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| Military Uses Hussein Hoard For Swift Aid |
| 2003-10-30 |
| ELF - read the whole thing as they say (hat tip to the Insta-man himself) MOSUL, Iraq -- Looters had torn apart the seven-room pediatric wing at the medical center and there was no place to treat the children who were lined up in the streets. Kifah Mohammad Kato was desperate and told a U.S. soldier about it in late June on the off-chance he could help. Within a week, a Humvee pulled up with the first installment of $9,600 in cash to fix the wing. Within four more weeks, the building was rebuilt and refurnished, complete with fuzzy blankets in primary colors and Mickey and Minnie Mouse decorations. "It happened so fast I almost couldn’t believe it," said Kato, director of the Sinjar General Hospital. The speed and ease with which reconstruction money is being handed out by the military here contrasts sharply with the delays and controversy surrounding the handling of major reconstruction funds by the Pentagon and U.S. Agency for International Development. tap, tap, tap. No, nothing on the ol’ surprise meter The fact that the money comes from seized Iraqi assets, the Saddam Hussein regime’s overseas bank accounts and cash stockpiles found in palaces and the walls of government buildings in Iraq has provided a fortuitous loophole. I work for Uncle, why can’t I find cash in the walls? Since the money was not appropriated by Congress, officials of the U.S.-led occupation government in Iraq believe that it does not have to be disbursed under the usual contracting regulations. Gee Ethel, I can’t find this in the Federal Acquisiton Regulations! The money for most military projects in Iraq goes through something called the commander’s emergency response program. About $100 million has been allocated so far and the 101st Airborne Division, which oversees northern Iraq, has spent about $31 million of it. It has been used, officials said, for more than 11,000 projects such as hiring a civil defense corps, patching roads and fixing an oil refinery and a sulfur plant. And the purpose of the NGOs is...? Oh yes, to make the Leftistas feel good |
| Posted by:Spot |
| #13 NMM - I was being facetious, you know - joking...you're still my favorite lib in here...chill out bro. I know your from around Madison, WI or Yellow Springs, OH - some shit like that. I'll check out your NYT rant and give you 'mad props' if you're right. Until then, take it easy on the starbucks wild man, remember: decaf = good. Caramel mochiatto = bad. |
| Posted by: Jarhead 2003-10-30 10:51:33 PM |
| #12 --I am an American, originally from a small city in the midwest I like those big city papers to. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2003-10-30 9:13:37 PM |
| #11 The Wall St. Journal regularly has liberals. Fat fatty Al Hunt is there each week. He wrote more of the tired Iraq=Vietnam=Quagmire crap today. |
| Posted by: remote man 2003-10-30 6:38:49 PM |
| #10 Jarhead - Also note that the LA Times is now owned by the Chicago Tribune, which is itself becoming increasingly leftist. Poor Col. McCormick is spinning in his grave (should hit China soon). |
| Posted by: Spot 2003-10-30 5:20:44 PM |
| #9 FYI Jarhead--I am an American, originally from a small city in the midwest. If the NYT is so "liberal" why do they have Op-Ed/Editorials by people like Thomas Friedman, Andrew Sullivan, John M Poindexter, and WILLIAM SAFIRE!?! (all in the last 60 days www.nytimes.com) Show me the last time the Washington Times or Wall St Journal featured any opposing views. Oh, I forgot, Rev Moon and Dow Jones don't like dissent. |
| Posted by: Not Mike Moore 2003-10-30 4:39:48 PM |
| #8 LH & Anonymous, - points taken. "Open mind is a small part, the real reason is to know your enemy." A, I don't consider too many fellow Americans out right enemies just because I think their political views are asinine. Look at Murat, Aris, & NMM for example - I don't agree w/a lot they say but I respect that they say it. Heck, none of them are even Americans (jury is still out on NMM). Its when morons go to the extremes of a Hanoi Jane (ANSWER meets my criteria as well) that b.s. needs to stop & we should get pissed. I have close friends & family from all spectrums. LH - I'm not too up on Jenkins so I can't comment. I would like to see more objective coverage going around though. If the lib press points out a valid mistake we've made in our planning or execution - then that's fine w/me, let's fix the problem and move on. I don't think their wrong all the time, just most of the time :) The real problem w/folks like NYT & LAT lies in blowing situations out of proportion, not reporting the whole story, and misrepresenting the news (there's far right wing circulations that do the same). For example, the more the LAT pounded Arnold in CA the more popular he got. |
| Posted by: Jarhead 2003-10-30 2:06:02 PM |
| #7 We call it, "The GOOD Times". |
| Posted by: B 2003-10-30 12:34:20 PM |
| #6 Wapo is in a different class then NPR. NPR foreign coverage is run by first class terrorist sympathizer Loren Jenkins. There are still some decent folks at NPR, but they tend to be the exception. The Washington Post has consistently followed a generally hawkish line on Iraq and the general WOT, and a moderate line on the Israel-Pal situation. They have managed to combine this with a generally skeptical approach to the admin, and a generally liberal/new democrat approach on domestic policy. AFAIK they are the only daily news source that has followed this line. |
| Posted by: liberalhawk 2003-10-30 11:52:08 AM |
| #5 Jarhead I listen to them also as well as watch Mcwhatever/Lurid on pbs. Open mind is a small part, the real reason is to know your enemy. Dorf |
| Posted by: Anonymous 2003-10-30 10:48:10 AM |
| #4 LH, I'll give anyone a fair read bro. Heck, I listen to NPR each day for a bit. I know most of my conservative brethren think that's crazy but I like to keep an open mind. They can report, I'll decide. |
| Posted by: Jarhead 2003-10-30 10:05:45 AM |
| #3 I hope they're sharing the goodies with our buddies in the south. If they also have to "find" it to bypass their bureaucratic channels, I'm sure we can arrange something... We all know how good it feels to be a Santa's helper... Hmmm, do ya think the NGO types possess that neural capacity? |
| Posted by: .com 2003-10-30 9:50:50 AM |
| #2 Jarhead so we have someone else who realizes how different the WaPo is from the NYT. Heres to the WaPo - the liberal hawk newspaper! |
| Posted by: liberalhawk 2003-10-30 9:46:03 AM |
| #1 Good stuff. Think the NY Times would report good stuff like this? Yeah, me neither. |
| Posted by: Jarhead 2003-10-30 9:33:03 AM |