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----------------- Surprise, Surprise, SurFRIGGINprize... Well wadda ya know...
Will wonders ever cease ? Guess where the WORLDS LARGEST SINGLE GOLD DEPOSIT
just happens to be ???? Can you say near EAST FRIGGIN TIMOR ????? And you will
NEVER Guess who is behind it ??? Could it be HENRY KISSINGER ???? No way right ?
WRONG ! Kissinger is a member of Louisana based FREEPORT McMoRan Corporation,
the first foreign company granted an operating permit following the US Coup in
1965 that installed Suharto. TREPCA all over again ? Can you believe such a
glaring motive is so obvious yet so unknown by the vast majority of people who
consider themselves EXPERTS on this subject ? Shows how IGNORANT most are, and
what BLATHER most discussions are !!! Just like how few CivilWar "buffs" never
heard of Judah Benjamin, the Confederacy's Secretary of War, who retired a rich
man in England! EXCERPT: With reserves valued at $40 billion, the Freeport
McMoRan project is the largest single gold deposit in the world and the third
largest open-cut copper mine. In April 1967 Freeport McMoRan became the first
foreign company granted an operating permit following the 1965-66 U.S.-backed
coup that installed General Suharto. Former U.S. Secretary of State Henry
Kissinger is credited with having introduced company officials to President
Suharto. It is reported that Mr. Kissinger sits on Freeport's board, earning
$500,000 a year, and Freeport also retains his law firm, Kissinger and
Associates, for a reputed $200,000 a year. FROM: http://www.antiwar.com
http://www.twf.org/News/Y1999/0922-Greed.html TALK about TREPCA TODAY !
http://TeamInfinity.com/~ralph/trepca Released September 22, 1999 The Wisdom
Fund, P. O. Box 2723, Arlington, VA 22202 Website: http://www.twf.org -- Press
Contact: Enver Masud Greed At Core Of Indonesia's Timor Problem by Enver Masud
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- At its core the problem of East Timor, and indeed much of
Indonesia, has a lot to do with greed rather than the Muslim-Christian divide
portrayed in the media. >From ancient times until the 7th century AD
Indonesia was ruled by various Hindu kingdoms among which the Majapahit Empire
became the most powerful. Sumatra was then known as the "island of gold, and
Java as the "rice island." Muslim traders began arriving in the 13th century,
and Islam spread peacefully through the islands. The descendants of the Hindu
kingdoms retreated to the islands of Bali and Lombok where they flourish to this
day. With the fall of Muslim Spain in 1492 (as in the Americas, Africa, and
South Asia), came 350 years of brutal colonial rule and exploitation. First to
arrive were the Portuguese in 1511 AD. The Portuguese were followed by the Dutch
(1602 to 1799 AD), the British (1811 to 1815 AD), and again the Dutch (1816 to
1908 AD). The colonial masters took slaves, forced the natives to grow crops for
export which resulted in famines, and destroyed the thriving inter-island trade.
By 1908 nationalist movements began seeking self-government, and Indonesia
declared independence on August 17, 1947. Sukarno, a leader of the independence
movement, became president. He was overthrown in 1965 by Suharto in a U.S.
backed military coup in which it is reported that one million people, mainly
Chinese, were killed. When the Dutch and Portuguese formally partitioned East
Timor between them in the 19th century, East Timor remained a part of the
Portuguese colony. The governor of Portuguese Timor, in 1974, granted permission
for political parties, and five emerged. Said to be lacking popular support
Fretilin, the party seeking independence, resorted to terror, civil war broke
out, and on August 27, 1975 the governor and Portuguese officials abandoned the
capital Dili. The U.S. armed, trained Indonesian military entered East Timor to
stop a civil war. Fretilin, supplied with arms from the Portuguese army arsenal,
declared East Timor independent. The four other parties in East Timor declared
their independence and integration with Indonesia. East Timor became the 27th
province of Indonesia, but this claim was not recognized by the UN. Rich in
natural resources, Indonesia's primary problem is the equitable sharing of these
resources. Foreign interests, and internal corruption, add to the inherent
difficulty that while Java is Indonesia's most heavily populated island, many of
the resources are located in less populated islands. According to former U.S.
Ambassador to Indonesia, Edward Masters, Indonesia did more in 35 years to
develop barren, infertile East Timor than Portugal did in four centuries.
Indonesia allocated development funds to East Timor at a rate six times the
national average. In 1975, less than 10% of Timorese were literate, there were
only 50 schools, and no colleges. By 1994 East Timor had 600 elementary schools,
90 middle schools and three colleges. Under the Portuguese East Timor had only
two hospitals and 14 health clinics. By 1994 there were 10 hospitals and nearly
200 village health centers. In 1975 it had 20 km hard surfaced roads, by 1994
there were 500 km. The number of Catholic Churches in predominantly Catholic
East Timor quadrupled under Indonesian rule But Fretilin continued to resist
Indonesian rule, and offshore oil discoveries made matters worse. A treaty was
signed in 1989 by Australia and Indonesia. This Timor Gap Treaty came into force
in 1991 and is due for review in 2031. Australia desperately needs this oil, and
massive revenues are said to flow to both governments. Independence for East
Timor would likely give it a larger share of these revenues. The division of
natural resources is also at the core of secessionist movements in Aceh, Irian
Jaya, and in the neighboring Philippines. On Aceh in 1971 Mobil Oil discovered
one of the world's richest onshore reserves of natural gas, estimated at 40
billion cubic metres. Aceh provides an estimated 11% of Indonesia's total
exports, but less than 10% of this wealth is reinvested in the province. Mobil
Oil, is reported to have caused massive environmental damage, and is said to be
linked to the Indonesian military's land seizures, bombings, and massacres. On
Irian Jaya military repression, and massive environmental damage has been linked
to Freeport McMoRan, a Louisiana corporation. In April 1967 Freeport McMoRan
became the first foreign company granted an operating permit following the
1965-66 U.S.-backed coup that installed General Suharto. Former U.S. Secretary
of State Henry Kissinger is credited with having introduced company officials to
President Suharto. It is reported that Mr. Kissinger sits on Freeport's board,
earning $500,000 a year, and Freeport also retains his law firm, Kissinger and
Associates, for a reputed $200,000 a year. In 1999 Freeport McMoRan received
approval to almost double production, which will increase land seizures and
environmental damage. With reserves valued at $40 billion, the Freeport project
is the largest single gold deposit in the world and the third largest open-cut
copper mine. In the neighboring Philippines, National Steel Company, writes Fred
Hill author of Teasing the Tiger: A Third World Study of Muslim Mindanao, the
Philippines' largest steel mill, is destroying Lake Lanao, the river's source.
