134th Belmont Stakes-Saudi Owner May Donate $5 Million check to Twin Towers Fund

MSNBC ^ | June 8, 2002 | Bob Costas

[codebreaker]

Do we want his money after Rudy already said he didn't want the other 10 million before.

Not sure if Rudy or Hillary will be on the podium for the presentation.

[GraniteStateConservative]

I don't think this is the same guy. Rudy didn't appreciate what the other guy said so he said. "thanks, but no thanks." I don't know if this guy has said the same sort of thing or not.

[Mr.Clark]

This isn't the same prince. If he keeps his mouth shut and doesn't give some BS statement about how 9/11 was really our fault, I'd welcome his donation.

[Reagan Man]

If he don't want the $5 mil, I'll take it.

[Clara Lou]

The guy's got a beautiful horse. Wow!

[ChiMark]

Of course! Lady MacBeth will do the honors. What a farce.

[NautiNurse]

I don't know if this guy has said the same sort of thing or not.

Quote from MSNBC June 8, 2002, “I think I’m more popular than President Bush,” he [Ahmed] said, noting that he was constantly being stopped by fans seeking his autograph or a photo.

[NautiNurse]

War Emblem lost BIG time!

[Howlin]

No money for WTC!

[BunnySlippers]

Do we want his money after Rudy already said he didn't want the other 10 million before.

It wasn't that Rudi wouldn't have taken the money. It's what was said after the $10 million was offered ... that we needed to figure out what we did to cause the September 11th attack.

If this new guy isn't contending that we caused the September 11th attack by our foreign policy position, then we should accept it.

[montag813]

No money for WTC!

Finally someone gets it. Those greedy b!tches have gotten enough already. How about giving it to the widows of Tora Bora, U.S.S. Cole, Dhahran and Beirut instead.

[remaininlight]

Horse racing is big in the Arab world. If I had my way there would be no gambling except on horses. What beautiful creatures to place a bet on! Almost like women. Kind of moody. Oh well!

[Reactionary]

We don't want or need any of their blood money. Let them keep it.

[Shermy]

Heck, Gaddafi donated money and didn't tack it onto anything.

Prince Talal handed the money, and requested that we "examine the root causes" of the attack, implying it was "blind" support of Israel. Quite convenient when the terrs were mostly Saudis and mostly concerned about troops in Saudi, Islamism, and fomenting a new Caliphate - all funded by Saudi.

[TransOxus]

I am sure quite a few feel exactly the same. Families of the fighting men who die defending the country get basically nothing and are quickly forgotten. But victims' families are raking in money and accolades. After a while, one can get cynical seeing the self-promotion and exploitation by "do-gooders".

[Timesink]

n??n?t thing the Twin Towers Fund needs is more cash. A lot of it has ended up paying for new $5,000 ultra-chic refrigerators for rich people who just happen to live within some arbitrarily-set borders near the WTC but suffered not one penny in damages.

[Rome2000]

Ragheads worldwide should be put on notice that NO AMOUNT of money is going to save their subhuman hides from our revenge.

If the Twin Towers fund accepts his check they will be sorry.

[Let's Roll]

This is the guy who said, "it's in the past" when asked about 9/11.

[valkyrieanne]

I'm getting to the point where I think that Saudis should not be allowed to invest in US industries or *especially* buy US land. At least not until they clean up their human rights abuses.

[Rome2000]

The purpose of the Twin Towers Fund is to assist, support and recognize the families of the members of the uniformed services of the New York City Fire Department and its Emergency Medical Services Command, the New York City Police Department, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, the New York State Office of Court Administration and other government offices who lost their lives or were injured because of the tragedies of September 11, 2001 at the World Trade Center in New York City.

It wasn't a tragedy, it was an act of war, and most of the relatives of these American heroes would rather not have this Saudi untermenschens blood money.

The Twin Towers fund needs to stand up for America and tell the "sheik" that his money is no good here.