Why am I not surprised by this:
Korea has been named to the deputy leadership position in an international audit of tsunami disaster relief donations.
It was named to the position on a task force set up to audit the relief funds by the International Organization of Supreme Audit Institutions, a group of national auditors. The announcement was made at the group’s meeting in Norway.
The task force was set up after questions were raised in many countries about the use of the funds donated to help victims of the December 2004 tsunami in the Indian Ocean. Critics have charged that of the funds that Indonesia and Sri Lanka received for disaster relief, only 10 percent has found its way to the victims.
Jeon Yun-cheol, the chairman of the Board of Audit and Inspection of Korea, was a leading proponent of the special auditing task force within the organization.
It shouldn’t come as no surprise that much of the donated money would be swindled similar to what happened with the 9/11 funds. Hopefully the Korean taskforce can uncover where all the money went.
Why would Korea issue this warning? in regards to islamic radicals establing aid stations.
“This group is here for humanitarian reasons,” said Indonesia’s chief detective, Lt. Gen. Suyitno Landung. “We should not be prejudiced against them. I’m worried the media is exaggerating the threat of this group.”
Against such a backdrop, the South Korean government issued a warning Thursday that it had “acquired intelligence that our relief groups in Indonesia and some other areas are becoming a possible target of terror attacks.”
A South Korean Foreign Ministry official told the AP on condition of anonymity that the statement was “not based on verifiable intelligence” and was a “precautionary warning.”
Any terrorist attack against a country providing relief supplies in the Tsunami affected areas would be totally idiotic. They could not win any popular support from the Indonesian people if they did it. They won’t do it because of these reasons. These Islamic terrorists are smart and well trained plus they are masters of propaganda and watch all the news channels. There is no way they can win anything by attacking American or Korean troops. Is Korea just looking for an excuse not to deploy the ROK Army there?
