Gold, Greed, and Terrorism

[seemslikeadream]

Echo Bay Mines aided the New People's Army (NPA), pictured here. The NPA was labeled a terrorist group by the State Department in 1996.

The Cost of Doing Business Tell Some Friends!


By Marilyn Berlin Snell

"If you harbored a terrorist, if you fed a terrorist, if you hid a terrorist, you're just as guilty as a terrorist."
— President George W. Bush, February 2002


Echo Bay Mines aided the New People's Army (NPA), pictured here. The NPA was labeled a terrorist group by the State Department in 1996.
WHEN KAPITAN INGGO WALKED THROUGH THE GATES at Echo Bay's mining operation in the Philippines, he bypassed the reception area and went round the building to the offices of the security personnel. He didn't ask directions. Inggo, one of the Philippines' ten most-wanted men, knew his way around.

Allan Laird, the newly appointed project manager at the Kingking gold and copper mine, was in a warehouse when he saw the unfamiliar man walk by. A Filipino employee told Laird that the man was a murderer who specialized in extortion and the kidnapping of businessmen for ransom. There was a one-million-peso bounty on his head.

Laird had a crisis on his hands: Two board members from Echo Bay Mines Limited — a Denver-headquartered, Canadian-chartered company — were at a nearby hotel preparing for a site visit. Laird had to head them off. He raced to the hotel and found the men having breakfast with his Denver-based supervisor. "I told them not to come down to the offices because we had a security situation — Kapitan Inggo was on the premises and we needed to get rid of him," Laird says. He thought it strange at the time that the directors reacted "with equanimity" to news that a notorious criminal was in Echo Bay's office complex.

Trained as an engineer and employed by Echo Bay for nine years, Laird had been assigned to the Kingking exploration project on the southern Philippine island of Mindanao only the month before. Prior to his arrival in August 1996, he had been informed that ore grades were low, projected development costs high, and disposal of cyanide-laced mine tailings problematic. But he did not know about Kingking's security issues. "I was sent in blind," he says. "Superiors knew what I was getting into and didn't tell me."

http://www.sierraclub.org/sierra/200405/terrorism/page1.asp

[seemslikeadream]

1. Read the Documents

The Cost of Doing Business Tell Some Friends!

Read the Documents

Whistleblowers like Allan Laird, who come forward with stories of corporate wrongdoing, are often accused of not telling the truth. Fortunately for Mr. Laird — and for those who care about holding corporations accountable for their actions — he held onto the documents that substantiate his claims against Echo Bay Mines. Here are a few of the hundreds of pages he provided Sierra.

Receipts for payment to the New People’s Army
Receipt for payment to the Moro National Liberation Front
Project critique written for corporate headquarters after Kingking Mine project failed in 1997

http://www.sierraclub.org/sierra/200405/terrorism/documents/



Photos: Echo Bay Mines aided the New People's Army (top) and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (middle), which has trained with Al Qaeda. The NPA and the MILF were labeled "terrorists" by the State Department in 1996. Bottom: Kingking mine headquarters.

http://www.sierraclub.org/sierra/200405/terrorism/

[seemslikeadream]

2. How We Got the Story:

How We Got the Story:
Interviews with Author Marilyn Berlin Snell
and Whistleblower Allan Laird

Sierra Magazine: Why did Allan Laird come to the Sierra Club with his information?

