Quid Pro Quo --- $100M to * administration from UAE for Katrina

[Skidmore]

victims less than one month before this port deal + $1M for the * libray. Reported on Mark Riley's show on AAR just now. Willing to bale *'s butt out, * turns to his old friends yet again.

Article here:

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/1151AP_Ports_Security_Katrina.html

"UAE gave $100 million for Katrina relief

By TED BRIDIS
ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER


WASHINGTON -- The United Arab Emirates gave the Bush administration $100 million to help victims of Hurricane Katrina weeks before a state-owned company there sought U.S. approval for its ports deal.

The White House said Thursday the $100 million for storm victims demonstrates the relationship between the two governments caught in a firestorm over the potential security risks of state-owned Dubai Ports World running significant operations at six major U.S. ports.

The administration said the request for U.S. approval of the $6.8 billion ports deal and the UAE contribution were not related.

"There was no connection between the two events," said Adam Ereli, the deputy State Department spokesman...."


Library article:

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/nation/3681451.html

"Feb. 23, 2006, 5:58PM
UAE gave $1 million to Bush library


By WENDY BENJAMINSON
Associated Press

A sheik from the United Arab Emirates contributed at least $1 million to the Bush Library Foundation, which established the George Bush Presidential Library at Texas A&M University in College Station.

The UAE owns Dubai Port Co., which is taking operations from London-based Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Co., which operates six U.S. ports. A political uproar has ensued over the deal, which the White House approved without congressional oversight.

The donations were made in the early 1990s for the library, which houses the papers of former President George Bush, the current president's father.

The list of donors names Sheik Zayed Bin Sultan al Nahyan and the people of the United Arab Emirates as one donor in the $1 million or more category...."

[deminks]

1. I'm just curious, what happened to the money for Katrina?

a snip from the article:

The United Arab Emirates sent its $100 million Katrina donation on Sept. 21 using an electronic transfer to an account at the State Department, the White House said. Two-thirds of the money was given to the Federal Emergency Management Agency to help coordinate aid to 100,000 families. The rest was sent to the Education Department to help rebuild storm-damaged schools and universities near New Orleans.

Did the money actually reach any victims of Katrina? Or, did it secure trailers that sit empty? Or did it just pay Shirtoff to look good on TV. 2/3 to FEMA does not make me convinced it went anywhere else.

And yes, Jr. is still paying off Poppy's debts.

[FreedomAngel82]

2. My bed would be the last one

[OneBlueSky]

3. my first question, too . . .

between this hundred mil and what Congress appropriated, where the hell did it all go? . . . is Blackwater THAT expensive? . . . this has to be the most corrupt administration in history . . .

on edit: now that I think about it . . .

- shipping tons and tons of ice to Maine and Massachusetts and back again . . . and the trucks were never turned off

- renting luxury liners for "rescue" workers

- buying thousands upon thousands of trailers that are now sinking in the mud . . . and thousands and thousands of jacks to get them out so they can trash them . ..

it goes on . . . and on . .. and on . . .

[BlueEyedSon]

5. Same as the missing Iraq money. In bags and briefcases, because

doin' proper accountin' is "hard work"......

[clyrc]

4. Donations from UAE totalled more than one Million for Clinton library

The governments of Dubai, Kuwait, and Qatar and the deputy prime minister of Lebanon all also appear to have donated $1 million or more for the archive and museum that opened last week... http://www.nysun.com/article/5137

The UAE regularly donates for disasters around the world...


UAE donation to Earthquake victims
UAE has donated $100 million for relief of quake-affected people in Pakistan.
http://farrukhahmed.blogspot.com/2005/10/uae-donation-to-earthquake-victims.html

[DoYouEverWonder]

6. The NY Sun is not a reliable source

besides I won't register for their crap, maybe you could post a few paragraphs? Thanks.

[oasis]

7. Early in Bush's first term, Sen. Fritz Hollings called the Bushies "the

biggest cash and carry administration in history". They haven't changed a bit.

[elehhhhna]

8. 1 mil for gw's "libary"? How much does a bathroom with a magazine rack

actually cost?