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To: Baldur Fjvlnisson who wrote (335362)	12/30/2002 7:31:16 PM
From: Baldur Fjvlnisson	Respond to of 769667

NYC doesn't accept the money but Bush does. talk.hoosiertimes.com arabnews.com RIYADH/NEW YORK, 12 October — New York yesterday rejected a $10 million donation for victims of the World Trade Center attack from a senior member of the Saudi royal family after he criticized US policy in the Middle East. Mayor Rudy Giuliani described comments by Prince Alwaleed ibn Talal, the Kingdom’s most prominent businessman, as “highly irresponsible” and “dangerous.” Alwaleed earlier toured the rubble of the trade center with Giulani, who received the check for the Twin Towers Fund, set up to help families of emergency service workers killed in the Sept. 11 terrorist attack.

To: Baldur Fjvlnisson who wrote (335362)	12/30/2002 7:32:59 PM
From: Poet	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769667

So?

To: Baldur Fjvlnisson who wrote (335362)	12/30/2002 7:47:10 PM
From: American Spirit	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 769667

James Baker of Carlyle Group, Florida vote re-count and Reliant Energy (#2 scamster to enron) sent to oil-rich North Africa to represent the US. But I'll bet he's really repping secret insider oil deals. UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The U.N. special envoy for disputed Western Sahara, former Secretary of State James Baker, returns to northern Africa in mid-January for a fresh try at resolving a long impasse over the desert territory's future status, U.N. sources said on Monday. Baker would visit Morocco, Algeria, Mauritania and the Algerian town of Tindouf, where the Polisario Front independence movement is based, the sources said. U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan (news - web sites) has written leaders of the four parties to notify them of Baker's planned visit next month, the sources said. U.N. chief spokesman Fred Eckhard, asked about the trip, confirmed Baker planned to return to the region in mid-January, at Annan's request, but could offer no details. The Polisario Front, backed by Algeria, insists on a referendum on independence while Morocco, backed by the United States, Britain and France, wants Western Sahara to remain a part of Morocco, although with substantial autonomy. The dispute over the northwest African territory began in 1975, when Morocco annexed the former Spanish colony right after it won independence. After that, the Polisario Front launched a sporadic guerrilla war that lasted until 1991, when a cease-fire was signed under U.N. auspices. EXPLORING FOR OFFSHORE OIL Subsequent U.N. efforts to stage a referendum on self-rule for Western Sahara have bogged down due to differences over who was eligible to vote, with the Polisario accusing Morocco of trying to pad voter rolls. Morocco's King Mohammed said in July that Rabat would never relinquish sovereignty over the sparsely populated phosphate-rich region that may also have offshore oil deposits. Both Morocco and the Polisario Front have signed with foreign firms to explore for oil off the territory's long Atlantic coastline, although the Polisario deal is contingent on the territory winning independence in a U.N. referendum.