New twist on Iraq aid: U.S. seeks donations

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From: Kurtz
Date: Sun, 18 Sep 2005 19:40

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New twist on Iraq aid: U.S. seeks donations

WASHINGTON - (KRT) - From the Indian Ocean tsunami to the church around the
corner, Americans have shown time and again they are willing to open their
pocketbooks for charity, for a total of about $250 billion last year alone.

'But now, amid pleas for aid after Hurricane Katrina, the Bush
administration has launched an unusual effort to raise charitable
contributions for another cause: the government's attempt to rebuild Iraq.

Although more than $30 billion in taxpayer funds have been appropriated for
Iraqi reconstruction, the administration earlier this month launched an
Internet-based fundraising effort that it says is aimed at giving Americans
"a further stake in building a free and prosperous Iraq."

Contributors have no way of knowing who's getting the money or precisely
where it's headed, because the government says it must keep the details
secret for security reasons.'


Uh.... no thanks, I donated at the gaspump yesterday.

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