Marilyn Berlin Snell: Before Allan Laird came to the Sierra Club, he went to both his Colorado Congressman, Tom Tancredo, and Homeland Security. Tancredo didn't even bother to respond. Homeland Security, after a cursory interview and no follow up (including getting the documentation that Mr. Laird had offered to provide), told him via email: "The local U.S. Attorney's Office is not interested in prosecuting this matter. Please feel free to do with it as you see fit."

more
http://www.sierraclub.org/sierra/200405/terrorism/behind_the_story.asp

[seemslikeadream]

3. resource curse

It's no coincidence that developing countries rich in gold and diamonds have the poorest populations. According to the Worldwatch Institute, "Mineral dependence has been shown to slow and even reduce economic growth in developing countries — a phenomenon economists have dubbed 'the resource curse.'" In Africa, for example, 60 percent of all private investment goes to the mining sector, and extracting raw materials for export provides no added value. Countries like the Philippines are left with a dwindling patrimony and a legacy of environmental degradation.

http://www.sierraclub.org/sierra/200405/terrorism/

[seemslikeadream]

4. Support investigations into corporate ties to terrorism

http://whistler.sierraclub.org/action/tamain?alid=330

Americans have the right to know whether this was an isolated incident confined to the operations of one company, or if this is standard practice for extractive industries. There are many other U.S. multinationals involved in natural resource extraction operations in politically unstable countries around the world. We've always known that the mining industry is one of the planet's biggest polluters, but one company's greed should not jeopardize the environment abroad and our safety here at home.

This message will be sent to:
Your Representative
Your Senators
Governor Thomas Kean

[Algorem]

5. Saw on ABC Primetime Thursday tonight,link:

http://abcnews.go.com/sections/Primetime/Investigation/paying_abu_sayyaf_040415-1.html Wonder what's the Bush connection?

[seemslikeadream]

6. I was really hoping that the Canadian firm

that bought Echo Bay Mining would be Barrick Gold. (of the George Bush Sr. companies ties) but haven't run across it yet. Still looking!

[Algorem]

8. 3rd line on chart here shows one connection(just googlin around)

http://www.minecost.com/entry/roundmt.htm

[seemslikeadream]

10. Good catch

I looked at that and missed it! duh

I believe Homestake is Barrick?

Commercial production commenced in 1977. In 1984, Homestake Mining Company acquired the Felmont Oil interest in the operation and, in 1985, Echo Bay Mines Inc. acquired Copper Range interest. Effective July 1, 2000, Homestake increased its interest in the Round Mountain mine from 25% to 50% when it acquired the Case Pomeroy interest. Effective December 14, 2001 Barrick Gold Corporation completed a merger with Homestake Mining Company thereby acquiring the Homestake interest in the mine.

http://216.239.53.104/search?q=cache:roUfK0bBUasJ:www.kinross.com/op/min/rdm-03.htm+Round+Mountain+gold+mine&hl=en&ie=UTF-8

So Barrick does own Round Mountain mine and

The Round Mountain mine, located in Nye County, Nevada, USA, is a 50:50 joint venture between Kinross, operator, and Barrick Gold Corporation. Kinross acquired its interest in the Round Mountain mine from Echo Bay Mines as part of the Kinross-Echo Bay-TVX Gold merger effective January 31, 2003.

http://www.kinross.com/op/min/rdm.htm

[seemslikeadream]

9. well they did do something together?

April 28, 1995 - The Company announced that it had reached agreement to purchase the Macassa Mine from Barrick Gold Corporation for consideration of U.S. $42.5 million and 2.5 million warrants to purchase Kinross common shares (at an exercise price of Cdn. $10.00 per share with an expiry date of October 31, 1997).

[Algorem]

11. Kinross,TVX,Echo Bay merger 12/31/03

http://www.globeinvestor.com/servlet/GIS.Servlets.WireFeedRedirect?

[seemslikeadream]

7. Sierra Magazine Story Reveals U.S. Mining Company's Support of Terrorists

To: National Desk

Contact: Brian O'Malley of the Sierra Club, 202-675-6279 or 202-744-8487 (cell)

WASHINGTON, April 15 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The Sierra Club announced today that an expose will appear in the May/June issue of Sierra, the official magazine of the Sierra Club, revealing how a Denver-based mining company secretly paid off Al-Qaeda- linked terrorists under the auspices of "international security."

