All this money for infrastructure will free up more money for jihad. Apparently no amount of jihad terror and calls for genocide from the Palestinians will deter Obama from sending money to the "Palestinians." "USAID Contracts Start Flowing in $750 Million Palestinian Infrastructure Project," from the U.S. Trade & Aid Monitor, January 14 (thanks to Steve):
The first round of Palestinian infrastructure contracts worth upwards of $750 million was awarded this week by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID).The Infrastructure Needs Project Phase II (Solicitation #RFP294-2010-108), as the USAID endeavor is known, will help the Palestinians build or improve public works initially in the West Bank and, "if conditions permit, in Gaza" at a later time.
Task orders could be awarded under this indefinite quantity contract (IQC) for initiatives including:
• Transportation networks such as primary and secondary roads, bridges and/or other transportation infrastructure;
• Water systems including the supply, storage, treatment, transmission and/or distribution of water;
• Sanitation infrastructure including solid waste management and disposal, wastewater treatment and reuse, pollution control, and/or ecological sanitation;
• Vertical infrastructure including schools, clinics, health facilities, public buildings, government buildings and facilities, sports facilities, warehouses, food storage facilities, youth and sports centers, and/or other vertical infrastructure designed to benefit the public interest;
• Electrical Power sector infrastructure to include alternative, sustainable and/or traditional forms of power generation (such as wind turbines, photovoltaic, solar thermal, geothermal, and/or fossil-fuel-fired thermal power plants), and/or electricity transmission and distribution systems in the West Bank;
• Other critical infrastructure that USAID may decide to support subject to USAID development objectives and/or the availability of funds;
• Operations and Management of Water Facilities;
• Design/Build contracts are anticipated under this solicitation;
• Procurement, transport, shipment, storage of equipment and materials;
• Drilling and Equipping of Deep Water Production and Monitoring Wells and Facilities
• Construction and Rehabilitation of Electric Power Generation, Transmission and Distribution systems.
Contractors receiving the task orders on Jan. 9 were:
- APCO/ArCon of Dearborn, Michigan (Contract award #AID-294-I-00-12-00005). APCO/ArCon, it should be noted, is a construction firm that likewise received $100 million in task orders during Phase One of the project;
- The Morganti Group, Inc., of Danbury, Connecticut (Contract award #AID-294-I-00-12-00002);
- BLD Services, LLC, of Kenner, Louisiana (Contract award #AID-294-I-00-12-00004);
- American Intercontinental Constructors, LLC (AIC) of Arlington, Virginia (Contract award #AID-294-I-00-12-00006);
- International Relief & Development (IRD) of Arlington, Virginia (Contract award #AID-294-I-00-12-00003); and:
- CDM Constructors, Inc., of Cambridge, Massachusetts (Contract award #AID-294-I-00-12-00001).
Under the IQC arrangement, the total potential ceiling is $750 million for all contracts awarded to these, and possibly other, vendors. It is not the total for each vendor.
INSANITY.
Many Muslims take excessively and many who are ignorant of Islam give to Muslims excessively. Reasonable minds can differ as to whether being a parasite or a fool is worse.
Wellington,
Great indirect question: Reasonable minds can differ as to whether being a parasite or a fool is worse.
I'm going to go with "fool" option. USAID certainly falls into that category.
Above, a list of the companies providing the 'aid' is given.
APCO/ArCon of Dearborn, Michigan (Contract award #AID-294-I-00-12-00005). APCO/ArCon, it should be noted, is a construction firm that likewise received $100 million in task orders during Phase One of the project;
The Morganti Group, Inc., of Danbury, Connecticut (Contract award #AID-294-I-00-12-00002);
BLD Services, LLC, of Kenner, Louisiana (Contract award #AID-294-I-00-12-00004);
American Intercontinental Constructors, LLC (AIC) of Arlington, Virginia (Contract award #AID-294-I-00-12-00006);
International Relief & Development (IRD) of Arlington, Virginia (Contract award #AID-294-I-00-12-00003); and:
CDM Constructors, Inc., of Cambridge, Massachusetts (Contract award #AID-294-I-00-12-00001).
Every person in charge of each of these companies must be sent the news item featured at this jihadwatch link:
http://www.jihadwatch.org/2012/01/pas-highest-religious-authority-at-moderate-fatah-event-muslims-destiny-is-to-kill-jews.html
http://palwatch.org/main.aspx?fi=157&doc_id=6098
Excerpt from what one finds at that link:
The following is an excerpt from the Fatah ceremony broadcast on PA TV:
Moderator at Fatah ceremony:
"Our war with the descendants of the apes and pigs (i.e., Jews)
is a war of religion and faith.
