NO OS PERDÁIS este repaso a las finanzas de Arafat, cuyo estado de coma está derivando rápidamente hacia punto. Final.

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As confusion over Mr Arafat's condition grew, a Palestinian legislator last night called for his financial adviser, Mohammed Rashid, who controls a multi-billion dollar network of Palestine Liberation Organisation accounts, to be investigated.

Over the past 40 years, Mr Arafat's PLO has built up a global empire of investments, worth an estimated $4.2 billion to $6.5 billion. (£2.3-£3.5 billion). Meanwhile the Palestinian Authority, which administers the territories, is virtually bankrupt.

Abdul Jawwad Saleh, a leading independent member of the Palestinian Legislative Council, wants Mr Rashid to be questioned at the organisation's Ramallah headquarters. His demand reflects concern that very few people will know the whereabouts of more than £2 billion of PLO funds if Mr Arafat dies. Mr Rashid left Ramallah some months ago, and is currently in Paris. Hassan Khreishe, another legislative council member, said Mr Rashid would be held to account. "We will follow him, don't worry," he said.

Mr Saleh is also calling for Mr Arafat's wife, Suha, who is said to be a business partner of Mr Rashid, to be questioned. "Mr Arafat's situation has presented a chance for us to question Mohammed Rashid," he said. "He knows better than anyone else the whereabouts of all the money, all the secret accounts. This is the people's money."

Hay más.

ACTUALIZACIÓN. HispaLibertas se hacía eco esta mañana de una hipótesis que va cobrando fuerza: que la misteriosa enfermedad del terrorista Arafat fuera SIDA; su homosexualidad (o bisexualidad) ha sido un rumor sordo pero constante desde hace años. Más sobre esta cuestión en este enlace. Comprensible que lo oculten, porque la homosexualidad en Palestina implica una condena al ostracismo y la muerte civil, en el mejor de los casos; a la muerte física en alguna misión suicida para expurgar el pecado en el peor. Por eso los gays palestinos han ido emigrando a un lugar donde saben que son respetados.

ACTUALIZACIÓN II. Casi como en el cine.