BRING IT ON!
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BUSH'S BIG STUPID WAR-MONGERING MOUTH, BACKED UP BY BLATANT
PROVOCATIONS TO BOMB 60 MORE COUNTRIES AND PULLING OUT OF THE "NUCLEAR
PROLIFERATION TREATY" HAS PROVIDED THE "EVIDENCE" THAT THE BUSH REGIME
IS HELL-BENT ON STARTING WWIII.
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THE FACT THAT CONGRESS REFUSES TO REMOVE THESE PSYCHOPATHS, VIA
IMPEACHMENT, ADDS THE LAST REMAINING WALL OF STOPPING THIS FASCIST
GOVERNMENT.
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THE "LAST HOPE" HAS BEEN THE AMERICAN PEOPLE THEMSELVES, WHO HAVE SENT
THE MESSAGE "THEY ARE TOO STUPID AND/OR LAZY TO TAKE CONTROL OF "THEIR
OWN GOVERNMENT", THUS AS THE OLD ADAGE GOES:
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"YOU GET THE GOVERNMENT YOU DESERVE".
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Subject:9-08-07-
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BUSH'S WITHDRAWAL FROM NPT & Nuclear Steps Undermine Peace
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http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/091307K.shtml
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IMPORTANT FACTS:
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(1) BUSH AND HIS GENERALS CONTINUE TO TELL THE WORLD "HOW POWERFUL AND
HIGH-TECH" THE U.S. MILITARY IS..
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IF SO, THEN "WHY" ISN'T THE CIA RUNNING UNMANNED AERIAL FLIGHTS 24/7
OVER THE IRAN/IRAQ BORDER TO DETECT AND STOP "ALL PEOPLE AND VEHICLES
COMING FROM IRAN INTO IRAQ?
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(2) AS THIS ARTICLE STATES:
"NO GENERAL OR EVEN BUSH" HAS PRODUCED ANY "REAL EVIDENCE" THAT THESE
BOMBS AND MISSILES "ARE COMING FROM IRAN", I.E. THE BUSH REGIME HAS
ALREADY FED US YEARS OF "SO-CALLED EVIDENCE" STATING THAT SADDAM HAD
WMD, ALL OF WHICH WERE BASED ON LIES AND FORGERIES.
--
I PERSONALLY DON'T KNOW ONE PERSON WHO BELIEVES ANYTHING THAT COMES
OUT OF THE "MOUTH OF THE BUSH REGIME", ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY SAY IT "IS
PROOF OF WEAPONS FROM ANYONE BUSH WANTS TO BOMB."
--
BUT, IT IS CLEAR THAT THE PSYCHOS IN THE BUSH REGIME "THINK" AMERICANS
ARE SO STUPID WE WILL "ALWAYS BELIEVE WHAT THEY SAY", ESPECIALLY
REPUBLICANS WHO HAVE DEFENDED BUSH EVEN WHEN OTHER REPUBS HAVE PROVED
"THE BUSH REGIME HAS BLATANTLY LIED ABOUT THE SAME THING", AND MANY OF
THESE REPUBS ARE NOW FED UP WITH THESE LIES, WHICH IS WHY ALMOST ALL
OF BUSH'S ORIGINAL CABINET HAD TO BE FIRED.
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(3) IF YOU HAVE SEEN ON T.V. THE SO-CALLED "ROAD BOMBS" THAT WERE
SUPPOSED TO HAVE COME "FROM IRAN", THEN YOU ALSO SAW, "THAT ALL OF THE
WRITING ON THESE BOMBS "WERE IN ENGLISH", NOT IRANIAN.
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DOES ANYONE NOT BELIEVE THAT THE CIA COULD PRODUCE "PHONEY BOMBS"
AFTER ALL OF THE PHONEY SO-CALLED EVIDENCE THEY USED TO SUCKER THE
AMERICAN PEOPLE IN TO BELIEVING THAT SADDAM HAD WMD? EVEN AFTER BUSH,
HIMSELF CAME OUT AND STATED "THERE WASN'T ANY WMD...WE JUST MADE MERE
"MISTAKES", YET THE BRAIN-WASHED REPUBS ARE "STILL SAYING THAT WMD
WERE FOUND IN IRAQ". JUST UNBELIEVABLE.
--
OR, HOW ABOUT WOLFOWITZ COMING RIGHT OUT AND STATING "WE ONLY USED
WMD" AS JUSTIFICATION FOR THE ATTACKS ON IRAQ, BECAUSE EVERYONE WOULD
BELIEVE IT.
--
HOW MANY OF THESE RANTING BUSH DEFENDERS ARE THERE STILL? APPARENTLY
MANY AND YOU CAN LISTEN TO THEM ON WASHINGTON JOURNAL ON C-SPAN IN THE
MORNING OR MANY OF THE RIGHT-WING RADIO PROGRAMS. THOSE OF YOU WHO
POST HERE WHO ARE REPUBS, REALLY SHOULD BE EMBARASSED BY THESE SPEWING
MORONS, JUST AS THE DEMS SHOULD BE WHEN THE LEADERS OF THEIR PARTY
TREAT DEMOS WITH SO MUCH ARROGANCE THAT THEY "THINK" THEY CAN MERELY
SAY, "IMPEACHMENT IF OFF THE TABLE" WHEN FOR MONTHS NOW, THE DEMS VIA
THEIR CONGRESSIONAL INVESTIGATIONS HAVE "PROVED THAT THE BUSH REGIME
HAS BEEN INTENTIONALLY LYING ABOUT THEIR ILLEGAL ACTS", YET REFUSE TO
EVEN AUTHOR AN IMPEACHMENT BILL, PROVING THAT "THESE INVSTIGATIONS ARE
JUST A DOG AND PONY SHOW TO KEEP THE DEMOS ATTENTION DIVERTED FROM
IMPEACHMENT.
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"THE ENEMY LIES WITHIN AND IT IS US".
> PER USUAL, AMERICANS HAVE NOW ALLOWED THEMSELVES TO BE CONQUERED BY
> "THEIR HITLER" AND ARE DOING NOTHING TO STOP IT.
"...And then they came for the idiots with stuck caps-lock keys, I
didn't speak up because my caps-lock key is mapped to META".
+++++++++++++++++
THE U.N. REPORT
(NOTE: THE B.S. STATING THAT THE UN COULDN'T GET THE GOVT. TO RELEASE
THE NUMBER OF CIVILIANS KILLED...IT REALLY MEANS THE "U.S. GOVT. TOLD
THE IRAQI GOVT. "NOT TO TELL THE U.N. CLEARLY THE IRAQIS WOULD WANT
THIS KNOWN, WHILE THE BUSH REGIME DIDN'T WANT TO BE PROSECUTED FOR
THESE "WAR CRIMES")
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Subject:10-11-07-UN REPORT ON U.S. MERCENARIES & GI'S AND KILLING OF
CIVILIANS
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http://www.un.org/apps/news/printnews.asp?nid=24263
>
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AS I HAVE SAID AT LEAST 100 TIMES IN THIS GROUP:
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ALASKA IS THE MOST CORRUPT STATE IN THE NATION, WHICH "TIP" OF THE
ICEBERG IS FINALLY BEING SCRATCHED.
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NO ONE HAS EVER BEEN HURT MORE IN ALASKA THEN "THE WORKING POOR, I.E.
THOSE WHO ARE PAID MINIMUM WAGE AND NOT A "LIVING WAGE" AND WHO ARE
USUALLY LAID OFF WHEN THE TOURISTS LEAVE.
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MY RESEARCH UP TO 2000 PROVED, THE STATE OF ALASKA HAS HAD AN "ANNUAL
UNEMPLOYMENT RATE OF ABOUT 9%, WITH MANY SMALL CITIES WITH
UNEMPLOYMENT RUNNING FROM 12% TO 50%, BUT THE DEPT. OF LABOR
INTENTIONALLY SKEWS THE TRUTH OF THIS DATA SO IT DOESN'T HAVE TO PAY
THE MANDATED FEDERAL LAW FOR UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE, WHICH IS SUPPOSE
TO START AS SOON AS THE STATE'S UNEMPLOYMENT RATE HITS 6%.
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OTHER DESPERATELY NEEDED SERVICES ARE ALSO TIED TO THE STATE
UNEMPLOYMENT RATE LIKE FOOD STAMPS AND A FEDERAL PROGRAM TO HELP PAY
FOR HEAT DURING THE WINTER TIME.
--
AS YOU CAN SEE IN THIS ARTICLE (BELOW), NOW THE FASCIST BUSH REGIME IS
"NOT GOING TO FULLY FUND THIS HEATING FUEL PROGRAM, IN FACT BUSH SAYS
HE WILL VETO ANY BILL ASKING FOR MORE MONEY.
