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2005-11-21 Afghanistan-Pak-India

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Posted by Fred 2005-11-21 00:00|| || Front Page|| [2 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Slight correction:

Pakistan vows to use Swiss account for quake aid

Posted by Zenster 2005-11-21 01:30|| 2005-11-21 01:30|| Front Page Top

#2 Pakistan vows to account for quake aid

and on the twenty first day of November, in the year two thousand and five of our Sweet Lord and Saviour JESUS CHRIST, I vow never believe them.

As a lovely young maiden once observed to me: "Nebbah hoppen, G.I."... Well, maybe she wasn't a maiden. In fact, I'm sure she wasn't, now that I think about it.

negotiating tactic ima sure.

Posted by Red Dog 2005-11-21 01:44|| 2005-11-21 01:44|| Front Page Top

#3 Here's the accounting:

INCOMING AID: $5.83 billion
AMOUNT SPENT: $5.78 billion
KOFI'S KUT: $0.05 billion

Any questions?

Posted by Robert Crawford">Robert Crawford 2005-11-21 08:15|| http://www.kloognome.com/]">[http://www.kloognome.com/] 2005-11-21 08:15|| Front Page Top

#4 I think the world conscience was stricken and stirred when the earthquake occurred, but that agencies were reluctant to donate because of the sure knowledge the money would be raked off by the handful.

Slight word correction, you meant to say "Truckload" instead of "Handfull".

Posted by Redneck Jim 2005-11-21 09:24|| 2005-11-21 09:24|| Front Page Top

#5 According to the Pak physicist Pervez Hoodbhoy, the last earthquake aid funds (in 1971) were diverted to start the Pak nuclear weapon program.

One shudders to think what they will use these new funds for now... biological WMD ?

Posted by john 2005-11-21 16:44|| 2005-11-21 16:44|| Front Page Top

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