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  • USAID: no plans to abandon Lebanon (and news on Iraqi reconstrution of schools)

    04/30/2003 5:55:33 AM PDT · by knighthawk · 1 replies · 191+ views
    The Daily Star ^ | April 30 2003 | Maha Al-Azar
    But funding may suffer as Americans focus on Hizbullah, Iraq The US Agency for International Development (USAID) has no plans to reduce aid to Lebanon, but funding levels may be impacted by the political considerations of a US administration increasingly critical of Hizbullah, keen to move ahead with the peace process and focused on Iraq. USAID mission director Raouf Yussef told reporters during a briefing at the US Embassy in Awkar on Tuesday that Washington would not be using aid as a tool to pressure Lebanon and Syria to comply with its demands regarding Hizbullah and other regional issues. The...