Go, Mosander, Go!

Ekots senior reporter Jan Mosander har de senaste åren levererat en mängd scoop om hur biståndspengarna används (en insats som redan hyllats av Redaktörn). Mosander läser nog inte här, men jag vill ändå tipsa om ett knäck att göra i svensk tappning. Israelisk press har i dagarna berättat, baserat på en sammanställning från Palestinian Media Watch, hur amerikanskt bistånd till infrastruktur fått närmast ironiskt resultat.

After Saddam Hussein's execution, the Palestinian Municipality of Yaabid decided to name both a school and its main street after the Iraqi dictator. It appears that the same street was paved 18 months ago using grants from USAID.

This is not the first time that US money has gone to build Palestinian infrastructures that are named to glorify terrorists and enemies of the US. Three examples:

1. After the US gave the Jenin municipality money for road works in the city, a block in the center of Jenin was named for the first Iraqi suicide terrorist who killed four American soldiers in Fallujah. The mayor of Jenin participated in the anti-American rally and the speakers blessed the “resistance of the residents of Fallujah” [Al-Hayat Al-Jadida, April 4, 2004].

2. USAID funded the building of the Salaf Khalef Sports Center. Salef Khalef (Abu Iyad) the head of the Black September terror organization, was behind the killing of two US diplomats in Sudan and the 11 Israeli Olympic athletes. [Al-Hayat Al-Jadida, May, 30, 2004]

3. USAID funded renovations of the Dalal Mughrabi School named in honor of Dalal Mughrabi and her terror group, who killed American photographer Gail Rubin and 36 Israelis. [Al-Hayat Al-Jadida, December 14, 2004]

Törs man gissa att det svenska biståndet till infrastruktur i de palestinska territorierna kan ha löpt samma öde?

(via The Belmont Club)