>!
Yup! Wave a flag and sing a hymn and their brains dissappear. Proof
positive.
Watch this pyramid scheme built of a house of cards over an inferno as
it becomes more and more revealed.
The awakening continues a quickening approaches.
"JACKEL" <jack...@webtv.net> wrote in message
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> !
>
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"You can fool some of the people all the time,
and those are the ones
you want to concentrate on".
http://en.thinkexist.com/quotes/george_w._bush/
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> Al-Sadr: "Unify your efforts"
>Fight for Iraq
> Learn more about the ethnic, religious and
> political powerplays in and
> around Iraq during a virtual tour of the region
> led by NBC's Richard
> Engel.
> ---
> NBC World Blog
> NBC News correspondents and producers around the
> globe share their
> insight on news events.
> ---?
> FIRST PERSON
>Military messages
> Pictures from U.S. troops overseas and their
> friends and family at home.
> Impact of Iraq war:
> Redux Pictures
> ---
===========
THE WORLD WAS WATCHING TODAY WHEN THOUSANDS OF IRAQIS "PEACEFULLY
PROTESTED" THE ILLEGAL OCCUPATION OF IRAQ.
---
NOTE: MANY WERE THE "U.S. TRAINED" IRAQI POLICE FORCE.
---
THE WORLD IS NOW WATCHING TO SEE IF THE BUSH REGIME "WILL UPHOLD THEIR
PROMISE AND WITHDRAW U.S. TROOPS", I.E.
---
BUSH SAID "HE WILL WITHDRAW OUR TROOPS WHEN THE IRAQI'S TELL HIM TO
LEAVE."
---
PERHAPS BUSH WANTS TO CONDUCT "ANOTHER ELECTION OF SORTS" ASKING THE
IRAQIS IF HE SHOULD REMOVE THE TROOPS.
---
FACT:
THE IRAQI VOICE HAS BEEN HEARD LOUD AND CLEAR AROUND THE WORLD, THE
ONLY QUESTION IS:
--
WILL THE BUSH REGIME CONTINUE "TO IGNORE" THE PEOPLE AND THEIR DEMANDS?
---
SEND THIS POST TO YOUR CONGRESS PERSON SINCE THEY ALSO APPEAR TO HAVE
A HEARING PROBLEM.
---
NOTE:
THE U.N. OR ANOTHER ACCEPTABLE ENTITY COULD BE IN CHARGE OF THE IRAQ
RECONSTRUCTION WHICH THE BUSH REGIME BLEW TO HELL.
---
IRAQIS COULD GET IMMEDIATE AND DESPERATE EMPLOYMENT. REMEMBER THE
IRAQI'S HAVE ELECTED THEIR OWN GOVT. AND IT'S TIME FOR THE BUSH REGIME
TO GET IT'S BLOODY HANDS AND CORRUPT HALLIBURTON CORPS, "OUT OF THIS
SOVEREIGN COUNTRY".
---
Subject:4-09-07-THOUSANDS OF IRAQIS PEACEFULLY PROTEST U.S. OCCUPATION
---
Subject:4-09-07-Anti-U.S. rallies mark Iraq
anniversary
---
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18019333/
>
------
(NOTE: WHEN WILL THESE U.S. MEDIA REPORTERS TELL
US "HOW THEY KNOW THE
"DIFFERENCE" BETWEEN AL-QAEDA & IRAQIS?
---
Shiite rallies mark anniversary of Baghdad's fall
---
Huge turnout follows calls by radical cleric for
Iraqis to unify against
U.S.
---
PHOTO
Ceerwan Aziz / Reuters
Demonstrators burn an American flag during an
anti-U.S. protest called
by Muqtada al-Sadr in Najaf to?mark the fourth
anniversary of the fall
of Baghdad.
---
Slide show
--
Shiite anger
*************
Iraqis mark four years since the fall of Baghdad
with massive protests.
---
BAGHDAD, Iraq -
Tens of thousands marched through the streets
*****************************************************
of two Shiite holy cities Monday to mark the
fourth anniversary of
Baghdad's fall.
---
The rally was called for by powerful Shiite
cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, who
commands an enormous following among Iraqi's
majority Shiites and has
close allies in the Shiite-dominated government.
---
A day earlier, the cleric issued a statement
ordering his militiamen to
redouble their battle to oust American forces and
argued that Iraqi's
army and police should join him in defeating your
arch-enemy.
---
On Monday, demonstrators marched from Kufa to
neighboring Najaf, 100
miles south of Baghdad, with two cordons of Iraqi
police lining the
route.
---
?Yes, Yes to Muqtada"
*************************
Some at the rally waved small Iraqi flags; others
hoisted up a giant
flag 10 yards long. Leaflets fluttered through
the breeze reading:
---
Yes, Yes to Iraq? and Yes, Yes to Muqtada.
Occupiers should leave
Iraq.
---?
"The enemy that is occupying our country is now
targeting the dignity of
the Iraqi people,"
---
said lawmaker Nassar al-Rubaie,
head of al-Sadr's bloc in parliament,
*****************************************
as he marched.
----
"After four years of occupation,
*********************************
we have hundreds of thousands
************************************
of people dead and wounded."
*********************************
--?
A senior official in al-Sadr's organization in
Najaf, Salah al-Obaydi,
called the rally a "call for liberation."
***************************************?
"We're hoping that by next year's anniversary, we
will be an independent
and liberated Iraq with full sovereignty," he
said.
--
"Iraqi soldiers in uniform" joined the crowd,
***********************************************
which was led by at least a dozen turbaned
clerics, including one
Sunni.
---
Many marchers danced as they moved through the
streets.
----
(OPEN ABOVE URL TO GET THESE LINKS)
---
NBC VIDEO
?Fight over Iraq
---
April 8: President Bush returns to Washington --
and to the fight with
Congress over the direction of the Iraq war.
NBC's John Yang reports.
Nightly News
----
The demonstration was peaceful,
*************************************
but two ambulances could be seen moving slowly
with the marching crowd,
poised to help if violence or stampedes broke
out.
---
Cars were banned from Najaf for 24 hours starting
from 8 p.m. Sunday,
said police spokesman Col. Ali Jiryo.
---
Buses idled at all entrances of the city to
transport arriving
demonstrators or other visitors to the city
center. Najaf residents
would be allowed to drive, he said.
---
Security was tight across Iraq, with a 24-hour
ban on all vehicles in
Baghdad starting from 5 a.m. Monday.
---
The government quickly reinstated
Monday as a holiday, just a day after it had
decreed that April 9 no
longer would be a day off.
---
Monday's demonstration marks four years since
U.S. Marines and the
Army's 3rd Infantry Division swept into the Iraqi
capital 20 days into
the American invasion.
---
In a statement distributed in Najaf on Sunday,
---
al-Sadr called on Iraqi forces to stop
*****************************************
cooperating with America.
*****************************
"You, the Iraqi army and police forces, don't
walk alongside the
occupiers, because they are your arch-enemy,? the
statement said.
---
He urged his followers "not" to attack fellow
Iraqis but to turn all
their efforts on American forces.
---
Click for related content
---
WP: 4 years after Saddam's fall, regret in Iraq
---
Iraqi's book details U.S. missteps
---
God has ordered you to be patient in front of
your enemy, and unify your
efforts against them "not against the sons of
Iraq,"? it said.
---
Al-Sadr had reportedly ordered:
---
"his militia to disarm" and stay off the streets
during a Baghdad
security crackdown that began Feb. 14, though he
has nevertheless
---
"issued a series of sharp anti-American
statements, demanding the
immediate
*******************************************
withdrawal of U.S. troops."
****************************
---
Where's al-Sadr?
*******************
U.S. officials have said:
---
al-Sadr left Iraq for neighboring Iran after the
start of the crackdown,
but his followers say he is in Iraq.
--
Sunday's statement was apparently issued in
response to three days of
clashes between his Mahdi Army militiamen and
U.S.-backed Iraqi troops
in Diwaniyah, 80 miles south of Baghdad.
---
American troops continued operations in Diwaniyah
on Monday, detaining
four guards at a the office of a Shiite political
party and scouring two
neighborhoods in the city's northern and eastern
sections, police said.
---
At least 24 suspects were detained, police said.
U.S. officials had no
immediate comment.
---
Bussed in
***********
On Sunday, thousands of residents in Baghdad's
largest Shiite slum, Sadr
City, boarded buses and minivans bound for Najaf.
---
Iraqi flags flew from most houses and shops in
Sadr City. Drivers and
motorcyclists affixed them to their vehicles.
---
Police escorted convoys of pickup trucks
overflowing with young boys
waving Iraqi flags, en route to Najaf.
---
Despite the curfews, violence persisted Monday.
---
In southern Baghdad, a sniper killed a civilian
and a policeman, and a
mortar round killed one person and wounded two
others, police said.
---
Police in Buhriz, about 35 miles north of
Baghdad, said clashes broke
out between "unknown gunmen" and "al-Qaida
fighters" leaving 30 people
injured.
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MORE FROM CONFLICT IN IRAQ--LINKS
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Guard units in 4 states may head to Iraq
---
WP: 4 years later, regret in Iraq- Iraqi details
shocking U.S. missteps
---
NBC VIDEO
?4 years later
--
April 9: NBC's Mike Taibbi reports on
the?anniversary of the fall of
Baghdad.
Today show
---
?Do you remember 'shock and awe'?
---
?Day by day, images of a four-week invasion
------
? 2007 MSNBC.com
====
HERE IS AN ARTICLE THAT ASKS "THE QUESTION: HOW TO GET OUT OF IRAQ.
--
UNFORTUNATELY, THE AUTHOR, LIKE MOST REPORTERS; TELLS US WHAT WE
ALREADY KNOW, AND REFUSE TO USE BUSH'S "OWN STATEMENTS AND PROMISES OF:
--
"I WILL WITHDRAW THE TROOPS WHEN THE IRAQI PEOPLE TELL ME THEY WANT US
TO LEAVE".
--
CLEARLY THEY HAVE GIVEN BUSH THIS MESSAGE VIA HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF
THEM WHO UNITED FOR JUST THAT PURPOSE (YESTERDAY-4-10-07 SEE THE ABOVE
TWO ARTICLES)
--
NOW IT IS UP TO US TO PUSH BUSH'S OWN DOCUMENTED STATEMENTS BACK AT
HIM BY CONTACTING OUR LOCAL MEDIA AND OUR CONGRESS WHO ARE TOO STUPID
TO FIGHT BUSH WITH HIS OWN WORDS.
