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NNN0LHI Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-26-03 12:19 PM
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Promises of Iraq Aid Lower Than Expected-U.S. Source
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20030926/pl_nm/iraq_usa_donors_dc&cid=615&ncid=1473

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Promises from other countries to help the United States rebuild Iraq have fallen short of expectations -- at only $2 billion -- before a key donor conference in Madrid, a congressional source said on Friday.

"We have seen that the administration officials are lowering projections about international contributions that they expect from the Madrid conference," a senior congressional aide told Reuters.

The aide, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the current projections are for donations of around $2 billion. That is seen as disappointing in light of a request for around $20 billion that the administration has submitted to Congress for the U.S. contribution toward repairing Iraq's decrepit infrastructure.

U.S. officials stressed there is still plenty of time left before the Oct. 23-24 donors conference.

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spinbaby Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-26-03 12:22 PM
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1. Donors conference?
They're having a FUND RAISER for Iraq?

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underpants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-26-03 12:42 PM
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4. They should get Jerry Lewis to do it
He's really good at those things.

Ed what's the tote board say?
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peterh Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-26-03 12:47 PM
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7. Yeah…and there’s prizes too…
A trip to Crawford for the biggie
A night out at Gilleys with the twins
A WH tour with pickles
A ride in AF1
And the kicker is…..everyone gets their money back under the table

What a deal
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ixion Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-26-03 12:29 PM
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2. I wonder when we'll start fixing OUR OWN ailing infrastructure...
hmmmmm? :eyes:
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JPace Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-26-03 12:34 PM
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3. Earth to bush and cheney.....
the world doesn't like you, they think
you are egotistical warmongering maniacs.
And more than that you are rude and have
treated the world badly!

You have gotten yourself into a political
mess and the world is pleased that you
are in trouble. They want to see you get
weaker and lose face.....they are secretly
(France is open) happy to witness you
getting your comeupance.

When are you going to realize that even
the gullable American public is beginning
to notice the king has no clothes on?

No one wants to help you....Geez you are
soooooooooo dense!
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underpants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-26-03 01:05 PM
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10. W&Co. are basically panhandling here
Bringing honor and dignity huh?
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patdem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-26-03 12:43 PM
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5. And the donors ask...Is that Halliburton with one L or two?
Everyone knows this is nothing more than a scam to put money into the pockets of the 'well heeled' politicians and 'fiends'. :grr:
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Beetwasher Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-26-03 12:46 PM
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6. Lowered Expectations
from 20B to 2B. How much do you want to bet that they don't even get this? Any takers?
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underpants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-26-03 12:52 PM
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8. SIGN: There will be a $100Million charge on all returned checks
:bounce:
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Jacobin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-26-03 01:03 PM
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9. but but but but didn't smirky say that Iraq was a rich country
and its oil could pay for the whole sheebang??????

Too bad the iraqi irregulars keep blowing up the pipelines so the oil can't be sold.
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Maeve Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-26-03 01:09 PM
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11. But wait! There's more!
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Beetwasher Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-26-03 01:15 PM
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13. Iraq: Clusterfuck Shit Pie
Who wants a piece?

W's sales pitch to the world to get involved with Iraq to be tried out at his meeting w/ Putin:

"Hey Pooty Poot, have I got a deal for you! You give us money and troops to put in front of the bullets in Iraq and in return you get....are you ready for this....A promise (cough) from me, George Bush (crosses fingers behind back), that you will get a piece of this wonderful clusterfuck of a shit pie called Iraq at some point in the non-forseeable future when we've pacified the country! I'll also let you turn the screws on your business partner Iran for us too, just cuz I'm such a nice guy! Whaddaya think? What's that? I don't understand Russian. Hey Condie, what'd he say? Why's he leaving? Condi?...."
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Bush to Seek Putin's Support on Iraq, Iran

http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=topNews&storyID=3515151
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lumpy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-26-03 01:14 PM
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12. Iraq's decrepit infrastructure ?
Shouldn't this read destroyed infrastructure ?
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underpants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-26-03 01:18 PM
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14. It only fell apart when our bombs hit it because it was old
Edited on Fri Sep-26-03 01:19 PM by underpants
See if they had a nice NEW infrastructure it would have.........uh.........not fallen AS MUCH apart as it did.
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