Located in the Muslim countryside, it is the major employer in the area. But
except for 5 or 10 Muslims its 4000 employees are Christian Visayans, many of
whom were brought there in the 1970s. The media publish reports about "Muslim"
violence in Mindanao, but not the reasons for their frustration. And similarly
in East Timor the violence has little if anything to do with Muslim-Christian
enmity. Christians live in peace with Muslims in West Timor, and elsewhere in
Indonesia. Greed, the greed of corporations, government officials, individuals
is at at the core of problems. The religion card is used to divide, rule, and
expolit the people and the land -- just like colonial rulers did in earlier
times. [Enver Masud visited Indonesia in the early 1950's when his father was
the UNESCO Mission Chief, and several times in the mid-1990's as an engineering
management consultant for The World Bank. He is founder of The Wisdom Fund.]
Copyright 1999 The Wisdom Fund - All Rights Reserved. Provided that it is not
edited, and author name, organization, and URL are included, this article may be
printed in newspapers and magazines, and e-mailed to others. 1-888-99ISRAEL FREE
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http://www.motherjones.com/hellraiser_central/alerts/freeport.html Fight
Freeport by Jennifer Hattam April 21, 1997 "They [Freeport] take our land and
our grandparents' land. They ruined the mountains. They ruined our environment
by putting the waste in the river. We can't drink our water anymore." -- Tom
Beanal, Amungme leader, Irian Jaya, Indonesia "[The environmental impact of our
mine] is the equivalent of me pissing in The Arafura Sea." -- Jim Bob Moffett,
CEO, Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Since 1973, Freeport-McMoRan Copper
& Gold has operated the world's largest gold mine, located in Irian Jaya,
Indonesia. In 1995, the company made $1.8 billion and -- in four separate
reports -- was charged with environmental destruction and implicated in human
rights abuses. (See "Spinning Gold," September/October 1996). An April 1995
report released by the Australian Council for Overseas Aid (ACFOA) attributed
the deaths or disappearances of 37 people and the dislocation of 115 families to
clashes between native independence fighters and the Indonesian military near
Freeport's mine. Subsequent investigations by the Catholic Church of Jayapura
and the National Human Rights Commission of Indonesia corroborated these reports
of murder and torture. None of the reports accused Freeport of direct
involvement in these abuses, but military troops guard the company's mine in
exchange for food, shelter, and transportation. In addition, the Indonesian
government holds a 9 percent share in the mine, and was estimated to receive
$480 million in 1996 from royalties, taxes, and benefits. Freeport's involvement
in human rights abuses may be open to speculation, but the impact of their
mining practices on the local environment is well-documented. The company itself
estimates that it released over 40 million tons of tailings -- the pulverized
rock left over after precious metals are extracted -- into the Ajkwa River
system during 1996 alone. An independent environmental audit conducted by Dames
& Moore -- and endorsed by Freeport -- confirms that "tailings deposition
has adversely impacted about 30 square kilometers of tropical lowlands
rainforest." In October 1995, the Overseas Private Investment Corporation, a
federal agency that assists U.S. companies investing overseas, concluded a
lengthy investigation by cancelling Freeport's $100 million political-risk
insurance policy. Although OPIC later backtracked and reinstated the policy in
April 1996, its initial report stated that Freeport's activities "posed an
unreasonable or major environmental, health, or safety hazard in Irian Jaya."
What You Can Do The Seattle Mennonite Church has posted a resolution to
Freeport-McMoRan's board of directors, calling on the company to: * Postpone the
expansion of milling operations until a just, accepted, peaceful and permanent
resolution of local indigenous concerns can be reached with all stakeholders. *
End company cooperation with the Indonesian military as soon as legally
possible. * Publicly release in their entirety social and environmental audits
conducted by consultancies in 1996. * Allow independent environmental monitoring
of the Freeport operations, and local river and ecosystems by non-governmental
organizations. The board has already advised shareholders and the Securities
Exchange Commission that it will unanimously reject the Mennonite Church's
resolution. To help change their minds, you can write a letter in support of the
resolution before Freeport's annual shareholders meeting in New Orleans on April
29. Send your letter to: Mr. James Moffett, CEO Freeport-McMoRan Copper &
Gold Inc. 1615 Poydras Street New Orleans, LA 70112 USA Fax it to: (504)
582-4028 Or e-mail Moffett's assistant at: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Additional
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