[cia-drugs] Re: Tom Heneghen report on July 17

2005-08-03 Thread mark urban
The following is from Archibald Cox's obituary at Washingtonpost.com

That fuck Bork fired Special Prosecutor Cox. 

That is why Bork never made the Supreme Court.




...An angry Nixon demanded Cox's firing. But Attorney General 
Elliot Richardson, who had recruited Cox as the Watergate special 
prosecutor, refused to carry out the president's order. He resigned, 
as did his deputy, William D. Ruckelshaus. Robert H. Bork, who as 
solicitor general was the third-ranking officer of the Justice 
Department, dismissed Cox. 

Almost overnight, from Capitol Hill and in the national media, came 
the sounds of protest and dismay. Sen. Barry M. Goldwater (Ariz.), 
one of the most influential Republicans in Congress, declared that 
Nixon's credibility has reached an all-time low from which he may 
not be able to recover. 

In the House of Representatives, members introduced 22 bills calling 
for the impeachment of the president or an investigation into 
impeachment proceedings. More than a million telegrams demanding 
impeachment poured into congressional offices. 

Newspaper editorial writers and columnists made somber references to 
an attempted coup d'etat. Cox appeared on the cover of Newsweek 
magazine, wearing his trademark bow tie, neatly knotted as always. 
Time had photos of Cox and the president facing each other over the 
caption, Nixon on the Brink. 

The firing of Cox, on Oct. 20, 1973, came at a time of high 
turbulence and political unrest. The Watergate scandal was 
increasingly engulfing the Nixon presidency. A summer of televised 
hearings on Capitol Hill had produced a steady flow of testimony 
suggesting burglary, lies, duplicity and criminality at the highest 
levels...

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 No he can't. Why didn't Clinton just fire Starr? No one can fire a 
special prosecutor. He was hired just for that reason.
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   Subject: Re: [cia-drugs] Tom Heneghen report on July 17
 
 
   Bullshit.  Bush as President can fire any US Attorney.
 
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 This show aired before the disclosure about the actual 
indictments reported by Flocco.
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 http://www.total911.info/2005/07/tenet-under-investigation-for-
pre-911.html
 Tom Heneghen reports to Cloak  Dagger Internet Radio (late of 
50,000-watt blowtorch CFMJ-AM) that a trusted source close to the 
Fitzgerald investigation says the independent prosecutor is looking 
into former CIA Director George Tenet's role in pre-9/11 put options 
placed on American Airlines.
 
 Previous editions of Cloak  Dagger reported that the special 
prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald has taken his investigation beyond who 
named Valerie Plame as a CIA agent into who frauded up claims that 
Saddam Hussien was seeking yellowcake uranium and, ultimately, the 
9/11 scam. 
 
 CD correspondent Tom Heneghen reported on the July 17 show 
that Fitzgerald is looking into insider trading on airline stocks 
before 9/11. Heneghen reports that over the three trading days 
before 9/11 on the Chicago Board of Options 4,516 put options (bets 
the price would tank) were placed on American Airlines stock vs only 
748 call options (bets the price would go up).
 
 According to CD, Fitzgerald is investigating Tenet's role in 
connection to Buzzy Krongard, a former No. 3 at the CIA, and that 
man's relation to the 2,157 airline options placed through Morgan 
Stanley/Dean Witter, located on 22 floors of the WTC.
 
 Texas money laundering operation involving Hunts
 Philippines
 V.K. Durham trust
 Beverly Enterprises and Stephens, Inc.--45 nursing home 
associates--Mena, Ark.
 bogus gold cert.
 Brady Bond fraud
 Wachovia Bank
 assassinations--William Doonesbury and  ?
 offshoot of Muslim Brotherhood
 financial and operational terrorist fraud
 leaker to Judith Miller
 Bolton cables and intercepts with Uzbekistan
 hedge fund in London involving two suicides in NY
 James Warren at Chicago Trib is obstructing justice
 Chicago Mercantile
 Roger Morris, NSC--Air Force One signal of Bush and Cheney 
talking about Valerie Plame
 Leo Wanta letter to Dick Cheney about Philippine money --
linked to Wachovia Bank
 Marc Rich
 Russian Mafiya
 Arrest of E.P in London, money laundered through Denmark
 If Bush fires Patrick Fitzgerald, it will set P.F. free to 
talk.
 white-skinned Moslems in Texas
 Arrests in London are the same as what went on in NY after 
9/11 to shut up people who knew too much
 Subway bombs were underneath the trains and could not have 
been planted by the youths they arrested.
 Private company, mock drill, piggy-backed with actual bombing.
 P-2 and Calipari, who was assassinated in Iraq.

[cia-drugs] Milestones deserve recognition

2005-08-03 Thread mark urban
Let all who post and read here know that Vigilius Haufniensis did not 
post anything at all during the entire 24 hours of August 2, 2005. 
Either he is too ill to post, or he has exercised the kind of 
discipline, forebearance and restraint associated with recovering 
pederasts who find themselves in the midst of a busload of cub
scouts. 
In either event, he has my best wishes. Keep up the good work, Vig!







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[cia-drugs] The Bank for International Settlements Calls for Global Currency [Veon]

2005-08-03 Thread norgesen






THE BANK FOR INTERNATIONAL SETTLEMENTS CALLS 
FOR GLOBAL CURRENCY

The BIS is at the apex of the global financial system. It was 
birthed in 1944 when the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank were set 
up



By 
Joan VeonAugust 3, 2005 
Basel, 
Switzerland -- The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) released their 
75th Annual Report on June 27 to commemorate its founding in 1930. Most 
countries today have a central bank which is a private corporation that handles 
its monetary system. Bi-monthly, central bank ministers from 40 countries meet 
at the BIS to review ways “to promote the co-operation of central banks and to 
provide additional facilities for international financial operations.” Once a 
year the world’s central bankers meet in Basel to take a closer look at the 
status of the world’s central banking system. Besides the annual review, this 
year’s Report considered the need for “new mechanisms” to keep the financial 
system more in balance. 
The BIS report 
highlighted the uneven global expansion that they see. While world output 
expanded by 5% in 2004, the highest rate in nearly thirty years, they said its 
growth showed a new uneven economic expansion. Although the United States is an 
engine of growth, they noted the key Asian economies as being at the second pole 
of global dynamism, while slower growth can be seen in other larger advanced 
economies. The U.S. and China accounted for nearly 50% of the world’s increase 
in global output with the global economy growing at 4% in 2005, in spite of oil 
prices which are projected to remain high for a prolonged period of time. 

