Looters raid Arafat's home, steal his Nobel Peace Prize

[rayofreason]

Enraged Fatah leaders on Saturday accused Hamas militiamen of looting the home of former Palestinian Authority chairman Yasser Arafat in Gaza City.

"They stole almost everything inside the house, including Arafat's Nobel Peace Prize medal," said Ramallah-based Fatah spokesman Ahmed Abdel Rahman. "Hamas militiamen and gangsters blew up the main entrance to the house before storming it. They stole many of Arafat's documents and files, gifts he had received from world leaders and even his military outfits."

http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1181813047962&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull

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How appropriate. There is no honor among thieves.

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[barb162]

4. Unlike you, I'm failing at that.

I can't think of a better house to ransack; he took corruption to new heights.

Arafat's Billions
One Man's Quest To Track Down Unaccounted-For Public Funds

Nov. 9, 2003

(CBS) Yasser Arafat diverted nearly $1 billion in public funds to insure his political survival, but a lot more is unaccounted for.
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http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2003/11/07/60minutes/main582487.shtml

[lovuian]

3. Oh they stole more than that The stole a treasure trove

of intelligence since the nazis days Arafat never destroyed one intel paper ... Now thats a treasure

[LeftishBrit]

5. The only way they'll ever get a Nobel Peace Prize...

If only the leaders would try to EARN a Nobel Peace Prize rather than steal one!!!

[sofa king]

6. So the Nobel people finally took it back, eh?

Henry Kissinger better watch out.

[Scurrilous]

7. Haniyeh tours Arafat's house in Gaza, phones late leader's wife

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"Deposed Hamas prime minister Ismail Haniyeh toured the house of Yasser Arafat on Saturday and said he phoned the wife of the late Palestinian leader to assure her the property was not damaged during conflicts between Hamas and Fatah in Gaza.

Haniyeh's tour was an attempt to counter allegations by the rival Fatah movement that Hamas gunmen had broken into Arafat's Gaza City home two days after the end of fighting."

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"During the visit, Haniyeh placed a phone call, and aides said it was to Arafat's widow, Suha, in Tunisia.

"I will send a video of my tour for you to be sure the house is safe and under protection," Haniyeh said on the phone, with reporters watching. "The house of Abu Ammar is one of the national symbols in Gaza ... and will remain under protection."

Fatah spokesman Ahmed Abdel Rahman alleged that on June 17, two days after Hamas took control of Gaza, Hamas gunmen broke into the house, stepped on Arafat's photo and his military fatigues and damaged gifts from world leaders and the Nobel Peace Prize. In the upstairs bedrooms, the gunmen stole women's clothing, the statement said at the time.

During Saturday's tour, there was no apparent sign of damage."

http://haaretz.com/hasen/spages/876646.html

[barb162]

8. So how does this square with the Jerusalem Post article?

which has a picture of a masked man in that room standing on Arafat's photo. Does anyone know if that Jerusalem Post photo of that masked man was from the Arafat house?