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9/26/07 - 9/30/07
9/22/07 - 9/25/07
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Feds Target Blackwater in Weapons Probe
--The Associated Press (Here we learn an internal investigation has been launched into possible arms deals between Blackwater and the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party, or PKK. According to a recent article in The Telegraph: "US army helicopters are reportedly used to shuttle officers to regular meetings with Kurdish [PKK] fighters. There is a landing pad complete with spotlights near [the PKK] headquarters, while four-wheel-drive vehicles belonging to a US private security contractor, are easily seen." What happens when this investigation runs smack into U.S.-sponsored covert operations? And who should be held responsible for the recently thwarted terrorist plot in Turkey, apparently orchestrated by the PKK? --DB)
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9/18/07 - 9/21/07
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Saudi accused of raising terror funds in India
--The Times of India (Bin Mahfouz is a former business partner of President Bush; he is the former director of BCCI, a criminal enterprise used to funnel CIA funds to bin Laden; he is an associate of Yassin al-Qadi, a reported CIA asset and alleged money man for bin Laden; and he has been repeatedly accused of burning books, most recently at Cambridge University. Needless to say, he gets around. --DB)
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Big oil's waiting game over Iraq's reserves
--The Financial Times (The 'dilemma' described here is nothing new. The standard solution, apparently already being implemented by the U.S. military, is simple: split up the country by supporting various factions, then cut deals with the winners. Gaining the compliance of Iran and Turkey, however, will no doubt prove to be just as difficult as maintaining enough stability to secure the oil. --DB)
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9/16/07 - 9/17/07
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Bush’s Fake Sheik Whacked
--Information Clearing House (Palast always has an interesting and unique perspective on things. For those who missed it, I highly suggest checking out both parts of this video report on the situation in Anbar, produced before the Sheikh was 'whacked'. --DB)
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9/12/07 - 9/15/07
9/9/07 - 9/11/07
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Kurdish guerillas launch clandestine war in Iran
--The Telegraph ("US army helicopters are reportedly used to shuttle officers to regular meetings with Kurdish fighters. There is a landing pad complete with spotlights near [the PKK] headquarters, while four-wheel-drive vehicles belonging to a US private security contractor, are easily seen.")
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Turkish police foil bomb attack in capital
--Reuters ("CNN Turk quoted police as saying the device found resembled those used in al Qaeda-backed suicide bomb attacks in November 2003... But the governor's office later said the explosives found seemed to point towards the involvement of Kurdish separatist rebels of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK).")
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9/6/07- 9/8/07
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MKO under investigation in Iraq
--MNA (As one of the DoD's anti-Iranian proxies, the MKO has extensive ties and support in DC. The group has been expelled twice by the Iraqi government, yet they remain in the country under U.S. protection and have been repeatedly accused of conducting attacks in Iraq and Iran. --DB)
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F.B.I. Data Mining Reached Beyond Initial Targets
--The New York Times (Does anyone really buy that this practice has been put to an end? When programs like this are exposed, they're usually just renamed and/or moved to another department, agency or private corporation, just like Total Information Awareness (TIA) et al. Meanwhile the public is told the program has been discontinued and everyone goes back to business as usual. --DB)
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9/3/07 - 9/5/07
9/1/07 - 9/2/07
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The Libel Tourist Strikes Again
--The Weekly Standard (Here we have Khalid bin Mahfouz, an associate of the above-mentioned Yassin al-Qadi, using his cash to essentially burn books at Cambridge. Mahfouz, who has links to the notorious BCCI scandal, was one of Bush's main financial backers during his Harken Energy days. --DB)
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