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July 15, 2002       Share:    

Source: http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/front/la-fg-gang14jul14.story?coll=la%2Dhome%2Dtodays%2Dtimes

Palestinians Criticize Senior Officials' Lavish Lifestyles

(LA Times) - Two years ago, Palestinian legislature speaker Ahmed Qurea completed a 12-room mansion in Jericho with a swimming pool, lush landscaping, privacy wall, and guard tower. The mansions built by Qurea, senior negotiator Mahmoud Abbas, security chief Mohammed Dahlan, Social Affairs Minister Intisar Wazir, and others are proof for many Palestinians that their leaders have lined their pockets with public money. In addition, says Jarar Kidwa, the Palestinian Authority's auditor general, in Tunis the PLO had "2,000 to 5,000 people on the payroll. Here, there are 121,546 civil servants."

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