.

"Are you kidding? A guy like that doesn't live anywhere."

Posted by Bobby 2007-03-07 06:37|| 2007-03-07 06:37|| Front Page Top

#2 There are no more true freedom fighters except Americans and a few others.

The rest are just golddigging terrorist.

Posted by Jesing Ebbease3087 2007-03-07 07:22|| 2007-03-07 07:22|| Front Page Top

#3 I imagine it has gone the way of most pirate treasure. That is, piracy is an expensive business, what with having to bribe everyone for everything, having to buy loyalty, and always having to be armed to the teeth.

The banks that kept his money probably charged "reverse interest", and France probably was very careful to automatically withdraw every Franc of taxes. And, of course, healthy accountancy fees and bribes to French and other European leaders.

When Arafat died, there was probably a looting scene much like the one in Zorba the Greek, except done by gnomish French bankers and bureaucrats.

Posted by Anonymoose 2007-03-07 08:35|| 2007-03-07 08:35|| Front Page Top

#4 You mean there's...even more?
ABBAS, I WILL RIP OUT YOUR EYES WITH MY WELL MANICUIRED NAILS, YOU CHEAP PRICK! BASTARDS!! I'M A GRIEVING WIDOW TRYING TO SUPPORT A CHILD!!!

Posted by Suha Arafat 2007-03-07 09:08|| 2007-03-07 09:08|| Front Page Top

#5 The Arafats' monied inner circle, which welcomed Lebanese Maronite Christian Pierre Rizk, also found room for some Israelis and Jews. Together with Arafat senior advisor Muhammad Rashidby birth an Iraqi Kurdthe Palestinian leader tapped two ex-Israeli security officials to open doors for PLO money in elite Swiss banks, beginning around 1997. What has become known in the Hebrew press as the "Ginnosar Affair"named after one of Arafat's Israeli business partners, ex-spook Yossi Ginnosarsent shock waves through the Jewish state and Zionist diaspora. It wasn't just the enormity of the sums these erstwhile enemies were embezzling together while the peace process tankedthough $340 million is a lot of hummusthe alleged involvement of some senior members of the American Jewish peace camp in Arafat's corruption also cast a shadow on their efforts to help broker peace.

Ha! There! See? It all makes perfect sense now. Arafat was a Mossad agent!

(That'll get the moonbats going!)

Posted by Mike 2007-03-07 09:38|| 2007-03-07 09:38|| Front Page Top

#6 Arafat was a Mossad agent. I never knew.

I did see somewhere that he had a U-Haul heading with his loot to the virgins.

Hey, the 73 virgins are a myth you boneheaded islamonutcase jerks. Get it right.

Posted by John 2007-03-07 09:51|| 2007-03-07 09:51|| Front Page Top

#7 Arafat was queer. He wants 72 virgin boys.

Posted by mac 2007-03-07 16:52|| 2007-03-07 16:52|| Front Page Top

#8 It's an Emperor Norton's Treasure Hunt.

Posted by Alaska Paul">Alaska Paul 2007-03-07 18:41|| 2007-03-07 18:41|| Front Page Top

#9 "Whatever happened to Arafat's billions?"

Looks like about half of them went to make Suha's ass so fat.

Posted by Barbara Skolaut">Barbara Skolaut 2007-03-07 20:18|| http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/page/15bk1/Home_Page.html]">[http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/page/15bk1/Home_Page.html] 2007-03-07 20:18|| Front Page Top

#10 though $340 million is a lot of hummus

There are somethings we can all agree on.

Posted by Shipman 2007-03-07 21:12|| 2007-03-07 21:12|| Front Page Top

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