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Qatar gives 100 million dollars for US hurricane relief
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| 1 hour, 26 minutes ago Sept 3, 05
Posted on 09/03/2005 12:38:15 PM PDT by Esther Ruth
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To: DesertDreamer
You joking right? They won't send their money to a religious organization.
To: Esther Ruth
$100 million is a lot of money.
To: DesertDreamer
No doubt. I've been seeing donation advertisements for the Red Cross. I've donated to Katrina relief but I won't give a nickel to the Red Cross after they absconded with most of the one billion dollars in Sept. 11th donations. Those bastards should be jail. The Red Cross probably used it to support Palestinian terrorism.
To: Esther Ruth
It is kind and it is welcome.
Also, they can afford it. Production is 1 million barrels a day, so at $70 oil prices vs $35 a year ago, their income just rose about a billion a month, in one year's time.
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posted on
09/03/2005 12:48:10 PM PDT
by
JasonC
To: flashbunny
To save the desert spotted darter owl, of course.
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posted on
09/03/2005 12:49:26 PM PDT
by
drlevy88
To: Esther Ruth
WELL! Finally--fort of a USA level response from someone else!
I realize it's pocket change to some of them but still--100 mill is more than China, Russia et al combined.
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posted on
09/03/2005 12:50:41 PM PDT
by
Quix
(GOD IS LOVE and full of mercy HE IS ALSO JUST & fiercely HOLY. Cultures choosing death shall have it)
To: JasonC
"It is kind and it is welcome"
It's not kind. It's political.
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posted on
09/03/2005 12:52:35 PM PDT
by
nuconvert
(No More Axis of Evil by Christmas ! TLR) [there's a lot of bad people in the pistachio business])
To: Esther Ruth
Very generous of them!! To tell you the truth, I didn't honestly think anyone would offer to help. The list of those who will is surprisingly--and gratifyingly--long. Bless their hearts!
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posted on
09/03/2005 12:52:35 PM PDT
by
MizSterious
(Now, if only we could convince them all to put on their bomb-vests and meet in Mecca...)
To: Esther Ruth
I remember when the Tsunami hit, the French were b!tchin how cheap the US was!
How bout it France?
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posted on
09/03/2005 12:54:00 PM PDT
by
Bommer
To: Esther Ruth
Thank you.
http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0107901.html
Qatar permitted the international forces to use Qatar as a base during the 1991 Persian Gulf War. A border dispute erupted with Saudi Arabia that was settled in Dec. 1992. A territorial dispute with Bahrain over the Hawar Islands remains unresolved, however. In 1994, Qatar signed a defense pact with the U.S., becoming the third Gulf state to do so.
In June 1995, Crown Prince Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani deposed his father, primarily because the king was out of step with the country's economic reforms. The emir was not stripped of his title, and much of the power was already in his son's hands. The new emir lifted press censorship and instituted other liberal reforms, including democratic elections and women's suffrage (1999). In 2003 Crown Prince Jassim, who declared he had never wanted to be king, abdicated in favor of his younger brother, Prince Tamim.
During the 2003 war in Iraq, Qatar served as the headquarters for U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM).
Qatar introduced its first constitution in June 2004; it is schedule to go into effect in 2005. It guarantees freedom of expression, assembly, and religion, and calls for a 45-seat parliament. Thirty of the seats will be filled in democratic elections; the emir will appoint the remaining seats.
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posted on
09/03/2005 12:56:08 PM PDT
by
freema
(Ready to Rock AND Roll)
To: nuconvert
They are not mutually exclusive. It was in fact kind.
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posted on
09/03/2005 12:56:13 PM PDT
by
JasonC
To: JasonC
It wasn't done out of kindness. If Qatar really wanted to be 'kind' they'd stop the pro-alQaeda/pro-terrorist crap on alJazeera that's getting our guys and Iraqis killed.
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posted on
09/03/2005 12:59:57 PM PDT
by
nuconvert
(No More Axis of Evil by Christmas ! TLR) [there's a lot of bad people in the pistachio business])
To: Esther Ruth
Good news! They also provide a very nice spot for our troops to take a 3 day R&R from both Iraq and Afghanistan. Our son sent us photos of him drinking, sand surfing, drinking, shopping, drinking, riding a camel, and drinking.
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posted on
09/03/2005 1:00:10 PM PDT
by
armymarinemom
(My sons freed Iraqi and Afghanistan Honor Roll students.)
To: flashbunny
you know, qatar has always sounded like a country that had it's act together.
From what I saw, they do. If anything, if we can't get Iraq to model on the US, we want them to model on the Qatari government.
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posted on
09/03/2005 1:00:20 PM PDT
by
MikefromOhio
(Ohio State (-14.5) vs. Miami of Ohio, September 3rd)
To: Esther Ruth
Wow, thanks Qatar! You have my heartfelt thanks! Wow again!
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posted on
09/03/2005 1:00:42 PM PDT
by
rawhide
To: nuconvert
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posted on
09/03/2005 1:00:51 PM PDT
by
rwfromkansas
(http://www.xanga.com/home.aspx?user=rwfromkansas)
To: Esther Ruth
How does one say "Thank you" in Arabic?
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posted on
09/03/2005 1:01:42 PM PDT
by
stboz
To: JasonC
Qatar doesn't have a lot of oil.
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posted on
09/03/2005 1:01:48 PM PDT
by
MikefromOhio
(Ohio State (-14.5) vs. Miami of Ohio, September 3rd)
To: rwfromkansas
"Qatar is not Iran."
True. Care to explain what you mean by that?
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posted on
09/03/2005 1:02:34 PM PDT
by
nuconvert
(No More Axis of Evil by Christmas ! TLR) [there's a lot of bad people in the pistachio business])
To: nuconvert
If Qatar really wanted to be 'kind' they'd stop the pro-alQaeda/pro-terrorist crap on alJazeera that's getting our guys and Iraqis killed.
Right. Just like how Bush has stopped our own MSM from doing the same? LOL
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posted on
09/03/2005 1:03:09 PM PDT
by
MikefromOhio
(Ohio State (-14.5) vs. Miami of Ohio, September 3rd)
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