So they let Madelline Albright get out of Russia before they searched Iraq ships? The UN says Iraq cannot sell their oil? By what authority? Albright and the KGB and it was just yesterday she was telling everyone what a wonderful man Putin was? Does anyone really think Sadaam Hussein or the Kings of the Arab Nations are going to be pushed around much longer? What were US ships doing in International Waters searching ships......what is the jurisdiction of our Navy Department -they can search but not seize? Who the hell does this UN think they are when we know this is war between Zionists directed towards Christians, Moslems, and Militiamen..... ADL reporting to the FBI with Morris Dees Souther 70 Million Dollar Poverty Law Center putting people on hate lists? FBI breaking bread with KGB and Albright praising KGB......and of course Kissinger has been KGB for years and in with Mossad.....these are masonic orders, flying different flags....but when in Rome, do as the Romans. Do these Zionists actually think they will contiue to provoke wars while USA is then "hired" to murder people of Iraq....what did they do to the USA....all this because Zionists want control of the oil? I say this, Arabs can get along well without all that oil; they also have all those oil fields ready to blow if Zionists ever use force to attempt to steal..... Zionists come in many colors, but I prefer to remember the words of Jesus Christ when he said "beware of those who say they are jews and are not".....for these are the evil ones, the Rothschillds who profitted from world war II....always always ask cui bono...... 55 million people died in World War II.....what do Zionists want now - well, they will never let up until through the NWO they control the world....this handful of traitors to the USA, the country which gave them a home.......in bed with the enemy....always have been, and always will be..... For Communism is just another opium dream of the Zionists.........now called globalism.....going to have to change that name too.....but that UN flag flies inAmerica and should be shot down. Colleen Jones, Chairman of the Board *International Order of the Irish Mafia* ************The Clan of Dan************* **DON'T TREAD ON ME YOU SOB**
>> >> >> U.S. boards Russian oil tanker >> >> Ship suspected >> of smuggling >> Iraqi oil >> The Russian ship hugged the coast as it traveled southeast to >>Al Fujayrah. >> >> >> NBC NEWS >> >> WASHINGTON, Feb. 2 � The U.S. Navy boarded a Russian ship in >>international waters Wednesday, accusing it of smuggling Iraqi oil in >>violation of U.N. resolutions. It was the first time a Russian ship has >>been boarded since the U.S. and British navies began their anti-smuggling >>patrols after the Gulf war. >> >> >> >> >> NBC News has learned that the Navy waited until Albright�s plane left >>Moscow before boarding the ship. >> >> THE USS MONTEREY intercepted and boarded the Russian-flagged >>oil tanker Volgoneft in international waters just outside the Persian Gulf, >>U.S. officials told NBC News. >> U.S. intelligence officials told NBC News that oil smuggling >>out of Iraq has risen dramatically since last August. In that time, the >>price of oil has also risen dramatically, making such trade more lucrative. >>U.S. officials estimate that 130 shiploads of Iraqi oil � 317,000 metric >>tons � was smuggled out in December alone, earning an estimated $65 million >>in profits. >> The sale of Iraqi oil has been severely limited ever since >>Baghdad�s invasion of Kuwait in 1990 prompted the United Nations to impose >>sanctions on Saddam�s regime. >> The Volgoneft was in the Gulf of Oman, off the coast of the >>United Arab Emirates, when it was intercepted. The ship is one of two >>Russian-flagged tankers that have been operating in the Gulf for the past >>several weeks, under the observation of the U.S. Navy. >> The United States officially warned the Russian government >>last week about the tankers and Secretary of State Madeleine Albright again >>raised the issue when she spoke with Russia�s foreign minister in Moscow on >>Monday, NBC News has learned. After the tankers remained in the Gulf, a >>U.S. Navy team boarded the ship Wednesday. The oil the tanker was carrying >>is now being tested to confirm suspicions that it is Iraqi crude. >> >> If the oil is found to be contraband, the United Nations >>will then offer it up for sale to the highest bidder, a process that could >>take weeks � in part because of the political stigma attached to it. >> While under some circumstances, the United Nations could also >>confiscate the ship, experts told NBC News that would be highly unusual for >>a �first-time offender.� >> >> DIPLOMATIC WORRIES >> U.S. Navy ships deliberately waited for an opportune time to >>intercept the Russian tankers. �We know what they�re doing,� said one >>official. The Pentagon, however, was concerned that the boarding could >>provoke a serious diplomatic confrontation with the Russians. In fact, NBC >>News has learned that the Navy waited until Albright�s plane left Moscow >>before boarding the ship. Russia has not yet commented on the tanker >>incident. >> Intelligence sources told NBC News that the Vologneft and the >>second ship, the SFAT, have allegedly been smuggling oil out of Iraq for >>several weeks � hugging the coastline of Iran, where U.S. ships cannot >>intercept them, going through the Strait of Hormuz and then making a dash >>across international waters to unload the oil in Oman. >> Intelligence sources believe that Iraq and Iran have reached >>a formal agreement to smuggle Iraqi oil through Iranian ports. Iran would >>buy the Iraqi oil at �half-market price� for its own refineries, thus >>allowing Tehran to sell more of its own oil on the open market. >> >> More importantly, said U.S. officials, all the oil profits >>from this smuggling operation go directly to Iraqi President Saddam Hussein >>and his family and are used