---
Subject:4-23-07-How to Get out of Iraq
Check out http://www.PledgeToImpeach.ORG
Why impeach? Lying, Spying, Torture. In lieu of Truth, Freedom,
Justice.
Impeachment is mandated in the Constitution. It's the only RIGHT thing
to do.
We need (1)To draw the line for future USA administrations,
(2)To show the WORLD our government is not above the law,
(3)Investigations to reveal Truths to inform the public so we can
regain our democracy.
On Apr 4, 2:29 pm, "JACKEL" <jackel...@webtv.net> wrote:
> HERE IS THE LINK TO MY THREADS WHICH CONTAIN MY PREVIOUS POSTS ON
> ARTICLES THAT DEAL WITH THE EVIDENCE THAT CAN BE USED TOIMPEACHTHE
> FASCIST BUSH REGIME, AND MEMBERS OF CONGRESS.
> --
> NOTE: PLEASE EXCUSE MY CAPS. I HAVE NERVE DAMAGE TO MY ARM AND TYPING
> IN CAPS HELPS.
> --http://groups.google.com/group/alt.impeach.bush/browse_thread/thread/...
>
> --
"Rico" <ric...@webtv.net> wrote in message
news:1176498943.2...@b75g2000hsg.googlegroups.com...
"Rico" <ric...@webtv.net> wrote in message
news:1176499054.0...@o5g2000hsb.googlegroups.com...
>As you will read, South Korea, like most of the other small nations are fed up with the lies the bush regime keep telling.--Bottom-line: they know the Bush regime are lying psychopaths and have no credibility left.
>---
>They refuse to allow their soldiers die for the fascists.
>---
>Subject:4-13-07-South Korea Draws Up Plans to Pull Out of Iraq
>---
>http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/041307T.shtml
>
The idea of taking sides by choosing allies & enemies is wrong headed.
The core enemy to peace and cooperative relationships is various forms
of injustice.
Therefore, adjudicating justice between the parties in dispute is the
essential ally to support for the reduction of terrorist responses.
Remember the massacre of the Branch Davidians' at Waco and the
retribution bombing of the OKC Federal building, the unjust treatment
that triggered the wrongful columbine high school shooting massacre.
All were the result of various forms of initial injustice, which spawned
wrongful retribution, which was a worse form of heinous unjust retribution.
- udarrell
--
WISDOM PRINCIPLE DIRECTED EMPOWERMENT COMMUNICATIONS -
THE REAL POLITICAL ISSUES and WISDOM BASED PEOPLE EMPOWERMENT
http://www.udarrell.com/
http://www.udarrell.com/my_pages2.htm
http://www.udarrell.com/recognizing_real_enemies.html
http://jesuschristsavior.net/Beatitudes.html
Reality Is Not An Easy Thing To Accept!
>As you will read, South Korea, like most of the other small nations are fed up with the lies the bush regime keep telling.--Bottom-line: they know the Bush regime are lying psychopaths and have no credibility left.
>---
>They refuse to allow their soldiers die for the fascists.
>---
>Subject:4-13-07-South Korea Draws Up Plans to Pull Out of Iraq
>---
>http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/041307T.shtml
>
The idea of taking sides by choosing allies & enemies is wrong headed.
The core enemy to peace and cooperative relationships is various forms
of injustice.
Therefore, adjudicating justice between the parties in dispute is the
essential ally to support for the reduction of terrorist responses.
Remember the massacre of the Branch Davidians' at Waco and the
retribution bombing of the OKC Federal building, the unjust treatment
that triggered the wrongful Columbine High School massacre.
All were the result of various forms of initial injustice, which spawned
wrongful retributions, which were far worse (i.e., Columbine) forms of
deadly, heinous injustice.
Subject:4-17-07-
Bush Allies in Congress Keep CIA Prisons Secret
---
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/041707M.shtml
>
--
+++++++++
BY CHECKING BACK ON THE ABOVE "BILL SEARCH LINK, YOU WILL BE ABLE TO
FIND OUT "WHICH REPUBLICANS REFUSE TO ALLOW MOST BASIC DEMOCRATIC
PROCESS OF "REPRESENTATION".
--
THE FASCIST REPUBS KEPT SAYING "IT WAS UNCONSTITUTIONAL".
---
I AM SURE THAT THESE FASCISTS WOULD ALSO BE THE ONES WHO WOULD HAVE
"VOTED FOR SLAVERY" WHICH WAS "IN OUR CONSTITUTION, AS WELL AS "NOT
ALLOWING WOMEN TO VOTE".
---
IT IS UNBELIEVABLE THAT THESE SPEWING FASCIST REPUBLICANS ARE HOLDING
SEATS
IN OUR CONGRESS IN THE 21ST CENTURY.
--
THEIR VOTES CAN BE FOUND AS SOON AS THEY ARE POSTED. CLEARLY THESE
REPUBS SHOULD BE "OUTED" BY THE POSTERS HERE AND POSTED IN THE
RELEVANT STATE INTERNET SITES.
---
WE CAN'T RID OURSELVES OF THESE FASCISTS IF THE PEOPLE DON'T KNOW
ABOUT THEM.
--
P.S. IF YOU HAVE C-SPAN 3, YOU CAN WATCH THE U.S. ATTY. GEN.
(GONZALES) STILL TRYING TO MAKE EXCUSES FOR HIS LIES.
--
YOU CAN ALSO USE THE ABOVE LINK TO WATCH IT ON YOUR COMPUTER.
--
THIS HEARING WILL BE REPLAYED AT LEAST 3 TIMES MORE ON THE OTHER C-
SPAN CHANNELS. CHECK THE ABOVE C-SPAN TV SCHEDULES FOR THE REPLAYS.
---
THE FIRST REPLAY WILL PROBABLY BE "AFTER THE SENATE AND HOUSE RECESS
FOR THE DAY", WHICH IS NEVER A KNOWN TIME.
--
THEY ARE ON (C-SPAN & C-SPAN 2) CHECK IT LATER AND REMEMBER THERE IS 3
HOURS DIFFERENCE BETWEEN D.C. AND PACIFIC TIME.)
--
THANKS FOR BEING INVOLVED..GET OTHERS TO BE AWARE OF "WHAT OUR GOVT.
IS DOING TO US".
"Rico" <ric...@webtv.net> wrote in message
news:1177028110.3...@l77g2000hsb.googlegroups.com...
> THIS WILL BE A HISTORICAL HEARING. I SUGGEST YOU TAPE IT FOR YOUR KIDS.
> --
> IF YOU DON'T GET C-SPAN2--GO TO
> http://www.c-span.org
>>
> AND WATCH IT OVER YOUR COMPUTER.
>
Rico wrote:
> THIS IS A CLASSIC CASE OF "THE FRAUD THAT OUR U.S. POLITICIANS HAVE
> PULLED ON THE PEOPLE FOR DECADES".
> --
> THIS FRAUD WAS KNOWN FOR DECADES, YET THE HUNDRED OF THOUSANDS OF
> "U.S. VICTIMS" WHO THESE CORRUPT POLITICIANS CALL "HEROES", ARE IN
> FACT, CONSIDERED AS NOTHING MORE THAN MORONS WHO CAN BE KILLED AND IT
> IS OF NO CONCERN.
> ---
> THOUSANDS OF G.I.S HAVE COMPLAINED TO THEIR CONGRESS PEOPLE AND
> CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES WHICH HANDLE THIS "LIFE AND DEATH ISSUE", YET
> THEY INTENTIONALLY DID NOTHING, EXCEPT, OF COURSE, PUT AN AMERICAN
> FLAG IN THEIR LAPELS AND SPEW "HOW THEY SUPPORT THE TROOPS".
> --
> THIS FRAUD HAS BEEN WELL-KNOWN BY MILLIONS OF AMERICANS WHO WERE
> EITHER A VET OR THE FAMILY OF THE VET, WHO "KNEW" THAT THE DISABLED
> VET "HAD NO POWER OR ADVOCATE GROUP", SO HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS ENDED
> UP AS "THE HOMELESS" WE SEE ON OUR AMERICAN STREETS, BECAUSE THEY
> "CANNOT PHYSICALLY WORK AND LIVE IN CONSTANT PAIN, FOR WHICH THEY THEN
> SELF-MEDICATE WITH LIQUOR OR DRUGS, WHICH MULTIPLIES THEIR
> DISABILITIES.
> ---
> THIS IS AN OUTRAGE AND FINALLY "THE PRESS" IS "LOOKING INTO IT".
> ---
> THEY TOO (MEDIA) HAVE BEEN AN ENABLER OF THIS FRAUD BY JUST IGNORING
> THIS MOST OUTRAGEOUS FRAUD OF INTENTIONALLY DENYING THE U.S. DISABLED
> G.I. HIS/HER RIGHTFUL BENEFITS THAT THEY EARNED BY KILLING PEOPLE
> THOUSANDS OF MILES AWAY FROM THE U.S. WHO "NEVER THREATENED US."
> ---
> THE BUSH REGIME "AND" CONGRESS ARE CLEARLY "ACTING" LIKE ALL CON-
> ARTISTS, AS IF THEY DIDN'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THIS WHEN THEY HAD SET
> UP A FULL "COMMISSION" TO BRING THIS ISSUE UNDER "CONGRESSIONAL OVER-
> SITE" AND REPORT TO CONGRESS, YEARS AGO.
> ---
> OF COURSE, READING THESE REPORTS WOULD TAKE TIME AWAY FROM THEIR
> ELECTION CAMPAIGN, SO THESE POWER HUNGRY AND GREEDY CON-ARTIST-
> POLITICIANS, ARE NOW ACTING LIKE THEY JUST ARRIVED AT A SURPRISE PARTY
> WHEN THEY HAD EVEN ORDERED THE CAKE FOR IT.
> --
> A HUGE CLASS-ACTION SUIT AGAINST ALL OF THE GOVT. PARTIES "SHOULD BE
> FILED" BECAUSE "THIS WAS INTENTIONAL AND ILLEGAL DENIAL OF GOVT.
> BENEFITS THEY "HAD EARNED" AND WAS TOLD, "WOULD BE THERE FOR THEM",
> I.E. FRAUD.
> --
> WHAT "IS" AMAZING THOUGH ARE ALL OF THE TENS OF THOUSANDS OF YOUNG MEN
> AND WOMEN WHO CONTINUE TO JOIN THE U.S. MILITARY "WITHOUT BEING TOLD
> THESE HARD COLD FACTS" BY THEIR OWN FAMILY OF VETS.
