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  • Humanitarian Aid: Reaching Gaza's Poor?

    01/13/2009 5:20:13 PM PST · by Nachum · 2 replies · 245+ views
    Arutz 7 ^ | 1/14/09 | Hana Levi Julian
    (IsraelNN.com) The IDF announced early Tuesday morning that it would hold its fire from 09:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon for the three-hour daily humanitarian ceasefire period in which Gaza residents come out to stock up on free food and medical supplies. The full shipment of 100 truckloads of humanitarian supplies is expected to make its way through the Kerem Shalom Crossings, according to IDF Major Peter Lerner, spokesman for Coordination of Government Activities in the Territories (COGAT). However, there appears to be a real question as to how many of those supplies are actually getting to the residents once they...
  • 'Baghdad Bob' Loots $200,000.00 Stash from Foriegn Journalists Travel Accounts Before Skipping Town

    04/12/2003 9:27:57 AM PDT · by ewing · 87 replies · 179+ views
    Middle East Media Research Institute ^ | April 11, 2003 | wire staff report
    Tonights headlines (Saturday Night) from the news ticker at the Middle East Media Research Institute.On Tuesday, the Director General of the Iraqi Information Ministry collected his 'service charge' [travel account funds] together at the tune of $200,000.00 primarily from Foriegn Journalists then disappeared and left town.Source-Al Sharq Al Awsat Newspaper London 4/11 Captured Iraqi General revealed that Saddam vetoed his advisors who wanted to blow up bridges, roads, and dams saying that he wanted to ambush the advancing forces.The Iraqi General described this tatical decision as 'stupid.'Source:Al Watan Newspaper Kuwait 4/11