Saturday, December 23, 2006

Carter's Oily Finances

In considering Carter's book, it's a good idea to consider how his research is funded. According to Carter Center's 2004-2005 report, among donor's with cumulative giving of more than $1 million are:

His Royal Highness Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Bin Abdulaziz Al Saud Fund
The Sultanate of Oman
His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said Al Said
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Bakir M. BinLadin for the Saudi BinLadin Group
The Saudi Fund for Development
Government of the United Arab Emirates

To be sure, there are many innocuous donors - Home Depot and Delta also make the top donor list. And the Institute has genuinely positive goals fighting diseases in the Third World.

2 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

For the truth on the Binladin Group (as in your blog - Osama's family), check out: www.saudi-binladin-group.com and see their website that expired on 9-11-01 and as you know its the same day that their 'brother' attacked the United States.

4:32 PM  
Blogger sheikh X said...

So? Doesn't this just mean they were ashamed (or afraid) and cancelled their website in order to distance themselves from the public eye?

7:48 PM  

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