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| Saudi Arabia contributes additional $5 million to Al-Aqsa Fund | |
| 2003-09-23 | |
The Saudi government has contributed five million dollars to the Al-Aqsa Fund account in support the Palestinian people. President of the Islamic Development Bank (IDB) Ahmad Mohamed Ali said that this amount comes in response to the Beirut summit appeal to Arab countries for an additional to $150 million to support the development sectors in Palestine. Saudi Arabia announced earlier the additional contribution of $21 million to support the Al-Aqsa Fund and had paid $16 million. The recent five million dollar payment is the last installment towards this contribution. With this the grant, the Kingdom's total contribution to the two funds amounts to $271 million. The purpose of IDB is to foster the economic development and social progress of member countries and Muslim communities, individually as well as jointly, in accordance with the principles of the Shariah, the Islamic law.
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| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |
| #6 ..this amount comes in response to the Beirut summit appeal to Arab countries for an additional to $150 million to support the development sectors in Palestine. "Development sectors" in Paleo-speak really means "bomb factories". |
| Posted by: Bomb-a-rama 2003-9-23 10:56:29 PM |
| #5 There's nothing wrong with Riyadh a few thousand 500-pounders wouldn't cure, followed by a nice dose of napalm and allowed to "cook" for a few days. The "royal family" needs to suffer a "Kennedy moment". Then the 2nd Marine Division needs to go in, knock a few heads, and build a huge fence around Mecca and Medina. We'll let any Muslim from anywhere in, as long as they stay there. Nothing goes back OUT over the wall. Sooner or later, they'll get the message. |
| Posted by: Old Patriot 2003-9-23 7:16:21 PM |
| #4 Deal with Saudi and Iranian money and you are 90% complete on WOT. Of course, WE of the western world are fighting our opponents who are financed with money we paid for OIL. So ultimately the WOT is all about OOOOOOOOiiiiiiiiiiillllllll and IIIIIIIISSSSSSSSSSSSSSSLLLLLLLLLAAMMM> So do we: 1. Reform the Saudis and Iranians 2. Squash them like bugs 3. Develop alternative energy sources and leave em high and dry? Or do we perform permutations of the above three actions? In the big picture, this is what we are faced with. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2003-9-23 5:34:49 PM |
| #3 As they've said before, without the Saudis, there'd be no War on Terror. Yeah, someone has to provide the opposition. Keep cutting your own throats boys. They'll be by for you eventually... and you'll go with the knowledge that you bankrolled it yourself. |
| Posted by: tu3031 2003-9-23 4:03:48 PM |
| #2 al-Aqsa: We want our Holocaust II! Kill all Jews! House of Sod: I'll your dough up. Now go blow up! |
| Posted by: Katz 2003-9-23 3:36:28 PM |
| #1 well that ain't much, especially after Yasser and his boys skim off $3.5 Million for "a rainy day" |
| Posted by: Frank G 2003-9-23 3:28:23 PM |