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OREO 08 13 08
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Newsstories of interest:
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** = Important [in this edition: 3 ]
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MH = Misleading Headline [in this edition: ]
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1 DISORDER
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** Cindy Sheehan qualifies to run for Pelosi's seat
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/11/AR2008081102012.html
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"Pelosi has failed the country by refusing to cut off fund-
ing for the war after Democrats reclaimed the majority in
the 2006 elections."
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** Most companies in US avoid federal income taxes
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080812/ap_on_bi_ge/corporations_income_tax
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"Two-thirds of U.S. corporations paid no federal income
taxes between 1998 and 2005"
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"about 68 percent of foreign companies doing business in
the U.S. avoided corporate taxes over the same period."
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STATE MONOPOLY CAPITALISM IN THE SUPERPOWER...
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S[outh] Korea grants amnesty for convicted tycoons: official
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080812/bs_afp/skoreaeconomyamnesty
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"to reinvigorate the economy."
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...COPY-CAT STATE MONOPOLY CAPITALISM
IN SELECT SUPERPOWER PUPPETS OVERSEAS
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** Diary shows Tojo resisted surrender till end
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080812/ap_on_re_as/japan_tojo_s_diary
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"Surrender proponents were 'frightened by "the new type of
bomb" and [>] terrified by the Soviet Union's entry into
the war,' he wrote."
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"published for the first time in several [Japanese] news-
papers Tuesday."
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See OREO | ASIA | JAPAN | "Kevin Young | ** The Atomic
Bombing of Japan | Tsuyoshi Hasegawa Re-Examines the
Japanese Surrender | excerpt
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"the Soviet declaration of war [August 8] rather than the
atomic bombs was the major factor compelling Japan to sur-
render [Imperial Rescript on Surrender: August 15]."
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Navy relieves commander of air recon squadron
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http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/us/AP-Navy-Commander-Fired.html
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"squadron that provides the president and the defense
secretary the airborne ability to command and control
the nation's nuclear submarines, bombers and missile
silos."
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ALL'S WELL. HONEST!
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and
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'Stop the Slide,' Says New Air Force Chief | Schwartz Is
Blunt About Service's Failings
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/12/AR2008081202864.html
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"pledged to 'return the vigor and rigor'"
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Ill and in Pain, Detainee Dies in U.S. Hands
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http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/13/nyregion/13detain.html?hp=&pagewanted=all
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"died in the custody of Immigration and Customs Enforcement
in a Rhode Island hospital, his spine fractured and his body
riddled with cancer that had gone undiagnosed and untreated
for months."
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A brand new code of laws is needed to deal with numerous
acts not covered by the old code of laws still in effect.
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Web Firms Tell Congress They Track Behavior Without Consent
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/11/AR2008081102270_pf.html
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"there are no limits technologically as to what a company
can do in terms of collecting information...and then sell-
ing it as a commodity to other providers."
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and
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Responses to [House Committee on Energy and Commerce]
August 1, 2008 Letters to Network Operators Regarding
Data Collection Practices
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http://energycommerce.house.gov/Press_110/080108.ResponsesDataCollectionLetter.shtml
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Bush wants some endangered species rules extinct
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http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/washington/AP-Bush-Endangered-Species.html?pagewanted=all
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"allow federal agencies to decide for themselves whether
subdivisions, dams, highways and other projects have the
potential to harm endangered animals and plants."
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Mukasey: No prosecutions in Justice hiring scandal
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080812/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/mukasey_lawyers
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"Not every wrong, or even every violation of the law, is a
crime."
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A brand new code of laws is needed to deal with numerous
acts not covered by the old code of laws still in effect.
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AP IMPACT: Underground FEMA fuel tanks could leak
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080812/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/leaking_fuel_tanks
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"Federal Emergency Management Agency has known since at
least the 1990s that tanks under its supervision around
the country could be leaking fuel into soil and ground-
water"
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Three Years on, New Orleans Is A City Divided
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http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/world/lifestyle-neworleans.html
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"The worst affected are people in the lower-income brackets
who don't know how to navigate their way through the system
where the rules seem to change from day to day."
