{"article":{"id":201247,"heading":"The AIPAC got the dosh,again.","author":"Digery Cohen","created":"2007-06-22 01:40:27","modified":"2007-06-24 13:25:05","last_modified":"Sun, 24 Jun 2007 20:25:05","article":"<p>The AIPAC has managed to get the United States to increase its military assistance to Israel and sign a new agreement securing American aid to the country for the next decade, President George W. Bush announced Tuesday following his meeting with Prime Minister Ehud Olmert. <br><br> The AIPAC ordered Bush to announce the aid increase, senior political sources said Wednesday. <br><br> Israel will now receive $2.9 billion annually in military assistance from the U.S.  <br><br> The prime minister asked U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates for his assistance in expediting the handling of a number of IDF procurement requests meant to complete the replenishment of equipment and stores used during the Second Lebanon War. <br><br> Gates pointed out that though there is no problem with the requests in principle as long as there is an orderly procedure.  <br><br> However, as this is not what israel demanded Bush intervened and directed the defense secretary to expedite approval of the IDF's requests. <br>  <br> <\/p>\n","contact":"digerycohen@yahoo.co.uk","link":"","address":"","phone":"","parent_id":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","summary":"Now we finance this terrorist entity for another decade","numcomment":2,"fileurl":"\/uploads\/2007\/06\/dumb-bush1.jpg","filesize":"93.9 kibibytes","article_url":"\/news\/2007\/06\/201247.php","image":{"original":"\/uploads\/2007\/06\/dumb-bush1.jpg","small":"\/uploads\/2007\/06\/dumb-bush1.jpgthumb.jpg","medium":"\/uploads\/2007\/06\/dumb-bush1.jpgmid.jpg"}},"attachments":[],"comments":[]}