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I HAVE ALWAYS FOUND IT UNBELIEVABLE, BUT TRUE, THAT STATES WHICH HAVE
A "LOT OF A RESOURCE" REFUSES TO BRING DOWN THE PRICE TO THEIR OWN
RESIDENTS, I.E. MONTANA WHICH IS A HUGE CATTLE PRODUCER, YET SELLS
IT'S BEEF FOR MORE MONEY THEN THE OTHER STATES; AND OF COURSE, ALASKA
WHICH HAS A LOT OF FUEL AND A REFINERY, REFUSES TO GIVE ALASKANS A
DISCOUNT.
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BUT, LIKE THE FASCIST BUSH REGIME, WHICH HAS GIVEN THE "RICHEST
ASSHOLES A HUGE TAX BREAK", WHILE ROBBING THE AMERICAN TREASURY TO PAY
FOR TWO ILLEGAL WARS (BOTH FOR OIL) THEN REFUSES TO PROVIDE HEALTH
CARE FOR CHILDREN FROM POOR FAMILIES AND NOW THIS HEATING FUEL
PROGRAM.
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YOU MAY HAVE HEARD THE HUGE PROTESTS BY AMERICAN CITIZENS AGAINST THE
REFUSAL TO PROVIDE CHILD HEALTH CARE, WHICH THE REPUB CANDIDATES ARE
NOW BEING CONFRONTED WITH AND THEIR PARTY WILL PAY FOR IT AND NOW THIS
HEATING PROGRAM DURING THE UP-COMING ELECTIONS.
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MANY OF THE INCUMBENT REPUBLICANS ARE NOW LEAVING THE GOP BECAUSE
BUSH'S REGIME IS OBVIOUSLY HELL-BENT ON DESTROYING THE REPUB PARTY SO
THEY WON'T HAVE TO WASTE MONEY BY RUNNING FOR RE-ELECTION, ESPECIALLY
WHEN THEY KNOW THEY WILL BE CONFRONTED BY REPUBLICAN WORKERS, WHO ARE
CLEARLY SO STUPID TO BELONG TO THIS PARTY WHICH IS OBVIOUSLY "ONLY FOR
EMPLOYERS", NOT THE WORKERS.
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AS STUPID AS THE NATION'S REPUBLICAN WORKERS ARE WHO VOTED FOR REPUB
CANDIDATES WHO COULDN'T CARELESS ABOUT THEIR LIVES, SO ARE ALASKANS OF
"BOTH" POLITICAL PARTIES, I.E. THERE IS "NO DIFFERENCE" BETWEEN
ALASKAN POLITICIANS PARTIES, I.E. THEY HAVE BOTH ROBBED THE MULTI-
BILLION DOLLAR PERMANENT FUND CORPORATION TREASURY, YET HAS REFUSED TO
"INVEST IN ANYTHING "IN" ALASKA IN ORDER TO PROVIDE INDUSTRIES THAT
COULD PROVIDE YEAR ROUND WORK AND INSTEAD, HAS "INVESTED ALASKAN'S
MONEY IN EVERYTHING "OUTSIDE OF" ALASKA.
--
ALASKANS ARE SO DUMB THAT IT HAS BEEN EASY TO CON THEM AND KEEP THEM
QUIET BY GIVING THEM THE CRUMBS OF "THEIR OWN MONEY", AND USE THESE
MULTI-BILLIONS FOR "THEIR OWN BENEFIT". OH YEAH, TRACK DOWN THE OWNERS
OF THE REAL ESTATE AND CORPS THAT IS RECEIVING THIS MONEY.
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THE FACT AND TRUTH IS, THE PERMANENT FUND WAS SETUP "BY LAW" TO BE
USED FOR "THE BENEFIT OF ALASKANS, ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY NEED HELP,
I.E. WHICH HAS BEEN NAMED THE SO-CALLED "RAINY DAY FUND".
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CLEARLY MOST ALASKANS HAVE BEEN FLOATING AROUND WITH THE WATER UP PAST
THEIR MOUTH AND RUNNING INTO THEIR NOSE FOR DECADES, EXCEPT "ALASKA
STATE EMPLOYEES" WHO ARE COVERING UP THIS CORRUPTION IN ORDER TO KEEP
THEIR GREAT JOBS.
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PRIVATE COMPANY EMPLOYEES ARE TOO STUPID TO DEMAND THAT THIS FUND BE
USED TO SET UP ALASKA OWNED BUSINESSES.
--
THE "FACT AND TRUTH" IS, THE CORRUPT ALASKA POLITICIANS HAVE LIED
THROUGH THEIR TEETH TO THE FED IRS IN ORDER TO PUT THE PERM.FUND CORP
INTO A "NO CORP TAX PROGRAM", WHEN IT SHOULD BE PAYING ABOUT 35% CORP
TAXES ANNUALLY BECAUSE NONE OF THIS MONEY, EXCEPT THE CRUMBS IS BEING
USED FOR ALASKANS.
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I WROTE TO ALASKA'S TOP CONGRESSIONAL CROOK, TED STEVENS AND TOLD HIM
I DID MY RESEARCH AND "KNOW" THAT ALASKA'S PFC TAX WAIVER IS A FRAUD.
STEVENS WROTE ME BACK AND "ADMITTED" THAT THE IRS COULD CERTAINLY
DECIDE THAT JUST SENDING ALASKANS A PFD ONCE A YEAR "MAY NOT BE ENOUGH
TO QUALIFY FOR THIS CORP TAX BREAK".
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YES, I STILL HAVE THIS LETTER AND NOW THAT THE TWO STEVENS' ARE BEFORE
THE FBI, IT WOULD BE VERY TIMELY FOR "THIS ISSUE" TO BE BROUGHT UP BY
THE U.S. ATTORNEY FOR PROSECUTION, ALTHOUGH IT (MY LETTER) WILL BE
SENT TO THE DEPT. OF JUSTICE'S INSPECTOR GENERAL, DUE TO PROBABLE
COLLUSION WITH THE U.S. ATTY. IN ALASKA & THE STEVENS'.
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I HAVE POSTED THIS MANY TIMES BEFORE AND WAITED TO SEE IF ANY ALASKAN
WHO READS OR POSTS HERE WOULD DO ANYTHING ABOUT THIS AND OF COURSE, NO
ONE DID, WHICH AGAIN PROVES THE READERS OF THIS GROUP HAVE A TOTAL
LACK OF CONCERN ABOUT OTHER ALASKANS SINCE "THEY ARE JUST SELF-SERVING
PSYCHOPATHS, MOST OF WHOM ARE EITHER CURRENTLY EMPLOYED OR
RETIRED...ALASKA STATE EMPLOYEES OR PRIVATE CORPS WHICH HAD A
RETIREMENT PROGRAM.
&;D
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Subject:10-19-07-
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Government Short Money to Help Poor Pay Heating Bills
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http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/102107Y.shtml
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THE ABOVE LINK IS A COPY OF ANOTHER POST. BUT IF YOU GO TO THE
"TRUTHOUT" ARTICLE YOU WILL FIND A DIFFERENT ONE THEN THE ONE THAT
"TRUTHOUT" PRINTED.
--
TO GET "THE ORGINAL ARTICLE OF ALL "TRUTHOUT" ARTICLES, SIMPLY CLICK
ON THE LINK AT THE TOP OF THE PAGE THAT SAYS: "GO TO ORIGINAL".
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HERE IS THE ORIGINAL AP ARTICLE WHICH PROVIDES "MORE" INFORMATION THEN
"TRUTHOUT" GAVE US.
--
FOR INSTANCE:
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(1) THIS U.S.A.G. DECISION WAS APPARENTLY DISCUSSED IN A
"CONGRESSIONAL HEARING" AND THE MICHIGAN CONGRESSMAN POINTED OUT THE
CLEAR FACT, THAT THIS DECISION TO DROP THESE CRIMINAL CHARGES WENT
AGAINST "OUR RULES OF LAW"...YET, PER USUAL, THERE WAS "NO RELEVANT
OUTRAGE AND DEMAND FOR INVESTIGATION AND PROSECUTION OF THIS NOW, "3RD
CORRUPT U.S. ATTY. GENERAL".
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AS STATED, OUR CONGRESS "KNOWS ABOUT THESE ILLEGAL FASCIST ACTS AND
"REFUSE TO USE THEIR POWER TO RID OUR GOVT. OF THESE FASCISTS, WHICH
MAKES OUR CONGRESS "IN COLLUSION WITH THESE FASCISTS" AND THEY TOO
NEED REMOVED.
--
2) YOU WILL NOTE THAT "SOME" OF THESE SO-CALLED "DEPT. OF JUSTICE
INVESTIGATIONS HAVE BEEN PUT ON A "3-YEAR PROBATION", WHICH IS UNHEARD
OF, ESPECIALLY WHEN THESE CASES WERE REPORTED TO THE FEDS "YEARS AGO".
--
BUT, IN 3 YEARS, THE BUSH REGIME WILL BE OUT OF OFFICE AND THE
"STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS, I.E. TIME TO FILE CRIMINAL INDICTMENTS, WILL
PROBABLY HAVE RUN, MAKING IT LEGALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO PROSECUTE THEM.