The story also shows how the Bush administration's Homeland Security and Justice Departments turned a blind eye when first informed that Denver-based Echo Bay Mining Co. paid millions of dollars to the international terrorist group Abu Sayaff and other terror groups in the Philippines in exchange for protection of its gold-mining operations.

However, shortly before the Sierra magazine investigation was reported on tonight's edition of ABC's World News Tonight, the Justice Department reversed course and announced that it would open an investigation into Echo Bay's operations. Tipped off by the Sierra story, U.S. Reps. Edward J. Markey, D-Mass., and Mark Udall, D-Co, also issued letters calling for a congressional investigation into Echo Bay and the general practice of U.S. corporate support for international terrorism.

"Americans have the right to know whether this was an isolated incident confined to the operations of one company, or if this is standard practice for extractive industries," Mills said. "Attorney General (John) Ashcroft should return to the 9-11 Commission to explain his failure to pursue this dangerous financial relationship with Al-Qaeda and other known terrorist groups. It makes you wonder if multinational polluters are exempt from the Patriot Act just because they are Bush campaign contributors

more
http://releases.usnewswire.com/GetRelease.asp?id=177-04152004

[Algorem]

12. Google "Barrick,Bush,Kinross"

[seemslikeadream]

13. No No No are you kidding?

<...> "It empowers the mining companies to open up large, open-pit mines on ore bodies that are not worth it," said. "They can dump an unlimited amount of waste on public land and give it a higher priority than recreation, timber, grazing and clean water."

An example of a Kinross open-pit gold mine is the Fort Knox/True North mine in Alaska. The loader photo and aerial photo are from the Northern Alaska Environmental Center.




Kinross Gold (KGC) and Barrick Gold (ABX) are both located in Toronto. And according to kinross.com, Kinross and Barrick are business partners in at least one venture, the Round Mountain Mine in Nevada. As noted in the May 24, 2003 UnderReported.com story Bush Sr. involved in "biggest gold heist since the days of Butch Cassidy", Bush Sr. is on the board of Barrick Gold. As noted in that story, U.S. gold is being handed over to a Canadian company. Only in this world where paper rather than gold is money, and where where we have free trade, can the giveaway of U.S. gold be considered a mere free-trade mining operation as opposed to an act of treason.





Greg Palast Discusses the Congo War and Reveals Internal USAID Documents that Outline a Master Plan for Reorganizing the Entire Economy of Iraq
Greg Palast has been called “the greatest investigative reporter of our time” (Tribune Magazine). His book The Best Democracy Money Can Buy exposed the racketeering, swindling and backroom deals that passes for democracy in the new global economy. It became a New York Times bestseller.

Today on Democracy Now!, he talks about internal USAID documents that outline a master plan for reorganizing the entire economy of Iraq. The plans include the elimination of trade protections and the mass privatization of every industry in Iraq, including selling-off the oilfields.

Palast’s book also explores the relationship between the Bush family and a Canadian mining company, the Barrick Corporation.

Palast explains how as president, George Bush Senior changed a century old mining law that allowed Barrick to “swiftly lay claim to the largest gold find in America”. In return, the company named Bush to a senior advisory position after he lost the White House. The company also poured money into the Republican party coffers during the 1997-2000 election cycle, an exceedingly generous gesture for a company based in Canada.

So, what is Barrick? According to Palast- the initial stake came from none other than Adnan Khashoggi- the Saudi arms dealer who arranged the Iran-Contra arms for hostage deal.

http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=03/05/27/1955236

This is what started me on Barrick and the Congo war.



Maria lost her arm defending her children; she says soldiers ate flesh from the arm after they amputated it
On the Trail of the Congo's "Cannibal Rebels"

Eliza Griswold traveled to the Democratic Republic of Congo twice to investigate claims of cannibalism as a weapon of war. Reports of the attacks helped to mobilize the media, the United Nations, and the International Criminal Court to respond to a war few people know about.

