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Pakistan Quake Aid Pledges Are Not Enough, Oxfam Says
2005-10-28
New pledges of aid announced yesterday for survivors of the Kashmir earthquake, which left more than 54,000 dead in Pakistan and India, aren't enough to meet the needs of those facing freezing conditions, Oxfam said.
"How much would be enough?"
"How much you got?"
I'm reminded of the scene at the end of every episode of The Jetsons, when George pulls a $20 out for Jane and she grabs the wallet instead...
Donors promised a further $579 million in Geneva yesterday, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs said in an e-mailed statement received today. The meeting was called after the UN received less than a third of its earlier $312 million appeal for recovery from the quake. ``It appears that almost half of the money pledged today is for longer-term reconstruction work which, although vital, won't save a single one of the thousands of lives currently hanging in the balance,'' Oxfam, a U.K.-based charity, said in an e-mailed statement.
Posted by:Fred

#6  Point, set and match, john. These turds aren't hurting for bucks. They could give a sh!t about the little guy as the pursue their wet dreams of being a regional psycho-hive power.
Posted by: Zenster   2005-10-28 21:32  

#5  Pakistan is buying AWACS aircraft from Sweden - cost 1 billion dollars.

They're buying 80 F-16 fighters .. cost 3 billion dollars.

This is in addition to a military budget that consumes the lion's share of government resources (more than fifty percent of overall budget).

There is no need for aid. There is a need for reality in Pakistan.
Posted by: john   2005-10-28 17:51  

#4  Assistance, OK; Cash, not.
Posted by: Hupeng Chereling1507   2005-10-28 08:17  

#3  Fox News this morning reported the UN Aid helicopters are grounded due to lack of money. I agree with Zenster, we don't need to give them one more penny.
Posted by: Deacon Blues   2005-10-28 07:35  

#2  Let me get this straight. We're supposed to shell out additional hundreds of millions of dollars to a country that diverted unknown billions of dollars into a needless and now well-proliferated nuclear weapons program, instead of civil code enforcement or national disaster preparedness?

They can crawl up my @ss for a single red cent.
Posted by: Zenster   2005-10-28 05:27  

#1  "do you know what it takes to bribe the ISI to feed the people?"
Posted by: Frank G   2005-10-28 00:51  

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