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Editorial | Three Years After Katrina
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http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/12/opinion/12tue2.html
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"The pace of recovery is slowing"
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Amid Ruined New Orleans Neighborhoods, a Gadfly Buzzes
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http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/13/us/nationalspecial/13activist.html?pagewanted=all
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"the federally financed program to gut and repair the storm-
damaged homes of the poor and elderly, on which the city
spent $1.8 million, has been exposed as —-at least partly-—
a sham."
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Files Show [WV] Governor Intervened With [WV Supreme] Court
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http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/13/us/13lawsuit.html?pagewanted=all
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"filed a friend-of-the-court brief in June arguing that the
State Supreme Court should review a $382 million judgment
against the DuPont Company"
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STATE MONOPOLY CAPITALISM (MINOR LEAGUE)
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3 ASIA
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THE BU$H PLAN (IRAQ)
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__SOCIOCIDE BY SUPERPOWER__
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Iraq Private Sector Falters; Rolls of Government Soar
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http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/11/world/middleeast/11baghdad.html?ref=world&pagewanted=all
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Private sector?
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"Hampered by years of violence, a decimated infrastruc-
ture, a lack of foreign investors and a flood of imports
that undercut local businesses"
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Iraqi Resistance Report for events of Sunday, 10 August 2008
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http://www.albasrah.net/en_articles_2008/0808/iraqiresistancereport_100808.htm
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Item 1: Bomb explodes by US patrol near al-Fallujah Sunday
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"damaged an American amphibian vehicle that burned for 45
minutes."
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Use of Iraq Contractors Costs Billions, Report Says
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http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/12/washington/12contractors.html
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"reflects the Bush administration’s unprecedented level of
dependence on private firms for help in the war"
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"Contractors in Iraq now employ at least 180,000 people in
the country, forming what amounts to a second, private, army,
[>] larger than the United States military force"
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WAR MAKES STATE MONOPOLY CAPITALISM LEGIT
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The newsstory is relevant to my 07 22 08 Analysis of Troop
Deaths.
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In that analysis I assumed the number of private mercenaries
were equal to the number of public mercenaries. Actually
that's not so. Is the difference enough to make a differ-
ence? For the original analysis, see MORE below.
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Iraqi Resistance Report for events of Monday, 11 August 2008
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http://www.albasrah.net/en_articles_2008/0808/iraqiresistancereport_110808.htm
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Item 7: Bomb reportedly destroys US Humvee in Samarra’
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"witnesses...saw the US troops pulling their comrades from
inside the vehicle and then sealing off the area"
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THE BU$H PLAN (AFGHANISTAN)
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Suicide Bomb Kills 3 [?] in Kabul
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http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/12/world/asia/12afghan.html
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"hit a convoy of the NATO-led forces on the eastern out-
skirts of the capital" "one civilian was killed and 17
people [?] were wounded, along with 'a small number' of
[NATO] soldiers."
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Afghanistan: British Soldier Killed in Suicide Attack While
on Patrol
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http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/13/world/asia/13briefs-BRITISHSOLDI_BRF.html
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"two were wounded"
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On patrol? TROOP TERRORISM
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THE BU$H PLAN (PAKISTAN)
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Pakistani Taliban Repel Government Offensive
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http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/11/world/asia/11pstan.html
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"forced Pakistani soldiers to retreat...after a three-day
battle"
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"Meanwhile, the Taliban attacked a police station in an
area near Swat on Saturday night, lining up eight police-
men and shooting them"
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Pakistan's Punjab Assembly Votes Overwhelmingly for
Musharraf to Quit
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/11/AR2008081101223.html
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"321 to 25"
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Bomb hits Pakistan military truck, up to 14 dead
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080812/ap_on_re_as/pakistan_bombing
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Bomb "was planted under the bridge""on the outskirts of
Peshawar" leading to "nearby air force base in Badaber."
