Reply #39: It's not the amount, it's the symbolic value

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The Italian spokesman of the antiimperialistas, Moreno Pasquinelli, says the money collected so far is in an Italian bank account.

Mr Pasquinelli said it would be taken to Iraq in January. He was candid when asked about raising money for the Iraqi Patriotic Opposition which says it actively supports military resistance.

"Its not our affair how they use this money. If they want to use it to print papers for example, or to buy weapons in order to fight for the Iraqi independence," he said.

"We support the armed struggle in Iraq. our money is to help them, it doesn't matter to us if they use it buy weapons, Kalashnikovs, or medicines for people."

When asked to confirm if the money raised could be used to buy weapons he admitted: "Yes they could, and why not?"

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and if I was the American mother of a GI killed by a weapon purchased with Italian money, I'd be pretty pissed at Italy. It's not because you are against the war that you have to help killing US soldiers. This is outrageous and not only in America...

BTW the SAME guys were probably doing the SAME thing when Clinton was president, because at that time, Milosevic was their hero (still is).