Arafat: Far-flung riches

[Swede]

A scavenger hunt; Yasser Arafat has been dead two years. But some won't mourn his passing. Of the $7 billion pumped into the Palestinian Authority's coffers during his rule, half went missing. A cast of unlikely characters has trodden the money trail.


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[aquart]

1. In the 1980s, the NYT did a cool flowchart

of PA's possessions. I only remember that it included a small airline.

They had embassies in over 90 nations. I never saw an embassy in a low-rent district, have you?

[IntiRaymi]

2. The PA should have embassies in low rent districts only?

[Boston Critic]

3. Ignore that man behind the screen

Pointing out how the Palestinian "leaders" have betrayed their own people and denied them the chance for a peaceful resolution towards their own state beside Israel is considered bad form in some circles.