Libyan rebel checks the sight on his weapon
Posted on 04/24/2011 1:16:28 PM PDT by bruinbirdman
Kuwait on Sunday gave 50 million dinars ($180 million) to the Libyan opposition Transitional National Council (TNC), its chief Mustafa Abdel Jalil said.
"This amount will help us pay part of the salaries of employees," Jalil told reporters after talks with Emir Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Sabah. "We are in need of urgent assistance."
Libyan rebel checks the sight on his weapon
Kuwait's Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammad Sabah al-Salem al-Sabah said "Kuwait will provide large and urgent humanitarian aid through the national council."
Sheikh Mohammad said Kuwait and the TNC "will work closely so that it becomes the legitimate channel of the Libyan people," but stopped short of officially recognising the council.
France, Gambia, Italy and Qatar are the only countries so far to have recognised the TNC, Libya's parallel government in the east.
The Kuwaiti foreign minister also said the emir informed Jalil that Kuwait fully complies with UN Security Council resolution 1973 which called for using all means necessary to protect Libyan civilians.
Jalil, on his first visit to Kuwait, said the TNC welcomes any initiative that would lead to Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi and his sons leaving the country, "but there is no initiative on the ground right now."
He also repeated allegations that Kadhafi used Algerian planes to fly African mercenaries to fight with his forces.
"We have evidence that there are mercenaries from Mauritania and Serbia, military experts from Russia and women from Columbia," Jalil said.
Libyan rebels have not received any weapons or military training from Arab neighbours Egypt or Tunisia, said Jalil, adding that the TNC understood their situation.
I guess $180 million dollars will pay for a lot of “employee salaries.” ;-) Well, it looks like at least one foreign aid investment, Gulf War I, is starting to pay off a little.
I wonder which rat hole that will go down .
We got paid for GW1 and got free fuel during GW2 from Kuwait.
Kuwait’s parliament has about as much power in Kuwait as Ghadaffi’s has in Libya, even though it looks greater on paper. Kuwait has plenty of oil of its own, and is not planning further democratic reforms itself.
So, who has bribed Kuwait and why; and if that’s not the case who does Kuwait think they are truly opposing (some state that is supporting Ghadaffi) or who is the party or parties backing the “rebels” that Kuwait seeks to support.
I cannot believe that there is anything altruistic going on here; as much as I can’t stand Ghadaffi in the first place.
I was not thinking that any of it will go to the US, merely that if we continue to support this effort, we might spend a little less.
The last thing that Kuwait wants is to have the “Arab spring” spread there.
My guess is that this is a bribe to the Muslim mobsters, who have agreed to leave Kuwait alone in return for a substantial payoff.
From Lichtenstein to Grand Cayman Island, bankers everywhere are smiling!
Any payments to Doc Brown for his pain and suffering?
I understood your statement.
Unless I’m mistaken (and I could be), that looked like a M40 106mm recoilless rifle.
ie, not eastern bloc hardware...
Interesting observation. It sure looks like the USA weapon.
The alliances currently forming are quite interesting — BRICS (other than Brazil) have Islam as their common source of concern (South Africa has fewer than 2% Muzzies in its population, and has seen what Islam has done and continues to do to Africa); Iran and its proxies, plus a sidelined/neutralized Turkey; and the Sunni/Wahhab/Arab allies; NATO and the US. Thanks gleeaikin.
How much does it cost to get re-elected POTUS???
The Gadfly was a buddy after he gave up the yellow cake.
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