[kj] Congrats Obama

[B. Oliver Sheppard]

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2003/03/26/iraq/main546287.shtml#

Guess Who Got The Key To Detroit?
*March 26, 2003*
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*(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