Arafat cronies made $$ by helping Israel build the wall

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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2004/07/25/wmid25.xml&sSheet=/news/2004/07/25/ixnewstop.html

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Palestinian businessmen have made millions of pounds supplying cement for Israel's "security barrier" in the full knowledge of Yasser Arafat, the Palestinian leader and one of the wall's most vocal critics.

A damning report by Palestinian legislators, which has been seen by the Telegraph, concludes that Mr Arafat did nothing to stop the deals although he publicly condemned the structure as a "crime against humanity".

The report claims that the cement was sold with the knowledge of senior officials at the Palestinian ministry of national economy, and close advisers to Mr Arafat. It concludes that officials were bribed to issue import licences for the cement to importers and businessmen working for Israelis.

One of the report's three authors, Hassan Khreishe - an independent legislator and long-term critic of Mr Arafat - last night called for the Palestinian cabinet to resign.
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Wow. Just, wow.

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1. Germany has tons of cement blocks, razor wire, etc.

that they could use...

what a waste.

[Jack Rabbit]

2. What do we do with Arafat?

As of late, the only excuse he's had for remaining around is that he is a living symbol of Palestinian nationalism. However, tolerating this kind of crap may just remove that excuse.

Arafat came within a whisker of being the George Washington of Palestine, but George Washington he is not.

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3. Israel and the United States

should openly and effusively praise him as a man of peace willing to do the right and reasonable thing not only for Palestine, but Israel.

/Evil Mastermind

[Jack Rabbit]

4. He does seem to be the Frat Boy's kind of guy

He loves to surround himself with anybody who has a conflict of interest.

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5. this is the real reason why Arafat is

is a piece of crap ....