> --
> AND, OF COURSE, NONE OF THE RECRUITERS ARE MANDATED TO SUPPLY A NEW
> G.I. RECRUIT WITH "A CONTRACT" THAT CLEARLY STATES THEIR GUARANTEED
> BENEFITS.
> BECAUSE:
> THESE RECRUITERS ONLY GET AN INCREASE IN PAY GRADE BASED ON "HOW MANY
> VICTIMS THEY CAN CON INTO JOINING THE MILITARY".
> ---
> QUESTION:
> --
> WHAT IF, ALL OF THE AMERICAN TROOPS JUST UP AND LEFT THE BASE IN THEIR
> HUMVEES AND TRAVELED TO THE NEAREST "FRIENDLY COUNTRY" WHERE THEY
> COULD CONTACT THEIR FAMILY FOR THE MONEY TO RETURN HOME?
> --
> CLEARLY THE AMERICAN G.I. SHOULD KNOW BY NOW "THAT THEY ARE IN AN
> ILLEGAL WAR (IRAQ) AND WHEN THEY ARE DISABLED, THEY WILL BE TOTALLY
> IGNORED BY THE VERY PEOPLE WHO CONNED THEM INTO IT.
> ---
> QUESTION:
> --
> IF THIS WAS A MASS EXODUS, DO YOU REALLY BELIEVE THAT THE OTHER G.I.'S
> WOULD SHOOT TO KILL THEM, IF THEY LEFT?
> --
> OR, WOULD THE CLEARLY BRAIN-WASHED G.I.'S WHO SAY "YES, SIR, TO EVERY
> WAR CRIME THEY ARE ORDERED TO OBEY, FINALLY WAKE-UP AND FACE REALITY?
> ---
> FACT:
> THERE AREN'T ENOUGH JAILS TO HOLD ALL OF THE AMERICAN G.I.'S WHO WOULD
> FINALLY STANDUP AND REFUSED TO BE NOTHING MORE THAN DOG-MEAT FOR THESE
> WAR-MONGERING PSYCHOPATHS.
> --
> HERE IS THE ARTICLE THAT I AM SURE MOST OF CONGRESS WILL NOW BE AWARE
> OF AND EVERY G.I. SHOULD CONTACT THEIR CONGRESS PERSON DEMANDING THAT
> THEY BE BROUGHT HOME "NOW".
> ---
> IF THE U.S. G.I. CAN FIGHT AND KILL INNOCENT PEOPLE IN A FOREIGN
> COUNTRY BASED ON POLITICAL SELF-SERVING LIES, THEN CLEARLY THEY SHOULD
> HAVE THE GUTS TO STANDUP TO THESE CON-ARTIST POLITICIANS WHO PUT THEM
> THERE AND DEMAND TO BE BROUGHT HOME OR ALL OF YOU WILL LEAVE ON YOUR
> OWN, AFTER FIRST CONTACTING THE MEDIA.
> --
> IT'S TIME TO STOP THIS B.S. AND TAKE CONTROL OF YOUR LIFE, WHILE YOU
> HAVE ONE.
> ---
> Subject:4-14-07-
> G.I.'S INJURIES DOWNGRADED TO SAVE MONEY-Insult to Injury
> ---
> http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/041407D.shtml
> >
> ---
> ---
++++++++++
READ THE ABOVE-THIS IS "STILL" GOING ON, BUT "NOW" AFTER MANY YEARS
WITH THOUSANDS OF G.I.S STILL LAYING IN OUR STREETS BECAUSE THEY ARE
"HOMELESS" WITH MANY OF THEM ADDICTED TO DRUGS/ALCOHOL BECAUSE THEY
WERE TO DISABLED TO WORK AND STILL IN PAIN, AND AFTER THE RECENT
INVESTIGATIONS OF WALTER REED HOSPITAL, CONGRESS "APPEARS" READY TO DO
SOMETHING ABOUT THIS BUT THIS TIME, I THINK IT IS TO "COVER THEIR OWN
ASSES".
---
IT IS CLEAR THAT "THE MILITARY COMMANDERS" DIDN'T GET THE MESSAGE AND
APPARENTLY "THINK THEY ARE IMMUNE FROM PROSECUTION UNDER THE DELUSION
THAT THEIR "POWER" OVER THE LOWLY GRUNT IS STRONG ENOUGH VIA THE
MILITARY BRAINWASHING OF FEAR OF THE BRASS, THAT THE GRUNT WILL NOT DO
ANYTHING.
--
HERE IS AN ARTICLE ABOUT JUST ONE OF TENS OF THOUSANDS OF G.I.S WHO
ARE STILL BEING TREATED LIKE SOME SLAVE OR ANIMAL.
---
CONGRESS SHOULD DEMAND "COURT MARTIALS" OF THESE FASCIST CAREER
MILITARY PARASITES SO "THEY ALL GET THE MESSAGE" THEY WILL BE DEALT
WITH TO THE MAXIMUM DEGREE POSSIBLE.
---
Subject:4-20-07-Soldier Says He Was Deployed With Head Injury
---
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/042107Z.shtml
>
---
+++++
PLEASE READ THE ABOVE FIRST-THEN CONTACT YOUR CONGRESS PEOPLE. IF YOU
AGREE THIS IS WHAT YOU WANT DONE.
---
Subject:4-20-07-
DEMOS WEAK-Murtha: Two-Month Iraq Spending Bill "Very Likely"
---
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/042107Y.shtml
>
As opposed to someone well qualified to type a post in CAPS.?
Remainder of post not read!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!! ?????
Example wrote:
HOW MANY TIMES HAVE YOU HEARD THE BUSH REGIME SPEW THEIR LIES ABOUT
"ALL OF THE GOOD THINGS THEY HAVE DONE IN IRAQ VIA BUILDING HOSPITALS
AND SCHOOLS ETC.?
> ---
HOW MANY TIMES HAVE WE HEARD ABOUT ALL OF THE "NON-COMPETITIVE BID
CONTRACTS, WORTH BILLIONS OF DOLLARS, WHICH WENT TO CHENEY'S
CORPORATIONS OF HALIBURTON AND IT'S SUBSIDARIES LIKE KRB?
> ---
WELL, AN INVESTIGATION HAS BEEN UNDERWAY AND THE RESULTS SO FAR
"CONFIRM" WHAT WE HAVE HEARD FROM THE IRAQIS, I.E. NO CLEAN WATER,
ELECTRICITY, ETC. WHICH EVEN SADDAM PROVIDED FOR THEM AND "WHY THE
IRAQIS WOULD RATHER HAVE SADDAM BACK AND KICK THE AMERICANS OUT".
> --
THIS ARTICLE IS JUST THE TIP OF AN ICEBERG OF THE MULTI-BILLIONS OF
DOLLARS THAT HAVE BEEN FRAUDULENTLY WASTED IN IRAQ UNDER THE "CHENEY
WAR MACHINE", WHICH WAS A VIOLATION OF THE U.S. CODE, TITLE 18
> --
JUST THIS "ONE" ISSUE IS SUFFICIENT TO IMPEACH BUSH & CHENEY, BUT
REMEMBER, "YOUR CONGRESS PROVIDED THE CONTINUED FUNDING FOR THIS
ROBBERY OF OUR TREASURY AND AN APPROPRIATION BILL HAS BEEN PASSED FOR
$124 BILLION MORE AND SITS ON BUSH'S DESK NOW, WHICH HE VOWS TO VETO
BECAUSE THAT BILL HAS TIMELINES TO WITHDRAW OUR TROOPS.
> --
IT IS BLATANTLY OBVIOUS TO ANYONE WHO HAS AN I.Q. HIGHER THAN THEIR
SHOE SIZE, THAT THE BUSH REGIME WANTS TO STAY IN IRAQ "PERMANENTLY"
BECAUSE WHEN THE BUSH REGIME LEAVES, THEIR BUDDY'S CORPORATIONS WILL
CONTINUE TO ROB OUR TREASURY AND LINE THE BUSH REGIME'S POCKETS.
> ---
IN PREPARATION OF BUSH VETOING THIS BILL, CONGRESS SHOULD:
> ---
SHOULD SHUT OFF ALL APPROPRIATIONS AND IMMEDIATELY PASS A LAW STATING
THAT THE $94 BILLION THAT IS ALREADY AVAILABLE FOR IRAQ WILL BE USED
FOR THE SPECIFIC PURPOSE OF BRINGING OUR TROOPS HOME NOW.
> --
CONGRESS HAS THE LEGAL AUTHORITY TO "DESIGNATE WHERE OUR MONEY GOES"
AND THE "AUTHORITY OF IMPEACHMENT."
> ---
BUT, CONGRESS HAS REFUSED TO USE THEIR AUTHORITY "UNDER THE RULE OF
LAW" TO STOP THESE BLATANT CRIMINAL ACTS WHICH THEY SWORE TO UPHOLD.
> --
AND OUR "TOP LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER", U.S. ATTY. GENERAL, ALBERTO
GONZALES, HAS PROVEN THAT "HE WILL SUPPORT AND PROTECT OUR FASCIST
PRESIDENT AND HAS NO PLANS TO PROTECT THE CITIZENS OF THIS AMERICA,
FOR WHICH EVEN REPUBLICANS WANT HIM REMOVED.
> ---
ONLY AMERICANS CAN FORCE CONGRESS TO ACT WHICH MAY BE TO CAUSE
IMPEACHENT OF THEM (CONGRESS).
> ---
LET YOUR CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION KNOW "NOW" THAT THAT IS WHAT YOU
WILL, I.E. STARTING A PETITION IN YOUR STATE (THERE ARE MANY WEBSITES
FOR ALL STATES) FOR IMPEACHMENT AGAINST "THEM" AS A CO-
DEFENDANT IN COLLUSION WITH THE KNOWN FRAUD OF THE BUSH REGIME, BY
CONTACTING THEM (YOUR CONGRESS PEOPLE) "NOW".
> ---
I WILL POST THEIR E-MAIL ADDRESSES NEXT.
> ---
HERE IS THE ARTICLE THAT PROVES THE LIES AND FRAUD THAT WE, AMERICANS
HAVE BEEN TOLD BY THE BUSH REGIME "AND" THE REPUBLICANS IN CONGRESS.