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"The powerful explosion tore a large hole in the bridge,
reducing the Mazda truck to a smoldering wreck."
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THE BU$H PLAN (PHILIPPINES)
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Refugee Exodus [>] Grows in Southern Philippines
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http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/12/world/asia/12phils.html
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THE SUPERPOWER UNLEASHED GEORGIA
NOW THERE'S THE SAME THING IN PI
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EAST TURKESTAN
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New Spasm of Violence in Western China as 11 Die in Wave of
Bombings
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http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/11/world/asia/11xinjiang.html
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"12 explosive devices were detonated in attacks on at least
four local government buildings, a supermarket and hotels"
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Attack in West China Kills 3 Security Officers
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http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/13/sports/olympics/13china.html
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"one was wounded"
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General background--
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Geostrategy in Central Asia:
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geostrategy_in_Central_Asia
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Kuqa County:
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuqa_County
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"an important base especially for the Tarim Oil and Gas
Development projects"
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Specific background--
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East Turkestan independence movement:
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Turkestan_independence_movement
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East Turkestan Islamic Movement:
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Turkestan_Islamic_Movement
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KASHMIR
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Violence Flares as Kashmiri Protesters Are Thwarted
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http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/12/world/asia/12kashmir.html
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"[Indian] Police vans with loudspeakers ranged through
Srinagar announcing a curfew.
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Thousands defied the call, carrying...[Abdul] Aziz’s body
from the main [Indian] government hospital to the...Grand
Mosque, chanting [>] pro-freedom and pro-Islam slogans.
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A mob razed a paramilitary police booth at the [government
hospital entrance. Apparently in retaliation, [puppet]
police forced their way into wards and fired tear gas"
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All Parties Hurriyat Conference:
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurriyat_Conference
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"APHC started off as an umbrella organisation with 26
members."
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Among which--
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"People's League | Sheikh Abdul Aziz"
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Police Shootings Raise Kashmir Toll to 19
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http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/13/world/asia/13kashmir.html
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"security forces...were themselves pelted with stones.
Nearly 300 security officers have been injured"
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NEW ZEALAND
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New Zealand PM's Office Evacuated After Powder Scare
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http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/world/international-newzealand-parliament.html
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"entire floor in the executive wing,...housing staff in the
department serving the prime minister and the cabinet, was
cordoned off and was being decontaminated."
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OH, COME OFF IT!
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__SUPERPOWER ESCALATION__
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Georgia claims Russians have cut country in half
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080811/ap_on_re_eu/georgia_south_ossetia
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"Georgia's pledge of a cease-fire rang hollow Monday. An AP
reporter saw a small group of Georgian fighters open fire on
a column of Russian and Ossetian military vehicles outside
Tskhinvali, triggering a 30-minute battle. The Russians
later said all the Georgians were killed."
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Putin: "the incumbent Georgian leaders who razed ten Ossetian
villages at once, who ran [over] elderly people and children
with tanks, who burned civilian[s] alive in their sheds —-
these leaders must be taken under protection [= taken into
custody]."
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US left with little influence in Georgia crisis
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080811/pl_afp/georgiarussiaunrestusdiplomacy
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"But State Department deputy spokesman Robert Wood sought
Monday to dismiss the notion that the US was relatively
powerless in face of the escalating conflict.
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'We and the Europeans have leverage.... The Russians
know how seriously we take the situation,' he said."
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EU HAS SHOT ITSELF IN THE FOOT AGAIN
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__DUH OF THE DAY__
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Georgia says Russia bombed after order to halt war
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080812/ap_on_re_eu/georgia_russia
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"Medvedev assailed the West for supporting Georgia in the
conflict: 'International law doesn't envision double stan-
dards.'"
