U.S. aid

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U.S. Military Medical Exercise Concludes in Remote Areas of Costa Rica; Nearly 400 Treated

5 months ago

A two-day Medical Readiness and Training Exercise, or MEDRETE, concluded in Costa Rica September 12, 2009 after bringing necessary medical care and supplies to more than 375 villagers from the remote Turrialba region of this Central American nation.

Just before dawn breaks at the Juan Santamaria International Airport in San Jose, Costa Rica, U.S. Army
Capt. John Osterman, Air Force Tech. Sgt. Bill Flores, and Army Lt. Col. Curtis Anderson finalize the airlift
plan for three Blackhawk helicopters supporting the Medical Readiness and Training Exercise in the remote
Turrialba region of Costa Rica, Central America. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Mike Hammond)

A combined team of more than 30 representatives of Joint Task Force-Bravo -- a joint United States military unit comprised of approximately 500-600 U.S. Soldiers, Airmen and Sailors based at Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras -- and the Costa Rican Ministry of Health delivered the care and supplies after months of planning and coordination.

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US Congress Should Cut Off Aid To Palestinians

Law and Society Middle EastBy caitlyn

7 months ago

When the Bush administration laid out the Roadmap peace plan it, together with the United Nations, Russia, and the European Union, clearly laid out three conditions that Hamas would have to meet to be included:

Recognition of Israel
Renunciation of terrorism and violence
Acceptance of previous agreements and obligations, including the Roadmap

Hamas has never accepted any of the Quartet's conditions and, as a result, remains classified strictly as a terrorist group by the United States and most of the West.

Further attempts at a peace process were based on the idea that the Fatah-controlled Palestinian Authority did meet this conditions and had, in fact, agreed to them as part of the Oslo Accords. This has also been the basis of all U.S. aid to the Palestinians, including the training and arming of security forces.

Since March of this year we have seen one senior Palestinian Authority official after another make clear, in no uncertain terms, that they don't accept any of the three conditions either. It started with Muhammed Dahlan, a former Palestinian security chief and senior Fatah official, during a March 17 interview on Palestinian television:

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