> ---
Subject:4-29-07
> ---
Rebuilt Iraq Projects Found Crumbling
> ---
> http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/042907B.shtml
> >
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PLEASE DON'T USE YOUR ENTIRE DAY POSTING NEWS ARTICLES WHICH ARTICLES
ARE BEING POSTED BY MANY OTHERS, I.E. "TAKE ACTION AND MAKE A "REAL
DIFFERENCE" TO SAVE OUR NATION.
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And you are still using the same teletype, apparently. In the last
three decades or so, text input devices have come a long way. Many
keyboards for English and other Western languages offer lower case
characters.
lol
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HERE ARE LINKS TO THE ACLU IN YOUR STATE AND AT THEIR HOME OFFICE IN
N.Y.
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YOU CAN USE THE LANGUAGE IN MY POST AS YOUR LETTER, REQUESTING LEGAL
REPRESENTATION.
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YOU MAY WANT TO RE-TYPE IT DUE TO MY CAPS (DUE TO THE NERVE DAMAGE IN
MY ARM) AND ADD TO THIS POST OR REMOVE PARTS OF IT, OR, JUST REWRITE
IT BUT PLEASE KEEP THE "MAIN POINTS" IN YOUR LETTER SO THE ACLU WILL
KNOW WHAT WE ALL WANT THEM TO DO.
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I SUGGEST THAT YOU SEND ONE COPY OF YOUR LETTER TO THE ACLU IN YOUR
STATE AND ANOTHER TO THE N.Y. OFFICE, SO BOTH OFFICES CAN REVIEW IT
AND MAKE A DECISION ON WHETHER THEY WILL TAKE OUR CASE.
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PLEASE POST WHAT RESPONSE YOU GET FROM THE ACLU.
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NEEDLESS TO SAY, IT WILL TAKE A LOT OF AMERICANS TO CONVINCE THEM THAT
WE WANT THEIR HELP, SO PLEASE SEND YOUR LETTER OUT ASAP. THANKS IN
ADVANCE TO ALL WHO MAKE THIS SMALL EFFORT WHICH CAN BE "AN HISTORICAL
EVENT".
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Subject: LINKS TO A.C.L.U.
(1) ABOUT THE A.C.L.U.
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Guardians Of Freedom
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http://www.aclu.org/about/faqs/21419res20051115.html
>
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(2) ACLU-E-MAIL-NAT'L HOME OFFICE-N.Y.
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http://www.aclu.org/contact/index.html
>
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(3) ACLU-LEADERS & STAFF-BIO & E-MAIL
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About Us : Staff Leaders-E-MAILS
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http://www.aclu.org/about/staff/index.html
>
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(4) ACLU-EACH STATE CONTACT (E-MAIL)
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http://www.aclu.org/affiliates/
>
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(5) CONGRESS THEIR VOTING RECORD
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http://action.aclu.org/site/VoteCenter?page=voteList
>
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(6) Intelligence Expert and X-FBI Agent Joins
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ACLU As "National Security Counsel"
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http://www.aclu.org/about/staff/27003prs20061005.html
>
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WHY YOU ARE CONTACTING THE ACLU:
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AS YOU CAN SEE AND I PERSONALLY HAVE EXPERIENCED:
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THE ACLU WANTS TO TAKE "ONLY" CASES THAT AFFECT A LARGE GROUP OF
PEOPLE BECAUSE THEY HAVE LIMITED MONEY.
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THIS BRINGS US TO THE POINT OF ASKING THE ACLU, "SPECIFICALLY WHAT WE
WANT THEM TO DO FOR ALL OF US".
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IN ORDER TO GET THE ACLU TO "TAKE OUR CASE" WE SHOULD AGREE ON WHAT IT
IS THAT WE ALL WANT DONE. THIS IS WHAT I THINK WE ALL WANT. IF IT IS
NOT, THEN YOU SHOULD SEND A SEPARATE STATEMENT/REQUEST.
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WE REQUEST THE ACLU TO TAKE LEGAL ACTION AGAINST THE PRESIDENT OF THE
UNITED STATES AND HIS CABINET (DEFENDANTS) FOR PERPETRATING THE
CRIMINAL ACT OF FRAUD (U.S.CODE-TITLE 18) IN WHICH:
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THE DEFENDANTS "KNOWINGLY AND INTENTIONALLY" MADE FALSE CLAIMS ABOUT
THE PRESIDENT OF IRAQ IN ORDER TO MAKE THE AMERICAN PEOPLE
(PLAINTIFFS) AND THE U.S. CONGRESS:
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BELIEVE AND SO FEAR THIS MAN AND HIS SOVEREIGN COUNTRY THAT IT WOULD
JUSTIFY AN IMMEDIATE PRE-EMPTIVE ATTACK AND OCCUPATION OF IRAQ, WHICH
HAS CAUSED THE DEATHS OF HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF INNOCENT IRAQI
CITIZENS AND U.S. TROOPS, AS WELL AS CAUSING MILLIONS OF IRAQI PEOPLE
TO FLEE THEIR HOMES AND COUNTRY AND BECOME REFUGEES;
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AND THE DEFENDANTS CLEARLY INTEND TO CONTINUE THIS FRAUD AND MURDER
WITH THE SUPPORT OF THE DEFENDANT'S POLITICAL PARTY (REPUBLICANS) WHO
SIT AS MEMBERS OF CONGRESS, WHO ARE FUNDING THIS ILLEGAL ACTIVITY,
DEFINED AS "WAR CRIMES", BY ROBBING THE AMERICAN PEOPLE OF THEIR
TREASURY.;
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THE OTHER DEFENDANTS IN THIS CASE, WHO ARE THE GREATER NUMBER OF ALL
MEMBERS OF CONGRESS, INCLUDING THE DEMOCRATS, WHO HAVE "REFUSED" TO
HOLD THE PRESIDENT AND HIS CABINET LEGALLY ACCOUNTABLE FOR THIS
MASSIVE FRAUD, THROUGH IMPEACHMENT AND INDICTMENT.
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THEREFORE, THE AMERICAN PEOPLE HAVE NO ADVOCATES TO DO WHAT THE
AMERICAN PEOPLE HAVE BEEN DEMANDING, I.E. "STOPPING THESE WAR CRIMES
AND ROBBERY OF THEIR TREASURY, OTHER THAN:
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(A) SEEKING LEGAL ACCOUNTABILITY THROUGH THE AMERICAN COURTS; AND/OR
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(B) FILING PETITIONS WITH THE U.N. SECURITY COUNCIL FOR THEIR REFERRAL
OF THIS MATTER FOR PROSECUTION BY THE "INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT"
FOR WAR CRIMES OF WHICH;
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THE PREVIOUS U.N. SECRETARY GENERAL, KOFI ANNAN, IS ON RECORD AS
STATING THAT THE U.S. INVASION OF IRAQ VIOLATED INTERNATIONAL LAW AND
THE U.N. CHARTER.
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THE AMERICAN PEOPLE HAVE NOW BEEN PLACED IN EXTREME DANGER AND ARE NOW
HATED BY MOST OF THE WORLD'S PEOPLE.
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THIS IS NOW A MATTER OF "CRITICAL NATIONAL SECURITY", AS WELL AS OUR
"CIVIL RIGHTS", BOTH OF WHICH ARE INTENTIONALLY BEING DESTROYED.
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THE FACT THAT THE ACLU HAS ADDED TO IT'S STAFF OF ATTORNEYS, A FORMER
FBI AGENT WHO SPECIALIZED IN TERRORISM, SHOULD BE WELL INFORMED ON THE
ISSUES THAT WE PUT FORWARD HERE, AS TO "THE REAL FACTS AND EVIDENCE"
OF OUR CASE.
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THE ACLU STATES THE FOLLOWING IN A 2004 CASE WHICH IS SHOWN ON THEIR
WEBSITE (CIVIL LIBERTIES IN TIMES OF NATIONAL CRISIS):
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"THE ACLU HAILED THE HISTORIC RULINGS AS A STRONG REPUDIATION OF THE
GOVERNMENT'S ARGUMENT THAT IT'S ACTIONS IN "THE WAR ON TERROR" ARE:
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"BEYOND THE "RULE OF LAW" AND "UNREVIEWABLE BY AMERICAN COURTS".
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THE AMERICAN PEOPLE NO LONGER HAVE OUR CONSTITUTIONAL GUARANTEES OF
PROTECTION, NOR IS THERE ANY "RULE OF LAW" IN THIS CURRENT GOVERNMENT.
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WE SAY THAT THE ACTIONS THAT HAVE BEEN TAKEN BY OUR EXECUTIVE AND
LEGISLATIVE BRANCHES CAN ONLY BE DEFINED AS THE "ACTS OF A FASCIST
GOVERNMENT" AND WE NOW HAVE ONLY THE JUDICIARY TO GO TO, TO PLEAD OUR
CASE, THUS WE BEG THE ACLU TO TAKE THIS MOST CRITICAL AND HISTORICAL
CASE IN ORDER TO SAVE THIS NATION AND IT'S CITIZENS FROM FURTHER
TYRANNY, DEATH AND POVERTY.
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WE REQUEST AN IMMEDIATE INJUNCTION TO BE FILED TO REPEAL THE SO-CALLED
"WAR RESOLUTION" WHICH WAS APPROVED BY CONGRESS, BUT WAS BASED ON
BLATANT AND PROVED FRAUD.
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WITH THIS RESOLUTION REPEALED, IT WILL STRIP THE PRESIDENT OF HIS
DEADLY AND ILL-CONCEIVED AUTHORITY TO CONTINUE HIS ILLEGAL ACTS IN
IRAQ
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WHICH NOW HAS FORMED AND ELECTED IT'S OWN DEMOCRATIC GOVERNMENT WHICH
IS CLEARLY BEING MANIPULATED BY THE DEFENDANTS,
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WHEN IT IS CLEAR THE IRAQ GOVERNMENT AND IT'S PEOPLE WANT THE U.S.
TROOPS OUT OF THEIR COUNTRY, AND RECENTLY HELD A PROTEST MARCH OF TENS
OF THOUSANDS OF IRAQIS WHICH MADE A CLEAR STATEMENT TO THIS PRESIDENT
TO LEAVE IRAQ;
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WHILE THIS PRESIDENT, WHO STATED MANY TIMES, HE WOULD WITHDRAW THE
TROOPS WHEN THE IRAQI PEOPLE ASKED HIM TO LEAVE,
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WAS YET ANOTHER BLATANT LIE AND IS REFUSING TO LEAVE THE IRAQI PEOPLE
TO RUNNING THEIR "OWN LEGITIMATE GOVERNMENT".