Long Live Fatah! [I invite you,] our honorable Sheikh."
"PA Mufti Muhammad Hussein comes to the podium and says:
"47 years ago the [Fatah] revolution started. Which revolution? The modern revolution of the Palestinian people's history. In fact, Palestine in its entirety is a revolution, since [Caliph] Umar came [to conquer Jerusalem, 637 CE], and continuing today, and until the End of Days. The reliable Hadith (tradition attributed to Muhammad), [found] in the two reliable collections, Bukhari and Muslim, says:
"The Hour [of Resurrection] will not come until you fight the Jews.
The Jew will hide behind stones or trees.
Then the stones or trees will call:
'Oh Muslim, servant of Allah, there is a Jew behind me, come and kill him.'
Except the Gharqad tree [which will keep silent]."
Therefore it is no wonder that you see Gharqad [trees]
surrounding the [Israeli] settlements and colonies.."
[PA TV (Fatah), Jan. 9, 2012'.
END QUOTE.
All American companies getting money to provide 'aid' to the Pooooor "Palestinians" [TM] should be asked, point blank, what distinguishes this Fatah gathering from one of Hitler's Nuremberg rallies; and why it is therefore that any American company should be taking money to build stuff for people who hate Jews qua Jews, and desire to kill them, as venomously as any thoroughly-indoctrinated Nazi.
Meanwhile, many local roads and freeways in the United States are pockmarked with cracks and potholes, and we occassionally experience collapsing bridges.
Much of the "aid" we send to build the "Palestinian infrastructure" ends up lining the pockets of corrupt PA officials.
This is just one example of just how much they respect all that aid: http://youtu.be/AFAkmsszTD8
This is expected from Obama, the Manchurian Candidate.
Add on $150,000,000 that Rasool Obama and Hillary 'gave' to Abbas to help him with his 'budget shortfall'...
Why is the Obama giving taxpayers money to people who hate us and would kill us if they had a chance? The US government is funding terrorism, and no one gets arrested...
US gives over 3 billion per year in FMF ( Foreign military aid) to Israel. I don't perceive 750M to create infrastructure in the West Bank to be disproportionate or ill conceived.
I am mystified !
How do we stop this !
Israel gets aid because they are our allies ! Pakistan Egypt etc also get aid to try & buy their friendship but that is becoming a joke !
Stop helping our enemies !
I'll bet obama goes around to the companies in these various states and touts all the "shovel-ready jobs" he "saved or created." Nice to know our credit its still good enough that we're able to borrow the money for these election-year projects; now we know why the 0 needs to borrow another 1.2 TRILLION dollars.
This money is the hard earned money of American taxpayers to fund the Jihad not only against Israel, but the Great Satan USA.
I find this very frightening.
I just googled "girl converts to Islam".
Numerous liberal educated USA girls converting to Islam !
Is the message not getting out to our kids ?
We send them to liberal schools & watch crap like this going on.
They all say they were lost & Islam gave them peace ! Are they nuts ?
Watch the "Stoning of Soraya" a true story, to see the peace Sharia offers !
My youngest sister dated an Arab while at University. At 1st she found him charming doting ! Quickly he became obsessive & controlling ! Controlling what she wore etc. She refused further dates & he became enraged calling her every name in the book !
Attention All Readers:
For your ready reference:
The ready phrase, "IMPEACHMENT PROCEDURES", when Googled, brings up refreshing reading.
The immediate reference here is to Clinton, on a PBS NewsHour program.
Mere cloakroom fondlings are nothing compared with our Obama thumbing his nose at the Government.
We've got a REAL scandal on our hands,right now, but are somehow "hands tied" securely behind us.
This , am sorry to say, is not a supprise.
The U.S. gets benefits in return for its military aid to Israel (reciprocal intelligence sharing for example) that exceed the cost of the aid investment.
Meanwhile, funds to the P.A. are fungible, and even money intended for the West Bank ends up paying the salaries of Hamas members in Gaza. As foreign aid to the PA increases, so do their terrorist attacks against Israel.
PA aid is worse than wasteful--it is dangerous.
Did anyone notice that one of those contractors is based in Dearborn, Michigan—otherwise know as "Dearbornstan" for its large and aggressive Muslim population?
They built the American Islamic Academy in Dearborn right before 9/11.
Under "Education", on the left, you can see that they've been involved with building Madrassas in the "Palestinian territories"—and also in the Philippines.
http://www.apcoarcon.com/education_islamic.html