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"Psychological profile: Arafat moved by money, not might"

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By: The World Tribune

Date: June 14, 2002

Source: "Psychological Profile: Arafat moved by money, not might" as published by the World Tribune.com

About the Author: The World Tribune is an American Internet newspaper dedicated to covering world political, cultural, and economic events.

INTRODUCTION

Yassir (also spelled Yasser or Yasir) Arafat claimed to have been born in Jerusalem on August 4, 1929, although his registered birth certificate stated August 24, 1929 in Cairo, Egypt. His given name was Muhammad Abdel-Rahman Abdel-Raouf Arafat al-Qudwa al-Husseine. The nickname Yassir...