Abdelhaleem Ashqar has been certified as a candidate in the upcoming Palestinian elections to choose a successor to Yasser Arafat.
What does this have to do with DC?
Ashqar will be campaigning from Alexandria, VA, where he’s currently under house arrest on racketeering charges.
This post appeared in its original form at DC Metblogs
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