The BIS is at 
the apex of the global financial system. It was birthed in 1944 when the 
International Monetary Fund and the World Bank were set up. Should we dare to 
mention that its founders were Harry Dexter White who worked in the Treasury 
Department and who was a communist spy along with John Maynard Keynes, a Fabian 
socialist? Keynesian economics is at the heart of the reason for all levels of 
government being broke. 
In 1971, 
President Richard M. Nixon took the dollar off the gold standard, which forced 
all the other countries of the world to follow suit, thus changing the global 
monetary system from one of fixed currencies to one of floating currencies. When 
a currency is no longer backed by gold it is then possible to play all kinds of 
games with its value. By buying or selling a large quantity of one particular 
currency, an economically powerful individual or bank can literally move the 
market in their favor by buying low and selling high. 
The new 
patterns of booms and busts which the BIS refer to are not only man-made, as a 
result of the floating currency, but the highs and lows have been exacerbated by 
the fact that the barriers between the nation-states are gone. The ability to 
buy and sell currency on a global basis was seen in the Asian Crisis. For the 
country’s that refused to open their markets to the World Trade Financial 
Services Agreement, their currencies were crashed. 
Furthermore, 
the highs and lows of a country’s stock market is a result of the respective 
central bank buying and selling that country’s treasury bills. For example, when 
the Federal Reserve adds money to our banking system, interest rates drop and 
the stock market rises. Since the NASDAQ crash, interest rates in the U.S. have 
fallen to 45 year lows, stimulating both the prices of real estate to historic 
highs and the stock market. 
The BIS Annual 
Report cited three such cycles of highs and lows. The first began in the 1970’s 
when the dollar was taken off the gold standard. Mr. White said that the change 
in the gold standard with very important in world affairs. The second cycle 
began in the mid-1980s, ending in a property bust; and the current cycle began 
in the mid-1990s. All Americans should be concerned about this report for the 
world’s bankers are signaling the end of the third cycle which can only end with 
higher interest rates as money is taken out of the market. Will we have another 
property bust as seen in the mid-1980s or will we have a repeat of the Nasdaq? 

Interestingly 
enough, the BIS cites household debt being at historic highs. In a way they 
created it. Of course buyers would seize the opportunity to trade up their home 
for a bigger one since they can afford more because of lower interest rates. As 
a result, Spain, the U.K., France, the U.S. and the Nordic countries have had 
huge increases in property values with household debt-to-income ratios at 
unprecedented highs. 
Furthermore, 
household saving is not evident in the U.S. to the same extent that it is in the 
Asian countries. World national savings rose to 25% of Gross Domestic Product or 
about 1% point more than the annual average for the current decade. This was due 
to higher savings habits in the developed world and in particular, China, where 
savings rose to 48%. High debt-to-income ratios and low 

[cia-drugs] Without Africa's Poverty, Global Taxation is Not Possible [Veon]

2005-08-03 Thread norgesen






WITHOUT AFRICA'S POVERTY, GLOBAL TAXATION IS 
NOT POSSIBLE

At every turn, it is public-private partnership, the selling 
off of government owned resources, or privatizing through partnering with 
business. 



By 
Joan VeonJuly 30, 2005 
The focus for 
the last seven years, since the last G8 in England, has been aid for Africa. In 
1998, the churches organized the Jubilee Debt Relief Campaign. The terminology 
used was to remind world leaders of the Biblical Year of Jubilee recorded in the 
Old Testament where the debts of debtors were forgiven. I remember going to one 
of the non-governmental organizations-NGO’s workshop on global tax. There I 
interviewed a key leader who told me that with the huge flows possible that it 
would be more than enough for the UN and Africa! 
Then in 2000, 
the United Nations held the Millennium Summit in which they set forth their 
goals for the 3rd Millennium. These goals will cost the world $50B a year which 
will escalate to $126B by 2015 when the UN is suppose to have reduced poverty, 
hunger and HIV/AIDS by 50%, and provide basic education and clean drinking water 
to the whole world. Seven years later, both debt forgiveness and the concept of 
global taxation have come full circle. This is it. This is where the rubber 
meets the road. 
Over the last 
ten years, the idea of global taxation has gone through a number of revisions. 
Last year, French President Jacques Chirac put the idea of global tax on the 
leader’s agenda. At that time he proposed a “tax for the poor” and said he would 
make concrete proposals after a major study was completed. This year he has 
called his international tax scheme an “International Solidarity Levy.” The levy 
would be a tax on airline tickets. Countries in favor include Brazil, China, and 
Germany. This would be easy to set up as there are no international treaties 
which prohibit the creation of a flat tax on airline tickets since a number of 
airlines already have various types of taxes on airline tickets for airport 
renovation and the like. The rate would be personalized according to the level 
of a country’s willingness with airlines collecting the revenues and passing 
them on to the respective government to supplement their foreign aid funds. 

So why has 
Africa perpetually poor? There are a number of reasons, but we can go back to 
World Bank loans that were forced on a number of African countries during the 
1970s. Under World Bank President Robert McNamara, who served as president from 
1969 to 1981, World Bank economists forced their way into African countries in 
order to come up with a financial plan for their development. Their plans were 
so secret that not even the president of that country was privy to what the plan 
called for. He was pressured into taking huge World Bank loans to carry out 
these grandiose projects which were suppose to bring the country enough income 
to repay the loans. Unfortunately most of these projects became “White Elephant” 
projects, leaving these countries with huge indebtness. These are the Highly 
Indebted Poor Countries which you and I are being asked to bail out with 
increased foreign aid, debt forgiveness, and/or international taxation. 
So how much 
does Africa owe the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund? According to 
John Hilary from War on Want, about $532B is owed by the 60 Highly Indebted Poor 
Countries. Currently only 18 countries have qualified for debt forgiveness as a 
result of meeting World Bank conditions. The amount of debt forgiveness is $40B 
but the debt servicing of the remaining $492B owed is $45B a year. Hence the 
reason for global tax. 
The World Bank 
requires countries to take specific steps in order to qualify for debt 
forgiveness which include: changing their structure of government to be “more 
accountable”, make all financial figures public, privatize their energy sector, 
water, electricity, etc. and set up regional government structures. 
At every turn, 
it is public-private partnership, the selling off of government owned resources, 
or privatizing through partnering with business. This is seen in President 
Clinton’s New Partnership for African Development-NEPAD. President Bush has set 
up his own initiative, the Millennium Challenge Corporation-MCC, a U.S. 
government corporation, to administer funds. An informational brochure handed 
out at the G8 described it as “an innovative new foreign assistance program 
designed to eliminate extreme poverty and promote sustainable economic growth.” 
The purpose of which is to set up public-private partnerships where governments 
end up transferring assets into this new partnership to be run by the 
corporations. As expected, there are steps that countries need to take in order 
to be eligible, just like the World Bank qualifications. For example, the MCC 
Board approved a Compact with Cape Verde for approximately $110M. The Compact 
will support their efforts in achieving its overall 

