User:Cullen328/Sandbox/Shaheen

"brilliant organizer and people-mover", "charming"

"The first time I heard the term “serving heart” was during a discussion with a man named Bob Shaheen. He was using the phrase to characterize his disposition toward his former boss the famed Saudi banker and arms merchant Adnan Khashoggi. Bob and Khashoggi worked together negotiating some of the most lucrative and highly publicized business deals of the 1970s and 1980s. At the zenith of their success, they held nearly every marker of status by which businessmen are measured: a fleet of private jets, influence on Wall Street, and friendships with heads of state, including several American presidents. The sum of their efforts catapulted Khashoggi to the title of World’s Richest Man."

"In the interview, Khashoggi, who was a central figure in arms sales to Iran, said that Bush "was trying to raise money right and left" for the contras, who are fighting the government of Nicaragua, in 1985. Khashoggi said his deputy, Bob Shaheen, told him that Bush had invited him to lunch as part of the fund-raising drive, and Khashoggi instructed his deputy to send $1,000."

"[George Bush]'s office made public the letter and offered a different account of the events, saying [Adnan Khashoggi] wrote Bush an unsolicited letter promising to sup- port the administration's drive to aid the contras. Bush wrote back to Khashoggi thanking him for his "support" for the "Freedom Fighters" in Nicaragua and adding that letters such as Khashoggi's are "making a difference." Bush's letter said nothing about a Khashoggi contribution but noted that the administration was seeking $100 million in aid to the contras. In an interview published yesterday in The Washington Times, Khashoggi said his deputy, Bob Shaheen, told him that Bush had invited him to lunch as part of the fund-raising drive for the contras, and Khashoggi instructed his deputy to send $1,000. The amount would not be a significant contribution for Khashoggi, who is frequently referred to as a billionaire. Khashoggi added that he received a "very nice letter" from Bush "thanking me for my contribution.""

Saudi Arabian businessman Adnan Khashoggi started a tradition years ago of giving his devoted chief of staff, Bob Shaheen, the monetary equivalent of his age times a thousand when his birthday rolls around. As Shaheen has grown older, he has also gotten wiser; since Khashoggi must pay in the currency of the country the pair find themselves in on that date, Shaheen has devised some elaborate stratagems to land them in places where the exchange rate is in his favor. One year he talked the captain of Khashoggi's yacht into detouring the craft, sailing it from the Turkish coast into international waters. There they paused just long enough to stamp papers that would prove Shaheen's birthday had not been devaluated.

"trusted adviser and personal assistant"

Le Raspoutine de ce royaume volant est un certain Bob Shaheen, Américain polyglotte, né en Syrie. Sous toutes les latitudes, indifférent aux climats, Shaheen est en complet sombre, somme un chef de cabinet, impeccable et secret l'œil vif derrière ses lunettes cerclées d'acier. Quand il parle de Khashoggi, il dit « the Chief »

Google translate - The Rasputin in this kingdom is driving a Bob Shaheen, an American linguist, born in Syria. All latitudes, indifferent to climate, Shaheen is in dark suit, after a chief of staff, spotless and bright-eyed secret behind his steel-rimmed glasses. When he talks about Khashoggi, he said, "the Chief"

Auch Privatsekretär Bob Shaheen, dem vertraglich jedes Jahr ein Geburtstagsgeschenk in Höhe seines Lebensalters mal tausend, zahlbar in der Währung des Landes zusteht, in dem er sich gerade aufhält, hat Grund zur Klage. ...

Also private secretary Bob Shaheen, the contract for a birthday present every year in the amount of his age times a thousand, payable in the currency of the country due, in which he is currently located, has reason to complain.