to keep the Iraqi elite loyal to Saddam�s >>regime. Among other things, oil money was used to build the dozens of >>palaces Saddam has thrown up since the end of the Gulf war, some of which >>are occupied by his loyalists. >> >> SENSITIVE TIME >> The incident comes amid renewed concern in the United States >>that Iraq may be renewing its nuclear, chemical and biological arms >>program. The Pentagon said Tuesday that it has no concrete evidence of the >>weapons, but said buildings that housed missile facilities had been rebuilt >>since heavy U.S. and British raids 14 months ago. >> >> >> >> �We do know that they have rebuilt buildings. We don�t know >>what goes on in those buildings,� Pentagon spokesman Ken Bacon told >>reporters in response to questions. >> But Bacon and other administration officials said there was >>cause for worry and the only way to find out what was going on was to get >>U.N. inspectors back on the ground in Iraq. >> �We have no firm evidence that they have rebuilt their >>weapons of mass destruction capability. It clearly is a worry,� said Bacon >>when asked about a New York Times report that recent U.S. intelligence >>showed Iraq may have rebuilt some of its battered military infrastructure >>and arms industry. >> Other administration officials, who asked not to be >>identified, told Reuters that Saddam has for a year been rebuilding >>infrastructure smashed in heavy Dec. 16-19, 1998, bombing and cruise >>missile raids by U.S. and British forces. >> �I�m not sure that it�s profitable to talk about suspicions. >>We know they have rebuilt some buildings,� Bacon told a Pentagon briefing. >>�We can easily tell when somebody rebuilds a building. We can�t tell what >>goes on inside the building, if anything.� >> After long wrangling, the U.N. Security Council last week >>agreed to nominate Hans Blix of Sweden to lead a new inspection team in >>Iraq. The council rejected candidate Rolf Ekeus of Sweden, who was >>supported by the United States. >> �We are watching closely what�s going into the country, >>especially for any smuggling of a dual-use nature that might be used in >>production of chemical or biological weapons, one official told Reuters. >> �We know that any money that Saddam is able to bring in from >>smuggling will be used to rebuild his military or curry favor with his >>Baath Party and will not go to Iraq�s people.� >> U.S. analysts estimated after the 1998 raids � launched when >>Iraq stopped cooperating with U.N. arms inspectors � that the damage had >>set back Iraq�s program to develop missiles and weapons of mass destruction >>between one and two years. >> >> CRITICS OF THE SANCTIONS >> Humanitarian groups have long criticized the U.N.-imposed >>sanctions and on Tuesday the Red Cross issued a report detailing their >>effect on the Iraqi people. >> >> >> �After nine years of trade sanctions ... the situation of the >>civilian population is increasingly desperate. Deteriorating living >>conditions, inflation, and low salaries make people�s everyday lives a >>continuing struggle,� the International Committee of the Red Cross report >>said. >> The report said Iraq�s children have paid a particularly high >>price: Infant mortality has tripled and the death rate among children under >>five is at least six times higher. >> �The weakest and most vulnerable who suffer from sanctions >>are young children, pregnant women, the elderly, and people with chronic >>diseases,� the Red Cross said. >> Iraq blames the higher death rate on the sanctions, while the >>United States, which has pushed to keep them in place, blames Baghdad. >> To cut the human cost of the sanctions, the United Nations >>developed an oil-for-food program, which allows Iraq to sell $5.26 billion >>worth of oil over six months to buy food, medicine and other basic >>supplies. >> Meanwhile, Russian oil giant LUKOIL urged the foreign >>ministry on Wednesday to lobby more actively against the sanctions in order >>to allow Russia to develop large oil reserves there. >> �Russia�s Foreign Ministry must have a sharper position (on >>the question of sanctions), especially as the United States is ready to let >>Iraqi oil out,� Leonid Fedun, LUKOIL�s vice-president told a news >>conference. >> In 1997, LUKOIL and other Russian companies signed a contract >>to develop Iraq�s West Qurna oilfield, but significant investments have >>been blocked by the U.N.-imposed sanctions. >> Russia is the foremost advocate on the U.N. Security Council >>for the removal of the sanctions. >> >> NBC�s Jim Miklaszewski, Robert Windrem, Tammy Kupperman, >>Betsy Steuart and The Associated Press and Reuters contributed to this >>report. >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >>------------------------------------------------------------------------ >>FIREBASE HQ http://www.firebase.net >>To Post a message: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>To Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>To Unsubscribe, send a blank message to: >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >>------------------------------------------------------------------------ >>Give sexy jewelry with passion by Feb. 8th >>Receive a FREE Gift & FREE Ground shipping >>Bodyflash.com >>http://click.egroups.com/1/1059/5/_/88912/_/949547792/ >> >>eGroups.com Home: http://www.egroups.com/group/firebase-news/ >>http://www.egroups.com - Simplifying group communications >> > >______________________________________________________ >Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com > > "The day has long passed when we can afford to ignore the threat posed by individuals who believe they are subject only to the laws of their god and not those of our government." > Stephen Higgins, ATF Director, as printed in The New American, 7/24/95. > > Thought for the Day: "The Compromise of principles for peace results in SLAVERY" R. 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