[cia-drugs] Tarpley Index

2005-08-03 Thread norgesen





VENICE 
V1. The Venetian 
Conspiracy 
Address delivered to the ICLC Conference near Wiesbaden, Germany, Easter 
Sunday, 1981; (appeared in Campaigner, September, 1981) 
V2. The Role of 
the Venetian Oligarchy in Reformation, Counter-reformation, Enlightenment, and 
the Thirty Years' War 
ICLC Conference, 6 September 1992; (appeared in New Federalist, April, 
1993) 
V4. How the Dead 
Souls of Venice Corrupted Science 
ICLC Conference, September, 1994 
V5. Venice's War 
Against Western Civilization 
Appeared in Fidelio, Summer 1995 
V6. The War of 
the League of Cambrai, Paolo Sarpi and John Locke 
From ICLC Conference panel titled: "The Axioms of the American System," 
Feb. 18, 1996; (appeared in New Federalist, March 18, 1996) 


THE BRITISH 
B1. How the 
Venetian System Was Transplanted Into England 
New Federalist, June 3, 1996 
B3. The British 
Empire Bid for Undisputed World Domination, 1850-1870 
Schiller Institute Food For Peace Conference, Chicago, February 22-23, 
1992 
B4. Lord 
Palmerston's Multicultural Human Zoo 
ICLC Conference, February 20, 1994 
B5. King Edward 
VII of Great Britain: Evil Demiurge of the Triple Entente and World War 
1 
ICLC Conference, February, 1995 


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[cia-drugs] The Yuan Grows Up

2005-08-03 Thread Vigilius Haufniensis





http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/05_32/b3946147_mz035.htm

The Yuan Grows Up Untethered from 
the dollar, it could become a major world currency 
Call it one small step for China, one 
very big step for the world. While it's always hard to see the long-term 
consequences from a single event, financial historians may mark July 21 as the 
real start of China's development as a global monetary power. That was the day 
China offered up a modest revaluation of its currency, the yuan, and said it 
would begin to adjust the money's value based on a basket of currencies, ending 
the fixed peg that had been in place since 1994. In itself that's no big deal. 
Plenty of economies peg their money to a basket of currencies. It's often 
described as an interim way for a developing country to manage exchange rates 
with key trading partners -- until it feels comfortable enough to let its 
currency float freely. In practice, because floating means losing a big chunk of 
control over the price of money, few countries make it to that last step.

 So why is China any different? It's still carefully managing yuan 
exchange rate movements. Its ultratight capital controls mean money can't move 
freely into the country -- or out. And it's certainly not interested in making 
its exports expensive enough to slow down a rip-roaring economy that needs to 
absorb 10 million new workers a year. So very little in practical terms changed 
between July 20 and July 22. The reason the move to revalue has attracted so 
much attention is simple. It involves China, a $1.6 trillion economy that 
punches way above its weight when it comes to trade, global commodity 
consumption, and capital flows.There's more revaluing to come. China has 
some $700 billion in currency reserves, mostly dollars, in its treasury, the 
second-biggest stash behind Japan's. That gives it a lot of heft in global 
foreign exchange markets. Unlike tiny Singapore, which also uses a currency 
basket, when China decides to tinker with the value of its currency vis-à-vis 
others, it will be felt around the world. Beijing's decision to allow the yuan 
to rise about 2% against the dollar in July may be only the opening salvo of a 
carefully managed, multi-tiered appreciation over the next couple of years, 
although Governor Zhou Xiaochuan of the People's Bank of China (PBOC) denies 
that. David Malpass, Bear, Stearns  Co. chief economist in New York, 
expects a 6% gain by the end of 2006 while Nouriel Roubini, an associate 
economics professor with New York University's Stern School of Business, sees a 
10% appreciation of the yuan vs. the dollar in just the next 12 
months.China Talks, Asia ListensHere's why China's move is a 
step toward the yuan becoming a major world currency. First, People's Bank now 
can act like a central bank, not just a foreign outpost of the U.S. Federal 
Reserve. Until now, PBOC had to stabilize the yuan by buying huge amounts of 
dollars from exporters in exchange for the Chinese currency every time the 
dollar weakened -- often in response to Fed moves. It then had to mop up all 
those excess yuan in the Chinese financial system by selling short-term notes 
and bonds to banks, or run the risk of a runaway money supply and inflation. 
Also, China has been powerless to stop its currency from moving in lockstep with 
the dollar against other major currencies such as the euro and yen. But with a 
basket system that includes, say, the dollar, yen, euro, and key Asian 
currencies, it can juggle the weightings to keep its trade competitiveness more 
broadly in control. The yuan might strengthen against the dollar but fall 
against the yen and euro. This makes sense, since China trades everywhere -- not 
just with the U.S. Its biggest trading partner as of mid-2005 was the euro zone, 
followed by the U.S., Japan, and Southeast Asia.Second, China now has an 
arsenal to use against speculators. By not disclosing the contents of its 
basket, it leaves markets uncertain about the timing of future yuan 
revaluations. True, in the short term this may open the door to more currency 
speculation among those expecting a further pop in the yuan-dollar rate. But for 
the longer term, speculators used to making big and destabilizing one-way bets 
on the currency based only on dollar movements will need to think twice. After 
all, Beijing still sets the foreign exchange rate -- not the open market. Big 
multinationals and Chinese companies with international operations will also 
need to adjust for more currency risk in the post-peg era. The offshore market 
for nondeliverable forward currency derivatives used by foreign investors to bet 
on the yuan's future value has mushroomed in recent years and will surely grow 
bigger.Thousands of businesses are sifting through the implications of 
the Chinese move. So are the nation's Asian neighbors, which already seem to be 
resetting their clocks to the Chinese sundial. It is no coincidence that 
Malaysia 