--
3) THE LAW THAT IS BEING USED FOR THESE CHARGES IS:
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"THE CLEAN AIR ACT", WHICH IS TOTALLY IRRELEVANT TO THE ACTUAL
CRIMINAL EVENTS THAT TOOK PLACE, PLUS BUSH GUTTED THE CLEAN AIR ACT,
YEARS AGO.
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4) THE RAT THAT I SMELL IS: THE "BIG KICK BACK TO U.K.'S FORMER PRIME
MINISTER, TONY BLAIR, WHO LIED AND COVERED UP FOR THE BUSH REGIME, RE
THE MANUFACTURED SO-CALLED EVIDENCE OF WMD FROM SADDAM HUSSEIN.
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I.E. SOME WHERE IN SWEDEN OR AN OFF SHORE BANK, THERE IS PROBABLY A
BANK ACCOUNT FOR TONY BLAIR, WHICH NOW HOLDS MULTI-MILLIONS OF
DOLLARS, WHICH THE U.K. OIL CORP, (BRITISH PETROLEUM) HAS PROBABLY
DEPOSITED FOR TONY, AS A "PAYBACK TO BUSH'S BOY, HIS ACTING ATTY. GEN.
WHO HAS DISMISSED THE CRIMINAL AND CIVIL CHARGES AGAINST B.P. WHICH
COULD HAVE, IF HONESTLY PROSECUTED, BROUGHT THE CEO'S AND THE CORP. TO
IT'S KNEES.
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AS STATED, "THIS IS THE HUGE RED FLAG THAT SHOULD WAKE UP ALL
AMERICANS "TO THE FACT", YOU NO LONGER CONTROL YOUR OWN GOVT. IT IS
NOW FULLY CONTROLLED BY THE FASCISTS NOW, AND WILL CONTINUE INTO THE
NEXT ELECTION, IF YOU DON'T USE THE OUTRAGE YOU SHOULD BE FEELING AND
PUT IT TO WORK NOW. (SEE ABOVE POST ON WHAT TO DO NOW).
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Subject:10-25-07-
BP to Pay $373 Million in Federal Probe
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http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5jIbWL76OB7cMmi18PjxD8UVTx7jQ
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BP to Pay $373 Million in Federal Probe
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By JOHN PORRETTO- 21 hours ago
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HOUSTON (AP) ? BP PLC is taking a multimillion dollar broom to sweep
away a slew of federal charges linked to energy price fixing, a deadly
refinery blast and pipeline leaks and focus on its energy business.
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The more than $373 million in settlements announced Thursday are part
of the company's attempt to get rid of the problems left over from the
stewardship of former chief executive John Browne and move ahead with
the recently announced restructuring of Europe's second-largest oil
company.
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On top of the fines and restitution, four former BP employees were
indicted by a federal grand jury in Chicago on 20 counts of mail and
wire fraud connected to a scheme to manipulate energy markets.
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The bulk of the fines ? $303.5 million ? aim to punish BP for
conspiring to fix propane prices in 2003 and 2004.
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London-based BP also agreed to pay a $50 million fine and plead guilty
to a felony for its role in a 2005 explosion at its Texas City
refinery that killed 15 employees and injured more than 170 others.
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Additionally, it will pay $20 million in criminal fines and
restitution to Alaska and the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation
for pipeline leaks and spills at Alaska's Prudhoe Bay, the nation's
largest oil field.
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The settlements were made public at U.S. Justice Department news
conferences in Washington and Houston.
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"These agreements are an admission that, in these instances, our
operations failed to meet our own standards and the requirements of
the law," Bob Malone, president and chairman of Houston-based BP
America, said in a statement. "For that, we apologize."
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The chairman of the
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House Energy and
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Commerce Committee,
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Rep. John Dingell,
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criticized the amount BP will pay to settle the Texas City charge.
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"I note with curiosity that when an average citizen commits a felony
it usually leads to a prison sentence. Yet, apparently, when a big oil
company commits a felony that causes 15 deaths, it pays a criminal
penalty equal to less than a day's corporate profits," the Michigan
Democrat said.
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BP reported an adjusted net profit of $22 billion
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in 2006, or about $60 million per day.
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The new legal developments come amid a wide-ranging overhaul at a
company that's had more than safety and operational difficulties in
recent years.
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Earlier this year, Browne, the man who transformed BP into one of the
world's top energy companies, resigned in disgrace after 12 years at
the helm for:
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admitting he lied to a judge when he tried to
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block a newspaper from printing allegations of wrongdoing made by a
former boyfriend.
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Tony Hayward, who succeeded Browne on May 1, acknowledged earlier this
month that BP had lagged peers in the past few years, and he launched
a comprehensive restructuring that includes reducing the number of
business units and simplifying management by stripping out some
layers.
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Analysts have said the overhaul would have little short-term impact
but positive long-term implications.
----
Indeed, earlier this week, BP reported a 29 percent slump in third-
quarter profit because of higher maintenance costs and outages at key
refineries, but some analysts said the worst of the company's
operations woes may be behind it.
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Gary Adams, vice chairman of oil and gas for Deloitte & Touche USA
LLP, said it makes perfect sense for a global energy company like BP
to want to refocus efforts on its core business ? finding, producing
and refining oil and natural gas.
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The global energy business is difficult enough these days, Adams said,
as access to new reserves becomes increasingly difficult and costs for
materials and services continue to rise.
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"In order for international oil companies to compete, it makes sense
to go through a review of their operations around the world,"
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Adams said. "Some have done it, some are in the process.
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But you've got to be focused on the business right now."
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BP is not out from under the federal microscope yet.
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The U.S. government's investigation of the company and its executives:
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will continue during a three-year probation
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period,
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Acting Attorney General Peter Keisler
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said Thursday.
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"Obviously, the actions we're responding to today reflect that there
were some very serious problems within the company," Keisler said.
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The charges against BP and its U.S.-based subsidiaries come in at
least three separate cases that federal investigators have been
pursuing for several years.
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They include:
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_A February 2004 scheme by BP America Inc. to inflate the price of
propane by buying massive quantities of the gas, to be delivered over
a Texas pipeline, and then withholding supplies.
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That forced other buyers in the wholesale market to pay an unnaturally
high premium, costing consumers an estimated $53 million and driving
spot prices as high as 94 cents a gallon in places like New York,
Pennsylvania and Illinois.
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Ironically, BP did not profit because the financial benefits of the
scheme were outweighed by the unexpectedly huge costs associated with
carrying it out.
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_The March 23, 2005, explosion at BP's refinery in Texas City.
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Granta Nakayama, assistant administrator for the Environmental
Protection Agency, said BP failed to install environmental and safety
standards as required by the Clean Air Act to prevent chemical vapors
from being accidentally released.
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BP is set to formally enter its guilty plea for the felony violation
of the Clean Air Act on Nov. 27.
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_BP's March 2006 spill of 201,000 gallons of crude oil at Prudhoe Bay.
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Nakayama said the spill "should not have happened" because BP ignored
what he called many warnings about the risks to the ecosystem.
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"BP committed serious environmental crimes in our two largest states,"
Nakayama said.
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"Every entity that is subject to environmental laws has an obligation
to comply.
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But global companies like BP, with their experience, technical
capabilities and financial resources, have no excuse for committing
environmental crimes."
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BP's U.S. shares gained 29 cents to $75.86 Thursday.
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Associated Press writers Lara Jakes Jordan in Washington, D.C., and
Juan Lozano in Houston contributed to this report.
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Copyright ? 2007 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.
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THE FBI HAS BEEN INVESTIGATING MANY STATE AND U.S. ALASKAN POLITICIANS
FOR BRIBERY, KICK-BACKS AND CORRUPTION RE OIL CORPORATIONS.
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THIS IS JUST ONE OF THE RECENT ARTICLES OF HOW STUPID AND IMMATURE
THESE ALASKAN POLITICIANS ARE. DO A GOOGLE SEARCH ON "ALASKAN FBI
INVESTIGATION + OIL" AND YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO READ THE OTHERS.
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NOTE: REP. VICK KOHRING IS A TYPICAL ALASKA POLITICIAN WHO IS
"ANYTHING BUT AN INTELLIGENT & INDEPENDENT THINKER AND DOER", YET
ALASKANS HAVE RE-ELECTED THIS MORON REPUB MANY TIMES. WHY?
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BECAUSE THE FEW ALASKANS WHO DO VOTE ARE EITHER AS STUPID OR WORK FOR
THE OIL CORPS AND NEED THESE MORONS TO STAY IN THE LEGISLATURE TO DO
THEIR BIDDING.
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Subject: 10-26-07-FBI AUDIO WIRETAPS- AK.REP.KOHRING & OIL EXEC.-ALLEN
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Subject:10-26-07-FBI surveillance audio: Vic Kohring trial
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http://community.adn.com/adn/node/112436 >
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FBI surveillance audio: Vic Kohring trial Posted by Anchorage Daily
News
Posted: October 26, 2007 - 4:16 pm
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The following is the entire list of FBI wiretaps submitted as evidence
in the corruption trial of former state Rep. Vic Kohring.
