Posted on 02/24/2009 7:11:46 PM PST by Cindy
Monzer al-Kassar, 63, a longtime resident of Spain known as the "Prince of Marbella" for his lifestyle in the glitzy seaside town, was sentenced after being convicted in November of agreeing to sell millions of dollars of weapons to the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC.
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Yep and yep.
He may well be known as the Queen of Marbella.
I think I may have met this clown in the early Eighties at the corrupt BCCI (Bank of Credit and Commerce International), which the Chinese used in their early forays with westerners. I thought Mr. al-Kassar was Eurotrash (the introduction sounded like given and family names, Al Kassar), a short tub of lard with graying hair. I had no idea the guy was an Arab.
Good riddance!
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