Now, in a conflict over land, gold, and oil, cannibalism as a crime of war seems to have entered the 21st century. No doubt, elements of both myth and magic both play a role in contemporary accounts. In essence, rumors of cannibalism do much the same thing as the act itself: They terrify. That terror becomes its own form of psychological warfare—a tactic to consume the enemy's power

http://slate.msn.com/id/2097314/entry/2097326/

[Karenina]

14. KICK!!!

:kick:

[seemslikeadream]

15. Karenina -- pretty good wouldn't you say?

kick

[seemslikeadream]

32. UN says war in Congo is fuelled by foreign firms

The Independent (London)

31 October 2003

A panel of experts renewed its warning to the United Nations yesterday that the illegal exploitation of precious minerals in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is continuing to fuel conflict in the country. The Security Council was due last night to discuss a fourth and possibly final report from the panel that has been investigating the parts played by scores of foreign and African-based companies in helping, wittingly or otherwise, to perpetuate the war that has already cost the lives of more than 2.5 million people.

"Illegal exploitation remains one of the main sources of funding for groups involved in perpetuating the conflict," the panel said. It urged the international community to block the flow of arms to those groups and continue to put pressure on companies which operate in the Congo to abide by international guidelines of good conduct.

"The flow of arms," the report says, "exploitation and the continuation of the conflict are inextricably linked. Breaking that cycle will be key to ending both the conflict and the illegal exploitation of natural resources."

The minerals involved include diamonds, cobalt and also the lesser-known coltan, which is used in the manufacture of electronics, such as mobile phones.

In its work over three years, the panel has named 157 companies and individuals that warranted investigation into their activities in Congo. Of those parties, which were first identified in an earlier report last year, 119 have given responses to questions posed by the panel, the report said.

more
http://www.minesandcommunities.org/Action/press204.htm

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33. Cannibalism Is Just the Latest Atrocity in the Struggles

Subject: Cannibalism Is Just the Latest Atrocity in the Struggles Between Hema and Lendu
Thursday, March 25, 2004, at 8:24 AM PT

This Hema man was bound and impaled before being shot; his ears were bitten off

I am flying north with the French military to the town of Bunia—"mapping the earth," as I have heard soldiers say (in fact, the correct term is "napping the earth"), flying low to the ground, rising along hills, dipping into valleys. It's a flight tactic to avoid possible hostile fire. I take off my shirt and vomit into it. The soldiers pretend not to notice.

Below us, the forest canopy hides the roofs of looted missions and charred thatched huts: the aftermath of ongoing massacres between two ethnic groups, the Hema and the Lendu. Now charges of cannibalism have been added to the long list of atrocities between them. The war is rooted in colonialist favoritism and tribal divisions created by the Belgians. When the colonialists left in the 1960s, the region's now 150,000 Hema (typically tall, Nilotic herders, akin to Rwanda's Tutsis) took over their plantations for cattle. But the land had historically belonged to the roughly 750,000 Lendu farmers (stereotypically, shorter agriculturalists).

Once the colonialists left, the Hema began to practice a form of apartheid, which they learned from the whites, against the Lendu. The Lendu responded with fury. The conflict has been stoked by the Democratic Republic of Congo's neighbors—most distinctly, Uganda—who play the two groups off one another in order to sell weapons and steal resources. Newly discovered oil deposits have made the fight between the Hema and the Lendu worse. Both want the potentially lucrative land rights.


more
http://slate.msn.com/id/2097314/entry/2097324/

[cosmicdot]

16. Barrick - Echo

"Echo Bay has three operating mines: (1) Round Mountain in
Nevada, United States; (2) Kettle River in Washington, United States; and (3) Lupin in Nunavut Territory, Canada. The
Corporation holds a 100% interest in its Kettle River and Lupin mines and a 50% interest in its Round Mountain mine,
which it operates, with the remaining 50% interest held by affiliates of Barrick Gold Corporation."

http://www.kinross.com/corp/combination/Kinross-Combination-Management-Information-Circular-5.pdf

from 2002 proxy to stockholders, it appears there was a merger
"At this meeting, you will be asked to consider the plan of arrangement whereby Echo Bay, Kinross Gold Corporation and TVX Gold Inc. will combine their respective businesses."

http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/722080/000090956702000128/t08352dedef14a.txt

[seemslikeadream]

18. Thanks so much

for the interest and the links cosmicdot, really appreciate it!

