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Kuwait Donates $500 Million For Hurricane Relief
AP ^ | 9-4-05 | my favorite headache

Posted on 09/04/2005 9:00:37 AM PDT by My Favorite Headache

Kuwait Pledges $500M for Hurricane Relief Updated: Sunday, Sep. 4, 2005 - 11:26 AM

KUWAIT CITY (AP) - The oil-rich Persian Gulf state of Kuwait said Sunday it will donate $500 million in aid to U.S. relief efforts after Hurricane Katrina.

The offer is the largest known put forward since the hurricane ravaged Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama and follows a $100 million aid donation from the emir of a Mideast neighbor, Qatar.

Kuwait's energy minister said his country would provide "oil products that the disaster-stricken states need in addition to other humanitarian aid."

"It's our duty as Kuwaitis to stand by our friends to lighten the humanitarian misery and as a payback for the many situations during which Washington helped us through the significant relations between the two friendly countries," Sheik Ahmed Fahd Al Ahmed Al Sabah said in a statement carried by Kuwait's official news agency, KUNA.

Kuwait is one of America's closest Mideast allies and owes its 1991 liberation from Iraqi occupation forces to a U.S.-led coalition that drove Saddam Hussein's army out.

Kuwait and Qatar's donations came as the Egypt-based 22-member Arab League called on Arab nations to provide relief to the U.S.

The Arab League said that its secretary-general, Amr Moussa, sent a cable of "deep condolences and regret to the U.S. administration over the effect of Hurricane Katrina ... and called on all Arab countries to extend aid to the United States to face the exceptional humane circumstances."


TOPICS: Breaking News; News/Current Events; US: Alabama; US: Louisiana; US: Mississippi
KEYWORDS: allies; bling; gulfwar; hurricane; jordan; katrina; kuwait; oil; relief
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To: My Favorite Headache

Excellent, finally a country donates something to speak of.


21 posted on 09/04/2005 9:08:19 AM PDT by kanecorp
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To: My Favorite Headache

Thank you, Kuwait.


22 posted on 09/04/2005 9:08:22 AM PDT by mtbopfuyn (Legality does not dictate morality... Lavin)
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To: My Favorite Headache; pa mom
Yes! Half a billion bucks to go along with Qatar! Im very pleased at the Worlds response.

Pa mom, Im really starting to feel foolish now! But Ill take it though, the response has been overwhelming. Now Im going to have to dig deeper! But will do so willingly.. : )

23 posted on 09/04/2005 9:09:05 AM PDT by cardinal4 ("When the Levee breaks, Mama, you got to move....")
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To: the Deejay

Isn't Kuwait a democracy?


24 posted on 09/04/2005 9:09:12 AM PDT by benjibrowder (God rest Chief Justice William Rehnquist, a great man and an outstanding American!)
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To: Spktyr

I admit I am much more wary of Qatari money than Kuwaiti money...as Qatar is the home of Al Jazeera and the Qataris have given money to terrorist organizations in the past to "buy security."


25 posted on 09/04/2005 9:09:19 AM PDT by Sometimes A River ("The leaves have broken on Lake Ponktran" - WKAT 1360 AM Miami Newsreader)
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To: rintense

That's odd. The left claims that the entire muslim world hates the US. I'm very glad to see that we have friendship that scratch each others back. My faith in humanity just went up another notch.


26 posted on 09/04/2005 9:09:25 AM PDT by Dutch Boy
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To: My Favorite Headache

Favors get payed back in kind.


27 posted on 09/04/2005 9:09:33 AM PDT by satchmodog9 (Murder and weather are our only news)
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To: My Favorite Headache

Doubtless they remember what the Presidents Bush did, and wish to be appropriately thankful-- with an eye toward their potential future needs.


28 posted on 09/04/2005 9:11:50 AM PDT by Clara Lou (In this order: Read. Post comment.)
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To: My Favorite Headache

Thank You Kuwait !


29 posted on 09/04/2005 9:11:52 AM PDT by A message (Not in the mood for the MSM, Democrats, Communists and Socialists. Somebody take out the garbage.)
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To: My Favorite Headache

Thank you Kuwait!


30 posted on 09/04/2005 9:11:56 AM PDT by Soul Seeker
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To: My Favorite Headache

Bless them but watch out for the race-baiting poverty pimps that are salivating like rabid animals.


31 posted on 09/04/2005 9:12:11 AM PDT by ncountylee (Dead terrorists smell like victory)
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To: My Favorite Headache

Finally a country that observes "tit for tat"!


32 posted on 09/04/2005 9:13:00 AM PDT by Road Warrior ‘04 (Kill 'em til they're dead! Then, kill 'em again!)
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To: benjibrowder
Don't know. Don't care. They are willing to step up to the plate and donate 500 million big ones.

Which is greatly needed and can be put to good use.

33 posted on 09/04/2005 9:14:08 AM PDT by the Deejay (THE LADY DEEJAY)
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To: ncountylee
This joker comes to mind...
34 posted on 09/04/2005 9:14:53 AM PDT by My Favorite Headache ("Scientology is dangerous stuff,it's like forming a religion based around Johnny Quest and Haji.")
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To: satchmodog9
Well it seems we got them out of a bind a while ago, something they might still be thankfull for. Whatever the reason they gave, I am impressed.
35 posted on 09/04/2005 9:15:33 AM PDT by dynoman (Objectivity is the essence of intelligence. - Marylin vos Savant)
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To: Dutch Boy

Qatar was a key ally in the War, as was Kuwait. I'd like to see these countries also sidestep OPEC and pledge to produce more oil to make up for that which will be lost due to Katrina.


36 posted on 09/04/2005 9:15:53 AM PDT by rintense
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To: My Favorite Headache

Thank you, Kuwait and Qatar! Proof positive that not all Muslims or Arabs hate us.

Hmm. . . By this standard, France should be ponying up ten times as much- they're bigger, and we liberated them from the Germans twice.


37 posted on 09/04/2005 9:15:55 AM PDT by Ostlandr (NeopaganNeocon)
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To: My Favorite Headache
Thank you, Kuwait!

The Arab League said that its secretary-general, Amr Moussa, sent a cable of "deep condolences and regret to the U.S. administration over the effect of Hurricane Katrina ... and called on all Arab countries to extend aid to the United States to face the exceptional humane circumstances."

Nice words, but this guy is a total scumbag.
38 posted on 09/04/2005 9:16:27 AM PDT by adam_az (It's the border, stupid!)
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To: My Favorite Headache

very nice. they only owe their entire country to us. but then, that never bothers the french.


39 posted on 09/04/2005 9:16:55 AM PDT by smonk
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To: My Favorite Headache

Another day there was somebody's FR post accusing the Kuwaitis of ingratitude. That post ought to be withdrawn and apologized for.


40 posted on 09/04/2005 9:18:10 AM PDT by GSlob
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