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THE PROOF OF THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION'S ILLEGAL ACTS AND VIOLATIONS OF
U.S. AND INTERNATIONAL LAW, ARE OBVIOUS TO ALL.
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I REQUEST A RESPONSE FROM THE ACLU, AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, AS TO IT'S
DECISION TO REPRESENT THE CITIZENS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA IN
THIS MOST HISTORICAL CASE.
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VERY SINCERELY,
SIGNED BY THIS CITIZEN OF THE U.S.A.
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NAME:
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ADDRESS:
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E-MAIL:
Rico wrote:
> IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT FASCISM REALLY IS, GO TO MY ABOVE POST FOR
> "THREAD #1 & #2" AND GET MY POST ON IT AND THE ARTICLE THAT WAS
> WRITTEN IN 1945 BY THE N.Y.TIMES TALKING ABOUT THE U.S.A. GOVT.
> BECOMING FASCIST.
> ---
> NOW...LIKE THE HITLER REGIME AND HIS SS TROOPS WHO HAD THEIR MANY
> TORTURE AND DEATH CAMPS, THE BUSH REGIME, IN TOTAL VIOLATION OF THE
> GENEVA AGREEMENTS HAVE SETUP "SECRET PRISONS, RUN BY THE CIA" AND
> APPROVED BY BUSH AND HIS LOYAL FASCIST REPUBLICANS.
> --
> AS SEEN IN THIS ARTICLE, THE REPUBS HAVE OPPOSED THE DEMS BILL TO
> "MAKE THESE SECRET PRISONS PUBLIC".
> --
> THIS IS COMPLETE PROOF OF "WHY WE HAVE A FASCIST GOVERNMENT, I.E. THE
> REPUBS HAVE PROVEN IT BY SUPPORTING THIS ILLEGAL ACTION.
> --
> BECAUSE OF IT, THESE SO-CALLED "RELIGIOUS RIGHT-WING PSYCHOS" HAVE
> GIVEN THE APPROVAL FOR ALL TERRORISTS "TO DO THE SAME THING TO OUR
> TROOPS AND ANY AMERICAN WHO THEY CAN KIDNAP".
> --
> THIS IS OUTRAGEOUS BEHAVIOR BUT CERTAINLY WHAT YOU WOULD EXPECT UNDER
> A FASCIST GOVERNMENT.
> --
> IF REPUBLICANS HAVE ANY SENSE OF "THE RULE OF LAW"; JUSTICE; AND
> MORALITY, THEY WOULD IMMEDIATELY CALL FOR A RECALL/IMPEACHMENT OF
> THOSE REPUBLICANS WHO VOTED AGAINST THIS BILL.
> --
> THE BUSH REGIME AND REPUBLICANS PHONY PATRIOTIC STANCE, WHILE WEARING
> THE AMERICAN FLAG IN THEIR LAPELS, IS EXACTLY THE SAME MANTRA AND
> PROPAGANDA THAT THE HITLER REGIME USED WHEN HE INVADED AND OCCUPIED
> MANY COUNTRIES.
> --
> IT IS TIME THAT THE REPUBLICAN "VOTERS" TAKE CONTROL OF THESE FASCISTS
> WHO ARE DESTROYING OUR NATION AND IMMEDIATELY REMOVE THEM FROM OFFICE,
> OR LIVE WITH THE FACT, THAT IF THEY DON'T START IMPEACHMENT
> PROCEEDINGS "NOW", THEY AND THE REPUBLICAN PARTY WILL FOREVER BE KNOWN
> AS "THE FIRST FASCIST PARTY OF THE U.S.A." AND THEY HAVE ENSURED THAT
> NO REPUBLICAN WILL EVER BE ELECTED TO ANY POLITICAL OFFICE.
> ---
>
> Subject:4-17-07-
> Bush Allies in Congress Keep CIA Prisons Secret
> ---
> http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/041707M.shtml
> >
> --
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Subject: U.S. TROOPS ACTING LIKE FASCISTS DUE TO EXTENDED DUTY ---
Subject:5-05-07-Pentagon Survey Finds US Troops Act Like Fascists Due
to Stress-which Creates More Violence Against Americans.
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http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/050507Z.shtml
>
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AMERICANS MUST STOP THIS U.S. TERRORISM BECAUSE CONGRESS WON'T.
CONTACT THE ACLU (BELOW) NOW FOR LEGAL INTERVENTION.
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Subject: LINKS TO A.C.L.U.
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AND ROBBERY OF THEIR TREASURY, BY:
GOVT'S ARGUMENT THAT "IT'S ACTIONS IN THE "WAR ON TERROR" ARE "BEYOND
Rico wrote:
> THIS IS THE CIA'S OWN WEBSITE INFO.
> ---
> AS YOU CAN SEE, THE CIA HAS REFUSED TO STATE THAT IT SUPPLIED THE
> TALIBAN WITH MILITARY ARMS, ETC. IN THE 1990'S TO FIGHT THE SOVIET
> UNION'S CONTROL OVER AFGHAN, NOR...
> ---
> THE U.S. IN COLLUSION WITH OIL CORPS TO BUILD THE OIL PIPELINE THRU
> AFGHAN, IN FACT, THEIR INFO DOESN'T SHOW THAT THE AFGHANS ARE GETTING
> ANY MONEY FROM THIS PIPELINE,
> ---
> ALL OF WHICH "WAS THE REAL REASON OF WHY BUSH INVADED AND WILL
> CONTINUE TO OCCUPY AFGHAN.
> --
> WHAT IS VERY CLEAR, IS AFGHAN IS ALMOST TOTALLY DESTROYED NOW AND THE
> AVERAGE LENGTH OF LIFE FOR AN AFGHANI IS 43 YEARS OLD.
> ---
> THIS AMERICAN PEOPLE IS "HOW YOUR FASCIST GOVERNMENT HAS BEEN
> OPERATING AND WILL CONTINUE TO DO, UNTIL AMERICANS STOP THIS MURDER
> AND RAPE OF OTHER PEOPLE'S COUNTRIES UNDER THE PHONY EXCUSES THE U.S.
> GOVT. (INCLUDING CONGRESS) USES TO COMMIT THESE "WAR CRIMES".
> ---
> NOTE: SEE MY LINKS ON THIS THREAD THE FIRST POST-RE THE "AFGHAN OIL PIPELINE".
> ---
> Subject:5-15-07-
> CIA -Afghanistan-FACTS- NOTHING RE U.S. OIL PIPELINE LIVE-43
> ---
> https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/af.html
> >
> ---
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GAMES ARE BEING PLAYED WITH ME RE MY POSTING VIA GOOGLE, I.E. THEY
KEEP SAYING "GOOGLE IS BUSY" BUT WHEN I USE ANOTHER SERVER, UP COMES
MY POST ON GOOGLE, AS YOU CAN SEE..THIS IS A DUPLICATE.
--
alt.impeach.bush
CIA WEBSITE IS COVER-UP OF U.S. WAR CRIMES IN AFGHAN
Skewer ed <skewe...@webtv.net>
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AS YOU CAN SEE, THE CIA HAS INTENTIONALLY REFUSED TO STATE THE TRUTH
OF:
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(1) THE CIA BACKING THE TALIBAN WITH BIN LADEN IN 1989 WITH MILITARY
ARMS AND MONEY, AGAINST THE SOVIETS THEN LEFT AFGHANS WITH A DESTROYED
COUNTRY;
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(2) THE 1998 BOMBING OF AFGHAN BY CLINTON WHEN BIN LADEN REFUSED TO
ALLOW U.S. OIL CORPS BUILD AN OIL PIPELINE THRU AFGHAN SEE
THREAD FOR PT#1-#3-WHERE I POSTED THE FEB. 12, 1998 CONGRESSIONAL
HEARING WITH UNOCAL TESTIFYING THAT NO PIPELINE CAN BE BUILT UNTIL BIN
LADEN IS REMOVED...AND IN AUGUST 1998 CLINTON BOMBED IT---AGAIN-
KILLING MORE CIVILIANS;
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(3) BUSH WAS HELL-BENT ON GETTING THIS OIL PIPELINE BUILT SO WHEN HE
TOOK OFFICE 2001 HE SENT HIS "HIT-MAN" ARMITAGE TO THREATEN BIN LADEN
WITH ALL OUT BOMBING IF HE DIDN'T AGREE TO PIPELINE DEAL...THAT WAS
AUGUST 2001,,ON SEPT 11, 2001, BIN LADEN'S AL-QAIDA ATTACKED THE U.S.
IN
A PREEMPTIVE STRIKE DUE TO THE 'DECLARATION OF WAR" BUSH ISSUED.
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(4) IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE INVASION OF AFGHAN THE OIL PIPELINE DEAL WAS
MADE WITH BUSH PUPPET-GOVT AND THE PIPELINE WAS BUILT.
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(5) AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, THE CIA SAYS NOTHING ABOUT ANY OF THIS,
INCLUDING THE OIL PIPELINE. CLEARLY THE POVERTY STRICKEN AFGHANS ARE
"NOT GETTING PAID ANYTHING FOR THIS ROBBERY OF THEIR LAND", WHICH IS
WHY
BUSH WON'T TAKE OUT THE OPIUM POPPIES, ?I..E. AFGHANS WOULD STARVE.
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(6) THIS IS "WHY" THE AFGHANS ARE KILLING OUR TROOPS, (BUSH REGIME
GREED)
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5-15-07-CIA FACT-SHEET ON AFGHANISTAN--NO OIL PIPELINE SHOWN-COVER-UP
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Subject:5-15-07-CIA - Afghanistan-FACTS- NOTHING RE U.S. OIL PIPELINE
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Legend: Definition Field Listing Rank Order
Introduction???AfghanistanTop of Page
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Background:
Ahmad Shah DURRANI unified the Pashtun tribes and founded Afghanistan
in
1747. The country served as a buffer between the British and Russian
empires until it won independence from notional British control in
1919.
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A brief experiment in democracy ended in a 1973 coup and a 1978
Communist counter-coup.
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The Soviet Union invaded in 1979 to support the tottering Afghan
Communist regime, touching off a long and destructive war.
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The USSR withdrew in 1989 under relentless pressure "by
internationally
supported anti-Communist mujahedin rebels."
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Subsequently, a series of civil wars saw Kabul "finally fall in 1996
to
the Taliban",
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(a hardline Pakistani-sponsored movement) that emerged in 1994 to end
the country's civil war and anarchy.