[Just Me]

17. This is an awesomely informative thread,...

,...but, frankly, it makes me feel really sick to my stomach.

Any normal, healthy human being would find this kind of US-backed behavior obnoxious and evil.

It is simply unbelievable what our corporatist-backed government allows to happen in our name.

[seemslikeadream]

19. Isn't it ? Just Me

I was amazed when I heard Echo had been bought out by a Canadian firm. Barrick came to mind immediately.

[Just Me]

21. I also appreciate the sierra link, dream,...

,...and am looking forward to passing it on my friends and constituents. This is a noble movement against the abuses of corporatism. If people realized that or connected those pictures of impoverished children they see on television to US-backed corporatist abuse,...attitudes would certainly change. Of course, it is an incredibly difficult challenge to inform our people about such things. But, there have been so many good people who have committed themselves over the years to getting that information out there,...and that long-term investment HAS created greater awareness about what is happening in this country and in this world.

[seemslikeadream]

20. Federal inquiry eyeing Echo Bay

Former worker says mining firm helped fund terror groups

By M.E. Sprengelmeyer, Rocky Mountain News
April 16, 2004

Federal officials are investigating a Littleton man's claims that a now-defunct mining company based in Denver illegally aided terrorist groups in the Philippines by giving them an estimated $1.7 million in protection payments under the guise of "security."

Allan Laird, 62, a former project manager for Echo Bay Mines Limited, has spent the past year trying to persuade the Department of Homeland Security to investigate former company officials for what he says amounted to illegal funding of terrorism.



A former executive with the company, which was absorbed by a merger in 2003, categorically denied Laird's allegations Thursday and questioned why Laird didn't go public with them until after he had been laid off.

The Department of Homeland Security did not respond to a reporter's inquiries.

A spokesman for the U.S. attorney's office in Colorado declined to comment on Laird's allegations but said the matter "remains under investigation."

http://www.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/business/article/0,1299,DRMN_4_2...

Article Published: Friday, April 16, 2004
Firm accused of terrorist aid
Former Denver company: No record of pay for mine security


In the Sierra article, Laird said he issued repeated warnings to Echo Bay executives about what he viewed as a dangerous situation. Laird said one of his supervisors, John Anthony, responded with this e-mail: "You need to be more discreet in some of your observations ... and (in) the distribution of such a report which could be incriminating under certain scenarios."

Laird said he was aghast that Echo Bay executives viewed the terrorist payments as a routine cost of doing business.

"What disturbs me the most is there was a situation where a company was providing aid to terrorist groups," Laird said. "We should not be supporting terrorism under the guise of corporate security."

Laird was project manager of the Kingking mine for 14 months in 1996 and 1997, until shortly before Echo Bay abandoned the property and recorded a $50 million loss. He estimates that during Echo Bay's involvement in the mine from 1995 through 1997, terrorist groups were paid at least $1.8 million. The Sierra article estimates the payments "in excess of $1.7 million."

http://www.denverpost.com/Stories/0,1413,36~33~2086949,00.html

[Minstrel Boy]

22. Thanks for this thread

and drawing out the Barrick-Echo Bay connections.

Barrick consistently appalls me.

[seemslikeadream]

23. Thank you Minstrel Boy

I want to tell you I read everything you post, always very interesting stuff. Sorry I haven't said that before.

[MountainLaurel]

24. From ABC News

http://abcnews.go.com/sections/Primetime/World/paying_abu_sayyaf_040415-1.html

No wonder the U.S. is so popular abroad!

