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| US Adds $195 Million In Food Aid To Syria For Eid Al-Fitr | |
| 2013-08-08 | |
[Ynet] The United States is providing $195 million more in food and humanitarian aid to Syria to mark the end of Ramadan for Mohammedans, President Barack ObamaWhy can't I just eat my waffle?... said on Wednesday. Washington has been slow to provide weapons for Syrian rebels struggling to toppled Syrian  Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir Pencilneckal-Assad Horror of Homs... , but has provided a sizeable amount of humanitarian aid. A statement from Obama marking Eid al-Fitr, said the $195 million in additional aid would bring the US humanitarian contribution to more than $1 billion since the Syrian crisis began.
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| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #8 Given to Assad or to the "rebels"? |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2013-08-08 17:13 |
| #7 Humanitarian aid is a farce. Money is fungible. The $195m we give them for food just frees up money they would have spent on food for other purposes - like waging war. Seriously, how much of the $195m has been directly earmarked by Syria to pay Russia for recent arms deliveries? |
| Posted by: Iblis 2013-08-08 14:02 |
| #6 Sequestration is hard on the little people - the workers. Can't let a little thing like that interfere with The One Grand Plan! |
| Posted by: Bobby 2013-08-08 12:16 |
| #5 Half time ends....... |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2013-08-08 11:11 |
| #4 fwiw, eid al fitr ends in a few hours |
| Posted by: lord garth 2013-08-08 08:29 |
| #3 Paying the jizya good and hard. Like the old saying about hitting yourself in the head with a hammer, it will feel so good when it stops... |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2013-08-08 07:21 |
| #2 US Gov't funding for Eid al-Fitr good-to-go. Christian nativity scenes.... bad, bad, bad. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2013-08-08 02:19 |
| #1 Too bad there's a sequestration going on. The President could've thrown in a few White House tours. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2013-08-08 01:28 |