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just another insignificant VRWC Pajamahadeen

Friday, December 31, 2004

Israeli aid not kosher

Sri Lanka rejected Israeli army's offer to help with the tsunami disaster.


"a government offer to send a team of doctors for an Israeli field hospital was declined by Sri Lankan authorities.

A 150-member Israeli military delegation had been just hours from taking off in an air force plane when the mission was scrapped unexpectedly. Israel ultimately sent a plane with 80 tons of medical supplies, food and emergency equipment to the disaster-stricken country. "
Astounding.

The tsunami killed seventy seven thousand people in Sri Lankan. I have no idea how many people are at risk of dieing from injuries or illness but obviously that Sri Lankan leaders regard it essential that they remain untreated rather than expose them to medical treatment from an Israeli hand.

Put another way, the Sri Lankan leaders are saying that they'd have that a certain number of their citizens die rather than allow their lives to be saved by an Israeli.