(Jerusalem Post) Khaled Abu Toameh- Egyptian Intelligence chief Gen. Omar Suleiman, who met with Arafat in Ramallah on June 23, presented him with a list of 70 top PA officials involved in corruption and demanded that they be removed from their jobs, a PA official said Tuesday. The London-based Al-Quds al-Arabi said Suleiman told Arafat that the EU and other countries have conditioned continued financial aid to the PA on the dismissal of the corrupt officials. According to intelligence gathered by European countries, the officials whose names appear on the list had pocketed funds earmarked for the Palestinians and had set up private companies with the money. Suleiman said the donors estimate that hundreds of millions of dollars did not arrive at their destination, according to the PA official.
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