[kj] Congrats Obama

[Karen Weil]

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.
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> 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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