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11-11-2004, 07:59 PM
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Suha to receive $22 million a year from Palestinian Authority
Report: Suha to receive $ 22m. a year from PA
Yasser Arafat's widow, Suha, is expected to receive a sum of $22 million a year out of the Palestinian Authority budget, according to the Italian newspaper Corriere De La Serra. The paper said Suha reached an agreement about the money during a meeting with Mahmoud Abbas, the PLO's newly elected chairman, who visited while she was staying next to her husband's bed in the French military hospital outside Paris. It said Abbas personally promised Suha that she would receive $22 million a year to cover her expenses in Paris. The paper noted that in July Arafat transferred to his wife $11 million to cover her living costs for the first six months of the year. Abbas and the Palestinian leadership were forced to strike the deal with Suha after she refused to allow them to visit her husband in hospital. The Palestinian leaders reached the conclusion that it would be better to make a deal with her in order to solve the crisis surrounding Arafat's possessions and secret bank accounts. According to Palestinian officials, the money that Suha is expected to receive will come from secret accounts held by Arafat and his cronies in various countries. They estimated that at least $4 billion were being held in these secret accounts. 
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11-11-2004, 08:05 PM
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Re: Suha to receive $22 million a year from Palestinian Authority
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They estimated that at least $4 billion were being held in these secret accounts. [/ QUOTE ] This figure should be spread out amongst Palestinians. Then they could see what it was exactly their "leader" was fighting four. Simply dispicable.
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11-11-2004, 09:57 PM
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Re: Suha to receive $22 million a year from Palestinian Authority
22 mill a year for living expenses?
That is so absurd, I hope it's not true. People like her should be taken behind a bldg and dealt with.... I suspect she won't last long, money corrupts.... she's a prime example. >TW<
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11-11-2004, 10:01 PM
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Re: Suha to receive $22 million a year from Palestinian Authority
Sadly, that money would make a huge difference in that community and probably go along way to healing some of the anger.
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11-12-2004, 05:20 AM
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Re: Suha to receive $22 million a year from Palestinian Authority
She blackmailed them into paying her off, just to let them visit Arafat. This is par for the course in the Arab world.
It's a world where the people are instilled the values of power, Allah, and wealth. How do I know? I've travelled in Egypt and Jordan. Obviously not everyone is reaching in your pocket, but the tour guide, taxi driver, and customs officer all came up with ploys to fool naive tourists, namely us. Thankfully I had friends who spoke Arabic so we sidestepped a few pitfalls. The things we refer to as honesty and decency are not universally accepted values there. Here either, but we're shocked when we hear about it. There, this Suha incident is just another day.
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11-12-2004, 12:15 PM
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Re: Suha to receive $22 million a year from Palestinian Authority
"It's a world where the people are instilled the values of power, Allah, and wealth. How do I know? I've travelled in Egypt and Jordan. Obviously not everyone is reaching in your pocket, but the tour guide, taxi driver, and customs officer all came up with ploys to fool naive tourists"
I've traveled all over the world: the tour guides, taxi drivers, and customs officers come up with ploys to fool naive tourists in China, in Mexico, in Italy, and in Chicago too.
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#9
11-12-2004, 01:24 PM
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Re: Suha to receive $22 million a year from Palestinian Authority
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I've traveled all over the world: the tour guides, taxi drivers, and customs officers come up with ploys to fool naive tourists in China, in Mexico, in Italy, and in Chicago too. [/ QUOTE ] I drove a cab when I was in college, and I resemble that remark.
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11-12-2004, 01:29 PM
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Re: Suha to receive $22 million a year from Palestinian Authority
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Yasser Arafat's widow, Suha, is expected to receive a sum of $22 million a year [/ QUOTE ] For that kind of money, she better be a pretty good 3-point shooter. [ QUOTE ] According to Palestinian officials, the money that Suha is expected to receive will come from secret accounts held by Arafat and his cronies in various countries. They estimated that at least $4 billion were being held in these secret accounts. [/ QUOTE ] We'll see how long Mama keeps getting that money after the PLO gets its hands on the secret accounts.
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