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Air conditioners to fly out of Dover to troops in Iraq.
delawareonline ^ | 08/28/03 | ROBIN BROWN

Posted on 08/28/2003 6:45:07 PM PDT by Pikamax

Edited on 05/07/2004 6:01:29 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]

An agreement has been reached for planes from Dover Air Force Base to carry air conditioners collected by a Delaware woman to troops in Iraq, Sen. Joe Biden said Wednesday.

The first shipment will be sent Sept. 4.

Frankie Mayo of Bear started Operation AC to send air conditioners to troops after sending one to her son, who is serving with the U.S. Army in Iraq. She already had sent about 450 units and had about 520 more on hand when the U.S. Postal Service stopped taking her shipments about two weeks ago, citing international mail agreements that ban their coolants as hazardous.


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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: airconditioners; carepackages; iraq; supportourtroops

1 posted on 08/28/2003 6:45:08 PM PDT by Pikamax
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To: Pikamax
Can the plane take Biden as well?
2 posted on 08/28/2003 6:49:02 PM PDT by Akira (Judean People's Front? We're the People's Front of Judea!)
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To: Akira
Other than taking credit for other people's hard work, why is Biden even mentioned?
3 posted on 08/28/2003 6:51:55 PM PDT by Moonman62
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To: Pikamax
...courtesy of a cargo company and talk show host Rush Limbaugh...

He arranged for payment of half the $71,000 cost for New Jersey-based DHL Danzas Air & Ocean, a cargo carrier and military subcontractor, to take the air conditioners to Iraq. Mayo paid the rest from nationwide donations to www.operationac.com.

Mayo said Limbaugh listeners have donated more than $36,000.

I'm just pointing out how conservatives are so heartless.

4 posted on 08/28/2003 6:54:41 PM PDT by red-dawg
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To: Moonman62
Excellent question. What a boob.
5 posted on 08/28/2003 7:01:58 PM PDT by Akira (Judean People's Front? We're the People's Front of Judea!)
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To: Pikamax; Ragtime Cowgirl
USAF to haul air conditioners the US Postal Service refused to transport to our deployed troops.

Bump and ping.

6 posted on 08/28/2003 8:30:41 PM PDT by Jen (Support our troops! Share the news of our military's successes that the liberal media won't report.)
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