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Official statement from the government of Cuba
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http://www.granma.cu/ingles/2008/agosto/lun11/declaracion.html
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"One part of our territory has been occupied by force
for more than 100 years and Cuba has never attempted or
will attempt to use violence in order to recover it."
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"At dawn on August 8, Georgia, in complicity with the
U.S. government, launched its forces on South Ossetia
in an attempt to occupy the capital [Tskhinvali], which
[its aggression] it publicly announced on the same day
that the Olympic Games were inaugurated in Beijing."
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"Cuba, threatened by U.S. forces, cannot, as a matter
of principle, agree with a cease-fire without the with-
drawal of the invaders.
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If Cuba were attacked by foreign forces, it would never
accept such a cease-fire.
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Raúl Castro Ruz
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President of the Councils of State and Ministers
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Havana, August 10, 2008"
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Reflections of Fidel | Cannon fodder for the market
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http://www.granma.cu/ingles/2008/agosto/mar12/Reflections-12agost.html
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"Many European member states of...[NATO] are seriously
concerned about the irresponsible manipulation of the
nationalities issue, fraught with potential conflict,
which within Britain itself might result in the disin-
tegration of the United Kingdom. This is how Yugoslav-
ia was dismantled: Tito’s efforts to avoid that proved
useless after his death."
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Editorial | Russia's Dare | Maybe now the West will see
Vladimir Putin for what he is
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/10/AR2008081001840.html
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"This weekend's fighting was provoked by Russian-advised
South Ossetian separatists; Georgia foolishly responded
to the provocation"
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POOR LIL' PUPPY, AAW
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Beginning of Working Meeting with Director of the Federal
Security Service Alexander Bortnikov
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http://www.kremlin.ru/eng/text/speeches/2008/08/11/1739_type82912type84779_205131.shtml
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"We have received information that a group of gunmen, for-
eign mercenaries, have entered Dagestan from neighbouring
countries."
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Cyberspace Barrage Preceded Russian Fighting
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http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/13/technology/13cyber.html
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"Web site of the Georgian president...had been rendered
inoperable for 24 hours by multiple D.D.O.S. attacks.
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The [Shadowserver] researchers said the command and control
server that directed the attack...was based in the United
States"
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WELL, OF COURSE!
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"The Web site of the president of Georgia was moved to an
Internet operation in the United States...over the weekend."
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WELL, OF COURSE!
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Rebuke of a President, in the Boom of Artillery
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http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/12/world/europe/12saakashvili.html
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"many here [in Gori] say he is headstrong and reckless,
endangering the country’s security by rashly ordering
an attack on...South Ossetia"
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"The critics say he has shown he is willing to put his
ambition ahead of the best interests of his people."
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His ambition?
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LICKING THE SUPERPOWER'S BOOTS
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Mikhail Gorbachev | A Path to Peace in the Caucasus
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/11/AR2008081101372.html
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"A lesson from recent events is that geopolitical games are
dangerous anywhere, not just in the Caucasus."
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The operations to oblige Georgia to restore peace have
ended because they have achieved their main goal: to
protect Russian peacekeepers and the civilian population
of South Ossetia
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http://www.kremlin.ru/eng/text/themes/2008/08/122255_205229.shtml
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"Following negotiations which lasted more than four hours,
the presidents of Russia and France elaborated six principles
for the settlement of the Georgian-South Ossetian conflict:
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– do not resort to the use of force;
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– the absolute cessation of all hostilities;
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– free access to humanitarian assistance;
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– the Armed Forces of Georgia must withdraw to their per-
manent positions;
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– the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation must withdraw
to the line where they were stationed prior to the begin-
ning of hostilities; [and] prior to the establishment of
international mechanisms the Russian peacekeeping forces
will take additional security measures; and,
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– an international debate on the future status of South
Ossetia and Abkhazia and ways to ensure their lasting
security will take place."
