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2004-01-21 Middle East

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Posted by PlanetDan 2004-01-21 9:52:18 AM|| || Front Page|| [3 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 I will kiss Arafat @$$ at high noon at the temple mount if he spends ONE day in custudy. This is all for show, nothing will become of this and the terror will continue. USAID has drawn a line in the sand, but EU (France/Germany) has no cajones to make this worthwhile. I preduct they (EU) will boost the PA fund and the stealing will continue.

Posted by Cyber Sarge (VRWC CA Chapter) 2004-1-21 10:27:53 AM|| 2004-1-21 10:27:53 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 Over 20% skimmed off the top, just from the exchange rate alone. In plain sight.

Absolutely Positively F#$king Hilarious.

Hey Chris Patten, why do you still have a job?

Posted by Daniel King 2004-1-21 11:19:42 AM|| 2004-1-21 11:19:42 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 Between this scandle and Oil For Food, I am begining to feel like the close relative of a crackhead must.

Posted by Super Hose 2004-1-21 11:26:44 AM|| 2004-1-21 11:26:44 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 Forty grand a month? In the PA?

Palaces indeed...

Posted by mojo 2004-1-21 12:22:59 PM|| 2004-1-21 12:22:59 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 Former Palestinian cabinet minister Abdel Fattah Hamayel admits paying $40,000 per month âliving expensesâ to those Al-Aqsa Martyrsâ Brigades gunmen not already employed by the Palestinian security forces.

Which means the Paleo security boys get more, right? Otherwise they'd hit the bread line.

$40,000 per month ANYWHERE in the world would buy you a soft life -- great house, good food, lots of entertainment and toys, education, you name it. ANYWHERE. So why is Ein-al-Hellhole such a shithole? Why is Jenin a shithole? Ramallah? Same thing. Each and every village and city on the West Bank and Gaza is a dump.

Don't blame the Israelis, either. They were working to whip the place into shape right up to the time they pulled out and gave Yasser his long-coveted "autonomy". Lot at the result.

I hope USAID sticks to its guns and doesn't dispense another penny. I have no hopes at all for the EU.

Posted by Steve White 2004-1-21 1:05:12 PM|| 2004-1-21 1:05:12 PM|| Front Page Top

#6 What if we just sent the charities funding in the form of Walmart gift cards. It would be harder to use the funds for evil as they could only draw cash if the remainder on the card was less than $5. If you use one of the cards at my local Wal-mart to fill up, you can get 4 cents off per gallon of gas. That might have a damping effect the spirally worldwide price of crude.

Posted by Super Hose 2004-1-21 1:40:46 PM|| 2004-1-21 1:40:46 PM|| Front Page Top

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