Suha Triggers Power Struggle

(Arab News-Saudi Arabia)Amir Taheri - Suha Arafat's choice is Farouk Kaddoumi, a veteran of the PLO. Kaddoumi is also backed by Nasser Al-Kidwah, Arafat's cousin and PLO representative to the UN, and several of Arafat's brothers and cousins who wish to keep the leadership and its resources in the family. Kaddoumi was in Paris earlier this week reportedly to see the will that Arafat is supposed to have signed giving Suha full authority over the family's fortune. Prime Minister Qurei, however, has denied that there is a will.


2004-11-09 00:00:00

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