Sharon faces fraud police questioning about family money

[emad]

From the UK's BBC News:

Israel's Prime Minister, Ariel Sharon, is being questioned by police officers in connection with his family's financial affairs. Officers from the national fraud squad have gone to question Mr Sharon at his official residence in Jerusalem. This marks the first time he has been questioned in his time as prime minister.

Reports say Mr Sharon has decided to meet the police alone, without a lawyer. It is thought that the police questions will focus on two separate issues. The first is the way in which Ariel Sharon and his two sons, Omri and Gilad, paid back around $1m of illegal campaign contributions dating back to his Likud leadership campaign in 1999. The second focuses on the nature of the business relationship between Mr Sharon's younger son, Gilad, and an Israeli businessman, David Appel.

Investigators have been trying to find out whether any funds were used improperly and whether attempts were made to try to buy Ariel Sharon's influence. Officers have already questioned a number of people, including the prime minister's sons. Gilad Sharon remained silent during interrogations. Ariel Sharon has insisted in public that he has not done anything wrong but, according to Israeli opinion polls, many believe there is some wrongdoing.

The fraud squad may have the final say.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/3226801.stm

[Nlighten1]

1. We need a "national fraud squad" for the Bush family.

Why can't we have something like that?

[emad]

2. All roads lead to Enron and until he's busted for his part in that

it ain't worth it.

I expect the FBI and CIA will pool their resources on this one.

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

3. The CIA is so mad at Bush now

they would probably happily comply with any request of an investigation.

[emad]

4. Good chance it's already more advanced than is generally

assumed in the media. Bush knows there are lawsuits coming up before the UK High Court that go into great detail about his family's involvement in organised crime scams in the 70s and 80s - viz: BCCI creditors' class action in January, which also links him to the Banco Ambrosiano scam and the murder of 'God's Banker' Roberto Calvi. Ariel Sharon is also up to his neck on this one.

Bush can't keep on stalling and stonewalling and trying to bribe/blackmail officials and witnesses on this one because all the appeal lawsuits pre-trial to gag crucial wintess testimony (mainly by the Bank of England, the supervisory/regulatory body that held huge dossiers on the background to these scams) have failed and the lawsuit starts in about 10 weeks. With full media coverage - and not the blackout that he's been pushing Poodle to order.

[0007]

6. You make my heart jump with joy -

While the sunbeams are waiting anxiously to bring light on these crimes. I thank you emad aisat sana for bringing a ray of hope to the dark corner of my mind.

[Flying_Pig]

5. So Israel's porcine fascist find himself in the hot seat, eh? Good.

Hopefully, he won't be able to slither out of it like his best friend, G.W. Bush, has so far. Throw the book at em' Dano!

[bemildred]

7. I wonder if we could train him to sniff out bombs?