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Following the 11 September 2001 terrorist attacks in New York City, a
US, Allied, and anti-Taliban Northern Alliance military action toppled
the Taliban for sheltering Osama BIN LADIN.
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The UN-sponsored Bonn Conference in 2001 established a process for
political reconstruction that included the adoption of a new
constitution and a presidential election in 2004, and National
Assembly
elections in 2005. ---
On 7 December 2004, "Hamid KARZAI" became the first democratically
elected president of Afghanistan. The National Assembly was
inaugurated
on 19 December 2005.
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Geography--Afghanistan-Top of Page
Location:
Southern Asia, north and west of Pakistan, east of Iran Geographic
coordinates:
33 00 N, 65 00 E
Map references:
Asia
Area:
total: 647,500 sq km
land: 647,500 sq km
water: 0 sq km
Area - comparative:
slightly smaller than Texas
Land boundaries:
total: 5,529 km
border countries: China 76 km, Iran 936 km, Pakistan 2,430 km,
Tajikistan 1,206 km, Turkmenistan 744 km, Uzbekistan 137 km Coastline:
0 km (landlocked)
Maritime claims:
none (landlocked)
Climate:
arid to semiarid; cold winters and hot summers Terrain:
mostly rugged mountains; plains in north and southwest Elevation
extremes:
lowest point: Amu Darya 258 m
highest point: Nowshak 7,485 m
Natural resources:
natural gas, petroleum, coal, copper, chromite, talc, barites, sulfur,
lead, zinc, iron ore, salt, precious and semiprecious stones Land use:
arable land: 12.13%
permanent crops: 0.21%
other: 87.66% (2005)
Irrigated land:
27,200 sq km (2003)
Natural hazards:
damaging earthquakes occur in Hindu Kush mountains; flooding; droughts
Environment - current issues:
limited natural fresh water resources; inadequate supplies of potable
water; soil degradation; overgrazing; deforestation (much of the
remaining forests are being cut down for fuel and building materials);
desertification; air and water pollution
Environment - international agreements:
party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Desertification, Endangered
Species, Environmental Modification, Marine Dumping, Ozone Layer
Protection
signed, but not ratified: Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine
Life
Conservation
Geography - note:
landlocked; the Hindu Kush mountains that run northeast to southwest
divide the northern provinces from the rest of the country; the
highest
peaks are in the northern Vakhan (Wakhan Corridor)
??People???AfghanistanTop of Page
Population:
31,889,923 (July 2007 est.)
Age structure:
0-14 years: 44.6% (male 7,282,600/female 6,940,378) 15-64 years: 53%
(male 8,668,170/female 8,227,387) 65 years and over: 2.4% (male
374,426/female 396,962) (2007 est.) Median age:
total: 17.6 years
male: 17.6 years
female: 17.6 years (2007 est.)
Population growth rate:
2.625% (2007 est.)
Birth rate:
46.21 births/1,000 population (2007 est.) Death rate:
19.96 deaths/1,000 population (2007 est.) Net migration rate:
0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2007 est.) Sex ratio:
at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.049 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1.054 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.943 male(s)/female
total population: 1.049 male(s)/female (2007 est.) Infant mortality
rate:
total: 157.43 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 161.81 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 152.83 deaths/1,000 live births (2007 est.)
Life expectancy at birth:
*********************************
total population: 43.77 years
male: 43.6 years
female: 43.96 years (2007 est.)
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Total fertility rate:
6.64 children born/woman (2007 est.)
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
0.01% (2001 est.)
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
NA
HIV/AIDS - deaths:
NA
Major infectious diseases:
degree of risk: high
food or waterborne diseases: bacterial and protozoal diarrhea,
hepatitis
A, and typhoid fever
vectorborne disease: malaria is a high risk countrywide below 2,000
meters from March through November
animal contact disease: rabies
note: highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza has been identified among
birds in this country or surrounding region; it poses a negligible
risk
with extremely rare cases possible among US citizens who have close
contact with birds (2007)
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Nationality:
noun: Afghan(s)
adjective: Afghan
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Ethnic groups:
Pashtun 42%, Tajik 27%, Hazara 9%, Uzbek 9%, Aimak 4%, Turkmen 3%,
Baloch 2%, other 4%
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Religions:
Sunni Muslim 80%, Shi'a Muslim 19%, other 1%
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Languages:
Afghan Persian or Dari (official) 50%, Pashtu (official) 35%, Turkic
languages (primarily Uzbek and Turkmen) 11%, 30 minor languages
(primarily Balochi and Pashai) 4%, much bilingualism
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Literacy:
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 36%
male: 51%
female: 21% (1999 est.)
---
Country name:
conventional long form: Islamic Republic of Afghanistan conventional
short form: Afghanistan
local long form: Jomhuri-ye Eslami-ye Afghanestan local short form:
Afghanestan
former: Republic of Afghanistan
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Government type:
Islamic republic
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Capital:
name: Kabul
geographic coordinates: 34 31 N, 69 12 E time difference: UTC+4.5 (9.5
hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time)
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Administrative divisions:
34 provinces (velayat, singular - velayat); Badakhshan, Badghis,
Baghlan, Balkh, Bamian, Daykondi, Farah, Faryab, Ghazni, Ghowr,
Helmand,
Herat, Jowzjan, Kabol, Kandahar, Kapisa, Khowst, Konar, Kondoz,
Laghman,
Lowgar, Nangarhar, Nimruz, Nurestan, Oruzgan, Paktia, Paktika,
Panjshir,
Parvan, Samangan, Sar-e Pol, Takhar, Vardak, Zabol
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Independence:
19 August 1919 (from UK control over Afghan foreign affairs)
---
National holiday:
Independence Day, 19 August (1919)
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Constitution:
new constitution drafted:
14 December 2003-4 January 2004;
signed 16 January 2004
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Legal system:
according to the new constitution,
"no law should be "contrary to Islam";
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the state is obliged to create a prosperous and progressive society
based on social justice, protection of human dignity, protection of
human rights, realization of democracy, and to ensure national unity
and
equality among all ethnic groups and tribes;
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the state shall abide by the UN charter, international treaties,
international conventions that Afghanistan signed, and the Universal
Declaration of Human Rights
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Suffrage:
18 years of age; universal
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Executive branch:
chief of state:
President of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan Hamid KARZAI (since 7
December 2004);
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Vice Presidents:
Ahmad Zia MASOOD and Abdul Karim KHALILI (since 7 December 2004);
--
note - the president is both the chief of state and head of
government;
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former King ZAHIR Shah holds the honorific, "Father of the Country,"
and
presides symbolically over certain occasions but lacks any governing
authority; the honorific is not hereditary head of government:
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President of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan Hamid KARZAI (since 7
December 2004); Vice Presidents Ahmad Zia MASOOD and Abdul Karim
KHALILI
(since 7 December 2004)
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cabinet: 25 ministers;
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note - under the new constitution, ministers are appointed by the
president and approved by the National Assembly
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elections: the president and two vice presidents are elected by direct
vote for a five-year term (eligible for a second term); if no
candidate
receives 50% or more of the vote in the first round of voting, the two
candidates with the most votes will participate in a second round; a
president can only be elected for two terms; election last held 9
October 2004 (next to be held in 2009)
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election results: Hamid KARZAI elected president;
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percent of vote - Hamid KARZAI 55.4%,
Yunus QANUNI 16.3%, Ustad Mohammad MOHAQQEQ 11.6%, Abdul Rashid DOSTAM
10.0%, Abdul Latif PEDRAM 1.4%, Masooda JALAL 1.2%
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Legislative branch:
the bicameral National Assembly consists of the Wolesi Jirga or House
of
People (no more than 249 seats), directly elected for five-year terms,
and
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the Meshrano Jirga or House of Elders (102 seats, one-third elected
from
provincial councils for four-year terms, one-third elected from local
district councils for three-year terms, and one-third nominated by the
president for five-year terms)
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note: on rare occasions the government may convene a Loya Jirga (Grand
Council) on issues of independence, national sovereignty, and
territorial integrity; it can amend the provisions of the constitution
and prosecute the president; it is made up of members of the National
Assembly and chairpersons of the provincial and district councils
---
elections: last held 18 September 2005
(next to be held for the Wolesi Jirga by September 2009;
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next to be held for the provincial councils to the Meshrano Jirga by
September 2008)
----
election results: the single non-transferable vote (SNTV) system used
in
the election did not make use of political party slates; most
candidates
ran as independents