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The summaries were written by the Anchorage Daily News.
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Also see: Video: FBI surveillance recordings from Veco's hotel suite
played for jurors in the Kohring trial
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Also listen to: Kohring trial opening statements
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Also listen to and watch: Audio and video exhibits and testimony from
the corruption trial of former state Rep. Pete Kott
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Also watch: FBI surveillance video from the corruption trial of former
state Rep. Tom Anderson
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Exhibit 1
01/28/06: Phone call from Rep. Vic Kohring to Veco VP Rick Smith
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Kohring checks in with Veco early in the legislative session - "Just
to keep in touch with my friends at Veco 'cause I never want you guys
to get the impression I forget about you after I get your help during
a campaign..." Smith says then-Gov. Frank Murkowski's emerging oil
profits tax proposal, tied to a proposed natural gas pipeline, "is a
huge part of our future."
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Later, Smith says he's looking forward to getting to Juneau and buying
a drink for Kohring's staff at the Baranof Hotel. Says Kohring: "I'd
like to come by, too, and eat some of those hors d'oeuvres going, man.
Helps with my food budget. I'm really on a tight budget."
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Exhibit 2
02/21/06: Phone call from Rep. Vic Kohring to Veco VP Rick Smith
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Kohring calls Smith, who says he's having dinner with U.S. Rep. Don
Young, Veco CEO Bill Allen and Veco President Pete Leathard. Smith
mentions that he would be having dinner the next night with then-Atty.
Gen. David Marquez (a former lobbyist for Veco whose wife, Pam, was an
aide to Kohring at the time). "So we'll be with your staff tomorrow
night,"
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Smith says, laughing. "Small world, man," says Kohring. Later, Kohring
- who is strident about opposing tax increases of all forms - says he
might reluctantly support the oil tax plan being pushed by Veco.
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Smith suggests how Kohring can justify his support then says this:
"Don't you dare take this as an opportunity to go crazy, you know, to
go wacko."
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Kohring, at the time chairman of the House Special Committee on Oil
and Gas, says he'd reluctantly go along with the tax if Veco and the
North Slope producers want it.
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(Smith and Allen testified that Allen gave Kohring $1,000 in cash two
days later, on Feb. 23.)
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Exhibit 3
03/01/06: Phone call from Rep. Vic Kohring to Veco VP Rick Smith
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Kohring says he's ill and asks if Veco CEO Bill Allen received a thank
you card he'd dropped off at the hotel. "Isn't that guy amazing?"
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Kohring says of Allen, "It's not beneath him, extraordinarily
successful businessman, to bring a friend soup. Isn't that cool how
this man is?" Says Smith: "That's the kind of person he is... He can
be tougher than nails, but he has a heart that's too big.
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Exhibit 5
03/19/06: Phone call from Rep. Vic Kohring to Veco VP Rick Smith
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Kohring says he wants to talk with Veco about an internship for his
nephew. Among the charges Kohring is facing: that Veco gave his
relative a job in exchange for Kohring serving the company's interests
in the Legislature.
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Exhibit 7
03/21/06: Voice mail message from Rep. Vic Kohring on phone of Veco VP
Rick Smith
Kohring says he left two items in an envelope at the hotel for Smith:
His nephew's resume and results of a Dittman poll on attitudes toward
the oil industry. Thanks Smith for dinner the previous night.
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Exhibit 8
03/22/06: Phone call from Rep. Vic Kohring to Veco VP Rick Smith
Kohring, who is chairman of the House Special Committee on Oil and
Gas, checks in with Smith. "I was mainly calling just to touch bases
with you and Bill and let you know anything that comes along that I
can help with, if I can be an information source or if I can lobby on
your behalf, if I can consider modifications to legislation or
whatever, you please let me know, OK?" They talk about oil tax
legislation.
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Exhibit 9
03/24/06: Phone call from Rep. Vic Kohring to Veco VP Rick Smith
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Kohring: "I wanted you to know I stand by to do anything to help. I
know
I say that so many times, but I do want to be of assistance and if I
don't hear from you guys I'll just keep following the course that I do
as far as advocating for good things for you guys, including this gas
line." Kohring reports developments on the oil tax legislation, and
his meetings with other lawmakers.
----
Exhibit 10
03/29/06: Phone call from Rep. Vic Kohring to Veco VP Rick Smith
---
Kohring calls Smith concerned about efforts in a Senate committee to
increase the oil tax rate higher than what the industry wanted.
---
Kohring says he wants to meet with Smith and Veco CEO Bill Allen on a
serious matter, and makes arrangements to stop by Suite 604 the
following day. (See video recording of the March 30 meeting between
Kohring, Allen and Smith)
---
Exhibit 12
03/31/06: Voice mail message from Rep. Vic Kohring on phone of Veco VP
Rick Smith
It's the day after Kohring went to Smith and Veco CEO Bill Allen in
their hotel suite and asked for their help paying off a $17,000 credit
card debt.
---
Watch it here. Allen had handed Kohring cash twice during the meeting,
and after thanking him and asking what he could do to help Allen and
Smith, Kohring said he would meet with other specific lawmakers to
"politely and gently as carefully as I can influence them in a
positive way to see that the governor's bill (being pushed by the Veco
executives) is the vehicle they consider." On the voice mail, Kohring
reports that he's setting up those meetings.
----
Exhibit 13
03/31/06: Phone call from Rep. Vic Kohring to Veco VP Rick Smith
---
It's later in the day on the day after Kohring met with Allen and
Smith in Suite 604. In the phone call, Kohring tells Smith: "I just
want to let you know I'm doing what I can to help you guys out over
here," and reports on the status of the oil tax bill.
---
"Let me know if there's anything comes along I can help with." Kohring
mentions his nephew is in Juneau, and "I'll introduce him to a lot of
my friends, including you folks. And we're going to have several
dinners with him. I have a bunch of lobbyists that are all lined up to
buy my nephew dinners... I'm gonna milk my buddies for what I can."
---
Exhibit 15
04/20/06: Phone call from Rep. Vic Kohring to Veco VP Rick Smith Smith
reports Veco is planning to hire Kohring's nephew.
---
Exhibit 16
04/20/06: Phone call from Rep. Vic Kohring to Veco VP Rick Smith and
Veco CEO Bill Allen
Kohring calls to thank Smith and Allen for giving his nephew an
internship. "Uncle Bill, my friend, ---
I just want you to know how much I appreciate you. I know I've said
that so many times, but you've been so good to me over the years...I'm
just so grateful." Kohring reports that he put money inside the Easter
eggs as Allen had earlier suggested, "And boy did she have a
thrill...Thank you for helping to make that happen."
---
Exhibit 17
04/28/06: Phone call from Rep. Vic Kohring to Veco VP Rick Smith
---
Kohring reports on status of oil tax legislation. "Is there anything I
can do to help at this point, Rick?" He says other lawmakers are
ticked at Gov. Murkowski for not disclosing the terms of his gas
pipeline negotiatiaons with the oil producers.
----
Exhibit 19
05/10/06: Phone call from Rep. Vic Kohring to Veco VP Rick Smith
---
It's the day after the regular session ended without passage of the
petroleum profits tax being pushed by Gov. Frank Murkowski. Korhing
tells Smith he thinks raising taxes on the industry is a bad idea.
---
Exhibit 20
05/23/06: Phone call from Rep. Vic Kohring to Veco VP Rick Smith
---
Kohring reports from the special session and on efforts to develop a
gas pipeline (tied to passing a revamped oil tax). He complains the
public, and some of his colleagues in the legislature, want to tax the
oil industry at a rate that's too high.
---
Kohring complains to Smith about "all the crap you have to take from
the stupid media, with the exception of the Voice of the Times, of
course."
----
Exhibit 22
07/01/06: Phone call from Rep. Vic Kohring to Veco VP Rick Smith
---
Kohring checks in with Smith prior to the second special sesison on
oil taxes. He thanks Smith for a positive mention in that day's Voice
of the Times, and for Veco giving his nephew an internship.
---
Exhibit 23
07/25/06: Phone call from Rep. Vic Kohring to Veco VP Rick Smith
---
Kohring reporting from the special session on oil taxes, and says he's
giving up a vacation to Russia and Germany because of the special
session.
---
"It certainly wouldn't look good to my constiutents if their
representative wasn't here in Juneau conducting business and voting on
the important gas line issues. So I'm just going to have to cancel it.
It's a non-refundable ticket." ---
He again thanks Smith for arranging the Veco internship for his
nephew, then asks if Smith could arrange a fundraising luncheon for
him. "No problem," says Smith.
