State Department Backs Off Grants to Kaddafi’s Kids

The Gaggle ^ | September 24, 2009 | Michael Isikoff

[opentalk]

After getting complaints from Congress─and an inquiry from NEWSWEEK─the State Department backed away Thursday from awarding foreign-aid funds to two foundations headed by the children of Libyan dictator Muammar Kaddafi.

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A senior State Department official said that department officials were "reworking" a $2.5 million foreign-aid earmark for Libya that, according to a memo to Congress sent last week and reported by NEWSWEEK on Thursday afternoon, was to include $400,0000 for two foundations─one headed by Kaddafi's son Saif al-Islam al-Gaddafi, and another headed by his daughter. Ironically, one of the groups designated for $200,000 in State Department funds is the Kaddafi Development Foundation, headed by Saif al-Islam al-Gaddafi, the Libyan leader’s son who personally arranged for Megrahi’s flight back to Tripoli last month after the convicted terrorist was released on “humanitarian” grounds from a Scottish jail. Another $200,000—part of $2.5 million in State Department economic-support funds for Libya—is slated to go to an organization headed by Kaddafi’s daughter Aisha, to promote “women’s economic opportunities.” “This waste of taxpayer dollars is particularly outrageous .

[RobinOfKingston]

The state department needs to be cleaned out ... right down to the janitorial staff.

[Conservative4Ever]

The mind boggles over insanity such as this.

[PhiKapMom]

What is ‘reworking?’ Why not cancel the whole foreign-aid earmark for Libya?

[San Jacinto]

getting an inquiry from Newsweek

---Why were these grants so small, you cheap rascist rednecks?

[Tai_Chung]

Why give Libya any foreign aide?

[JohnLongIsland]

Just get Jimmy O’Keefe and Hanna Giles to dress up as Kadaffi and one of his wives and walk into an ACORN office and they’ll get the government funds.

[opentalk]

Maybe this is why

Obama's Two Degrees of Separation from Farrakhan and Kaddafi"

It was no accident that terrorist President Gaddafi of Libya referred incessantly to Obama as his son or "our son". On June 11, 2008, Libyan strongman Muammar Gaddafi, in a speech broadcast on Al-Jazeera, spoke glowingly of Obama. According to a translation provided by MEMRI, Gaddafi said, "His name is Obama. All the people in the Arab and Islamic world and in Africa applauded this man article

[Ax]

Don’t know if it’s true or not, but I heard a rumor that Libya is considered to be “oil-rich.” Why indeed are we giving them one red cent? What’s next? Aid packages for Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, UAE and Qatar?

[ronnie raygun]

Every day it’s another despicable act by the people who are suppose to WORK FOR US! Thank God for either stupidity on thier part or unintentional transparencey, something
“The white man wrapped in brown paper” promised us. Wait until we see the icing on the cake! The muslim day of prayer in DC. The state run MEDIA will fall all over themselves to glorify and televise this event. But it will show us the magnitude of a problem we ignored. It shows us one thing “ we are here, we are strong,and we will dominate”
Anyone think I’m wrong? Attacked from all sides with the help of our own.

[blam]

"Why give Libya any foreign aide?"

Good question. Why do they need my money...aren't they rich from oil extracted by Occidental Oil Company.

[elpadre]

“”His name is Obama. All the people in the Arab and Islamic world and in Africa applauded this man”

and how much of his election you did guys fund???

[Diogenesis]

The State Dept. honors any terrorist who murders Americans.

A statue to Arafat for executing a handicapped American.

These awards to Kaddafi clan for blowing up a plane aloft
filled with Americans.

[altair]

Quid pro quo. After all their father is one of Obama's biggest supporters.