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Judicial branch:
the constitution establishes a nine-member Stera Mahkama or Supreme
Court (its nine justices are appointed for 10-year terms by the
president with approval of the Wolesi Jirga) and subordinate High
Courts
and Appeals Courts;
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there is also a minister of justice; a separate Afghan Independent
Human
Rights Commission established by the Bonn Agreement is charged with
investigating human rights abuses and war crimes
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Political parties and leaders:
Afghanistan Peoples' Treaty Party (Hizb-e-Wolesi Tarhun Afghanistan)
[Sayyed Amir TAHSEEN]; Afghanistan's Islamic Mission Organization
(Tanzim Daawat-e-Islami-e-Afghanistan) [Abdul Rasoul SAYYAF];
Afghanistan's Islamic Nation Party (Hezb-e-Umat-e-Islam-e-Afghanistan)
[Toran Noor Aqa Ahmad ZAI]; Afghanistan's National Islamic Party
(Hezb-e-Mili Islami-e-Afghanistan) [Rohullah LOUDIN]; Afghanistan's
Welfare Party (Hezb-e-Refah-e-Afghanistan) [Meer Asef ZAEEFI]; Afghan
Social Democratic Party (Hezb-e-Afghan Melat) [Anwarul Haq AHADI];
Afghan Society for the Call to the Koran and Sunna
(Hezb-e-Jamahat-ul-Dawat ilal Quran-wa-Sunat-e-Afghanistan) [Mawlawee
Samiullah NAJEEBEE]; Comprehensive Movement of Democracy and
Development
of Afghanistan Party (Hizb-e-Nahzat Faragir Democracy wa
Taraqi-e-Afghanistan) [Sher Mohammad BAZGAR]; Democratic Party of
Afghanistan (Hezb-e-Democracy Afghanistan) [Tawos ARAB]; Democratic
Party of Afghanistan (Hezb-e-Domcrat-e-Afghanistan) [Abdul Kabir
RANJBAR]; Elites People of Afghanistan Party
(Hezb-e-Nakhbagan-e-Mardom-e-Afghanistan) [Abdul Hamid JAWAD]; Freedom
and Democracy Movement of Afghanistan (Hezb-e-Nahzat-e-Aazadee Wa
Democracy-e-Afghanistan) [Abdul Raqib Jawid KOHISTANEE]; Freedom Party
of Afghanistan (Hezb-e-Azadee-e-Afghanistan) [Ilaj Abdul MALEK];
Freedom
Party of Afghanistan (Hezb-e-Isteqlal-e-Afghanistan) [Dr. Ghulam
Farooq
NEJRABEE]; Hizullah-e-Afghanistan [Qari Ahmad ALI]; Human Rights
Protection and Development Party of Afghanistan (Hezb-e-Ifazat Az
Uqooq-e-Bashar Wa Inkishaf-e-Afghanistan) [Baryalai NASRATI]; Islamic
Justice Party of Afghanistan (Hezb-e-Adalat-e-Islami Afghanistan)
[Mohammad Kabir MARZBAN]; Islamic Movement of Afghanistan (Hezb-e
Harakat-e-Islami-e-Afghanistan) [Mohammad Ali JAWID]; Islamic Movement
of Afghanistan Party (Hizb-e-Nahzat-e-Melli Islami Afghanistan)
[Mohammad Mukhtar MUFLEH]; Islamic Party of Afghanistan (Hizb-e-Islami
Afghanistan) [Mohammad Khalid FAROOQI]; Islamic Party of the Afghan
Land
(De Afghan Watan Islami Gond) [Mohammad Hassan FEROZKHEL]; Islamic
People's Movement of Afghanistan (Hezb-e-Harakat-e-Islami
Mardom-e-Afghanistan) [Ilhaj Said Hussain ANWARY]; Islamic Society of
Afghanistan (Hezb-e Jamihat-e-Islami) [Ustad RABBANI]; Islamic Unity
of
the Nation of Afghanistan Party
(Hezb-e-Wahdat-e-Islami-e-Melat-e-Afghanistan) [Qurban Ali URFANI];
Islamic Unity Party of Afghanistan
(Hezb-e-Wahdat-e-Islami-e-Afghanistan) [Mohammad Karim KHALILI];
Islamic
Unity Party of the People of Afghanistan (Hezb-e-Wahdat-e-Islami
Mardom-e-Afghanistan) [Ustad Mohammad MOHAQQEQ]; Labor and Progress of
Afghanistan Party (Hezb-e-Kar Wa Tawsiha-e-Afghanistan) [Zulfiqar
OMID];
Muslim People of Afghanistan Party
(Hezb-e-Mardom-e-Mosalman-e-Afghanistan) [Besmellah JOYAN]; Muslim
Unity
Movement Party of Afghanistan (Hezb-e-Tahreek Wahdat-ul-Musimeen
Afghanistan) [Wazir Mohammad WAHDAT]; National and Islamic Sovereignty
Movement Party of Afghanistan (Hizb-e-Eqtedar-e-Melli wa Islami
Afghanistan) [Ahmad Shah Ahmadzai]; National Congress Party of
Afghanistan (Hezb-e-Kangra-e-Mili-e-Afghanistan) [Abdul Latif PEDRAM];
National Country Party (Hezb-e-Mili Heward) [GHULAM MOHAMMAD];
National
Development Party of Afghanistan (Hezb-e-Taraqee Mili Afghanistan)
[Dr.
Aref BAKTASH]; National Freedom Seekers Party (Hezb-e-Aazaadi Khwahan
Maihan) [Abdul Hadi DABEER]; National Independence Party of
Afghanistan
(Hezb-e Esteqlal-e-Mili Afghanistan) [Taj Mohammad WARDAK]; National
Islamic Fighters Party of Afghanistan (De Afghanistan De Mili
Mubarizeeno Islami Gond) [Amanat NINGARHAREE]; National Islamic Front
of
Afghanistan (Mahaz-e-Mili Islami Afghanistan) [Pir Sayed Ahmad
GAILANEE]; National Islamic Moderation Party of Afghanistan
(Hezb-e-Eatedal-e-Mili Islami-e-Afghanistan) [Qara Bik Eized YAAR];
National Islamic Movement of Afghanistan (Hezb-e-Junbish Mili
Islami-e-Afghanistan) [Sayed NOORULLAH]; National Islamic Unity Party
of
Afghanistan (Hezb-e-Wahdat-e-Mili Islami-e-Afghanistan) [Mohammad
AKBAREE]; National Movement of Afghanistan (Nahzat-e-Mili Afghanistan)
[Ahmad Wali MASOOUD]; National Party of Afghanistan (Hezb-e-Mili
Afghanistan) [Abdul Rashid ARYAN]; National Patch of Afghanistan Party
(Hezb-e Paiwand Mihahani Afghanistan) [Sayed Kamal SADAT]; National
Peace Islamic Party of Afghanistan (De Afghanistan De Solay Mili
Islami
Gond) [Shah Mohammood Popal ZAI]; National Peace & Islamic Party of
the
Tribes of Afghanistan (Hezb-e-Sulh-e-Mili Islami Aqwam-e-Afghanistan)
[Abdul Qaher SHARIATEE]; National Peace & Unity Party of Afghanistan
(Hezb-e-Sulh Wa Wahdat-e-Mili-e-Afghanistan) [Abdul Qader IMAMI];
National Prosperity and Islamic Party of Afghanistan
(Hezb-e-Sahadat-e-Mili Islami-e-Afghanistan) [Mohammad Osman
SALEKZADA];
National Prosperity Party (Hezb-e-Refah-e-Mili Afghanistan) [Mohammad
Hassan JAHFAREE]; National Solidarity Movement of Afghanistan
(Hezb-e-Nahzat-e-Hambastagee Mili-e-Afghanistan) [Pir Sayed Eshaq
GAILANEE]; National Solidarity Party of Afghanistan (Hezb-e-Paiwand
Mili
Afghanistan) [Sayed Mansoor NADREEI]; National Sovereignty Party
(Hezb-e-Eqtedar-e-Mili) [Sayed Mustafa KAZEMI]; National Stability
Party
(Hezb-e-Subat-e-Mili Islami-e-Afghanistan) [Mohammad Same KHAROTI];
National Stance Party (Hizb-e-Melli Dareez) [Habibullah JANEBDAR];
National Tribal Unity Islamic Party of Afghanistan (Hezb-e-Mili
Wahdat-e-Aqwam-e-Islami-e-Afghanistan) [Mohammad Shah KHOGYANI];
National Unity Movement (Hezb-e-Tahreek Wahdat-e-Mili-e-Afghanistan)
[Sultan Mohammad GHAZI]; National Unity Movement of Afghanistan
(Hezb-e-Harakat-e-Mili Wahdat-e-Afghanistan) [Mohammad Nadir AATASH];
National Unity Party of Afghanistan (Hezb-e-Wahdat-e-Mili Afghanistan)
[Abdul Rashid JALILI]; New Afghanistan Party
(Hezb-e-Afghanistan-e-Naween) [Mohammad Yunis QANUNI]; Peace and
National Welfare Activists Society (Hezb-e-Majmeh Mili
Faleen-Sulh-e-Afghanistan) [Shamsul Haq Noor SHAMS]; Peace Movement
(De
Afghanistan De Solay Ghorzang Gond) [Shahnawaz TANAI]; People's
Aspirations Party of Afghanistan (Hezb-e-Aarman-e-Mardom-e-
Afghanistan)
[Ilhaj Saraj-u-din ZAFAREE]; People's Freedom Seekers Party of
Afghanistan (Hezb-e-Aazadee Khwahan Mardom-e-Afghanistan) [Feda
Mohammad
EHSAS]; People's Liberal Freedom Seekers Party of Afghanistan
(Hezb-e-Lebral-e-Aazadee Khwa-e-Afghanistan) [Ajmal SUHAIL]; People's
Message Party of Afghanistan (Hezb-e-Resalat-e-Mardom-e-Afghanistan)
[Noor Aqa WAINEE]; People's Movement of the National Unity of
Afghanistan (De Afghanistan De Mili Wahdat Wolesi Tahreek) [Abdul
Hakim
NOORZAI]; People's Party of Afghanistan (Hezb-e-Mardom-e-Afghanistan)
[Ahmad Shah ASAR]; People's Prosperity Party of Afghanistan
(Hezb-e-Falah-e-Mardom-e-Afghanistan) [Ustad Mohammad ZAREEF];
People's
Sovereignty Movement of Afghanistan
(Nahzat-e-Hakemyat-e-Mardom-e-Afghanistan) [Hayatullah SUBHANEE];
People's Uprising Party of Afghanistan
(Hezb-e-Rastakhaiz-e-Mardom-e-Afghanistan) [Sayed Zahir Qayed Omul
BELADI]; People's Welfare Party of Afghanistan
(Hezb-e-Refah-e-Mardom-e-Afghanistan) [Mia Gul WASIQ]; People's
Welfare
Party of Afghanistan (Hezb-e-Sahadat-e-Mardom-e-Afghanistan) [Mohammad
Zubair PAIROZ]; Progressive Democratic Party of Afghanistan
(Hezb-e-Taraqee Democrat Afghanistan) [Wali ARYA]; Republican Party
(Hezb-e-Jamhoree Khwahane-Afghanistan) [Sebghatullah SANJAR];
Solidarity
Party of Afghanistan (Hezb-e-Hambastagee-e-Afghanistan) [Abdul Khaleq
NEMAT]; The Afghanistan's Mujahid Nation's Islamic Unity Movement (Da
Afghanistan Mujahid Woles Yaowaali Islami Tahreek) [Saeedullah SAEED];
The People of Afghanistan's Democratic Movement (Hezb-e-Junbish
Democracy Mardom-e-Afghanistan) [Sharif NAZARI]; Tribes Solidarity
Party
of Afghanistan (Hezb-e Hambastagee Mili Aqwam-e-Afghanistan) [Mohammad
Zarif NASERI]; Understanding and Democracy Party of Afghanistan
(Hezb-e-Tafahum Wa Democracy-e-Afghanistan) [Ahamad SHAHEEN]; United
Afghanistan Party (Hezb-e-Afghanistan-e-Wahid) [Mohammad Wasil
RAHIMEE];
Young Afghanistan's Islamic Organization
(Hezb-e-Islami-e-Afghanistan-e-Jawan) [Sayed Jawad HUSSINEE]; Youth
Solidarity Party of Afghanistan (Hezb-e-Hambastagee Mili
Jawanan-e-Afghanistan) [Mohammad Jamil KARZAI];
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note - includes only political parties approved by the Ministry of
Justice
-----
International organization participation:
AsDB, CP, ECO, FAO, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IDB,
IFAD,
IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, Interpol, IOC, IOM, ISO (correspondent), ITU,
MIGA, NAM, OIC, OPCW, OSCE (partner), SACEP, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO,
UNIDO,
UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO (observer)
----
Diplomatic representation in the US:
chief of mission:
Ambassador Said Tayeb JAWAD
chancery: 2341 Wyoming Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20008
telephone: [1] (202) 483-6410
FAX: [1] (202) 483-6488
consulate(s) general: Los Angeles, New York
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Diplomatic representation from the US:
chief of mission:
Ambassador Ronald E. NEUMANN
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embassy: The Great Masood Road, Kabul
mailing address: U.S. Embassy Kabul, APO, AE 09806 telephone: [00 93]
(20) 230-0436 FAX: [00 93] (20) 230-1364
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Flag description:
three equal vertical bands of black (hoist), red, and green, with a
gold
emblem centered on the red band; the emblem features a temple-like
structure encircled by a wreath on the left and right and by a bold
Islamic inscription above
----
Economy - overview:
Afghanistan's economy is recovering from decades of conflict. The
economy has improved significantly since the fall of the Taliban
regime
in 2001 largely because of the infusion of international assistance,
the
recovery of the agricultural sector, and service sector growth. Real
GDP
growth exceeded 8% in 2006.
