United States to Assist Palestinian Refugees in Syria
Washington, DC
May 19, 2010
Earlier today officials from the U.S. Embassy in Damascus, the Syrian Arab Republic Government, and the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) inaugurated a newly constructed community center that will benefit nearly 144,000 Palestinian refugees living in Yarmouk refugee camp in Damascus. The United States contributed $1.4 million to support the construction of the community center.
The United States is UNRWA’s largest bilateral donor. In 2009, the United States provided over $267 million to UNRWA. With this contribution, the U.S will have provided over $115 million to UNRWA in 2010, including $60 million for the General Fund, which supports core services for 4.7 million refugees in the West Bank, Gaza, Jordan, Syria and Lebanon, such as providing education for nearly 500,000 Palestinian children in 691 UNRWA schools.
PRN: 2010/649
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Fatal shooting outside MacDill AFB in Tampa
By TAMARA LUSH (AP) – 14 hours ago
TAMPA, Fla. — A man who sped away from base security on a motorcycle after an altercation at MacDill Air Force Base was shot and killed Wednesday evening, the military said.
U.S. Air Force spokesman Maj. Richard Johnson said the shooting is being investigated but it doesn’t appear to be an act of terrorism.
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Army Veteran Guest Shot at MacDill Air Force Base by FBI
Posted by Aldian Degamo on May 20th, 2010
At MacDill Air Force base gate a man was shot and killed, The man charged at an FBI agent with a knife before the agent opened fire, probably has some issues on the FBI agent to make the FBI his target. But before the man could reach the FBI he was shot dead on the ground it happened around 6:45 p.m.
Army Veteran Guest Shot at MacDill Air Force Base by FBI
The man approached the Dale Mabry gate, got off the motorcycle and charged at the FBI agent with a knife and this is when the FBI open fired, pure self defense. The FBI spokesman said the man got off the motorcycle at the Dale Mabry gate, and came at the agent with a knife. The man that was shot down was an Army veteran that was visiting the base as a guest, no other information regarding the man was released as of now. FBI now heading the investigation of the case, assisting the investigation is the Tampa Police Department. What confuses me is that if the man was a guest, and an Army veteran how come he charged at an FBI Agent with a knife. Stay tune for more updates.