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Politics : WAR on Terror. Will it engulf the Entire Middle East?
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To: Thomas M. who wrote (6422)9/30/2003 9:04:02 AM
From: Scoobah  Read Replies (1) of 32591
 
And what motivates them to take US Taxpayer money for food and clothes and transfer it to hoodlums and thieves and those who oppress their own people with fear and violence.

I would love to see you spend a week in Sidon:

PALESTINIAN NGOs REFUSE TO SIGN ANTI-TERROR CLAUSE

September 30, 2003

The Middle East Newsline reports: "Palestinian non-government organizations have refused to sign a U.S.-sponsored commitment that they will not transfer funds to individuals or groups that engage in attacks against Israeli civilians.

Palestinian sources said social welfare groups within the Palestinian Authority as well as independent NGOs have organized a campaign against signing a so-called anti-terror clause. The sources said the United States has demanded that Palestinian social welfare groups sign a commitment that they will not transfer money to those deemed terrorists.

So far, the sources said, about 30 NGOs have declared that they would not sign the anti-terror commitment. Many of the groups obtain funding from the U.S. Agency for International Development and American philanthropies.

Earlier this month, representatives of 29 NGOs in the area of the West Bank city of Bethlehem met and issued a statement that they would not cooperate with a U.S. AID demand not to transfer funding to any individual or group deemed terrorist. The meeting was attended by PA security and intelligence officials. The Interior Ministry regulates NGOs in the West Bank and Gaza Strip…"
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