Pubdate: Thu, 21 Mar 2002
Source: San Francisco Examiner (CA)
Copyright: 2002 San Francisco Examiner
Contact:  http://www.examiner.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/389
Author: Minnie Hanover

HUMANITARIAN AID

MICHAEL Moore, (Q&A, The Examiner, March 18) the obviously self- loathing 
author of the book "Stupid White Men," wants to know why President Bush 
gave $43 million to the Taliban last year.

The money did not go to the Taliban, it went to the World Food Program and 
other NGOs as aid for Afghan farmers, to encourage them to stop growing 
opium poppies. This information is easily found, and one has to wonder why 
this lie continues to be disseminated. Maybe it has something to do with an 
agenda.

Minnie Hanover The City
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