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Yasser Arafat "Has £1.8bn Fortune"


(Herald-UK) - William Tinning A television documentary is to claim that Yasser Arafat, the Palestinian president, has amassed a personal fortune of up to £1.8bn and his wife is given tens of thousands of pounds each week to fund a lavish lifestyle in Paris. The CBS show "60 Minutes" will also claim on Sunday that Arafat's wife, Suha, 40, who lives away from the struggles of her homeland, is given more than £60,000 ($100,000) a month from PA funds. It is claimed that Arafat controls most of the £3.3bn in international aid that has flowed to the PA over the past nine years, during which time he has established a system of financial aid that guarantees the support of a host of Palestinian factions.
2003-11-07 00:00:00
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