I am offended that the West has been complicit

in this fraud by surely and knowingly paying this blood money for realpolitik reasons with little return considering the intifada.

I am offended that no justice was meted out against this killer during his lifetime, his murderous PLO crew and his greedy sluttish Western wife.

The Fatah money hunters are no better than the rest.

Disclosure/outrage/change are only ends to be sought.

I love a good money scandal as much as anyone,

but the money hunters in this case are murderers and thugs.

Money like this has a way of creeping up, out and into the economy of either Switzerland or Europe or the Middle East.

Where is the morality play here? This is not a Robin Hood story.

Stony lonesome in Switzerland may be better than prison accomodations elsewhere but I doubt any Swiss bankers aspire to putting that proposition to the test. The Swiss have become more amenable toward disclosure of information when a presumption of illegality is soundly asserted but simple (if massive) political corruption does not rise to the necessary level of criminality. No Swiss banker will be coming forward voluntarily. Aside from breaking Swiss banking laws, his life would be forfeit – if not to the current PA thugs, then to other terrorist organizations and corrupt governments who also rely on the security of Swiss silence.

I hope that the FT is able to do a good job on exposing the depth of corruption and criminality that was (and is) the PLO/PA but if the current leadership get their hands on the loot I would not place a dime bet on a penny of it reaching the “people”.

One of those Swiss banks was bragging in ads about how they had Yassar Arafat as a client. See http://www.estatevaults.com/bol/archives/000170.html.

I hope they can “encouraged” to give some of the stolen money back.