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Iraq to Donate $94 Million to Poor Americans |
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by anon
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15 Jan 2001
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Since our own government no longer pays much attention to the poor... |
Monday January 15 11:10 AM ET
Iraq to Donate $94 Million to Poor Americans
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - The Iraqi government, at a meeting chaired by President Saddam Hussein,
Monday agreed to donate 100 million euros ($94 million) to poor Americans, the official Iraqi News
Agency (INA) said.
``The cabinet decided, on humanitarian grounds, to allocate 100 million euros to be distributed to poor
Americans,'' INA said, adding an Iraqi commission would be formed to supervise distribution of the
money.
It said U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan would be notified of the donation.
INA said there were 30 million people living below the poverty line in the United States -- Iraq's sworn
enemy.
Iraq is under a United Nations humanitarian program to relieve its population from the
effects of economic sanctions imposed over the country's invasion of Kuwait in 1990.
Baghdad's proceeds from oil sales are used to buy food, medicine and other essential goods under U.N.
monitoring.
Last month, Saddam pledged one billion euros to Palestinians to aid their uprising against Israeli
occupation.
($1-1.062 Euro) |