[seemslikeadream]

25. In Search of Terrorists

A U.S. army trooper, left, talks with Filipino soldiers during a joint military exercise between the Philippines and the United States last year. (Aaron Favila/AP Photo) In Search of Terrorists
Hundreds of U.S. Troops, Including Special Forces, Head to Philippines

By Brian Hartman


W A S H I N G T O N, Feb. 20 — For the first time, U.S. troops will be going into the field to fight Islamic insurgents who want to carve their own state out of the Philippines, military authorities said today.

At least 750 U.S. soldiers will be working with the Philippine military on the new mission, which expands on previous operations that had been limited to training the island nation's forces and improving infrastructure. This time, the U.S. forces will be allowed to participate actively in combat operations.
The military said 400 U.S. soldiers will be stationed on the island of Zamboanga, and 350 special operations forces will be deployed in the Sulu archipelago.

Eventually, a Marine Corps task force waiting offshore will be able to provide an additional 1,500 troops if needed.

Officials say the first troops could start moving in days. Operations could begin as early as next month.

Target: Beheaders

more
http://abcnews.go.com/sections/world/2020/philippines030220.html

[seemslikeadream]

26. Philippines Connection

Abu Sayyaf Terrorist Group Alleged to Have Links to Al Qaeda



Dec. 20, 2001— U.S. officials believe there are strong historic links between Osama bin Laden's al Qaeda terrorist network and the Philippines' decade-old Abu Sayyaf rebel group, but officials aren't certain how solidly those connections have been maintained.


In recent years, Abu Sayyaf, Arabic for "Father of the Sword," has been best known for a series of high-profile kidnappings from tourist resorts in Malaysia and the Philippines believed to have netted the rebels millions of dollars in ransom payments.

The targets have included Americans and other Westerners, including Guillermo Sobero, a California man whose headless remains were found in the Philippine jungle in October. An Abu Sayyaf spokesman claimed the group beheaded him as an "independence day gift" to the nation's president. A missionary couple from Kansas seized in May along with Sobero are believed to remain in Abu Sayyaf's custody.

Remaining Links?

more
http://abcnews.go.com/sections/world/DailyNews/philippines011220_abusayyaf_alqaeda.html

[seemslikeadream]

31. TVI press ahead with their Philippine plans by force

According to initial reports the four were shot when heavily armed members of a company financed paramilitary force known as the SCAA (Special Civilian Armed Auxiliary), led by TVI Security Consultant Retired Col Edang fired their automatic weapons. The company at first denied the incident. Later they acknowledged the shooting but denied their security fired into the crowd. However, four protesters were wounded and taken to hospital and one was left with a bullet lodged in his knee. The SCAA are a force given a brief basic training by the Philippine military, armed by the military but paid for by the company and assigned exclusively to company security.

The four who were taken to hospital were identified as Subanon Chieftain (Timuay) Macario Salacao, who is also the President of the Siocon Federation of Subanon Tribal Council (SFSTC), Edie Cayabyab, Juan Veloria and Dakbot Lorete. All four belonged to the local “Save the Paradise and watershed movement”.

Background

This is the latest incident in a ten year struggle between the company and the local community. Opposition to the proposed mine comes from many groups. The Subanon Indigenous People and other residents at the proposed mine site in Canatuan have been consistently and overwhelmingly opposed to the company’s plans. Recently the company has claimed it has the support of some local people but these claims are rejected by Subanon leaders inside and outside the community who point out that TVI’s support comes mainly from its own mining and security employees many of whom only migrated to the area for the work and have no legitimate claim to speak for the local community. The so-called leaders backed by TVI are not recognised as such by other Subanon.