[cia-drugs] Rep. Robin Hayes Flip-flops His Initial No Vote to Yes at Last Minute for Empty Promises on Textiles . Again

2005-08-03 Thread Vigilius Haufniensis





http://www.commondreams.org/news2005/0801-06.htm



  
  

  “Flat-Out, Completely, 
  Horizontally Opposed to CAFTA,” Rep. Robin Hayes 
  Flip-flops His Initial “No” Vote to “Yes” at Last Minute for Empty 
  Promises on Textiles … 
  Again
  

  
WASHINGTON - August 1 - Turning 
  his back on the textile and apparel workers in North Carolina’s 
  8thDistrict, Rep. Robin Hayes (R-N.C.) dramatically reversed his 
  previous opposition to the Central America Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA) 
  expansion of NAFTA to again become a deciding last vote that delivered 
  CAFTA’s 217-215 passage, after being made vague promises by Republican 
  leaders to help the U.S. textile and apparel industry. 
  In response to the unprincipled deal-making by Hayes, Public Citizen 
  announced today a new initiative – the CAFTA Damage Report– to track the 
  fallout from Hayes’ flip-flop in terms of the negative impact of CAFTA on 
  working families in the United States, the foreseeable failure of his 
  “deal” to materialize in real change and the political repercussions that 
  Hayes is likely to suffer at the hands of angry constituents.
  A week before the vote, Hayes stated that he was “flat-out, completely, 
  horizontally opposed to CAFTA,”[1] arguing that CAFTA is an extension of NAFTA 
  that was “not in the best interest of a core constituency I represent. 
  Every time I drive through Kannapolisand I see those empty plants, I know 
  there is no way I could vote for CAFTA.”[2]Hayes initially cast a “no” vote but 
  then was persuaded by Republican House leaders to change his vote to a 
  “yes” after the House Republican leadership kept the voting open 45 
  minutes past the time limit.
  Unbelievably, this is the second time Hayes has switched his vote on a 
  major piece of trade legislation. As constituents of North Carolina’s 
  8thDistrict know, in 2001, Hayes switched from initially casting a 
  “no” vote to “yes,” making him the deciding vote that gave President Bush 
  Fast Track trade authority, a measure he had previously (and vehemently) 
  opposed, which was the authority under which the CAFTA NAFTA expansion was 
  negotiated.
  “Even in cynical Washington political circles, no one can understand 
  how Hayes would elect to irreversibly destroy his voters’ trust in him by 
  again betraying the clear will of his constituents, and the obvious threat 
  CAFTA poses to them, by doing what the Republican leadership asks of him 
  again after all of the apologies made to constituents for his Fast Track 
  retreat, his 2004 campaign promise to oppose CAFTA, and his vehement 
  public opposition to CAFTA last week,” said Lori Wallach, director of 
  Public Citizen’s Global Trade Watch. “No one can imagine that he is so 
  weak as to have been brow beaten into betraying his constituents again, so 
  many assume he is retiring.”
  Hayes claims that he obtained a Bush administration promise to support 
  a new Hong Kong Customs Enforcement pact, ostensibly to “toughen textile 
  transshipment measures.”[3] However, as Hayes himself admitted in a 
  letter to an industry representative after the CAFTA vote, the terms of 
  this promise have not been determined or identified.[4] In a press release, Hayes indicated that his 
  previous concerns about textile rules in CAFTA “were addressed” sometime 
  in the wee hours of the morning before his vote switch,[5]even though the CAFTA agreement had not been 
  changed at all.
  Three years ago, Hayes offered the tie-breaking vote on Fast Track in 
  exchange for a Bush administration promise to secure funds to hire 72 
  customs officers to fight textile transshipment. While Hayes fought for, 
  and eventually secured appropriations for the agents, the Bush 
  administration, to this day, has still not hired these agents.
  “After being left politically exposed once – when he never got the 2001 
  promise to obtain more customs inspection for transshipped goods made in 
  exchange for Hayes’ deciding Fast Track vote – he did it again. But this 
  time, the fig leaf is totally see-through, and everyone expects his voters 
  will throw him out for indecent exposure,” said Wallach.
  Hayes’ failed Fast Track deal is among nearly 100 deals-for-trade-votes 
  that Public Citizen has tracked over a decade, of which nearly 80 percent 
  have been dramatically broken or reversed. The newly announced CAFTA 
  Damage Reportwill systematically track deals made for CAFTA votes, as well 
  as CAFTA’s economic damage.
  “North Carolina’s textile and apparel industry is losing hundreds of 
  jobs a month,” said Todd Tucker, research director at Public Citizen’s 
  Global Trade Watch. “Rep. Hayes was 

[cia-drugs] CNOOC abandons $18.5bn bid for Unocal

2005-08-03 Thread Vigilius Haufniensis





http://news.moneycentral.msn.com/provider/providerarticle.asp?feed=FTDate=20050802ID=5011244

CNOOC abandons $18.5bn bid for 
UnocalBy Francesco Guerrera and Joe Leahy in 
Hong KongThe Financial TimesPublished: August 2 2005 06:33 | Last 
updated: August 2 2005 15:41CNOOCCNOOC on Tuesday 
abandoned its $18.5bn bid for Unocal, ending the most ambitious takeover attempt 
by a Chinese company and leaving Chevron to buy the US energy group for about 
$17.3bn in cash and shares.The end of CNOOC's eight-month quest for 
Unocal raises questions over the ability of Chinese companies to grow through 
cross-border takeovers in the face of potential political opposition and stiff 
competition from foreign rivals."This is certainly going to make Chinese 
companies take a longer look before they make the investment of time and money 
in trying to make a bid like this in the US," said Andy Rothman, China 
strategist with the brokerage CLSA in Shanghai."I don't think that's a 
positive thing for the US economy given that there's no national security issue 
here."The state-controlled Chinese group on Tuesday blamed the political 
backlash in the US as the main reason for the collapse of its bid, which failed 
to win the approval of Unocal's board because it was regarded as riskier than 
Chevron's lower offer."The unprecedented political opposition ... was 
regrettable and unjustified," CNOOC said in a statement. "We deeply appreciate 
the support we have had from shareholders ... but feel it is no longer in their 
fundamental best interests that we pursue our bid in these 
circumstances."CNOOC's withdrawal follows weeks of staunch political 
opposition in Washington to the Chinese state-owned oil company's bid for 
Unocal.Last week, Congress approved an amendment to an energy bill 
delaying a government review of a CNOOC acquisition by almost two 
months.The bid encountered even more trouble on Monday as Institutional 
Shareholder Services, an influential proxy voting firm whose recommendations can 
sway US takeover battles, backed the existing deal with Chevron.ISS said 
it was supporting Chevron because of the significant premium associated with the 
$17.5bn offer, as well as the regulatory risks associated with CNOOC's 
bid.Investors will vote on Chevron's cash-and-shares offer on August 
10.That date left CNOOC with little time to persuade Unocal's board and 
shareholders to back its bid.Analysts and investors believe CNOOC would 
have had to raise its offer above $70 per share to win support from Unocal's 
board members. However such a move had become increasingly unlikely after 
several days of discussions within the Chinese company, according to people 
familiar with the matter.Meanwhile, Wall Street investors had already 
bet against the chances of a higher offer from CNOOC.Unocal shares 
closed down at $64.37 in New York trading on Monday, approaching the value of 
Chevron's offer of about $64 per share in cash and stock. CNOOC's bid was worth 
$67 per share in cash.CNOOC's shares rose to a new record in Hong Kong 
trading on Tuesday, gaining 2.8 per cent to HK$5.50.





