Kuwait Donates $500 Million For Hurricane Relief

[ECH1969]

KUWAIT CITY (AP) - The oil-rich Persian Gulf state of Kuwait said Sunday it will donate $500 million in aid to U.S. relief efforts after Hurricane Katrina.

The offer is the largest known put forward since the hurricane ravaged Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama and follows a $100 million aid donation from the emir of a Mideast neighbor, Qatar.

Kuwait's energy minister said his country would provide "oil products that the disaster-stricken states need in addition to other humanitarian aid."

"It's our duty as Kuwaitis to stand by our friends to lighten the humanitarian misery and as a payback for the many situations during which Washington helped us through the significant relations between the two friendly countries," Sheik Ahmed Fahd Al Ahmed Al Sabah said in a statement carried by Kuwait's official news agency, KUNA.

http://www.wtopnews.com/index.php?nid=105&sid=563777

[CountAllVotes]

1. for Kuwait

:hi: and one BIG THANK YOU FROM ME!

:kick:

[ECH1969]

2. Thanks Kuwait

[Zynx]

3. Can they also fire that official who praised Katrina?

[Olney Blue]

4. Wish this money could go directly into the Louisiana state fund.

[fortyfeetunder]

5. That's right -- not to FEMA or Red Cross

hope they can figure that one out...

[glitch]

6. Yeah - otherwise it's just another cloaked RNC donation.nt

[Lori Price CLG]

8. I'm sure the GOP/Halliburton will get it, somehow, some way... n/t

[daleo]

7. I am just too cynical for this

Sure, the present Kuwaiti leadership owes Bush (and the U.S.) big time. But, it is hard to think anyone but Halliburton will actually profit from this. Bush, the Kuwaiti Emir..., its hard to believe in their altruism.

[SlavesandBulldozers]

9. thanks Kuwait

:toast:

[xchrom]

10. bush 41 called in a favor?

i mean we appreciate the money -- but what did you guys do for darfur?

may it go to the locals.