---
Exhibit 24
08/12/06: Phone call from Rep. Vic Kohring to Veco VP Rick Smith
---
With the Aug. 22 primary election approaching, Kohring thanks Smith
for hosting a fundraiser. "I also wanted to say thank you once again,
man, you guys are so good to me. The Voice of the Times played up my
column today. I can't emphasize how much I appreciate the coverage you
guys give me in that little newspaper there."
---
Kohring asks Smith to pass along to Allen how much appreciates their
support, and says he's headed to Eagle River for a Pete Kott
fundraiser, where he plans to donate $100. "Anything I can do to help,
give me a call anytime, OK?" Korhing says.
---
Exhibit 25
08/23/06: Phone call from Rep. Vic Kohring to Veco VP Rick Smith
---
It's the day after the primary election, and Kohring is calling Smith
to talk about the results. It's a sad day for state Rep. Pete Kott,
who lost his re-election.
---
Kohring presses Smith whether he knows when Gov. Murkowski, who also
lost in the primary, might call a special session on his proposed gas
pipeline.
---
Kohring reports that former Democrat Rep. Katie Hurley has entered the
November race against him, and he expects her to be strong opponent.
---
Then Kohring tells Smith he needs a pickup truck to campaign. "Maybe
you or perhaps (Anchorage developer) Marc Marlow (for whom Kohring
reported being a paid consultant) or somebody might know of somebody
who might be willing to donate a vehicle for just a brief period of
time, six to eight weeks or so. Do you have any ideas how I might be
able to get a vehicle?"
----
Exhibit 26
08/30/06: Phone call from Rep. Vic Kohring to Veco VP Rick Smith
---
Kohring is following up on his search for a pickup truck, and telling
Smith he needs a better vehicle than his "jalopy junker"? so he can
campaign for the November election.
---
The next day, federal agents execute search warrants at legislative
offices around the state, including Kohring's in Wasilla, and the FBI
corruption investigation bursts into public view.
---
Bring back the downloadable MP3 links
Links to download each of these files should be provided so people
don't have to rely on streaming Internet connections to listen to
them.
---
Those trying to do so now can use the direct URLs, starting with this
exhibit and increasing the "01" at the end to match subsequent ones:
---
http://www.adn.com/static/multimedia/audio/political_corruption/kohring/exhibits/01.mp3
>
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? Copyright , The Anchorage Daily News, a subsidiary of The McClatchy
Company
JACKEL wrote:
> ==============
> SEE HOW THE AMERICAN MEDIA TELLS US ABOUT THE SAME THING, BUT MERELY
> CALLS US "BROKEN-HEARTED" WHEN WE SHOULD BE CALLED "OUTRAGED"!
> ---
> IS IT ANY WONDER WHY AMERICANS THINK "SOMEBODY ELSE" WILL TAKE CARE OF
> THIS FOR US SINCE IT (FASCISM) ISN'T DOING ANYTHING WORSE THEN
> "LETTING US DOWN AND BREAKING OUR HEARTS?)
> ---
> GOD THIS MAKES ME WANT TO PUKE! I'M SURE THE GERMAN CITIZENS WERE
> TREATED TO THE SAME "AH SHUCKS PROPAGANDA, EVEN WHEN THEY KNEW HITLER
> WAS KILLING MILLIONS OF THEIR NEIGHBORS, BUT SO FAR FELT SAFE SINCE
> THEY WEREN'T JEWS.
> --
> WELL IT DIDN'T STOP THE WORLD FROM DESTROYING GERMANY DID IT? DO YOU
> GET IT NOW? IF SO, WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO? ---
> Subject:10-24-07-
> --
> Those Who Love America Feeling Brokenhearted
> ---
> http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/102507E.shtml
> >
> --
++++++++++++++
THERE'S "NO DOUBT NOW" THAT THE CONTINUED ARROGANT B.S. BEING SPEWED
BY THE BUSH REGIME AND THE CANDIDATES FOR PRESIDENT RE WARS ABD MORE
WARS, "IS NOW HAVING THE EFFECT OF CRIPPLING THE U.S. ECONOMY". SOME
SAY THAT A HARD RECESSION IS ON ITS WAY.
---
IF THIS DOESN'T PROVE HOW TOTALLY STUPID OUR POLITICIANS ARE TO YOU,
THEN NOTHING WILL. WE HAVE TWO VIETNAM-TYPE WARS GOING; BOTH OF WHICH
BUSH TOOK OUT $2 TRILLION DOLLAR "LOANS" FOR THESE WARS BY NATIONS WHO
REFUSED TO VOTE FOR THE U.S. TO ATTACK IRAQ AND TO KILL AND TORTURE
HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF INNOCENT IRAQIS.
---
WHEN YOU HAVE A PRESIDENT WHO WAS A LOSER AT "ALL OF THE JOBS HIS
DADDY GOT HIM" AND HE REFUSED TO GO TO VIETNAM, YET CALLS THOSE MEN
WHO ARE PROTESTING "HIS COWBOY WARS" AS "COWARDS", WHICH THE
REPUBLICAN VOTERS CONTINUE TO DEFEND RATHER THAN ADMIT THEY WERE LIED
TO..
AND THE DEMS REFUSE TO IMPEACH HIM..IT IS CLEAR TO EVERYONE WHO ISN'T
DELUSIONAL..THE U.S.A. IS BEING DESTROYED ALL BY ITS STUPID SELF, YET
SCREAMS OUT THAT "IT IS THE LEADER OF THE WORLD". HOW FUNNY IS THAT!
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Subject:10-27-07-
GULF NATIONS DECIDE ON CURRENCY CHANGE-RE ACCEPTING U.S. $
---
http://africa.reuters.com/business/news/usnBAN750256.html
>
----
Gulf rulers to decide currency union deadline in Dec
---
Sat 27 Oct 2007, 13:56 GMT
By Souhail Karam
----
JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia (Reuters) - The rulers of six Gulf Arab oil
producers will decide in December whether they can meet a 2010
deadline for monetary union, the Saudi central bank governor said on
Saturday after meeting regional policymakers.
----
Investors were watching the meeting in the Saudi Red Sea port city of
Jeddah for any signs of a rift on currency policy, which could renew
market bets on the demise of a regional exchange-rate regime pegged to
the tumbling U.S. dollar.
----
"There was agreement that there is no need to change the current
foreign exchange policy with consensus from all member states," Hamad
Saud al-Sayyari, governor of the Saudi Arabian Monetary Agency told
reporters after the talks.
----
Gulf currencies strengthened again on Friday, with the Qatari riyal
gaining to its strongest since 2003, as investors bet delays to
monetary union plan would prompt central banks to let exchange rates
appreciate.
---
"We did not discuss setting a new date," Sayyari said.
---
Finance ministers and central bankers would pass on their assessment
of the currency union plan to Gulf Arab rulers, who would decide the
issue when they meet in Qatar in December.
----
All six states agree the 2010 deadline will be difficult, if not
impossible, to meet. United Arab Emirates Central Bank Governor Sultan
Nasser al-Suweidi told a magazine this month that the timetable could
slip beyond 2015.
----
The International Monetary Fund said Gulf monetary policy needed to be
consistent with dollar pegs, after the six states broke ranks on their
response to a U.S. interest rate cut last month, raising speculation
about currency revaluations.
---
"I think the relationship with the dollar is one alternative," IMF
Managing Director Rodrigo Rato told reporters after meeting Gulf Arab
officials in Jeddah.
---
"That alternative requires following monetary policy that is coherent
with that alternative," he said.
----
When the U.S. Federal Reserve cut rates on September 18, Saudi Arabia,
Oman and Bahrain declined to follow, choosing to ride out pressure on
their currencies to appreciate, rather than stoke inflation at home.
---
Qatar and the United Arab Emirates cut some key rates along with
Kuwait, the only Gulf Arab state that does not peg its currency to the
U.S. dollar.
---
Investors drove the Saudi riyal to a 21-year high after the Fed cut,
taking divergence on monetary policy as another sign that the deadline
for creating a single currency was out of reach.
----
SLIPPING DEADLINE
The monetary union deadline began slipping when Oman opted last year
not to join by 2010, saying it did not want to meet the spending curbs
agreed with its neighbours.
---
Kuwait blamed the delay for a decision to drop its peg to the dollar
in May.
---
Kuwait's central bank started tracking the dinar's rate against a
currency basket, saying dollar weakness was fuelling inflation by
making some imports more expensive.
---
Kuwait's neighbours have repeatedly ruled out following suit.
---
But with the dollar at record lows,
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inflation at decade highs and
**************************
central banks facing the prospect of
****************************************
tracking more U.S. interest rate cuts,
*****************************************
Gulf states may be considering a
"revaluing currencies" together,
Standard Chartered Bank said last week.
----
Bids on the Saudi riyal hit a high of 3.7350 per dollar on Friday,
compared with 3.7400 on Thursday.
----
The latest 21-year peak, hit on October 10, was 3.7290.
----
Bids on the Qatari riyal touched 3.6335 per dollar on Friday, the
strongest since March 12, 2003.
