U.S. provides 86 mln dollars in aid for Palestinian security forces
U.S. President George W. Bush has ordered 86.4 million U.S. dollars in aid for security forces led by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, said National Security Council spokesman Gordon Johndroe on Tuesday.
The aid will be used to support efforts to train, equip and reform Palestinian civil security forces commanded by Abbas, in a bid to fight terror and help restore law and order in Gaza and the West Bank, Johndroe said.
The United States and some other Western countries cut off aid to the Palestinian government and backed Abbas and the Fatah forces under his direct command, after the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) won the legislative elections and gained control of the government early in 2006.
Source: Xinhua
--- If we trust the source...(big if), then it looks like the u.s. is funding a new war in Palestine.
For people who can't see all these conflicts as simply good vs. evil, it looks like the U.s. is attempting a new coup in Palestine. Huzzah.
Romney, with his wealth and media ownership is my current "fav" for repub pres canidate in 08. Lets see how good my instincts are.
Mormon questions dog Romney in S.C.
By Associated Press
Wednesday, January 31, 2007 - Updated: 01:25 AM EST
COLUMBIA, S.C. - Republican Mitt Romney yesterday dismissed questions about whether his Mormon faith would be an impediment to his campaign and defended his changing views on abortion.
Insisting he was making inroads in this early-voting Bible Belt state, Romney said he has had “a number of meetings with pastors of various faiths and religious leaders. Almost to a person they’ve subscribed to what Dr. Richard Land (of the Southern Baptist Convention) said, which was: ‘We’re not electing Mitt Romney as pastor in chief.’ ”
But he faces an uphill battle.
“I don’t think that I could see someone who is a member of a faith so contrary to my faith having my support,” said state Rep. Gloria Haskins. Haskins is backing Sen. John McCain of Arizona, as are a number of key lawmakers.
Romney also was grilled on his past support for abortion rights.
He said he changed his mind in 2004 in part because of a Harvard scientist who said destroying a 14-day-old embryo for stem-cell research isn’t a moral issue.
“It struck me very powerfully at that point that the Roe v. Wade approach has so cheapened the value of human life that somebody could think it’s not a moral issue to destroy embryos,” Romney said.
U.S. President George W. Bush has ordered 86.4 million U.S. dollars in aid for security forces led by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, said National Security Council spokesman Gordon Johndroe on Tuesday.
The aid will be used to support efforts to train, equip and reform Palestinian civil security forces commanded by Abbas, in a bid to fight terror and help restore law and order in Gaza and the West Bank, Johndroe said.
The United States and some other Western countries cut off aid to the Palestinian government and backed Abbas and the Fatah forces under his direct command, after the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) won the legislative elections and gained control of the government early in 2006.
Source: Xinhua
--- If we trust the source...(big if), then it looks like the u.s. is funding a new war in Palestine.
For people who can't see all these conflicts as simply good vs. evil, it looks like the U.s. is attempting a new coup in Palestine. Huzzah.
Romney, with his wealth and media ownership is my current "fav" for repub pres canidate in 08. Lets see how good my instincts are.
Mormon questions dog Romney in S.C.
By Associated Press
Wednesday, January 31, 2007 - Updated: 01:25 AM EST
COLUMBIA, S.C. - Republican Mitt Romney yesterday dismissed questions about whether his Mormon faith would be an impediment to his campaign and defended his changing views on abortion.
Insisting he was making inroads in this early-voting Bible Belt state, Romney said he has had “a number of meetings with pastors of various faiths and religious leaders. Almost to a person they’ve subscribed to what Dr. Richard Land (of the Southern Baptist Convention) said, which was: ‘We’re not electing Mitt Romney as pastor in chief.’ ”
But he faces an uphill battle.
“I don’t think that I could see someone who is a member of a faith so contrary to my faith having my support,” said state Rep. Gloria Haskins. Haskins is backing Sen. John McCain of Arizona, as are a number of key lawmakers.
Romney also was grilled on his past support for abortion rights.
He said he changed his mind in 2004 in part because of a Harvard scientist who said destroying a 14-day-old embryo for stem-cell research isn’t a moral issue.
“It struck me very powerfully at that point that the Roe v. Wade approach has so cheapened the value of human life that somebody could think it’s not a moral issue to destroy embryos,” Romney said.
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