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[cia-drugs] What Comes After King Fahd?

2005-08-03 Thread Vigilius Haufniensis





http://www.forexnews.com/AI/default.asp?f=A20050801A.mgn



  
  

  What Comes After King Fahd?
  by Ashraf 
  Laidi
  8/1/2005, 
  Forexnews.com
Saudi Arabia’s King Fahd bin Abdul Aziz Al-Saud has died today at 
the age of 82 after 23 years on the throne. It’s already known that the majority 
of decision-making powers in Saudi Arabia have been assumed by Fahd’s Half 
brother Abdullah over the past 9 years. King Abdullah 81, is more of a 
conservative figure and is not seen as sympathetic to the US as his predecessor 
. Despite Abdullah’s general assumption of power, mounting speculation suggested 
that the death of Fahd could lead to a more abrupt change of Saudi foreign 
policy towards the US such as oil diplomacy and socio-economic currents.

In order to have a 
better perspective on what makes King Abdullah stand out from the rest of the 
pack of possible appointees, it’s important to point out that King Abdullah’s 
mother came from the Shammar tribe and is not the same mother as that of the 
late Fahd (Hassa bint Sudeiri). While Fahd and his 6 full brothers (Princes 
Sultan, Abdel-Rahman, Nayef, Turki, Salman and Ahmed) were known as the Sudairi 
Seven, Abdullah had no full brothers. In 1996, Abdullah was handed much of the 
executive powers after Fahd had a stroke. The transfer of power led to much 
acrimony among the senior princes, but did not stop Abdullah from acquiring more 
control over the subsequent years. Abdullah’s growing dominance 
emanated from his closeness to the tribal chieftains, an essential attribute in 
governing the Kingdom. The loyalty he had from the Tribes of the Najd region 
also enabled him to maintain dominance in the National Guard, most of which is 
made up from the tribal population of the Najd region. The Guard has also been 
considered as a counterweight to the Armed Forces. King Abdullah’s 
conservativeness stems from his innate closeness to the tribes, his observance 
of Bedouin traditions and his relative infrequency of trips to the US. King 
Abdullah is widely believed to have opposed the introduction of foreign forces 
into the Kingdom’s holy soil during the 1991 Gulf War. He is also a more vocal 
supporter of the Palestinian cause. Few months after September 11, King Abdullah 
canceled a widely expected trip to Washington and ended up going to Canada. 
While vocal in denouncing terrorism, King Abdullah was just as explicit in 
criticizing Western interference with Saudi affairs, including US pressure on 
the Kingdom’s security policy. The presence of US manpower forces in Saudi 
Arabia has now been reduced to about 200 contractor and technical advisors to 
the National Guard, from more than 5,000 troops in 2003. Although US oil 
consumption from Saudi Arabia has now fallen below that from Canada, Mexico and 
Venezuela, bilateral relations remain more than cordial. Upon his visit to the 
US last April, King Abdullah discussed the salient topics of oil supply, war on 
terrorism, the war in Iraq and the Israeli-Palestinian peace initiative, which 
was proposed by Abdullah in 2002. While the US remains dependent on Saudi oil, 
Saudi Arabia remains dependent upon US support for its application to the World 
Trade Organization. The US continues to press Saudi Arabia for developing longer 
range investments in its oil sector so as to improve to its ability to stabilize 
world prices. Ryadh responded that it would aim at production target of 12.5 
million bpd by the end of the current decade from the current 9 million bpd. 
Saudi Arabia’s efforts to diversify its energy wealth have led it to 
place increased focus on natural gas. These efforts also include the intention 
to strengthen ties with China and Russia. Out of the 6 companies expressing 
interest in developing Saudi gas sector last year, the 3 winners were China’s 
SINOPEC, Russia’s Lukoil Holdings, and a consortium of European firms. 
The Next Generation With the death of King Fahd, Prince 
Sultan—Second Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense becomes the eldest 
of the Sudairi Seven and the most likely successor of King Abdullah. While the 
latter has reined over the National Guard since the 1960s, Prince Sultan has 
done the same in the army, navy and air force over the same period. Sultan was 
notable for denying the US’s use of Saudi bases to stage military attacks on 
Afghanistan in fall 2001, on the basis that no soldier will attack Muslims or 
Arabs on Saudi soil. Prince Sultan is also Chairman of the Higher Council for 
Islamic Affairs, a recently-formed organization dedicated to the service of 
Muslim affairs world-wide.One of Sultan’s sons is Prince Bandar, who 
occupied the powerful post of Ambassador to the US since 1984. Bandar resigned 
this summer now that his father Sultan will step up the ladder in the monarchy. 
Sultan’s other son is Prince Khalid, commander of the Saudi forces with the UN 
Coalition. Thus, it is interesting to note that while King 

Re: [cia-drugs] Tom Heneghen report on July 17

2005-08-03 Thread Vigilius Haufniensis





STARR was an independent council. the law 
creating those does not exist anymore.
starr was illegally representing the same chinese 
intel front corporation he was ostensibly investigating clinton over, 
btw.



  - Original Message - 
  From: 
  E 
  Bryant Holman 
  To: cia-drugs@yahoogroups.com 
  Sent: Tuesday, August 02, 2005 9:08 
  PM
  Subject: Re: [cia-drugs] Tom Heneghen 
  report on July 17
  
  No he can't. Why didn't Clinton just fire Starr? No one can fire a 
  special prosecutor. He was hired just for that reason.
  
