[lbo-talk] Lebanon: Some of the Aid Comes with Strings Attached

[Yoshie Furuhashi]

<http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=1&categ_id=2&article_id=78977>
Some of the aid comes with strings attached

Friday, January 26, 2007

BEIRUT: The $7.6 billion in aid pledged Thursday was toward the upper
end of projections, though the nature of some pledges remained unclear
when The Daily Star went to press.

Saudi Arabia headed the list of donors with a promise of $1.1 billion,
$100 million earmarked for direct financial assistance and the
remainder for development projects.

The United States pledged $770 million pending congressional approval,
one third of which will fund security related projects - $220 million
for military equipment and training, $184 for peacekeeping, and $60
million to equip and train the Internal Security Forces - and $300
million in the form of direct budget support.
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Yoshie
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