> It would nice to see the Lebanonese reject these US trojan
> horse reconstruction plans. They would be wiser to turn instead to
> Iran, Russia, and maybe Chavez and the Cubans---all of whom are
> intimately familiar with the viciousness of US aid efforts.
I suspect whatever US aid materializes will be too little too late. It has committed 50 million while already ten times that has been earmarked for reconstruction by the Saudis, IIRC.
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Colin Brace
Amsterdam