- Original Message - 
From: 
james Karl 
To: cia-drugs@yahoogroups.com 
Sent: Tuesday, August 02, 2005 11:36 
AM
Subject: Re: [cia-drugs] Tom Heneghen 
report on July 17

Bullshit. Bush as President can fire any US 
Attorney.Linda Minor [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 
This show aired before the disclosure about the actual 
  indictments reported by Flocco.===http://www.total911.info/2005/07/tenet-under-investigation-for-pre-911.htmlTom 
  Heneghen reports to Cloak  Dagger 
  Internet Radio (late of 50,000-watt blowtorch CFMJ-AM) that a trusted 
  "source close to the Fitzgerald investigation" says the independent 
  prosecutor is looking into former CIA Director George Tenet's role in 
  pre-9/11 put options placed on American Airlines.Previous editions 
  of Cloak  Dagger reported that the special prosecutor Patrick 
  Fitzgerald has taken his investigation beyond who named Valerie Plame as a 
  CIA agent into who frauded up claims that Saddam Hussien was seeking 
  yellowcake uranium and, ultimately, the 9/11 scam. CD 
  correspondent Tom Heneghen reported on the July 17 
  show that Fitzgerald is looking into insider trading on airline stocks 
  before 9/11. Heneghen reports that over the three trading days before 9/11 
  on the Chicago Board of Options 4,516 put options (bets the price would 
  tank) were placed on American Airlines stock vs only 748 call options 
  (bets the price would go up).According to CD, Fitzgerald is 
  investigating Tenet's role in connection to Buzzy Krongard, a former No. 3 
  at the CIA, and that man's relation to the 2,157 airline options placed 
  through Morgan Stanley/Dean Witter, located on 22 floors of the 
  WTC.Texas money laundering operation 
  involving HuntsPhilippinesV.K. Durham trustBeverly Enterprises 
  and Stephens, Inc.--45 nursing home associates--Mena, Ark.bogus gold 
  cert.Brady Bond fraudWachovia Bankassassinations--William 
  Doonesbury and  ?offshoot of Muslim Brotherhoodfinancial and 
  operational terrorist fraudleaker to Judith MillerBolton cables 
  and intercepts with Uzbekistanhedge fund in London involving two 
  "suicides" in NYJames Warren at Chicago Trib is obstructing 
  justiceChicago MercantileRoger Morris, NSC--Air Force One signal 
  of Bush and Cheney talking about Valerie PlameLeo Wanta letter to Dick 
  Cheney about Philippine money --linked to Wachovia BankMarc 
  RichRussian MafiyaArrest of "E.P" in London, money laundered 
  through DenmarkIf Bush fires Patrick Fitzgerald, it will set P.F. free 
  to talk.white-skinned Moslems in TexasArrests in London are the 
  same as what went on in NY after 9/11 to shut up people who knew too 
  muchSubway bombs were underneath the trains and could not have been 
  planted by the youths they arrested.Private company, mock drill, 
  piggy-backed with actual bombing.P-2 and Calipari, who was 
  assassinated in Iraq.Niger's embassy broken into and papers 
  stolenBush is desperate to fire Fitz., but can't. Indictments 
  will open up the whole money laundering network.Throughout the tape, 
  there has been no mention of any sources for the information--where any 
  leaks are coming from other than documents submitted by Tom 
  Heneghen.===http://www.uow.edu.au/arts/sts/bmartin/dissent/documents/health/beverly_arkansas.html
  A Rose Law Firm Deal, RevisitedThe Wall 
  Street Journal PAGE A20 - - - 03/15/1994Jonathan Roos(Copyright 
  (c) 1994, Dow Jones  Co., Inc.)
  The following is reprinted with permission from the 
  Des Moines Register of June 13, 1993. A related editorial appears nearby 
  {see related editorial: "Review  Outlook (Editorial): Who Was Webster 
  Hubbell? -- I" -- WSJ March 15, 1994}.
  When Hillary Rodham Clinton complained in a recent 
  speech about profiteering in the health care industry, she could have 
  found a ready example in the role one of her former Arkansas law partners 
  played in an Iowa nursing-homes deal that made millions for the deal 
  makers.
  William H. Kennedy III, a partner in the Rose Law 
  Firm of Little Rock and now associate counsel to President Clinton, 
  shepherded the deal for Beverly Enterprises, 

Re: [cia-drugs] Milestones deserve recognition

2005-08-03 Thread Vigilius Haufniensis
 Let all who post and read here know that Vigilius Haufniensis did not 
 post anything at all during the entire 24 hours of August 2, 2005. 
 Either he is too ill to post, or he has exercised the kind of 
 discipline, forebearance and restraint associated with recovering 
 pederasts who find themselves in the midst of a busload of cub
 scouts. 
 In either event, he has my best wishes. Keep up the good work, Vig!



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[cia-drugs] Intelligence Brief: Caribbean Spheres of Influence

2005-08-03 Thread Vigilius Haufniensis





02 August 2005Two of Pakistan's major newspapers 
released articles on Tuesday discussing PINR's latest analysis on Pakistan, 
titled "Pakistan: a Geopolitical 
Crux". 
The articles can be found below: 
"Pakistan called a 'regional great power'"http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=story_2-8-2005_pg7_58 

"Pakistan's geopolitical importance 
increases"http://www.dawn.com/2005/08/02/top4.htm 




