Lebanese TV: Prime Minister Hariri submits resignation of government

Jerusalem Post ^ | Apr. 15, 2003 | THE JERUSALEM POST INTERNET STAFF

[justshe]

But can we gain any monthly donors?
(Oops....sorry......slaps self!)

[Grampa Dave]

Okay get your act together or we will have line up to group slap you like that woman who paniced on Airplane.

Seriously go back to Phil's reply and his links re the dam "breaking" in Syria last year.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/893858/posts?page=40#40

Phil, thank you as usual with your great data.

[Grampa Dave]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/894701/posts

You were correct:

"So far, the United States has shut down the Iraqi-Syrian oil pipeline, which produced revenues of about $1.2 billion a year for the Assad regime.

"Since 2000, the pipeline had brought up to 250,000 barrels of Iraqi oil per day to Syria, which were then sold abroad.

"We have been told that they have shut off a pipeline," Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said. "Whether it's the only one, and whether that has completely stopped the flow of oil between Iraq and Syria, I cannot tell you. We do not have perfect knowledge. We do know that they were instructed to shut it down, and they have told us that they have."

[winner3000]

Hariri rebuilt the commerce center of Lebanon using international loans. The construction was very expensive. Once completed, Lebanon ended up with beautiful buildings that not many people could afford lease for their businesses. Most of the office space remains empty while Lebanon suffers under the crushing debt. Another example of how things can go wrong when governments get involved.

By the way, people who owned the land and stores before the reconstruction were forced to sell to the government for shares of a consortium called Solidere. It goes without saying that the shares did not do well!

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