Outrage: Palestinian Terror Leaders Need Money, America Provides
Pictured: Members of Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigade…they need our money to pay the rent.
So here’s the deal. You got $150 million freed up to send to the Palestinian Authority this past week.
Abbas promises certain leaders of Fatah’s military wing Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades that live in Ramallah $3,000 each because they had been complaining to him that they cannot pay their bills.
Yo, no problem Haji…here ya go, compliments of Uncle Sam.
That went out to about 20 Al Aqsa leaders in Ramallah. But when Al Aqsa leaders living in Nablus and Hebron got wind of the grants, they also complained to Abbas… “We need to pay our bills!” And extended their open palms.
Well Abbas, was accused of showing favoritism to the Ramallah leaders and so guess what?
Here’s an article in World Net Daily by Aaron Klein:
JERUSALEM – Just days after it was announced the U.S. would transfer $150 million directly to Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas’ government, members of the Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades terror group, the declared military wing of Abbas’ Fatah party, were told they would receive cash grants, WND has learned.
According to Palestinian militant sources familiar with the issue, earlier this month, 20 members of the Brigades leadership in the West Bank city of Ramallah complained to PA Prime Minister Salam Fayyad they did not have enough money to pay their bills, including, for many of them, rent for their apartments.
Last week, according to the informed sources, Fayyad told the complaining Brigades leaders he would provide them with a one-time grant of $3,000 each, or $60,000 to the Ramallah-based Brigades leadership.
The sources said after Brigades leaders in other West Bank cities, including Hebron and Nablus, heard of the grants, they also demanded pay increases.
“Some of the other fighters accused Fayyad of favoring the Brigades leaders in Ramallah since that’s where Fayyad lives,” said a militant source. “So he gave grants also to other cells.”
The sources estimate at least $350,000 in grants to Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades leaders were pledged by Fayyad since last week. Some of the Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades leaders serve in Fatah security forces while others only work in the Brigades.
The Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades is responsible for scores of suicide bombings, deadly shootings and rocket attacks. It is listed by the State Department as a terrorist organization even though U.S. policy considers the Fatah party to be “moderate.”
Many members of the Brigades openly serve in Fatah’s official security forces.
Fayyad’s purported grants to the Brigades come after the U.S. announced last week it will transfer $150 million directly to accounts controlled by Fayyad, marking the first time in eight months America has transferred money directly to the PA instead of to nongovernmental agencies.
President Bush pushed Congress to remove a hold on a $150 million aid package to be transferred to the PA. Bush said the PA was in economic trouble and needed the money at a time it is “threatened” by extremists and negotiating with Israel.
The U.S. House of Representatives Foreign Operations Appropriations subcommittee earlier halted the aid fearing it would be used to fund terrorism.
Fayyad claimed to reporters last week the U.S. money, due to be transferred tomorrow, would go directly to the Palestinian national treasury to be used for running what he termed a cash-strapped government.
“We see this [U.S. aid] as significant, especially because it underscores the confidence with which our financial system is viewed internationally,” Fayyad said at a signing ceremony last week at the U.S. consul general in Jerusalem.
(WND)
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Well son of a bitch!
If its not bad enough that we are paying for our own demise with heroine addicts in this country buying Afghan(taliban) heroine and us buying oil from the most despicable people on earth now the US taxpayers are helping to fund Israels as well.
March 24th, 2008 at 1:44 pmok maybe i just dont know much about the problems in that side of the world as i should, so can someone explain to me why we are giving them 150 million dollars? even though its going to their militia and not the people, govt or economy?
March 24th, 2008 at 2:20 pmWTF ? I need YOUR money to buy ammo so I can kill more of YOU…Thanks US taxpayer ! Why are WE funding OUR enemies ?
March 24th, 2008 at 2:22 pmThe government we have now is woefully ignorant of the facts !
One of the dirty little secrets I’ve been told is that privately, the other Arab States view the Palestinians as a bunch of LOSERS who can’t manage their own affairs.
One can only hope someday the U.S. State Dept. will come to the same conclusion and advise the Administration and Congress of that reality, then they’ll have the political cover to act accordingly. (I’m not holding my breath)
What should the USA do then
March 24th, 2008 at 5:22 pm
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March 25th, 2008 at 12:36 pm