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Old 02-22-2009, 15:35   #4
Kosta
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I panicked too when I saw that, but HRC's crowd released a statement that clarified the purpose of the aid:

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Originally Posted by Department of State
Of the $20.3 million in new ERMA funds, $13.5 million will go to the U.N. Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), $6 million to the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), and $800,000 to the U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA). These organizations are distributing emergency food assistance, providing medical assistance and temporary shelter, creating temporary employment, and restoring access to electricity and potable water to the people of Gaza.
So we only need to worry about Obama flooding our nation with terrorists from Gitmo, not Palestine. One less thing.
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