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Con man sets Nablus aflame
Ali Waked
Published: 11.04.07, 00:28
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1. Help
Yossi ,   Cancun   (04.11.07)
I think my appendix is going to burst. I can't stop laughing.
2. Poor Palestinians
Dave ,   Australia   (04.11.07)
They sold a Mercedes and their jewellery, so they were not poor, what poor people of the world own cars and luxury goods, they were greedy and got caught, but of course its the con mans fault not theirs. They wanted easy money and like all people who want easy money they will get their fingers burnt. You should call the people of Darfur etc poor people, not those who own televisions and internet access. I could be wrong, but I thought Islam did not allow any form of gambling for its adherents so how does playing the stock market sit with this. Stop crying and admit you were conned because of your greed, take this lesson on the chin and get back to real work in a real world where money comes through hard honest graft and not hand outs.
3. Destitute Palestinians have lots of $
Mike ,   Atlanta, USA   (04.11.07)
The correspondent should have then asked who these families sold jewelry and Mercedes to when the buyers themselves would have to pay for these goods in jewels and cars. Where did the valuables go? Jordan?
4. Palestinians are poor, but Palestinian gun men & their famil
Ariel, Israel   (04.11.07)
families are rich, because all of the aid money the world sends gets to them, because they are in churge of the terror attacks on Israel and they need "expenses". Besides, the Palestinian leaders have to keep their people poor so that they don't solve the Palestinian problem of lack of independence before they can assure the destruction of Israel.
5. He was caught, but Zakaria Zubeidi is still free
Zvi   (04.11.07)
$500,000 from one family, eh? The reality is that the al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades are a group of criminal gangs that engage in drug running, gun running, car theft, extortion, armed robbery, racketeering, fraud and freelance mercenary terrorism on behalf of Syria and Iran. Also, wholesale theft and vigilantism. The AAMB families got all that money the old fashioned way. They stole it. Thanks to Mr. Waked for a very educational article. This is the real face of the Palestinian terror gangs.
6. Um, I live in the US and don't drive a Mercedes
Middle Class NA Jew   (04.11.07)
Just so we are clear about this...the Palestinians are impoverished and starving, according to the World Bank, the UN and their leaders, but numerous families had substantial sums to invest in this con-man's scheme???
7. "pals" WEAR DESIGNER DUDS AT CAR SWARMS
Skippy McKool ,   Placerville, USA   (04.11.07)
proper attire ?
8. He Swindled 1 percent of Arafart's Thievery
Seth ,   Washington, DC   (04.11.07)
9. Notice the homes were seized & tenants evicted
R. Alkalai ,   USA   (04.11.07)
10. Some Palestinians are very very rich
(04.11.07)
In fact, they are among the richest people in Latin America. See chile for example. The richest man in Latin America is of Lebanese/Palestinian descent
11. Family invested 100000+ $ - poor suffering palestinains...
Benjamin ,   TA Israel   (04.11.07)
12. WHO ya gonna call
rich ,   da bronx   (04.11.07)
Too bad that they lost money.....maybe they should shake down Arafat's main squeeze - Sufa - in Paris. She seems to be doing alright. That old bag should fork over the money her "husband" swindled the world out of.
13. Jews Should Offer To Buy That Real Estate
Yishai Kohen ,   YeShA, Israel   (04.11.07)
Redeeming OUR land one way or another.
14. laughing all the way to the bank !!!
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15. UN Reports
Israeli ,   Haifa   (04.11.07)
I seem to recall to a UN report not long ago about how the Pals were starving due to the Israelis, Maybe that was in an alternative universe
16. What about the poor Palestinians that were evicted???
dovid   (04.11.07)
17. What happened to we eat olives and dust?
(04.11.07)
18. Palo Finance Minister
Roch ,   Albuquerque NM, USA   (04.11.07)
Maybe Salam Fayyad is trying to recoup money from the Euro's that he was conned by his own man?
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