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ROTFL: Suha says Tunisia trying to defame Yasser, 'Palestinians'

Suha Arafat says that the issuance of a warrant for her arrest on corruption charges by Tunisia is an attempt to defame her dead husband Yasser and the 'Palestinian cause.'

Suha claimed that the arrest warrant coincided with the Palestinian Authority’s efforts to seek membership in UNESCO and the UN with the aim of defaming her husband and the Palestinian cause. She said that if her husband were alive he would have told her not to worry about the allegations and that they [the Tunisians] can go to hell.

She added that the former Tunisian first lady kicked her and her daughter, Zahwa, out of Tunisia in a humiliating manner. "The Tunisian authorities packed all our personal belongings in cartons and asked us to leave the house which was given to us in Tunis,” Suha Arafat said. “Tarabulsi also threatened to throw our personal items to the street within 48 hours if we did not leave the country. She also stripped me of my Tunisian citizenship.”

She said that since Arafat’s death the Palestinian Authority has been paying her a monthly salary of $12,000.

In an interview with a Tunisian TV station, Suha said that the school was the only business she had with Tarabulsi. “It was a humanitarian deal,” she explained. “I wanted to start a university for unprivileged people. Leila [Tarabulsi] was the real president of Tunisia for 23 years. All of the Tunisian people were oppressed. I was also a victim of her.”

So if the charges aren't true, why would the opponents of the people who threw her out be going after her? An Arab/Muslim country trying to embarrass the 'Palestinians'? You've got to be kidding. And by the way, why is she getting $12,000 per month in foreign aid money (the 'Palestinians' have nothing else) as a salary for shopping in Paris? Hmmm.

Labels: corruption, Palestinian Authority corruption, Suha Arafat, Tunisia, Yasser Arafat, Zine El Abidine Ben Ali

posted by Carl in Jerusalem @ 6:41 PM