Examination of Witness (Questions 611-619)
Mr Tony Zureikat
20 December 2005
Ms Alda Barry, the Registrar of Members Interests,
was also present.
Q611 Sir Philip Mawer: May
we start the formal interview. Inevitably there is going to be
a bit of repetition from our previous conversation, but the line
from Amman was not very good and although we have got a record[54]
of our conversation there will be some repetition, I am afraid.
Can we start off with the formal bit. Can I ask you to give
me your full name?
Mr Zureikat: I
have got a two names, a Jordanian name and an American name.
My Jordanian name is Awni (A-W-N-I)
Khalil (K-H-A-L-I-L) Zureikat (Z-U-R-E-I-K-A-T).
My American name is Tony (T-O-N-Y
) Zureikat (Z-R-A-I-Q-A-T)
because at the time I got my citizenship there was the spelling
and in the same family there are tonnes of spellings. When I
came back we corrected the spelling to the right spelling. They
used to write the name the way they pronounce the name in Jordan.
There is no standard for names such as George or John. In Arabic
the way you pronounce you write the name. There is no standard
for that.
Q612 Sir Philip Mawer:
Good.
Mr Zureikat: I
was born 1 November 1959 in Jordan in the city of Zarka (Z-A-R-K-
A).
Q613 Sir Philip Mawer: Are
you a Jordanian and a US citizen?
Mr Zureikat:
Yes.
Q614 Sir Philip Mawer: So
you have got citizenship of both countries?
Mr Zureikat:
Yes.
Q615 Sir Philip Mawer: And
where are you living at the moment?
Mr Zureikat:
In Amman.
Q616 Sir Philip Mawer:
In Amman?
Mr Zureikat:
Yes.
Q617 Sir Philip Mawer: You
have business in the United States though as well?
Mr Zureikat: My
business is mostly in Iraq. My company is an American company
and a Jordanian company registered in the United States but after
2001 I have no business performed in the US, it is all in Iraq.
Q618 Sir Philip Mawer: You
have been resident in Amman since 2001, have you?
Mr Zureikat:
Yes.
Q619 Sir Philip Mawer: Can
you tell me what relationship you are to Fawaz Zureikat?
Mr Zureikat: He
is my first cousin from my father's side. My father and his father
are brothers.
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