Palestinian Authority general has been pocketing pay of 7,000 fictitious troopers

Haaretz ^ | 4/1/2004 | Arnon Regular

[yonif]

An examination of the payrolls of the Palestinian Authority's National Security force, considered the largest of the Palestinian security forces, commanded by General Haj Ismail Jabber, has revealed that salaries for 7,000 fictitious troopers were being paid into his pocket every month.

The salaries for police at the lower ranks range from $300-400 a month, which means that some $2 million a month from PA funds was being paid to the general.

For the past eight months donor countries have been demanding the PA stop the practice of handing over the cash payrolls of the security services to the commanders of each of the separate forces, for them to hand out as pay to their subordinates.

The donor countries, including the European Union and other countries have been demanding PA Finance Minister Salam Fayyad cease the practice, and indeed, during the government of Mahmoud Abbas, troops from parts of the Preventive Security force, the police and civil defense units were paid through direct payments into their bank accounts. According to Abbas, some 22 percent of the Palestinian police were paid that way during his term.

But over the same period Haj Imsail, backed by Yasser Arafat, refused to provide a list of his troops, which led to clashes with Fayyad, including attacks on the PA's treasury offices in Gaza.

Stepped-up pressure on Fayyad by donor countries to come up with the full payroll lists, combined with a PA budget deficit in the hundreds of millions of dollars that makes the PA desperate for the donations, led a few days ago to the transfer to the PA treasury of a diskette with the full list of names of people receiving salaries from Haj Ismail. And there, it turned out that while Haj Ismail was claiming salaries for 37,000 people, there were only 30,000 on the list.

In addition, it turned out that Haj Ismail was receiving the salaries for his troops according to the exchange rate used in Israel, around NIS 4.5 to the dollar, while he paid his troops according to NIS 3.7 to the dollar, a rate used by the PA. That gap meant another half a million dollars a month went into his pocket. On Thursday, for the first time, the National Security forces will be paid their March salaries through their bank accounts instead of in cash. And Haj Ismail's secret extra salary will cease flowing to him.

[yonif]

Ping.

[kdot]

I'm shocked! They seemed so trustworthy.

[mathurine]

I swear to Allah these people were here this morning; where could they be now? The Americans and Jews did this to me. We must kill them.

[victoryatallcosts]

This, I might add, makes the assumption that the money was merely being funnelled into the pocket of the General.

I'd suggest that it is equally plausible that it was being used to underwrite terror operations.

[Whispering Smith]

It's just walking around money. You never know when you'll need a mob. It averages out to about 7000 people a day.

[hoot2]

"...commanded by General Haj Ismail Jabber, has revealed that salaries for 7,000 fictitious troopers were being paid into his pocket every month. "

if he'd been raised on the 10 commandments; this wouldn't have happened.
no morals, values, or principles; n this is what you get.
just like the klintons n the demonRAT party...

[bayourod]

Everything rolled along just fine until I got orders to rush my 7,000 soldiers to the northwest wall to repel the attack of 20,000 Israelis. It can be lonely at the top.

[prophetic]

reminds me of a number of union bosses & a number of corrupt Democrap politicians we all know, including Ketchup boy.

[HarryCaul]

Honestly, I have to say I admire this man.

I mean 10 troops, 100 troops, that's a crime. 7000? That's genius!

[Travis McGee]

I wonder how many high explosive bomb belts have been paid for with EU donations?

[lonevoice]

I'd suggest that it is equally plausible that it was being used to underwrite terror operations.

You got that right. $2.5 million per month buys a lot of homicide bombers. Especially when they'll blow up their children for only $25.

[yonif]

Not just EU:

The United States has delivered 300 million dollars to the Palestinian "Security" Apparatus

[blackbart.223]

"Palestinian Authority general has been pocketing pay of 7,000 fictitious troopers."

He's a chip off the old Arafat. And useful idiots commit suicide for these rotten bastards.

[sr4402]

Why are we still giving money to Terrorists. Yasir Arafat is a known terrorists. The Palestinian Charter calls for the destruction of Isreal (a terrorist charter) and the current homicide bombings are praised and taught to their children.

Why do are we still giving money to Terrorists?

[agrace]

Snort.

[Timocrat]

Questions:
1. Has the General lost his job?
2. Has he been asked to refund the money?
3. Has he been asked what happened to the money?

Imagine if this had been revealed about a general in the US/Israel/Europe.

[Valin]

An examination of the payrolls of the Palestinian Authority's National Security force, considered the largest of the Palestinian security forces, commanded by General Haj Ismail Jabber, has revealed that salaries for 7,000 fictitious troopers were being paid into his pocket every month.

Well this is a shocking piece of news...not.

[Valin]

Questions:
1. Has the General lost his job?
2. Has he been asked to refund the money?
3. Has he been asked what happened to the money?

There's going to be a high level commission started to look into these "serious allegations" we can expect an interim report within 18-24 months.

[yonif]

Why? Because terrorists striking Israelis are not the same as terrorists striking Europe or the US.