----
? Reuters 2007. All Rights Reserved. ? ?
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CURRENCIES
Symbol
?
British Pound
In US $ = 0.4871
---
Euro
In US $ = 0.6949
---
South African Rand
In US $ = 6.4765
---
Africa.reuters.com:?
> On October 25th, Secretary Condoleeza Rice officially recognized
> before a House Oversight Committee that, remarkably,
> "there was no law" covering the misbehavior of Blackwater Corporation
> and their private police in Iraq.
I wonder if she'd feel the same way if they were to gun down her family?
Interestingly, according to the GOPers, when no law applies - it's supposed
to be treated as terrorism.
So if no laws apply to Blackwater - they need to be tortured to death, and
have the bill for it sent to their families.
******************
HOW MANY TIMES HAVE THE FASCIST BUSH REGIME, LEAD BY THE PSYCHO BUSH
AND CHENEY STATED THAT "THE TROOPS ALWAYS TELL THEM THAT THEY "WANT TO
WIN THE WAR IN IRAQ AND WANT TO STAY THERE TO DO IT, OTHERWISE, THE
TERRORISTS WILL FOLLOW THEM HOME TO THE U.S. IF THEY WITHDRAW"?
---
I KNOW THAT IT IS HARD TO BELIEVE THAT AFTER 7 YEARS OF "PROVEN"
BLATANT LIES THAT WE ALL HEAR OUT OF THE MOUTHS OF THESE FASCISTS ON
T.V. YET MILLIONS OF AMERICANS ARE APPARENTLY SO STUPID THAT "THEY
STILL BELIEVE THIS B.S. AND CAN'T WAIT TO CALL IN ON RADIO AND T.V.
SHOWS TO DEFEND THEIR PRECIOUS PSYCHO.
--
JUST DON'T ASK THEM A QUESTION BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT PREPARED TO THINK
ON THEIR OWN BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE A FUNCTIONING BRAIN.
--
HOW ABOUT BUSH'S MOST RECENT STATEMENT IN THE PAST TWO DAYS WHICH WERE
REPEATED WORD FOR WORD BY SEVERAL REPUBLICAN CONGRESSMAN WHO SAID:
--
"WE MUST LISTEN TO OUR MILITARY COMMANDERS, NOT CIVILIAN POLITICIANS
WHEN IT COMES TO THE WAR ACTIONS IN IRAQ?"
--
OF COURSE, THIS IS AGAIN JUST MORE BLATANT B.S. WHEN EVERYONE KNOWS
THAT THE BUSH REGIME HAS FIRED ALMOST ALL OF HIS COMMANDERS IN IRAQ
BECAUSE:
--
THEY HAVE A BAD HABIT OF TELLING THESE FASCISTS "THE TRUTH" AND
FASCISTS ARE PSYCHOTICS WHO WON'T LEAVE THEIR DELUSIONAL MAKE BELIEVE
WORLD WHERE THEY "ARE GODS" AND AS SUCH HAVE A MORAL AND CHRISTIAN
DUTY TO KILL ANYONE THEY BELIEVE IS "EVIL".
--
WELL NOW, YESTERDAY, 11-15-07- THERE WAS A CONGRESSIONAL HEARING WHICH
HAD TWO WITNESSES TESTIFYING:
(1) THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY, AND
--
(2) GENERAL CASEY.
---
GO TO http://www.c-span.org and click the link in the upper-right hand
corner "tv schedules" TO SEE THE REPLAY OF THIS HEARING.
---
READ THE FOLLOWING ARTICLE WHICH CLEARLY "SHOWS AND PROVES" THAT
THOUSANDS OF U.S. TROOPS "ARE DESERTING THE FASCIST'S SO-CALLED WAR ON
IRAQ" RATHER THEN BE HELD GUILTY OF COMMITTING WAR CRIMES FOR THE
FASCISTS THAT HAVE TAKEN OVER OUR GOVERNMENT.
---
NOW WHY IN THE HELL WON'T THE DEMOCRATS ACT LIKE AMERICANS AND IMPEACH
THESE BASTARDS? THE ANSWER CAN ONLY BE....THEY WANT TO BE PART OF THIS
FASCIST GOVERNMENT AND ARE ALSO LYING TO US, BECAUSE NO OTHER REASON
IS LOGICAL.
---
REMEMBER ONLY ONE CANDIDATE FOR PRESIDENT HAS PURSUED IMPEACHMENT AND
VOTED NO AGAINST THIS FASCIST GOVT.'S ILLEGAL LEGISLATION, LIKE THE
"WAR RESOLUTION" GIVING BUSH APPROVAL TO BOMB AND INVADE IRAQ.
------
Subject: U.S. TROOP DESERTERS UP 80%-PROVES BUSH REGIME AGAIN LYING TO
US
---
Subject:11-16-07-
Army deserters on rise since Iraq war
---
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21836566/
>
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Army desertion up 80 percent
since Iraq war
---
Nine in 1,000 went AWOL in fiscal 2007; seven in 1,000 a year earlier
---
Mike Cassese / Reuters file
(PHOTO)
Jeremy Hinzman, a U.S. Army private who deserted to Canada�because he
opposed the war in Iraq, speaks at a rally in Toronto in March.
---
Canada's Supreme Court on Thursday ruled U.S. deserters do not qualify
for refugee status.
----
WASHINGTON - Soldiers strained by six years at war are deserting their
posts at the highest rate since 1980, with the number of Army
deserters this year showing an 80% increase since the United States
invaded Iraq in 2003.
---
While the totals are still far lower than they were during the Vietnam
war, when the draft was in effect, they show a steady increase over
the past four years and a
42% jump since last year.
---
According to the Army,
*************************
about 9 in every 1,000 soldiers deserted in fiscal year 2007, which
ended Sept. 30, compared to nearly 7 per 1,000 a year earlier.
---
Overall, 4,698 soldiers deserted this year,
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compared to 3,301 last year.
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---
The increase comes as the Army continues to bear the brunt of the war
demands with many soldiers serving repeated, lengthy tours in Iraq and
Afghanistan.
---
Military leaders,
*****************
including Army Chief ********************
of Staff Gen. George *******************
Casey
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have acknowledged that the Army has been stretched nearly to the
breaking point by the combat.
---
And efforts are under way to increase the size of the Army and Marine
Corps to lessen the burden and give troops more time off between
deployments.
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Canada justices: U.S. deserters are not refugees
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Despite the continued increase in desertions, however, an Associated
Press examination of Pentagon figures earlier this year showed that:
the military does little to find those who
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bolt, and rarely prosecutes
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the ones they get.
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Some are allowed to simply return to their units, while most are given
less-than-honorable discharges.
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Study tackles what makes a war hero
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Study: Vets a quarter of the homeless
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HOW MANY TIMES DO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE HAVE TO BE TOLD:
--
"IF YOU DON'T STAND UP TO THE FASCISTS WHO CONTROL OUR GOVERNMENT, YOU
WILL BE LIVING IN A FULL-FLEDGED DICTATORSHIP?
---
WHAT MORE IRONIC DAY THAN "THANKSGIVING" SHOULD YOU DECIDE TO "GET
INVOLVED", I.E. BY THE NEXT THANKSGIVING, YOUR COUNTRY AND FREEDOM
COULD HAVE BEEN TOTALLY DESTROYED.
------
I SAW THE JUDGE TALKING ABOUT HIS BOOK ON C-SPAN2'S BOOK NOTES. IF YOU
GO TO http://www.c-span.org
YOU CAN FIND THE "BOOK NOTES" LINK AND FIND HIS INTERVIEW ON VIDEO.
---
Subject:"A NATION OF SHEEP" BY JUDGE Andrew P. Napolitano: Books
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http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/search-handle-url/103-6666867-4907848?%5Fencoding=UTF8&search-type=ss&index=books&field-author=Andrew%20P.%20Napolitano
>
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Subject:12-12-07-
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US Subprime MORTAGE MARKET-SHAKES UP WORLD FINANCES
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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/main.jhtml;jsessionid=CRWYVWKMM0HDLQFIQMGCFF4AVCBQUIV0?xml=%2Fmoney/exclusions/subprime/subprime.xml&_requestid=1326218
>
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Subject:12-12-07-
--
US MORTGAGES-SWISS BANKS SAY-"CALAMITY IN THE MAKING
--
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/core/Content/displayPrintable.jhtml?xml=/money/2007/12/12/ccjeff112.xml&site=1&page=0
>
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>A few years ago there was an article in the USAToday about how the USA
wanted regime changes in the following
countries..Lebanon..Jordan..Egypt..
Syria...Iran and Iraq..They still have some time to take this to
fruition.
Example wrote:
> MANY, IF NOT MOST AMERICANS EVEN REMEMBER THE HISTORY WE HAVE WITH
> IRAN.
