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November 28, 2005
More Good News from Iraq
Chances are you won't find this on the evening news, or in your local newspaper, because as it turns out, the Washington Times was the only news outlet to report this story:
Iraq's Red Crescent relief organization found its own way to mark the Thanksgiving holiday yesterday by announcing that it had sent a $1 million "thank you" donation to the victims of Hurricane Katrina.
The sum, transferred by wire on Sunday, amounts to 20 percent of the organization's annual budget.
"I wish we could have a billion dollars to give," Said Hakki, the organization's president, said by telephone from Baghdad. "Even then, it is not enough to show our appreciation for what the U.S. has done for Iraq and is still doing."
The donation was made with the approval of the office of Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari and is thought to mark the first time that Iraq has sent aid to the United States.
"Giving thanks is an Iraqi tradition as well as an American one. This is the minimum we could do after the Americans shed their blood in our country, mixing their blood with ours," he said.
He said the overthrow of dictator Saddam Hussein was "a blessing from God, and the U.S. was His tool."
Iraq, for the first time ever, sends aid to the United States and the media fails to report it. Imagine that.
But then, my local rag, the Miami Herald, did have this:
France has offered to fly over some of the city's musicians and provide them with rent-free residences and monthly stipends for up to three months, in hopes of compensating for concerts canceled after Hurricane Katrina.
and so did every other local rag.
Sickening, ain't it?
Posted by LindaSoG at November 28, 2005 07:09 AM
Comments
"Sickening, ain't it?"
Sickening and tragic.
Posted by: Felis at November 28, 2005 08:17 PM
It is tragic, Felis, you are so right.
Posted by: LindaSoG at November 29, 2005 07:45 AM
LInda, I'm waiting for the day that another network comes along side of FOX and continues to kick the MSM's butt. If it weren't for conservative Talk Radio and this fantastic internet we would still be waiting for Conkrite to 'tell' us what we ought to know.
Posted by: AUSPatriotman at November 30, 2005 02:09 AM