In light of Iran's recent nuclear posturing, we recommend the 
following past PINR Intelligence Brief: 
July 2005: "Intelligence Brief: Iran"http://www.pinr.com/report.php?ac=view_reportreport_id=322 
--Intelligence Brief: Caribbean Spheres of Influence 
Drafted By: Dr. Michael A. Weinstein http://www.pinr.com Widening and deepening 
competition for spheres of influence in the Western Hemisphere became evident 
during the week of July 25 with the summit meeting of the Association of 
Caribbean States (A.C.S.) and the passage of legislation in the U.S. House of 
Representatives approving the Central American Free Trade Agreement 
(C.A.F.T.A.). [See: "Intelligence Brief: C.A.F.T.A."]Through the 
election of center-left governments pledged to implementing social welfare and 
import substitution models of economic development, in place of the neo-liberal 
free trade paradigm, in Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay, in addition to the 
election of Hugo Chavez, who promotes a more radical model of cooperativism, to 
Venezuela's presidency, Washington's leadership in the hemisphere has been 
credibly challenged over the past several years.The rise of the 
center-left and populist left in South America has opened up a north-south split 
and a resulting competition between the two sides that reaches its flash point 
in Central America and the Caribbean -- the border between the two power blocs 
where they contend for dominant influence.With their high poverty and 
unemployment rates, and their lack of military power, the states of Central 
America and the Caribbean are dependent upon more prosperous and stronger 
outside powers for their economic sustenance and development, and their 
security. In turn, the powers of the north and south of the hemisphere bid for 
the allegiance of the weaker states in the center.In part, the 
north-south competition is a normal development of power politics -- the rise of 
Brazil's economic power and the use by Caracas of Venezuela's petroleum-created 
wealth for geostrategic purposes inexorably leads to a rebalancing of 
hemispheric power. The general tendency toward multipolarity is compounded by 
clashing models of economic development that reflect conflicts generated by 
domestic and national interests of the contending sides.A.C.S. 
SummitFounded in 1994 and including 25 states in and bordering the 
Caribbean Sea, the A.C.S. is committed to fostering "consultation, cooperation 
and concerted action" among its members. One of the maze of regional 
organizations that have sprung up around the world since the fall of the Soviet 
Union and the consequent collapse of the bipolar configuration of world power, 
the A.C.S. has functioned as a consultative forum and has made only small steps 
toward integration and none toward concerted action.The A.C.S. has 
remained a forum because of the divergent interests of its members that reflect 
the pushes and pulls of the north-south split. The north projects itself into 
the organization through Mexico, a partner in the Washington-led North American 
Free Trade Agreement (N.A.F.T.A.). The south is present through Venezuela, which 
pursues an assertive policy of oil diplomacy. The weaker states in the middle 
have divided allegiances, with market-oriented center-right governments -- 
primarily in Central America -- supporting Washington, and the Caribbean islands 
and Panama leaning toward Caracas because of its provision of subsidized oil to 
them.Although the A.C.S. cannot be expected to be a vehicle of concerted 
action, it is politically significant as an arena in which the competing powers 
can bid for influence among the member states. The north-south split was 
starkly apparent at the A.C.S. summit of heads of government and top cabinet 
ministers held in Panama City on July 28-29. The major news from the summit was 
the push by Caracas of its "PetroCaribe" plan, which offers Central American and 
Caribbean states crude oil on favorable terms. Venezuelan Foreign Secretary Ali 
Rodriguez announced that Caracas was ready to expand its program by tailoring 
deals to the particular conditions and needs of each participating state: "We 
can use methods from the most ancient to the most modern to achieve these types 
of exchanges." Those methods include credits, subsidized prices and barter 
exchanges.Caracas' oil diplomacy won wide support at the summit. 
Thirteen of the 15 island countries in the A.C.S. have already signed on to 
PetroCaribe, Panama is in negotiations and even Washington's chief ally in South 

[cia-drugs] Succession Quiets Royals' Rivalries

2005-08-03 Thread Vigilius Haufniensis





http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-saudi2aug02,0,4351005.story?coll=la-home-headlines

Succession Quiets Royals' Rivalries

Politicking princes are likely to fall into line behind new king, whose 
stance toward reform is uncertain.By Megan K. Stack, Times Staff 
Writer
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — For the first time in a decade, the 
desert kingdom of Saudi Arabia — with its vast pools of oil, its status as the 
cradle of Islam and its violent clashes over faith and power — fell under the 
control of a strong king with centralized powers.The death of King Fahd 
on Monday has freed Saudi Arabia from the limbo of an ailing 
ruler and muted the power struggles among the princes that began a decade ago 
when the king grew too ill to rule. Now all eyes are on 
King Abdullah, the longtime de facto ruler who smoothly took the throne as 
Fahd's death was announced. He has cultivated a reputation as a reformist, a man 
whose progressive ideas often crashed into the more traditional elements in the 
ruling House of Saud. But despite his image, there is no clear notion of how he 
will rule.Abdullah has inherited a deeply troubled empire. The 
government is coping with intense pressure from Islamist extremism as well as a 
growing movement for democratic change.The new monarch has angered 
members of the royal family by pushing modest political reforms and slashing 
some of the subsidies paid to the thousands of Saudi princes and princesses. But 
his ascension to the throne will probably put an end to the battles for 
eminence. Whatever their private grudges, family members are conditioned to set 
aside their differences and fall in line behind the king, analysts 
said."The royal family isn't just a family, it's a political 
institution. It's the only institution in the country, and it's not new," Saudi 
author Turki Hamad said. "I don't think they'll jeopardize the political system 
just because they have differences. We shouldn't look at these members as just 
members, but as part of the institution."People here are skeptical about 
how much Abdullah will change the status quo and even what reform means in a 
land that is so firmly entrenched in strict interpretations of the Koran, the 
holy book of Islam, and the absolute power of monarchs and clerics. "We are 
really talking about a ruling institution that's developed a certain style over 
the century and decades," said Ihsan Ali Bu-Hulaiga, a member of the appointed 
council that advises the royal family. "I can't see big changes, 
really."But others argue that the fight for Saudi Arabia's soul has only 
been deferred with the ascension of the aging Abdullah, not avoided. Both 
Abdullah and the newly named Crown Prince Sultan are about 80, so the current 
leadership appears to be a phase rather than an enduring regime. The question of 
which princes will be appointed to what posts — and who will emerge as ascendant 
to the throne — remains unsettled."On the surface it's pretty stable, 
but just beneath and for quite a depth there's a lot of turmoil," said a Saudi 
source close to the royal family. "It's still not really clear where this 
government is going long-term."For decades, Saudi Arabia has appeared to 
both citizens and outsiders as a maze of contradictions. Hypermodern 
infrastructure is superimposed on an ancient, tribal way of life; the 
petrodollar decadence of Versace and Mercedes is intertwined with rigid Sunni 
Islam; opulence and poverty rub shoulders.The new king will inherit the 
struggle that defined Fahd's reign: balancing progress against tradition. The 
Saudi government has maintained tight ties with America even though the 
relationship enrages homegrown militants, notably Osama bin Laden. The 
government also has struggled to mute extremist teachings without alienating the 
clerics or undermining the strict Wahhabism that is a pillar of the House of 
Saud.There is the balancing act, too, of luring Westerners into the 
kingdom to staff the oil and gas companies without compromising what many Saudis 
see as a delicate — and threatened — Islamic identity.The recent battles 
with insurgents go to the heart of Saudi Arabia's struggle to combine the 
Western trappings of modernity with the conservative values extolled in the 
historic birthplace of Islam.The most extreme fundamentalists in Saudi 
Arabia view the royal family as corrupt, greedy and far too friendly with the 
West. Bands of Islamists have launched a sporadic uprising meant to topple the 
regime and drive out the foreigners who are still the kingdom's economic 
lifeblood. With suicide bombings, kidnappings and hostage-takings, they've cut a 
grisly swath across the kingdom, frightening away some foreigners and rattling 
the royal family.Although Saudi security forces have arrested and killed 
many insurgents, Saudi radicalism is deeply entrenched.Meanwhile, 
intellectuals, leftists and women have begun to demand political reform and a 
crackdown on corruption. The 

