Salah Ezzedine, "Lebanese Bernie Madoff," Humiliates Hezbollah

nytimes.com:

TURA, Lebanon -- The investor, a heavyset man in a gray polo shirt, sat back in a plastic chair in his hardware store and sighed, unable to explain how his life savings had vanished so quickly into thin air.

"It's a disaster, a tsunami," he said. "Some farmers mortgaged their fields and brought in cash. Others sold land they had inherited from their parents. Teachers gave up all their savings. Old people lost everything they had."

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Comments

[Rog49Thomas]

It's interesting how folks use a scandal to attack a people or movement.

It was disgusting when certain folks tried to damn an entire group because of Mr. Madoff.
It's no less disgusting with this case.

Funnily enough I don't remember any attacks on ethnic or religious groups related to Mr. Lay.

Why is that?

[Durango]

That is nothing compared to the trillions of dollars and the embarrassment it SHOULD have caused the Republican Party for alowing the looting of the American economy and treasury.

But Republicans, apparently, are beyond shame.

Because I still see the same fools running free, and even appearing on television, who opened the doors for the thieves who all but ruined our country..

[Lutfi]

When you have a con man , it really don't mater the name or place , if hes or she is a con person, and don't care of person except them self, they my rot in hell with no ATM machine.

[JScott]

Money talks no matter the language or political persuasion, most of the time it sez Goodbye.
Also 'there's a sucker born every minute' seem to hold true no matter where.

[JerryLevy]

Hezbollah has dragged Southern Lebanon into wars none of the people want, now they have stolen their money too. Terrorist groups make for bad government.

[Lutfi]

Maybe he and maddoff in the US are related to each other's .

[CigarGod]

Really?
How is it they have such broad support if no one wants them?

[davidwayneosedach]

Lebanon: the Switzerland of the Mideast. I'll be he scammed even more than Bernie.

[MosheDayanHero]

Hassan" Bernie" Nasralloff?

[Taxi]

But he won't be going to the Hague for war crimes and crimes against humanity -

Like we know members of the last and current izzie government will soon be.

[MosheDayanHero]

Of course Nasraloff is not going anywhere. The thousands of Palestinains who perished while Hezbollah and Lebanese army took out the camps don't count.
We all know that. Arab-on Arab crimes don't interest the world.

[myopinion2]

Never miss an opportunity to spread the hate, even if the blog has absolutely nothing to do with israel.

Good work.

[brendanm]

Yeah, because the US and its allies are always held accountable for their crimes?