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Sachin, I'm glad you picked up on some of the strange anti-American rhetoric and inverse logic being used. As you may have heard, Suha Arafat has negotiated a payment of US$22 million a year to disclose where Yasser hid the stolen funds, some estimate it to be in the one billion range, much of which came from the US. So the Americans do have an interest in money that is stolen. Regarding Halliburton, there are investigations going on, some people have been prosecuted and fired, some fines have been levied, and some of the rhetoric is just overblown. In the meantime the company remains a recognized expert in their field. There are some independant investigative reports on www.factcheck.org on the no-bid contracts, which started under Clinton, and Cheney's involvement or lack thereof. --- Sachin Phadte <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: ########################################################################## > # If Goanet stops reaching you, contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] # > # Want to check the archives? > http://www.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet/ # > # Please keep your discussion/tone polite, to > reflect respect to others # > ########################################################################## > > I think Tony Correia Afonso makes a specious > argument when he says: "I > agree with Cornel that Arafat may have been corrupt, > but who are the > Americans to judge him?" > > I do not think that it is only the Americans who > have accused him of such > a crime. There have been many Palestinians who have > also made similar > accusations. And the accusation of corruption has > been made while Arafat > was alive, and the case of a pension for his wife is > only one of the many > things that people in Palestine are not happy about. > > However, we should not end up saying that because > the Americans say that > so-and-so is corrupt, the person is not corrupt. > > As far as Tony's comment on Haliburton is concerned, > I agree with him that > it smacks of corruption. > > Sachin Phadte. > > _________________________________________________________________ > Choose what you want to read. Protect your mail from > spam. > http://server1.msn.co.in/sp04/hotmailspamcontrol/ > Win the war in 9 steps! > > >
