Sharon's Son Pleads Guilty to Corruption

[Judi Lynn]

Sharon's Son Pleads Guilty to Corruption
By Associated Press
November 15, 2005, 8:19 AM EST

JERUSALEM -- Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's eldest son pleaded guilty Tuesday to illegal fund-raising charges stemming from his father's 1999 election campaign, his attorney said.

Omri Sharon and his brother, Gilad, helped their father sweep a 1999 primary in the Likud Party, overseeing parts of the campaign and fund-raising.

Omri Sharon, a member of parliament, admitted to all the charges, but is demanding a light sentence, his attorney, Dan Sheinman, told Israel Radio.

Sharon admitted to falsifying corporate documents, perjury and violating the party funding law. Under a plea deal, prosecutors dropped more serious charges of fraud and breach of trust.
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http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/wire/sns-ap-israel-sharons-son,0,7699279.story?coll=sns-ap-nationworld-headlines

[AlCzervik]

1. Good now will the press treat him the way they treated Kofi Annan

will they blame Sharon?

[Kralizec]

2. Annan's son off the hook; Sharon's son pleads guilty. Haha!

[CBHagman]

3. "Demanding a light sentence."

:eyes:

[readmylips]

4. Annan's son not guilty. Smear tactic behind charges....

Let me think...who would smear the Annan name?

[Nihil]

6. Interesting results indeed.

Annan's investigation was all over the media for weeks.

Sharon's prosecution was hardly more than a few paragraphs (if that).

Annan's innocence has been hushed up.

Sharon's guilt has been hushed up.

No, no hidden agendas there at all ...

[Behind the Aegis]

7. What is your point? n/t

[Nihil]

8. Sorry, I thought my point was obvious ...

... "If you are a friend of GWB's administration then all of your sins
will be brushed under the carpet but, if you dare to stand up against
the bullies, they will smear you to death."

i.e., "Media bias - industrial strength".

(Sorry to disappoint you but this was not a "A-S" dig of the sort that
you love to "uncover" but another simple illustration of the US media
grovelling to BushCo. Believe it or not, people dislike Sharon for
reasons other than his religion or nationality.)

[Behind the Aegis]

9. It wasn't...thus my question.

Sorry to disappoint you that I was simply asking a question.

[donsu]

5. maybe this will begin the fall of the criminal Sharongang and give

Israel back to it's citizens who have been screwed.