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2007-05-21 India-Pakistan

48 containers of quake-relief goods seized from Peshawar

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Posted by Fred 2007-05-21 00:00|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top

#1 We send 'geysers' in earthquake relief packages? Won't the Yellowstone rangers miss them?

I guess this guy didn't pay the appropriate 'protection' for his operation. I often wonder how much Western relief aid ever actually gets to the disaster victims. I see how much of what we spend on 'development aid' in Iraq gets diverted along the way. I see how much Katrina relief gets chewed up in red tape and inflated insider contracts. I am hard-pressed to make any donations to anything anymore at a level beyond handing a bum a dollar for a malt liquor.

Posted by Glenmore">Glenmore 2007-05-21 09:49|| 2007-05-21 09:49|| Front Page Top

#2 I think geysers are water fountains in American English, Glenmore.

Posted by trailing wife 2007-05-21 13:36|| 2007-05-21 13:36|| Front Page Top

#3 Just lettin them know ahead of time. When the next one happens, and nuthin shows up, consider that our contribution to the relief effort...

Posted by tu3031 2007-05-21 17:22|| 2007-05-21 17:22|| Front Page Top

#4 geyser = water heater.

Posted by ed 2007-05-21 17:28|| 2007-05-21 17:28|| Front Page Top

#5 None of this aid diversion would happen if we didn't send them any. Just sayin'.

Posted by Zenster">Zenster 2007-05-21 19:25|| 2007-05-21 19:25|| Front Page Top

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