Necronomicon Posted October 24, 2003 Share Posted October 24, 2003 UnKKKle Scam wants YOU!!! Sooner than later, as we expand this assinine "War on Terror" into Perpetual War. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Necronomicon Posted October 24, 2003 Author Share Posted October 24, 2003 We are WINNING the WAR ON TERROR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Necronomicon Posted October 24, 2003 Author Share Posted October 24, 2003 "Delegates from the world’s richest governments are gathering in Madrid to decide how much or how little they are prepared to donate towards the reconstruction of a shattered Iraq. Clearly, more than six months after US President George W Bush declared major hostilities in Iraq to be over, there is still a huge job to be done – the situation for many of the country’s poorest people has become worse rather than better over the period. Violence and instability still plague the country, with daily reports of military and civilian casualties. This very insecurity has meant that implementation of the much boasted, and hoped for, reconstruction plans has barely begun. Hospitals still lack medicines and basic equipment, clean drinking water is not available in many areas, and raw sewage can be seen on the streets of many towns. Christian Aid works with local organisations in many parts of Iraq and the message from them is clear. ‘In general, almost everyone involved in the reconstruction of Iraq has not been effective – despite the passing of six months and the expenditure of large sums of money,’ says the director of one of Christian Aid’s partner agencies, working in the south of the country. So, with the humanitarian situation still critical, there are plenty of immediate needs on which money from international donors can be spent. As this report demonstrates, the widespread assumption that reconstruction could be paid for entirely by Iraqi oil money is a false one. Due, not least, to continuing insecurity, Iraq just does not produce enough oil to pay for even immediate needs and is unlikely to do so in the near future. What this report most shockingly reveals, however, is that the billions of dollars of oil money that has already been transferred to the US-controlled Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA) has effectively disappeared into a financial black hole. For all the talk of freedom and democracy for the Iraqi people – before, during and after the war which toppled Saddam Hussein – there is no way of knowing how the vast majority of this money has been spent. This situation is in direct violation of the UN resolution that allowed Iraqi assets to be transferred to the CPA. Indeed, the body that is supposed to oversee how Iraq’s assets are used has not even been set up yet. Just as disturbingly, if this lack of transparency is perpetuated it could well hold the seeds for future disaster in Iraq. The very oil revenues that are potentially the country’s greatest asset could, on all available evidence, prove to be a curse." -http://www.christianaid.org.uk/indepth/310iraqoil/iraqoil.pdf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Necronomicon Posted October 24, 2003 Author Share Posted October 24, 2003 "I love freedom of speech." -The Shrub Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allthumbs Posted October 24, 2003 Share Posted October 24, 2003 No one wants to read your drivel. Go kill yourself so your wife can remarry a real man like me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cracked Posted October 24, 2003 Share Posted October 24, 2003 trask said: No one wants to read your drivel. Go kill yourself so your wife can remarry a real man like me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EWolfe Posted October 24, 2003 Share Posted October 24, 2003 Hey, Cracker! Nice bunny pic today... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rbw1966 Posted October 24, 2003 Share Posted October 24, 2003 I was interested to see how large the thread would grow before someone aside from Necro posted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cracked Posted October 24, 2003 Share Posted October 24, 2003 MisterE said: Hey, Cracker! Nice bunny pic today... Yeah, the fahq is for Iain/DFA/Extremococksucker. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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