Posted on 09/03/2005 12:38:15 PM PDT by Esther Ruth
Qatar gives 100 million dollars for US hurricane relief 1 hour, 26 minutes ago
DOHA (AFP) - The Gulf emirate of Qatar announced it will donate 100 million dollars to relief efforts for the US victims of Hurricane Katrina.
The aid was granted by Qatar's emir, Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani "in the name of the government and the Qatari people," the official news agency QNA said.
Quoting a foreign ministry spokesman, QNA said: "Qatar expresses its sympathy and its solidarity to the US people and government in these painful circumstances and sends its condolences to the families of the victims in this humanitarian catastrophe."
Three other Arab countries -- Saudi Arabia, Jordan and the United Arab Emirates -- have also offered aid to the United States.
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$100 million is a lot of money.
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.
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.
To save the desert spotted darter owl, of course.
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.
"It is kind and it is welcome"
It's not kind. It's political.
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!
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.
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.
Wow, thanks Qatar! You have my heartfelt thanks! Wow again!
lol
Qatar is not Iran.
How does one say "Thank you" in Arabic?
Qatar doesn't have a lot of oil.
"Qatar is not Iran."
True. Care to explain what you mean by that?
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