Saudi generosity - re Tsunami relief

[whosinpower]

On Yahoo a couple of days ago, there was allot of talk why muslims were not contributing to Tsunami relief.....well I found an interesting snippet on http://www.juancole.com/

snip - Saudi Arabia Television held a fundraising drive for the victims of the tsunami and raised a little over $30 million on the first day. Saudi Arabia's per capita income is about $8500 per year according to the Atlas method, and there are about 15 million Saudi citizens. The one-day donation total equals $2 per citizen in absolute terms. Given the difference in per capita income and population, it is as though private US donors gave over $2 billion in a single day.



So there you go, if there are any naysayers here.

[BrklynLiberal]

1. That item will NEVER hit US mainstream media................n/t

[OutsourceBush]

2. How much did the Saudis and GW Bush give to 911 Victims?

after they launched a joint attack on US soil?

[NMDemDist2]

3. Rudy turned down the Saudi prince's donation to 9/11

NEW YORK (CNN) -- Mayor Rudy Giuliani said Thursday the city would not accept a $10 million donation for disaster relief from Saudi Prince Alwaleed bin Talal after the prince suggested U.S. policies in the Middle East contributed to the September 11 attacks.

"I entirely reject that statement," Giuliani said. "There is no moral equivalent for this act. There is no justification for it. The people who did it lost any right to ask for justification for it when they slaughtered 4,000 or 5,000 innocent people."

Prince Alwaleed gave the mayor a check after a Thursday morning memorial service at Ground Zero, the site of the World Trade Center towers destroyed in the attacks.

The prince offered his condolences to the people of New York, but after the ceremony he released a statement suggesting the United States "must address some of the issues that led to such a criminal attack."

http://archives.cnn.com/2001/US/10/11/rec.giuliani.prince/