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International aid: Cash, food, baby formula State Department releases international list of Katrina donors, aid Offers of aid and assistance from countries around the world in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina continued to pour in Tuesday to the U.S. State Department. So far, 94 countries and international organizations have offered aid, according to a State Department spokesman. Here is its partial list of nations from which the United States has received support: * Afghanistan: $100,000 * Armenia: $100,000 * Australia: $7.6 million * Azerbaijan: $500,000 * Bahamas: $50,000 * Bahrain: $5 million * Bangladesh: $1 million * Belgium: Medical/logistics teams to Red Cross * Canada: 2 helicopters, 32-person rescue team, Air Canada evacuation flights, medical supplies * China: $5.1 million cash and relief supplies * Djibouti: $50,000 * Finland: 3 logisticians to Red Cross * France: Tents, tarps, Meals Ready to Eat (MREs), water treatment supplies * Gabon: $500,000 * Georgia: $50,000 * Germany: MREs and high speed pumps * Greece: Cruise ships, private offer of an International Committee of the Red Cross Web-based tracing system * India: $5 million * Israel: Tents, first aid kits, baby formula * Italy: Generators, water pumps/purifiers, tents, medical supplies * Japan: $1 million cash, generators, tents, blankets, bottled water * Kuwait: $400 million in oil, $100 million cash * Maldives: $25,000 cash * Mexico: Bedding, MREs, baby care items, personal hygiene kits * NATO: Coordinating European assistance offers * Norway: $1.54 million in relief supplies * Organization of American States: $25,000 cash * Qatar: $100 million cash * Republic of Korea: $30 million cash and in-kind donations * Saudi Arabia: $255 million from Aramco * Singapore: 3 helicopters * Sri Lanka: $25,000 cash * Taiwan: $2 million cash, medical supplies * Thailand: Large amounts of food * United Arab Emirates: $100 million cash * United Kingdom: MREs * U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs: U.N. Disaster Assessment and Coordination Team and logistics support * U.N. World Health Organization: Public health officers and logisticians * Venezuela: Up to $1 million to Red Cross Find this article at: http://edition.cnn.com/2005/US/09/0....aid/index.html

i am sooo pleased our best european friends france, germany, and the UK took the time to clean out their backyard sheds to help. as my mother always said, its the thought that counts

i'm suprised at some of the countries in that list, especially certain poverty stricken third world countries that could have spent their money closer to home? i guess the gesture was more symbolic

and i'm assuming some of the aforementioned countries have loaned the money rather than donating?

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i am sooo pleased our best european friends france, germany, and the UK took the time to clean out their backyard sheds to help. as my mother always said, its the thought that counts

The US aid to the tsunami victims was extremely late, but that doesn't mean it didn't count.

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Originally posted by tathi The US aid to the tsunami victims was extremely late, but that doesn't mean it didn't count.

extremely late huh?

lets see. 5,000,000 people displaced inside an hour. 10,000 people known dead 24 hours later which increased 10 fold in a matter of days. 100,000 miles of coast affected in a dozen countries from something that no one could have seen coming...

...and whats your standard for something like that? or is this something you read on the interweb?

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Originally posted by josh4 i am sooo pleased our best european friends france, germany, and the UK took the time to clean out their backyard sheds to help. as my mother always said, its the thought that counts

lol
looking at the list, you should be thanking the Arabs.

Bahrain: $5 million
Kuwait: $400 million in oil, $100 million cash
Qatar: $100 million cash
Saudi Arabia: $255 million from Aramco
United Arab Emirates: $100 million cash

what a buch of stupid desert dwellers..

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Originally posted by bass drive lol looking at the list, you should be thanking the Arabs. Bahrain: $5 million Kuwait: $400 million in oil, $100 million cash Qatar: $100 million cash Saudi Arabia: $255 million from Aramco United Arab Emirates: $100 million cash what a buch of stupid desert dwellers..

Those regimes fart and that much cash drops out of their arses! Poor they are not!! (Obviously the citizens are like...!)

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Originally posted by bass drive lol looking at the list, you should be thanking the Arabs. Bahrain: $5 million Kuwait: $400 million in oil, $100 million cash Qatar: $100 million cash Saudi Arabia: $255 million from Aramco United Arab Emirates: $100 million cash what a buch of stupid desert dwellers..

smells like sucking up ...

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Originally posted by josh4 i am sooo pleased our best european friends france, germany, and the UK took the time to clean out their backyard sheds to help. as my mother always said, its the thought that counts

Well, we'll have em back if you dont want them? (I notice they dont say how many supplies UK, Ger, Fra sent so there is no monetary comparison really is there?)

I know the RAF shipped over 500,000 meals but no idea how much that operation cost

And look at what you get in the ration packs!!!

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Each 4lb (1.8kg) ration pack contained an average of 4,061 calories, the MoD said. They comprise a variety of ready meals and snacks such as chicken stew with herb dumplings, lamb curry, French onion soup, rice pudding, biscuits, chocolate, chewing gum, coffee and tea. A mini-stove and matches to heat up the food is included. Vegetarian versions are also being sent.

These aren't your typical airplane meals you were thinkin they are! I think these meals for the time being are the best thing to send (along with tents etc) For Christ's sake they come with a Yorkie bar!

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Originally posted by josh4 i am sooo pleased our best european friends france, germany, and the UK took the time to clean out their backyard sheds to help. as my mother always said, its the thought that counts

What have we hear eh josh?

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The UK is also co-ordinating the response of other EU states to the US government's request for medical teams, water purification units, camp beds, blankets and specialist personnel http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/med...3&nfid=rssfeeds

So looks like your pathetic attempt to use Hurricane Katrina to criticise the Europeans has now made you look like the idiot we all know and love...

So lets recap...

The countries donating no money are...

Belgium, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Norway and the UK...

Spot a pattern? They are all the EU countries on that list and with Canada, Israel and Mexico, are the only countries providing what the US has ASKED for...

(Didn't use the deaths of thousands of people to criticise Israel or Canada tho did you?)