> ---
> IT IS TIME FOR ALL OF THE U.S. MORONS WHO WANT TO BLAST IRAN OUT OF
> EXISTANCE, TO LEARN SOMETHING FOR ONCE, BEFORE OPENING THEIR LOUD
> MOUTH WAR MONGERING B.S. I.E. THE U.S. HAS A LONG HISTORY OF INVADING
> AND OCCUPYING OTHER COUNTRIES AND SUPPLYING DICTATORS WITH "OUR
> MILITARY"; OUR EQUIPMENT AND MONEY; AND EVEN THE BIOLOGICAL WMD THAT
> WAS USED ON HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF INNOCENT PEOPLE.
> ---
> IN OTHER WORDS, IF AMERICANS HAD "A CLUE OF HOW CORRUPT IT HAS BEEN,
> IT WOULD BE CLEAR TO AMERICANS THAT THE U.S. HAS QUALIFIED AS "THE
> WORST TERRORIST NATION" FOR MANY GENERATIONS.
> ---
> HERE IS RALPH NADER TO REMIND YOU MORONS.
> ---
> Subject:Fwd: Bush and "World War III"
> ---
> From:"Ralph Nader" <in...@nader.org>
> ---
> To:ale...@lists.nader.org
> ---
> Date:29 Oct 2007 15:51:44
> ---
> Please share with others.
> -----------------------------------
> Bush and "World War III"
> By Ralph Nader
> ---
> Mired in the disastrous Iraq quagmire, opposed by a majority of
> Americans, George W. Bush has reached new depths of reckless,
> belligerent
> bellowing.
> ---
> At a recent news conference, he volunteered that he told our allies
> that if they're "interested in avoiding World War III,"
> ---
> Iran must be
> prevented from both developing a nuclear weapon or having
> "the knowledge necessary to make a nuclear weapon."
> --
> To what level of political insanity has this Washington Caesar
> descended?
> ---
> Only two countries can start World War III?Russia and the United
> States.
> ---
> Is Bush saying that if Russia, presently opposed to military action
> against Iran, persists with its position, Bush may risk World War III?
> ---
> If not, why is this law-breaking warmonger, looking for another war
> for American GIs to fight, while his
> military-age daughters bask in the celebrity lime
> light?
> ---
> Why is he using such catastrophic language?
> ---
> Surely he does not think Iran could start World War III. ---
> His own intelligence agencies say that,
> even assuming that the international inspectors are wrong and Iran is
> moving toward developing the "knowledge" of such weapons, it can't
> build its
> first such weapon before 3 to 5 years at the earliest.
> ---
> Why would a regime ruling an impoverished country risk suicide,
> surrounded as it is by countries armed to the nuclear teeth, such as
> Israel and the
> United States?
> ---
> This nation of nearly 80 million
> people hardly needs to be reminded that the U.S. overthrew its popular
> premier in 1953,
> ---
> installing for the next 27 years the brutal regime of the Shah.
> ---
> They recall that President Reagan and his Vice President, George
> Herbert Walker Bush
> ---
> urged, funded and equipped Saddam Hussein in his invasion of
> Iran?a nation that has not invaded any country in over 250 years?
> ---
> which took around 700,000 Iranian
> lives.
> ---
> Moreover, the undeniable historical record shows that U.S. companies
> received licenses from the
> Department of Commerce,
> ---
> under Reagan, to ship Saddam the raw materials necessary to make
> chemical
> and biological weapons.
> ---
> Saddam used such lethal chemical weapons, with the tolerance of Reagan
> and Rumsfeld, on Iranians to devastating effect in terms of lives lost.
> ---
> Then George W. Bush labels Iran a member of the "axis of evil" along
> with Iraq,
> ---
> ignoring a serious
> proposal by Iran in 2003 for negotiations, and
> shows what his language means by invading Iraq.
> ---
> The authoritarian Iranian government is frightened enough to hurl some
> defiant rhetoric back at
> Washington and widen its perimeter defense.
> ---
> Seymour Hersh, the topflight investigative reporter for the New Yorker
> magazine has written numerous
> articles on how the crowding of Iran,
> ---
> including
> infiltrating its interior,
> ---
> has become an obsession of
> the messianic militarist in the White House.
> ---
> The Pentagon is more cautious, worrying about our already drained Army
> and the absence of any
> military strategy and readiness for many consequences
> that would follow Bush's "bombs away" mentality.
> ---
> Then there is the matter of the Democrats in
> Congress.
> ---
> After their costly fumble on Iraq, the
> opposition Party should make it very constitutionally
> clear, as recommended by former New York
> Governor, Mario Cuomo in a recent op-ed, that
> ---
> there can be no funded attacks on any country without a Congressional
> declaration of war, as explicitly
> required by the framers of our Constitution.
> ---
> But the Democrats are too busy surrendering to
> other Bush demands, whether
> ---
> unconstitutional,
> ---
> above the law or
> ---
> just plain marinated in corporate greed.
> ---
> Some of this obeisance was all too clear in the Democrats questioning
> of Bush's nominee for
> Attorney General, Michael B. Mukasey.
> ---
> After the two days of hearings, no Democrat has yet announced a vote
> against Mukasey, even after he evaded questions on torture and
> ---
> argued for the
> inherent power of the President to act contrary to the laws of the
> land if he unilaterally believes he has the inherent constitutional
> authority to do so.
> ---
> This position aligns Mukasey with the imperial views of Bush, Cheney,
> Ashcroft and Gonzales on the
> "unitary Executive." ---
> In short, reminiscent of the divine right of Kings,
> ---
> the forthcoming Attorney General believes Bush can say that 'he is the
> law'
> ---
> regardless of Congress and the judiciary.
> ---
> After two recent lead editorials demonstrating its specific
> exasperation over the Democrats'
> kowtowing to the White House,
> ---
> the New York Times added a third on October 20, 2007 titled:
> ---
> "With Democrats Like These?"
> ---
> The editorial recounted the ways
> Democrats, especially in the Senate,
> ---
> have caved on critical constitutional and statutory safeguards
> regarding the Bush-Cheney policies and
> ---
> practices of spying on Americans without judicial approval and
> accountability.
> ---
> Accusing the Democrats of:
> ---
> "the politics of fear," the Times concluded:
> ---
> "It was bad enough having a one-party government when the Republicans
> controlled the White House and both houses of Congress.
> ---
> But the Democrats took over, and still the one-party system
> continues."
> ---
> There is more grist coming for the Times' editorial mill.
> ---
> Last week, the first African-American
> chair of the powerful House Ways and Means Committee, Charles Rangel
> (D-NY), declared that:
> ---
> Treasury Secretary, Henry Paulson, Jr., fresh from Wall
> Street, had persuaded him,
> ----
> during a decade of
> increasing record profits,
> ---
> to lower the porous
> corporate income tax rate from 35% to 25%.
> ---
> "We can live with that," Chairman Rangel declared.
> ---
> Would the working families in his District, who
> would be paying a higher tax rate on their modest income, agree?
> ---
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COMPARE WHAT HAPPENED IN 1953 WITH WHAT THE BUSH REGIME IS SPEWING AND
DOING NOW, I.E. PROPAGANDA AND WHAT THE GOAL REALLY IS, I.E. OIL.
---
OBVIOUSLY "THIS PROPAGANDA HAD WORKED SO WELL, THAT RUMSFELD USED IT
TO ILLEGALLY INVADE AND OCCUPY IRAQ.
---
AMERICANS OBVIOUSLY CAN BE FOOLED CONTINUALLY SINCE THEY EITHER ARE SO
IGNORANT THAT THEY DON'T KNOW ABOUT THIS LONG HISTORY OF U.S.
INTENTIONAL WAR CRIMES, BECAUSE OUR SCHOOLS REFUSE TO TEACH "THIS
CORRUPT U.S. HISTORY" OR THE MEDIA REFUSES TO REMIND AMERICANS ABOUT
IT. IN EITHER CASE, AMERICANS LOOK LIKE FOOLS AND THE U.S. GOVT. AS
TERRORISTS, TO THE REST OF THE WORLD "WHICH HAS NOT FORGOTTEN OUR
HISTORY".
---
Subject:Iran 1953-CIA & UK TAKEOVER OF IRANIAN OIL
---
http://www.thirdworldtraveler.com/Blum/Iran_KH.html
>
---
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----
Subject: AUG.2001-LAST MEETING WITH US &
TALIBAN-5 WEEKS BEFORE 9-11-01
BUSH THREATS OVER OIL WITH TALIBAN-
5 WEEKS TO 9-11-01
---
Again there is MORE evidence that Bush's war on terrorism is linked
Only to Oil.
---
The following talks about it through a French on-line publisher of
"Intelligence Online".
---
But.....when you try to get the original article, or for that matter,
any article, the screen says:
"Access Refused".
----
http://www.intelligenceonline.com/transition/p_indigo.asp
---
Or, just type in "Intelligence Online" in your
internet "search" space.
