Post by UCSBVball on Nov 13, 2004 18:38:44 GMT -5
Yasser Arafat has to be described as a committed terrorist who is dead. His French hospital door had been closed to all but family members while the rest of the Palestinian leadership watches helplessly. Why?
The reason: Arafat continued to hold the purse strings to the Palestinian finances. Not a dime was paid without Arafat's okay whether to bomber or arms smuggler. Where did he get the money? Well for one European countries including: France, Germany and usual suspects, has been paying him $10 million a month in “aid.” Arafat has used PA funds to finance Palestinian terrorists for suicide and other attacks on Israel. He also shoveled $100,000 a month to his “wife” and 9-year old son.
Before he left Palestine, Arafat approved a three-member emergency committee to operate the PA and PLO in his absence. Official said Qurei was meant to run the PA's daily affairs while Abbas was appointed acting chairman of the PLO. Palestine National Council chairman Salim Zaanoun, the third member of the committee, was said to be a symbolic figure.
Abbas and Qurei sought to acquire Arafat's power to allocate money during the absence of the PA chairman. But as he boarded a Jordanian Air Force helicopter for Amman, Arafat refused.
Arafat has stolen billions of dollars meant for the Palestinian people. His personal fortune has been estimated at between $2 and $3 billion, most of it in Swiss bank accounts. He would have been worth a lot more were it not for the hard times in exile from 1982 until 1993, when Arafat was worth up to $5 billion, mostly through drug trafficking in Lebanon. His wife, who has been living in luxury in Paris and using a luxury jet, is nearly hysterical that she loose access to those billions.
Wow France and Germany being anti-Israel - what a surprise. I wonder when the American public will understand (if ever).