{{Cquote|At an emergency meeting of the group held during the assassin's trial, Issa Nakhleh, a former senior adviser to the UN Palestinian Delegation, described Sirhan as an “Arab guerrilla” whose murder of Mr Kennedy was “motivated by political events”.
{{Cquote|At an emergency meeting of the group held during the assassin's trial, Issa Nakhleh, a former senior adviser to the UN Palestinian Delegation, described Sirhan as an “Arab guerrilla” whose murder of Mr Kennedy was “motivated by political events”.
“Nakhleh informed the group that one of his aims in briefing the group was to enlist their support for a trip to the Middle East which he planned to make in order to collect funds to aid Sirhan's defence,” reads the document...
“Nakhleh informed the group that one of his aims in briefing the group was to enlist their support for a trip to the Middle East which he planned to make in order to collect funds to aid Sirhan's defence,” reads the document...
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It also alleges that Mr Nakhleh had in the past been accused of being a “loose handler” of funds – that he had previously raised money for various causes, but that the funds later “found a way into his pockets”.<ref>[https://www.thenationalnews.com/news/us/2025/06/12/sirhan-sirhan-rfk-files-cia-palestinian/ 'Kennedy must fall': CIA releases Sirhan Sirhan diary pages and RFK assassination files].
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It also alleges that Mr [[Issa Nakhleh|Nakhleh]] had in the past been accused of being a “loose handler” of funds – that he had previously raised money for various causes, but that the funds later “found a way into his pockets”.<ref>[https://www.thenationalnews.com/news/us/2025/06/12/sirhan-sirhan-rfk-files-cia-palestinian/ 'Kennedy must fall': CIA releases Sirhan Sirhan diary pages and RFK assassination files].
<blockquote>Palestinian who emigrated from Jordan to the US shot and killed Democratic presidential hopeful in 1968.</blockquote>
<blockquote>Palestinian who emigrated from Jordan to the US shot and killed Democratic presidential hopeful in 1968.</blockquote>
Cody Combs, ''The National'', June 12, 2025.</ref>}}
Cody Combs, ''The National'', June 12, 2025.</ref>}}