[cia-drugs] FLOCCO OFFLINE

2005-08-03 Thread Vigilius Haufniensis





http://www.tomflocco.com/

does tom flocco's site come up for 
anyone?
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[cia-drugs] Uzbekistan Evicts U.S. From Air Base

2005-08-03 Thread Vigilius Haufniensis





http://www.fromthewilderness.com/free/ww3/080105_world_stories.shtml

[This is more than a sign of an empire in decay. In addition to weakening 
US military capabilities in the region and being a slap in the face for US 
prestige, it is also a direct move to reduce the US's (read CIA's) control over 
the world-record opium harvest being smuggled out of Afghanistan through 
Tashkent. I have no doubt that many of the flights leaving Karshi-Kanabad - just 
as they were from Laos in the 1960s and Honduras, Costa Rica and El Salvador 
during the 1980s - have been filled with drugs. The timing of this with China's 
first partial revaluation of the Yuan is another warning signal for the already 
fragile US economy. - MCR]
Uzbekistan 
Evicts U.S. From Air Base 
By Robert Burns, AP Military WriterSaturday, July 
30, 2005 (07-30) 15:06 PDT WASHINGTON, (AP) - http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/n/a/2005/07/30/national/w080431D29.DTL
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this material is distributed without profit to those who have expressed a prior 
interest in receiving the included information for research and educational 
purposes.
The Central Asian nation of Uzbekistan has ended its 
agreement allowing U.S. military aircraft and personnel to use an air base that 
has been an important hub for American military operations in Afghanistan, 
administration officials said Saturday.
No reason Uzbekistan was evicting U.S. forces from 
Karshi-Khanabad air base, commonly referred to as K2, was offered by either the 
State Department or the Defense Department. The Washington Post, which first 
reported the eviction notice, said no reason was given by Uzbekistan and that 
U.S. forces would have six months to leave.
The New York Times reported Saturday on its Web site 
that a State Department official cited the abrupt action as a response to a 
United Nations operation to take hundreds of Uzbek refugees from the region.
More than 400 people who had fled to Kyrgyzstan 
after an Uzbek uprising in May were flown Friday to a refugee camp in Romania. 
The Uzbek government had sought their return.
The U.S. Embassy in the Uzbek capital of Tashkent 
received the diplomatic note terminating the agreement late last week, State 
Department spokeswoman Nancy Beck said. A Pentagon spokesman, Glenn Flood, said 
the notice was received Friday.
"This is a bilateral agreement between two sovereign 
nations, and under that agreement either side has the option to terminate that 
agreement," Beck said. The State Department had no further comment, she 
said.
The Uzbek government in recent months had tightened 
restriction on use of the base, including banning night flights.
"We have to step back and look at our options now 
and see where we go from here," Flood said. "That airfield has been very 
important for our operations in Afghanistan" - humanitarian as well as 
military.
K2 has been a critical staging point for U.S. 
military operations in Afghanistan since the earliest days of the war, which 
began in October 2001.
More recently, the base has been used to move 
supplies, including humanitarian aid, into northern Afghanistan. It also is a 
refueling point for transport planes.
The eviction notice came just days after Defense 
Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld returned from a Central Asia visit to two Uzbek 
neighboring states, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan. Officials in Kyrgyzstan affirmed 
to Rumsfeld that U.S. forces can continue to use Manas air base for as long as 
the Afghan war requires.
U.S. forces do not use any bases in Tajikistan, 
which shares a long border with northern Afghanistan. The Pentagon has an 
arrangement that permits U.S. planes to refuel there under certain 
circumstances.
During his trip, Rumsfeld said he did not believe 
U.S. operations in Afghanistan would be hurt if the Uzbek government denied 
continued use of K2 because there are other air base options in the region.
"We're always thinking ahead. We'll be fine," 
Rumsfeld said on Monday.
In early July, a regional organization led by Russia 
and China issued a statement calling for the U.S. to set a timetable for 
withdrawing its forces from Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan.
Uzbekistan's ties with Washington have deteriorated 
after the Bush administration joined other Western nations in urging an 
international investigation into the suppression of a May uprising in the 
eastern Uzbek city of Andijan.
Uzbek government troops fired on protesters in the 
city after militants seized a prison and a government building. Authorities 
denied that troops fired on unarmed civilians and said that 187 people died in 
the unrest; human rights groups put the figure as high as 750.
Uzbekistan's president, Islam Karimov, who has ruled 
for 16 years and tolerates no dissent, has blamed the violence on Islamic 
militants.
He has rejected the demands for an outside inquiry, 
and, facing Western criticism, has found a strong support in Russia and China. 
Both of them 

Re: [cia-drugs] FLOCCO OFFLINE

2005-08-03 Thread E Bryant Holman





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[cia-drugs] Re: FLOCCO OFFLINE

2005-08-03 Thread mark urban
Flocco is walking around his neighborhood with a kick me sign taped 
to his back. I'll bet he doesn't swallow all of Heneghen's bullshit so 
readily next time.

Flocco, unfortunately, has ruined himself as far as being an 
alternative news source.



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Re: [cia-drugs] Re: FLOCCO OFFLINE

2005-08-03 Thread Vigilius Haufniensis
 Flocco is walking around his neighborhood with a kick me sign taped
 to his back. I'll bet he doesn't swallow all of Heneghen's bullshit so
 readily next time.
  Flocco, unfortunately, has ruined himself as far as being an
 alternative news source.


VMANN:  not really.  to me, he's just building a reputation for 'running'
with the story.
like when he ran that story about katheryn harris's plane crashing.  all
journalists have to make corrections.  flocco puts out plenty of good info.
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