----
Despite the progress of the past few years, Afghanistan is extremely
poor, landlocked, and highly dependent on foreign aid, agriculture,
and
trade with neighboring countries.
----
Much of the population continues to suffer from shortages of housing,
clean water, electricity, medical care, and jobs.
----
Criminality, insecurity, and the Afghan Government's inability to
extend
rule of law to all parts of the country pose challenges to future
economic growth.
----
It will probably take the remainder of the decade and continuing donor
aid and attention to significantly raise Afghanistan's living
standards
from its current level, among the "lowest in the world."
----
While the international community remains committed to Afghanistan's
development, pledging over $24 billion at three donors' conferences
since 2002, Kabul will need to overcome a number of challenges.
----
Expanding poppy cultivation and a growing opium trade generate roughly
$3 billion in illicit economic activity and looms as one of Kabul's
most
serious policy concerns.
----
Other long-term challenges include:
budget sustainability, job creation, corruption, government capacity,
and rebuilding war torn infrastructure.
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GDP (purchasing power parity):
$21.5 billion (2004 est.)
GDP (official exchange rate):
$8.8 billion (2006 est.)
GDP - real growth rate:
8.4% (2006 est.)
GDP - per capita (PPP):
$800 (2004 est.)
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NOTE: NO INCOME FROM U.S. OIL PIPELINE
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GDP - composition by sector:
agriculture: 38%
industry: 24%
services: 38%
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note: data exclude opium production (2005 est.) -----
Labor force:
15 million (2004 est.)
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Labor force - by occupation:
agriculture: 80%
industry: 10%
services: 10% (2004 est.)
----
Unemployment rate:
40% (2005 est.)
----
Population below poverty line:
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53% (2003)
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Household income or consumption by percentage share:
lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%
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Inflation rate (consumer prices):
16.3% (2005 est.)
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Budget:
revenues: $269 million
expenditures: $561 million;
(including capital expenditures of $41.7 million
----
note: Afghanistan has also received:
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$273 million from the "Reconstruction Trust Fund" and
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$63 million from the "Law and Order Trust Fund" (FY04/05 budget est.)
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Agriculture - products:
opium, wheat, fruits, nuts; wool, mutton, sheepskins, lambskins
----
Industries:
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"small-scale production" of:
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textiles, soap, furniture, shoes, fertilizer, cement; handwoven
carpets;
"natural gas", coal, copper
---
Industrial production growth rate:
NA%
---
Electricity - production:
734.3 million kWh (2004)
---
Electricity - consumption:
782.9 million kWh (2004)
---
Electricity - exports:
0 kWh (2004)
---
Electricity - imports:
100 million kWh (2004)
---
Oil - production:
******************
0 bbl/day (2004)
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Oil - consumption:
**********************
4,500 bbl/day (2004 est.)
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Oil - exports:
***************
NA bbl/day
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Oil - imports:
***************
NA bbl/day
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Oil - proved reserves:
***********************
0 bbl (1 January 2002)
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Natural gas - production:
*****************************
20 million cu m (2004 est.)
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Natural gas - consumption:
*******************************
20 million cu m (2004 est.)
----
Natural gas - exports:
************************
0 cu m (2004 est.)
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Natural gas - imports:
************************
0 cu m (2004 est.)
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Natural gas - proved reserves:
**********************************
99.96 billion cu m (1 January 2005 est.)
********************
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Exports:
*********
$471 million;
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note - not including illicit exports or reexports (2005 est.)
----
Exports - commodities:
**************************
opium, fruits and nuts, handwoven carpets, wool, cotton, hides and
pelts, precious and semi-precious gems
----
Exports - partners:
*********************
US 25.8%,
***********
India 21.2%,
Pakistan 20.3%,
Finland 4.1%
(2005)
----
Imports:
***********
$3.87 billion (2005 est.)
**************************
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Imports - commodities:
*************************
capital goods,
food, textiles,
petroleum products
**********************
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Imports - partners:
********************
Pakistan 39%,
US 9.6%,
Germany 5.6%,
India 5.3%,
Turkey 4.2%,
Turkmenistan 4.1%
(2005)
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Debt - external:
$8 billion in bilateral debt, mostly to Russia;
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Afghanistan has $500 million in debt to Multilateral Development Banks
(2004)
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Economic aid - recipient:
****************************
international pledges made by more than 60 countries and international
financial institutions at the Berlin Donors Conference for Afghan
reconstruction in March 2004
reached $8.9 billion for 2004-09
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Currency (code):
afghani (AFA)
---
Exchange rates:
afghanis per US dollar - 46 (2006), 47.7 (2005), 48 (2004), 49 (2003),
41 (2002)
----
note: in 2002, the afghani was revalued and the currency stabilized at
about 40 to 50 afghanis to the US dollar;
---
before 2002, the market rate varied widely from the official rate
---
Fiscal year:
21 March - 20 March
----??
Communications???AfghanistanTop of Page
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Telephones - main lines in use:
280,000 (2005)
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Telephones - mobile cellular:
1.4 million (2005)
----
Telephone system:
general assessment: very limited telephone and telegraph service; many
Afghans utilize growing cellular phone coverage in major cities
----
domestic: telephone service is improving with the licensing of several
wireless telephone service providers in 2005 and 2006;
---
approximately 4 in 100 Afghans own a wireless telephone; telephone
main
lines remain limited
international: country code - 93; five VSAT's installed in Kabul,
Herat,
Mazar-e-Sharif, Kandahar, and Jalalabad provide international and
domestic voice and data connectivity
---
Radio broadcast stations:
AM 21, FM 5, shortwave 1 (broadcasts in Pashtu, Afghan Persian (Dari),
Urdu, and English) (2006)
---
Television broadcast stations:
at least 7 (1 government-run central television station in Kabul and
regional stations in 6 of the 34 provinces) (2006)
---
Internet country code:
af
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Internet hosts:
22 (2006)
---
Internet users:
30,000 (2005)
---
Communications - note:
Internet access is growing through Internet cafes as well as public
"telekiosks" in Kabul (2005)
----??
Transportation???AfghanistanTop of Page
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Airports:
46 (2006)
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Airports - with paved runways:
total: 11
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over 3,047 m: 3
2,438 to 3,047 m: 3
1,524 to 2,437 m: 3
914 to 1,523 m: 1
under 914 m: 1 (2006)
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Airports - with unpaved runways:
total: 35
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over 3,047 m: 1
2,438 to 3,047 m: 5
1,524 to 2,437 m: 16
914 to 1,523 m: 4
under 914 m: 9 (2006)
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Heliports:
9 (2006)
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Pipelines:
**********
gas
*****
466 km (2006)
---
Roadways:
total: 34,782 km
----
paved: 8,229 km
unpaved: 26,553 km (2004)
---
Waterways:
1,200 km (chiefly Amu Darya, which handles vessels up to 500 DWT)
(2005)
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Ports and terminals:
**********************
Kheyrabad, Shir Khan
---??
Military???AfghanistanTop of Page
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Military branches:
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Afghan National Army
(includes Afghan Air Force) (2006)
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Military service age and obligation:
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22 years of age; inductees are contracted into service for a 4-year
term
(2005)
---
Manpower available for military service:
males age 22-49: 4,952,812
females age 22-49: 4,663,963
(2005 est.)
---
Manpower fit for military service:
--------
males age 22-49: 2,662,946
females age 22-49: 2,508,574
(2005 est.)
----
Manpower reaching military service age annually:
males age 18-49: 275,362
females age 22-49: 259,935
(2005 est.)
---
Military expenditures - percent of GDP:
*******************************************
1.9% (2006 est.)
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Transnational Issues???AfghanistanTop of Page
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Disputes - international:
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Pakistan, with UN and other international assistance,
----
repatriated 2.3 million Afghan refugees with less than a million still
remaining, many at their own choosing;
----
Pakistan has proposed and
"Afghanistan protests":
************************
construction of a fence and
laying of mines along portions of their border;
---
Coalition and Pakistani forces continue to "monitor remote tribal
areas"
to control the border with Afghanistan and
stem terrorist and other illegal activities
---
Refugees and internally displaced persons:
**********************************************
IDPs: 136,565
****************
(mostly Pashtuns and Kuchis displaced in south and west due to drought
and instability) (2006)
----
Illicit drugs:
************
world's largest producer of opium;
---
cultivation dropped 48% to 107,400 hectares in 2005;
---
better weather and lack of widespread disease returned opium yields to
normal levels, meaning potential opium production declined by only 10%
to 4,475 metric tons;
---
if the entire poppy crop were processed, it is estimated that 526
metric
tons of heroin could be processed;
----
many narcotics-processing labs throughout the country;
---
drug trade is a source of instability and some antigovernment groups
profit from the trade;
---
significant domestic use of opiates;
----
80-90% of the heroin consumed in Europe comes from Afghan opium;
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vulnerable to narcotics money laundering through informal financial
networks; source of hashish
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