Saturday, July 25, 2009
This is just a quick link to follow -- an "aside." These are links to interesting things that, for one reason or another, I didn't place into a full posting. Click the link to visit the full article. Go to the blog index for a regular listing of posts.
Ma'an News: US transfers 200 million dollars to PA - 'The American government has transferred 200 million US dollars to the Palestinian Authority, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton announced on Friday. Clinton confirmed the transfer, part of a pledge to alleviate PA budgetary shortfalls, via teleconference at a signing ceremony between US Consul Jack Wallace and Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad in Ramallah. The American assistance is considered an effort to bolster Palestinian factions considered by the Americans to be more moderate than Hamas, which the US has labeled a terrorist organization...' [Money for massive state salaries.]
they need bombs more than we need roads