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Iraq
Kerry: US to give additional $62m in aid to Iraq
2015-08-05
I don't recall Congress voting extra funds, but perhaps I wasn't paying attention.
[Rudaw] Washington will provide nearly $62 million in additional humanitarian aid to Iraqi people who have been affected by the war against ISIS, US Secretary of State John F. I was in Vietnam, you know Kerry
Former Senator-for-Life from Massachussetts, self-defined war hero, speaker of French, owner of a lucky hat, conqueror of Cambodia, and current Secretary of State...
announced Tuesday at the Gulf Cooperation Council Summit in Qatar
...an emirate on the east coast of the Arabian Peninsula. It sits on some really productive gas and oil deposits, which produces the highest per capita income in the world. They piss it all away on religion, financing the Moslem Brotherhood and several al-Qaeda affiliates...
on Tuesday.

The new allocation brings the total US aid to more than $477 million since last year.

The funding aims to help millions of Iraqi who have fled war and violence in different regions of the country, including more than 3 million internally displaced people and 370,000 refugees who have had to flee their homes since January 2014.

The funding aims to provide"critically needed relief commodities, shelter, clean water, psycho-social services, medical services, livelihoods support, cash assistance, child protection, legal documentation, and other essential goods and services, according to a State Department statment.

The aid will be distributed through several international and non-governmental agencies,the Office of the United Nations
...an idea whose time has gone...
High Commissioner for Refugee, International Organization for migration, The United Nations Children's Fund and The United Nations Development Program in Iraq.
Posted by:trailing wife

#5  sandflies on hotdog
but drizzle of Grey Poupon,
brie, brew notional

Eesh. Will brush up, consider year of haiku.
Posted by: Zenobia Floger6220   2015-08-05 23:41  

#4  ZF once made haikoo
Sixty two million in aid
Alas a toilet


Thar, Ima redeem Rantburger against odious Limrickery. Do your part!
Posted by: Shipman   2015-08-05 18:46  

#3  Why, because the shit-in-chief is muslim?
Posted by: Redneck Jim   2015-08-05 10:44  

#2  Wonder if they're taking it out of funds used for securing DoS embassies and consulates?
Posted by: Pappy   2015-08-05 10:40  

#1  Kerry: US taxpayers to give additional $62m in aid to Iraq

fify there, rudaw.net
Posted by: Hupineger Glomomp52169   2015-08-05 09:22  

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