**********************************************
�
Thursday November 15 01:21 PM EST
---
U.S. Policy Towards Taliban Influenced by Oil -
**********************************************
Say Authors
---
By Julio Godoy, Inter Press Service
PARIS, Nov 15 (IPS) -
---�
Under the influence of U.S. oil companies, the
government of George W. Bush initially blocked U.S. secret service
investigations on terrorism, while it bargained with the Taliban the
delivery of Osama bin Laden in exchange for political recognition and
economic aid, two French
intelligence analysts claim.
----
In the book "Bin Laden, la verite interdite"
("Bin Laden, the forbidden truth"), that appeared in Paris on
Wednesday, the authors,
---
Jean-Charles Brisard and
Guillaume Dasquie,
---
reveal that the Federal Bureau of Investigation's
deputy director John O'Neill resigned in July in protest over the
obstruction.
---
Brisard claims O'Neill told them that "the main �
� � � � �
� � � � **********************************
obstacles to investigate Islamic terrorism were
**********************************************
U.S. oil corporate interests and the role played
**********************************************
by Saudi Arabia in it".
*************************
The two claim the U.S. government's main objective in Afghanistan was
to
consolidate the position of the Taliban regime to
obtain access to the oil and gas reserves in Central Asia.
---
They affirm that until August, the U.S. government saw the Taliban
regime "as a source of stability" in Central Asia that would enable
the
construction of an oil pipeline across Central Asia", from the rich
oilfields in Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, and
Kazakhstan,
---
through Afghanistan and Pakistan, to the Indian Ocean.
----
Until now, says the book, "the oil and gas reserves of Central Asia
have
been controlled by Russia.
---
The Bush government
wanted to change all that".
---
But, confronted with Taliban's refusal to accept
**********************************************
U.S. conditions,
******************
"this rationale of energy security
************************************
changed into a military one",
*******************************
the authors claim.
----
"At one moment during the negotiations,
the U.S. representatives told the Taliban,:
**********************************************
'either you accept our offer of a carpet of gold,
**********************************************
or we bury you under a carpet of bombs',"
**********************************************
Brisard said in an interview in Paris.
----
According to the book, the government of Bush began to negotiate with
the Taliban
**********************************************
immediately after coming into power in
********************************************
February.[2001]
******************
---
U.S. and Taliban diplomatic representatives met
several times in
Washington, Berlin and Islamabad.
---
To polish their image in the United States, the Taliban even employed
a
U.S. expert on public
**********************************************
relations, Laila Helms.
*************************
---
The authors claim that Helms is also
"an expert in the works of U.S. secret services",
**********************************************
for her uncle, Richard Helms, who is a former
**********************************************
director of the Central Intelligence Agency
**********************************************
(CIA).
----
The last meeting between U.S. and Taliban
**********************************************
representatives took place in August,
******************************************
"five weeks" before the attacks on New York
**********************************************
and Washington, the analysts maintain.
----
On that occasion,
Christina Rocca,
******************
in charge of Central Asian affairs
for the U.S. government,
---
met the Taliban ambassador to Pakistan in
Islamabad.
---
Brisard and Dasquie have:
******************************
long experience in intelligence analysis.
********************************************
---
Brisard:
********
was until the late 1990s director of economic analysis and strategy
for
Vivendi, a French company.
---
"He also worked for French secret services," and
wrote for them in 1997 a report on the now famous Al Qaeda network,
headed by bin Laden.
----
Dasquie:
**********
is an investigative journalist and publisher of
Intelligence Online, a respected newsletter on diplomacy, economic
analysis and strategy,
available through the Internet.
----
Brisard and Dasquie draw a portrait of closest aides to President
Bush, linking them to oil business.
----
Bush's family has a strong oil background.
---
So are some of his top aides.
---
From the U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney,
---
through the director of the National Security Council Condoleeza Rice,
to
---
the Ministers of Commerce and Energy, Donald Evans and Stanley
Abraham,
all have for long worked for U.S. oil companies.
----
Cheney was until the end of last year president of Halliburton, a
company that provides services for oil industry;
---
Rice was between 1991 and 2000
manager for Chevron; ---
Evans and Abraham worked for Tom Brown, another oil giant.
---
Besides the secret negotiations held between Washington and Kabul and
the importance of the oil industry,
---
the book takes issue with the role played by
Saudi Arabia in fostering Islamic fundamentalism, in the personality
of bin Laden, and with the networks that the Saudi dissident built to
finance his activities.
---
Brisard and Dasquie contend:
---
the U.S.government's claim that it had been prosecuting bin Laden
since 1998.
*****************
---
"Actually," Dasquie says,
---
"the first state to officially prosecute bin Laden was Libya, on the
charges of terrorism."
---
"Bin Laden wanted to settle in Libya in the early 1990s, but was
hindered by the government of Muammar Qaddafi,"
Dasquie claims.
---
"Enraged by Libya's refusal,
*******************************
bin Laden organised attacks inside Libya,
**********************************************
including assassination attempts against Qaddafi."
---
Dasquie singles out one group,
--
"the Islamic Fighting Group (IFG)", reputedly the most powerful Libyan
dissident
organisation, based in London, and
---
directly linked with bin Laden.
**********************************
---
"Qaddafi even demanded Western police
institutions, such as Interpol,
---
"to pursue the IFG and bin Laden",
but never obtained co- operation,"
*************************************
Dasquie says.
---
"Until today, members of IFG openly lived in
London."
---
The book confirms earlier reports that:
--
the U.S. government worked closely with the United Nations during the
negotiations with the Taliban.
---
"Several meetings took place this year,
*******************************************
under the arbitration of:
***************************
---
Francesc Vendrell,
personal representative of
UN secretary general Kofi Annan,
---
"to discuss the situation in Afghanistan,"
********************************************
says the book.
---
"Representatives of:
---
the U.S. government and
---
Russia, and
---
the six countries that border with Afghanistan
---
were present at these meetings,"
it says.
---
"Sometimes, representatives of the Taliban
**********************************************
also sat around the table."
***************************
----
These meetings, also called "6+2"
**************************************
because of the number of states
(six neighbours plus U.S. and Russia)
involved,
---
have been confirmed by Naif Naik,
former Pakistani Minister for Foreign Affairs.
---
In a French television news programme two weeks
ago, Naik said during a "6+2" meeting in Berlin in July,
---
the discussions turned around "the formation of a
government of national unity.
---
If the Taliban had accepted this coalition,
*********************************************
they would have immediately received
*******************************************
international economic aid."
******************************
---
"And the pipe lines from Kazakhstan and
**********************************************
Uzbekistan would have come,"
*********************************
he added.
---
Naik also claimed that:
---
Tom Simons,
**************
the U.S. representative
---
at these meetings,
openly threatened the Taliban and Pakistan.
**********************************************
---
"Simons said,
---
'either the Taliban behave as they ought to, or Pakistan convinces
them
to do so, or we will use another option'. ---
The words Simons used were:
'a military operation'," Naik claimed.
*********************
� : t r u t h o u t 2001
----
http://www.truthout.org/11.17A.Oil.Taliban.htm
>
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> THE SOVIET UNION HAD OCCUPIED AFGHANISTAN IN THE 1980'S.
> --
> THE CIA WENT IN AND HIRED OSAMA BIN LADEN TO FIGHT THE SOVIETS AND
> GAVE THEM THE MONEY AND WEAPONS TO IT.
No, they didn't. Osama bin Laden went in on his own initiative
with his own money. US funding went to groups of Mujahideen,
including some of the same groups that Osama was funding.
> BIN LADEN AND THE TALIBAN FORCED THE SOVIETS OUT OF "THEIR COUNTRY",
> AFGHANISTAN, AND THE U.S. LEFT THE COUNTRY DESTROYED WITH TENS OF
> THOUSANDS OF AFGHANS DEAD.
The US didn't LEAVE the country because the US wasn't there in
the first place, except a few agents and of course, funds. What
we did was left them to their own devices. They had a nice civil
war, the Taliban won. If we had backed one of the sides in the
war, we'd probably have been seen as the new Soviets, and wound
up fighting the same people we are fighting there now.
> THIS ABANDONMENT TURNED THE TALIBAN AND BIN LADEN AGAINST THE U.S.
Invasion of Iraq in 2001 turned OBL against the United States,
esp. basing in Saudi Arabia, since he and his think-alikes
consider it sacrilege for non-Muslims to BE there.
++++++++
ARTICLE & VIDEO
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Subject:1-10-08-IRAN-VIDEO-
Official Version of Naval Incident Starts to Unravel
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NOTE: U.S. TROOPS KILLED 13 IRAQIS JUST 24 HOURS BEFORE THIS SLAUGHTER
OF 80 MORE IRAQIS'-IT IS WAY PAST TIME THAT THE U.S. POLITICIANS STOP
THEIR LIES AND BRING OUR TROOPS HOME.
---
Subject:1-19-08-
--
(80 Dead in Iraqi Bloodshed-24 hrs. AFTER U.S. KILLED 13 IRAQ
---
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/011908Y.shtml
>
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