Tuesday, August 10, 2004

'Paris is for lovers'

Does Mrs. Arafat have a new boyfriend? And is he an enemy of Arafat to boot?
According to the Jerusalem Post,
"malicious sources insist that Suha has, whisper it not, acquired a paramour: The First Lady of Palestine, the sources report, has lately been seen at some of the fanciest Parisian restaurants in the company of wealthy Lebanese businessman, Pierre Rizk.
Like Suha, Rizk is a Christian. But unlike Suha, he acquired a distinguished record of contacts with Israeli intelligence officials during the 1982 Lebanon War when he himself was head of intelligence for the Lebanese Forces, a Christian militia that fought bloody battles with the Palestinians and was, irony of ironies, closely aligned with Israel....
Suha was not available for comment this week."
Things, alas, are not quite as the Post presents them: a quick Google search shows Rizk has long been one of Arafat's own business partners. I'm not sure whether this makes things better or worse for Arafat, but no matter. Considering Suha is married to possibly the least attractive man on earth, the only real question is: what took her so long?

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