Fox News Alert: Gunfire breaks out in Aceh near UN relief headquarters

[redstate_redneck]

Just heard this on Fox News. They cited the AP in this report. Trying to verify...

[festus]

Bingo....

[LurkedLongEnough]

Probably just celebratory gunfire upon receiving buckets of money from the infidels.

[libs_kma]

"The UN must have had to resort to armed robbery to get their cut!"

I was about to laugh until I realized its probably true!

[dennisw]

http://diplomadic.blogspot.com/

Thanks .... checking out today's post

[MissAmericanPie]

I know what this means, alot of gund shot wounds to the behinds.

[MEG33]

Good point.They are simply incapable of giving us any credit without a slap or whine..UNgrateful weasels.

[USNBandit]

I think you might be thinking about another TROP group in the Phillipines that kidnapped a bunch of westerners including American missionaries.

[txrangerette]

I hope you don't think I "flamed" you at all, but for sure I hope you don't think my shock at your Jeb comments meant I think there aren't terrorists there. I was not commenting on that; I'm sure it is a given that they are there.

[floriduh voter]

We are just very worried that Jeb's committment to Terri will end if the US Supreme Court rejects his appeal.

I started the Terri January thread praising Governor Bush and Governor Huckabee. We just want Terri put in protective custody yesterday.

Until Terri's out of harm's way, her Florida supporters are completely immersed in her being saved once and for all. I still have my Jeb threads from 2002 on my "in forum" but since they were mostly photo threads, they're are a lot of red "x"s.

The Pinellas GOP really let us down too. So, we're way over them - they went against Jeb by endorsing Judge Greer. We want Jeb to stick with Terri through thick and thin - it concerns me when Jeb talks about following the law. WHY START NOW? The judges haven't.

The GOP will be in trouble if Terri is harmed. If they are pro-life, they better step up to the plate. That's all we ask. Save her, President Bush or Governor Bush.

[montag813]

Your "relief" dollars at work...buying bullets for Muslim terrorists. When will you people STOP GIVING?

[hinckley buzzard]

"...but what we will need are roads that we can drive 20-ton and 10-ton trucks down at a much lower cost and deliver much more assistance," he said.***"

Makes sense. So what the hell are you DOING about it, Mr. UNman? How many road-graders, front-end loaders and backhoes for roadbuilding have you contracted for so far? What? NONE?

A-holes to the end.

[Right Wing Assault]

"Who do you suppose the UN will call on for Help?"

That would be, uh, France! No, uh, Germany? Wait, wait, I can get this...Cah-lee-forn-nee-ah?

[Route101]

Take the money and run....

[SpyGuy]

<sarcasm>
It's a good thing our government is pouring hundreds of millions of our tax dollars into these regions. We wouldn't want any terrorists or Islamic fundementalists to suffer. Or be faced with the realization that their culture of death and repression leaves them ill-equipped to survive on their own.
</sarcasm>

[SpyGuy]

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We must end U.S. involvement in this corrupt organization of tyrants, socialists, and America-haters. Get the United Nations out of the U.S. and get the U.S. out of the United Nations!

[DCPatriot]

It's a quagmire.

Pun intended? ;^)

[Carry_Okie]

Pun intended? ;^)

Always.

Pathetic license is a developmental disability.

[MEG33]

http://www.reuters.co.uk/newsArticle.jhtml?type=worldNews&storyID=650839
Insurgencies cast shadow over tsunami relief
Sun Jan 9, 2005 08:31 AM GMT

http://www.reuters.co.uk/newsArticle.jhtml?type=worldNews&storyID=650936
Gunfire mystery in Banda Aceh
snip
"There have been reports of militant Islamic groups moving into the province aiming to counter any use of the disaster by Western aid groups to push a Christian agenda."

Gee, I thought they were there to aid the victims/sarcasm

[sphinx]

I agree the UN has outlived its usefulness. Perhaps we should simply get out, although I lean towards the idea of booting it out of New York to somewhere like Nairobi, slashing US funding, and letting the CIA run the U.S. observer office.

That said, let me interject just a little balance. The UN is not a government. (Thank goodness for that, and beware the idiots who want to make it one.) Governments have things like armies with engineers, trucks, bulldozers, and army doctors. Rich governments with sophisticated militaries have naval and air capabilities and rapidly deployable assets. These are the things that are needed in the aftermath of disaster. The UN doesn't have them. I am very glad it doesn't.

The UN makes itself look silly by trying to act in a first responder role. It simply can't do that. It doesn't have the wherewithal. If the UN had capable leadership -- I know, I know -- it would not confuse its role. It would send a very small team to the affected area to begin preliminary assessments, and it would preface every statement by recognizing the essential role of the Indonesian military (which I would guess is doing 90% of the emergency work on the ground) and the U.S., Australian and other foreign support. In other words, the UN should stop trying to take credit for others' work.

Then the UN could focus its efforts on what it can do, which is act as a donor organization to fund long term reconstruction efforts once the crisis is past. Since Indonesia has a functioning government that will reestablish civil authority, the UN has no long term role to play on the ground. It is a potential donor agency, nothing more, rather like the United Way after a Florida hurricane.

From a U.S. perspective, I'd channel long term efforts through USAID, not the UN, and make sure the U.S. takes full credit. But to the extent that the UN can channel support from smaller countries that don't have an equivalent to USAID, I've no objection. That could be useful, and probably will be in the long run, provided donors start demanding rigorous audits and cracking down on the grafters.

Of course, this wouldn't let Kofi look very important, so it's not the way the UN operates. Too bad.

[floriduh voter]

SPY GUY:

It's a good thing our government is pouring hundreds of millions of our tax dollars into these regions. We wouldn't want any terrorists or Islamic fundementalists to suffer. Or be faced with the realization that their culture of death and repression leaves them ill-equipped to survive on their own.

I agree. What better way to spend-use up my money before some liberal makes a power grab into the white house and both sides of the aisle start redistributing our personal wealth and property. I'll enjoy my lovely home until it's confiscated because it's too large for my needs according to the UN or other world body.

Call me crazy but why not this scenario? I just got dumped so I'm in a conspiratorial frame of mind. Now that I'm over the shock of being thrown overboard by a two bit, so called compassionate conservative, next on my mind are my warm feelings towards the UN. (sarcasm).