The planned mine is strongly opposed by the local mayor, municipal council and most village councillors in Siocon. Farmers’ organisations and coastal fishing communities and the indigenous and settler communities along the riverside that flows out of the mine area also fear and oppose the mine. Timuay Salacao (one of the wounded) is one of their leaders. The project is rejected by indigenous Subanon organisations across the whole Zamboanga peninsular. The Catholic Bishop of Dipolog Monsignor Jose Manguiran and the respected Catholic Bishop’s Conference of the Philippines have also called specifically for a halt to the proposed Canatuan mine.

TVI arrived in the area in 1994. They did not receive the necessary permission of the Subanon people of Canatuan at that time or later. The company established and maintains armed checkpoints controlling access to the area. There have been previous violent incidents including others where local residents have been shot and wounded. The company guards are also accused of using the checkpoints to bar access to essential goods, and bar entry to some individuals. Timuay Jose Anoy, who is the Government-recognised leader of the Canatuan Subanon community and a strong opponent of the mine, has filed a court case against the company’s security force for denying him passage through his own ancestral lands. In 1999 the Subanon and other local residents mounted a picket to prevent the entry of drilling equipment. Picketers were tied up, beaten with sticks and two were arrested. A report by the Philippine Human Rights Commission acknowledged the high level of opposition to the mine and identified the presence of the company as the main cause of the conflict and violence.

more
http://www.minesandcommunities.org/Action/action56.htm

[DemoTex]

27. Shades of Kissinger and Freeport-McMoRan

Wednesday, 1 March, 2000, 13:27 GMT
Indonesian greens criticise
Kissinger on Freeport


A prominent Indonesian environmental group has
criticised the former American secretary of state,
Henry Kissinger, who's announced his new job as
adviser to the Indonesian President.

Dr Kissinger has urged the President, Abdurrahman
Wahid, to uphold existing contracts with the Freeport
mine in the province of Irian Jaya, saying it will
reassure international investors about doing business
with Indonesia.

Dr Kissinger is a member of Freeport's board of
directors.

The Environmental Forum for Indonesia says it's
apprehensive about Dr Kissinger arguing Freeport's
case, and warned him not to bully the government.

Freeport's gold and copper mining operations have
attracted international criticism for their impact on Irian
Jaya's people and its natural environment. Last week
the government announced it would review an
environmental impact report on the mine.

http://www.angelfire.com/journal/issues/irian030100.html (scroll down about 25%)

[Just Me]

29. Kissinger,...ugh,...

,...his mere name being mentioned brings on nausea. Talk about a black-hole,...the man should be sentenced to work in a rock garden until the end of his life.

[BostonTeaParty04]

28. Speculation: Denver company. Is this why repubs can't get candidates

to run for Senate? Is this why Nighthorse won't run again?

It is awfully strange for a turncoat state like Colorado to have such a devil of a time getting a candidate for a cherished senate seat.

We need to look into political contributions by Echo, et al to repukes.....

[JohnOneillsMemory]

30. Kick. From gold to cannibalism. An analog for our govrnment..sheesh.n/t

[seemslikeadream]

34. New People's Army

Federal Register: August 9, 2002 (Volume 67, Number 154)
Notices
Page 51921

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DEPARTMENT OF STATE




Office of the Coordinator for Counterterrorism; Designation of
Foreign Terrorist Organizations

AGENCY: Department of State.

ACTION: Designation of foreign terrorist organizations.

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Pursuant to section 219 of the Immigration and Nationality Act
("INA"), as added by the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty
Act of 1996, Public Law 104-132, Sec. 302, 110 Stat. 1214, 1248 (1996),
and amended by the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant
Responsibility Act of 1996, Public Law 104-208, 110 Stat. 3009 (1996),
the Secretary of State hereby designates, effective August 9, 2002, the
following organization as foreign terrorist organizations:
The Communist Party of the Philippines, also known as the CPP, also
known as the New People's Army, also known as the NPA.

Dated: August 2, 2002.
Timothy Egert,
Federal Register Liaison, Department of State.

BILLING CODE 4710-10-P

www.fas.org/irp/world/ para/npa.htm


somebody send this to Ashcroft