Re: $785 million US aid approved.
Aalsi,
Here is the contrast of your post:
http://www.dawn.com/2007/12/24/welcome.htm
US aid to Pakistan diverted, squandered: NYT report
WASHINGTON, Dec 24 (AFP): More than five billion dollars in US aid to Pakistan has often never reached the military units it was intended for to fight Al-Qaeda and the Taliban, and instead diverted to other programs, the New York Times reported Monday. Much of the money meant to reimburse frontline Pakistani units was channeled to weapons systems aimed at India and to pay inflated Pakistani reimbursement claims for fuel, ammunition and other costs, unnamed US government and military officials told the daily. “I wonder if the Americans have been taken for a ride,” said a diplomat, who spoke on condition of anonymity. Money intended to repay Pakistan for maintaining 100,000 troops in the restive tribal areas apparently does not reach the troops who need it, officials said. “It is not making its way, for certain, we know, to the broader part of the armed forces which is carrying out the brunt of the operations on the border with Afghanistan,” a senior US military official told the Times. (Posted @ 10:35 PST)