[kj] Congrats Obama

[Karen Weil]

That was Rumsfeld! ; )

k.w.
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: folk devil 
  To: A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!) 
  Sent: Friday, June 06, 2008 4:08 PM
  Subject: Re: [kj] Congrats Obama


  Shaking the cowboy's hand?
   

  > From: karen.weil at sddt.com
  > To: gathering at misera.net
  > Date: Fri, 6 Jun 2008 15:58:10 -0700
  > Subject: Re: [kj] Congrats Obama
  > 
  > Interesting story; and yet another reminder of our country's well-meaning 
  > (at times) but misguided foreign policy.
  > Let's hope this never happens again ...
  > 
  > k.w.
  > ----- Original Message ----- 
  > From: "B. Oliver Sheppard" <bigblackhair at sbcglobal.net>
  > To: "A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!)" 
  > <gathering at misera.net>
  > Sent: Friday, June 06, 2008 3:38 PM
  > Subject: Re: [kj] Congrats Obama
  > 
  > 
  > > http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2003/03/26/iraq/main546287.shtml#
  > >
  > > Guess Who Got The Key To Detroit?
  > > *March 26, 2003*
  > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------
  > > *(AP) *Saddam Hussein donated hundreds of thousands of dollars to a 
  > > Detroit church and received a key to the city more than two decades ago, 
  > > soon after he became president of Iraq.
  > >
  > > The events contrast sharply with the attack Saddam's regime is now facing 
  > > from a U.S.-led coalition, reflecting his changed relationship with the 
  > > United States since Washington helped Saddam covertly in his 1980-88 war 
  > > with Iran.
  > >
  > > Saddam's bond with Detroit started in 1979, when the Rev. Jacob Yasso of 
  > > Chaldean Sacred Heart congratulated Saddam on his presidency. In return, 
  > > Yasso said, his church received $250,000.
  > >
  > > "He was very kind person, very generous, very cooperative with the West. 
  > > Lately, what's happened, I don't know," Yasso, 70, said Wednesday.
  > >
  > > [...]
  > >
  > > -Oliver
  > >
  > >
  > > The Exorcist wrote:
  > >> What trash???
  > >>
  > >> Mugabe is a good man honored by NYC Council Member Charles Barron in 
  > >> 2003. :)
  > >>
  > >> Cheers,
  > >> Me
  > >
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