Kuwait: Pledges 500 million dollars

smashmode · #1 Postby **smashmode** » Sun Sep 04, 2005 1:54 pm

For Hurricane relief.

WOW

and Qatar has pledged 100 million

God bless those guys!

#2 Postby **THead** » Sun Sep 04, 2005 2:05 pm

Cool! Can we tell them to just send free gas instead?!

#3 Postby **Stephanie** » Sun Sep 04, 2005 2:10 pm

THead wrote:Cool! Can we tell them to just send free gas instead?!

I thought of that too, but with everything that we've done for them, it really heartens me to see that they are returning the favor.

#4 Postby **THead** » Sun Sep 04, 2005 2:22 pm

Stephanie wrote:
THead wrote:Cool! Can we tell them to just send free gas instead?!

I thought of that too, but with everything that we've done for them, it really heartens me to see that they are returning the favor.

Yes, that IS quite a chunk of change. Should help alot.

#5 Postby **Noah** » Sun Sep 04, 2005 2:29 pm

Kuwaiti to offer oil aid to US hurricane victims

http://www.chinaview.cn 2005-09-04 23:40:41

KUWAIT CITY, Sept. 4 (Xinhuanet) -- Kuwait will aid US hurricane victims with 500 million dollars in oil products, Minister of Energy Sheikh Ahmad Al-Fahad Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah said on Sunday.

Sheikh Ahmad said in a statement, carried by the official KUNA news agency, that the aid is in the form of oil derivatives and some other humanitarian assistance needed by the victims.

He voiced solidarity of the Kuwaiti people with the US people, saying this is an opportunity to "express faithfulness to our friends and allies who stood on our side in difficult times." Enditem

WOW..it pays to help other countries wether at the time we dont think so.

soonertwister · #6 Postby **soonertwister** » Sun Sep 04, 2005 2:31 pm

We might want to just exchange those dollars directly for gasoline, but that's a tremendously generous gift from the Kuwaiti and Qatari people. Quite obviously we are not without friends, at least in emergency, in the Middle East.

God bless them all for their generous aid. It is badly needed and will be greatly appreciated. I guarantee you, we won't forget their help.

#7 Postby **Noah** » Sun Sep 04, 2005 2:36 pm

soonertwister wrote:God bless them all for their generous aid. It is badly needed and will be greatly appreciated. I guarantee you, we won't forget their help.

Miss Mary · #8 Postby **Miss Mary** » Sun Sep 04, 2005 2:41 pm

That just gave me major goose bumps. How very generous.....

Thanks for posting this info.

Mary

#9 Postby **NateFLA** » Sun Sep 04, 2005 3:11 pm

Awesome!

NFLnut · #10 Postby **NFLnut** » Sun Sep 04, 2005 9:17 pm

Gotta love those Sheiks!! 8-)

#11 Postby **Ivanhater** » Sun Sep 04, 2005 9:20 pm

it does make me feel good, even some of our enemies are helping, as we help our enemies in hard times...just a nice thing to see

#12 Postby **SkeetoBite** » Sun Sep 04, 2005 9:29 pm

ivanhater wrote:it does make me feel good, even some of our enemies are helping, as we help our enemies in hard times...just a nice thing to see

Uhhh.... Kuwait was never an enemy of the United States. That's the country we liberated from Iraq. Seems like as little payback is in order. Very generous on their part and graciously received I'm sure.

GalvestonDuck · #13 Postby **GalvestonDuck** » Sun Sep 04, 2005 10:00 pm

That rocks!!

kevin · #14 Postby **kevin** » Sun Sep 04, 2005 11:10 pm

ivanhater wrote:it does make me feel good, even some of our enemies are helping, as we help our enemies in hard times...just a nice thing to see

Wow.

oneness · #15 Postby **oneness** » Mon Sep 05, 2005 12:59 am

Looks like the US won a genuine friend there.

#16 Postby **crazycajuncane** » Mon Sep 05, 2005 4:35 am

We need more friends like this! aWeSOME!

#17 Postby **Ivanhater** » Mon Sep 05, 2005 7:40 am

SkeetoBite wrote:
ivanhater wrote:it does make me feel good, even some of our enemies are helping, as we help our enemies in hard times...just a nice thing to see

Uhhh.... Kuwait was never an enemy of the United States. That's the country we liberated from Iraq. Seems like as little payback is in order. Very generous on their part and graciously received I'm sure.

uhhhhh, i wasnt talking about kuwait, im not dumb, i was talking about cuba, iran and others

#18 Postby **ncbird** » Mon Sep 05, 2005 7:58 am

When things get hard, its your real friends that are there to help pull you back up. And you better believe we Americans will remember those who are helping us in our time of need.

lurkey · #19 Postby **lurkey** » Mon Sep 05, 2005 8:23 am

Afghanistan has pledged $100,000.

Afghans give $100,000 for Katrina relief

KABUL, Sept 4 (Reuters) - Impoverished Afghanistan will give $100,000 for relief efforts in the United States in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, the U.S. embassy said.

U.S. ambassador Ronald Neumann thanked the Afghan people at a ceremony on Sunday at which the aid was pledged by the government on behalf of the people.

"Their compassion and generosity bears testimony to the strength of the ties between our two peoples," Neumann said.

#20 Postby **THead** » Mon Sep 05, 2005 10:21 am

lurker_from_nc wrote:Afganistan has pledged $100,000.

Afghans give $100,000 for Katrina relief

KABUL, Sept 4 (Reuters) - Impoverished Afghanistan will give $100,000 for relief efforts in the United States in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, the U.S. embassy said.

U.S. ambassador Ronald Neumann thanked the Afghan people at a ceremony on Sunday at which the aid was pledged by the government on behalf of the people.

"Their compassion and generosity bears testimony to the strength of the ties between our two peoples," Neumann said.

Thats really impressive. Even moreso than the Kuwaiti donation. Talk about haves and have nots...

Kuwait: Pledges 500 million dollars

Kuwait: Pledges 500 million dollars

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