Dear Friends: This news has upset me as well inasmuch as America does not produce Basmati rice. This is from the Times of India (25/26 02 22012). I think the contributors to the twitter page of the paper will have a meaningful discussion on it.
-bhuban .. US lawmakers upset over Iraq buying basmati from India . HOUSTON (TEXAS): US Congress members from the largest rice-growing states are on warpath, asking Iraq to resume buying US long-grain rice, instead of from India. "We liberated their country for one thing," said Texas representative Ted Poe. "We would think they would consider the US in trade since we spent billions of dollars not only to liberate their country, but to rebuild their infrastructure." Twelve congressmen have fired off a letter to Iraq's trade minister Khair Alla Babaker earlier this week pressing him to get Iraqis back on the American long-grain variety. _______________________________________________ assam mailing list [email protected] http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