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Press Statement[s] following Negotiations with French
President Nicolas Sarkozy
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http://www.kremlin.ru/eng/text/speeches/2008/08/12/2100_type82912type82914type82915_205208.shtml
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6 SUPERPOWER
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In U.S., Partisan Expert Witnesses Frustrate Many
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http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/12/us/12experts.html?hp=&pagewanted=all
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"In most of the rest of the world, expert witnesses are
selected by judges and are meant to be neutral and in-
dependent.
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Many foreign lawyers have long questioned the American
practice of allowing the parties to present testimony
from experts they have chosen and paid."
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Golf Course Communities' Double Bogey | Demand for Country
Club Lifestyle Dries Up in Overbuilt Washington Suburbs
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/10/AR2008081002049_pf.html
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"Rounds of golf have also decreased, according to NGF data.
Maryland courses reported 3.5 percent fewer rounds, and
Virginia reported a 1 percent decline."
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National Golf Foundation:
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Golf_Foundation
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Magazine Sales Fall 6.3% at Newsstands
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http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/12/business/media/12magazine.html
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"in the first half of 2008"
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7 $$$$
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Federal Reserve finds deepening credit crisis
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080811/ap_on_bi_go_ec_fi/bank_lending
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"The Fed's July survey covered 50 banks which hold about
80 percent of the residential mortgages on the books of
all commercial banks."
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Stocks fall sharply amid financial sector concerns
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080812/ap_on_bi_st_ma_re/wall_street
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"[JPMorgan Chase] said...it lost $1.5 billion, after hedges,
in its mortgage-backed securities and loans [in the third]
quarter, compared to $1.1 billion in the second [quarter]"
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FDIC Fund Strained by Bank Failures May Lift Premiums
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http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=abahg9z7p4wU&refer=worldwide
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"Healthy banks are paying for the mistakes made by failed
banks."
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Securities Market Remains Jammed, a Year Later
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http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/13/business/worldbusiness/13credit.html?ref=business&pagewanted=all
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"It appears that every time we peel away this onion, there
is another layer."
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Fed auctions another $25 billion in loans in an effort to
combat a serious credit squeeze
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http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/080812/fed_credit_crisis.html?.v=2
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"and given them [Superpower banks] more time to pay the
money back"
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Banks' Subprime Losses Top $500 Billion on Writedowns
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http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aSKLfqh2qd9o&refer=worldwide
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See table of banks, losses, etc at bottom of newsstory.
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China’s Trade Surplus at an 8-Month High
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http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/12/business/worldbusiness/12yuan.html
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"China’s global trade surplus in July was $25.3 billion,...
up 4 percent from the same month in 2007."
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China to overtake US as largest manufacturer
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http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/2aa7a12e-6709-11dd-808f-0000779fd18c.html
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"The expected change will end more than a 100 years of US
dominance."
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FORWARD AND DOWNWARD, MARCH!
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G.M. Is Expected to Announce Expansion in Thailand
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http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/13/business/worldbusiness/13thaicar.html
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"at its plant east of Bangkok" "Thailand...has become a hub
for car manufacturers serving Southeast Asia, Australia and
the Middle East"
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See OREO 06 15 08 | THE BU$H PLAN (IRAQ) | Dr. Khaled [al
Muayni]: ** AMSI is the Forefront of National Forces |
First part of the interview
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"losses among [The Superpower's] soldiers and security
companies [are] more than 30 thousand people dead and
500 thousand...wounded, including 300 thousand mentally
unstable."
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NOTE. Dr. Khaled's figures
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1) relate only to Iraq
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2) include both private and public mercenaries
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IF the number of private mercenaries = the number of pub-
lic mercenaries
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AND
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If both kinds of mercenaries are killed at the same rate
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THEN
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15 000 public mercenaries (troops) have been killed so far
in Iraq
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Oreo Archive:
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http://groups.yahoo.com/group/O-r-e-o
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