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Moest Cuba raketten plaatsen zou dat VS invasieplannen tegen dat eiland alleen maar dichterbij brengen. Maar voor Taiwan gaat zogezegd die redenering alweer niet op. maw twee maten twee gewichten. De VS levert wapens aan Taiwan om ze naderhand als drukkingsmiddel tegen China te hopen gebruiken, bv. om steun af te dwingen ivm de boycot tegen Iran (die China en Europa meer treft dan de VS). Dat is niet erg respectvol allemaal. Maar dat is de manier waarop de VS te werk gaat. Laatst gewijzigd door Johan Bollen : 2 februari 2010 om 14:02. |
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Taiwan leeft onder de effectieve bedreiging van China.China heeft daar nooit twijfel over laten bestaan en oefent daar soms ook voor.Taiwan krijgt wapens die het effectief nodig heeft tegen een werkelijke bedreiiging.China van zijn kant wil natuurlijk dat Taiwan militair zwak is. |
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Als jij een goed voorbeeld van een 'pro-amerikaan' zou zijn dan zou de VS alle moraliteit verloren hebben en zou haar ondergang dichtbij staan. Jij bent een voorbeeld van het rot dat de republiek en de wereldvrede aantast. Laatst gewijzigd door Johan Bollen : 2 februari 2010 om 14:37. |
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De financiële constructie is zo: Citaat:
Vervolgens verkoopt de Irakese overheid de olie aan de grote oliemaatschappijen. Met andere woorden: de grote oliebedrijven krijgen bijna gratis olie
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Al wie geintresseerd is in een doe-het-zelf 9mm machinepistool. Oftewel waarom vuurwapenwetten nooit gaan werken. Enkel voor educatieve doeleinden ![]() Stalin: "The only real power comes out of a long rifle." En hij verbood prompt alle particulier wapenbezit. Stalin was immers niet zo geïnteresseerd in democratie (waar het volk de macht bezit). Laatst gewijzigd door Fallen Angel : 2 februari 2010 om 14:15. |
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#327 |
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"Saddam never abandoned his intentions to resume a CW effort when sanctions were lifted and conditions were judged favorable: Saddam and many Iraqis regarded CW as a proven weapon against an enemy’s superior numerical strength, a weapon that had saved the nation at least once already—during the Iran-Iraq war—and contributed to deterring the Coalition in 1991 from advancing to Baghdad. While a small number of old, abandoned chemical munitions have been discovered, ISG judges that Iraq unilaterally destroyed its undeclared chemical weapons stockpile in 1991. There are no credible indications that Baghdad resumed production of chemical munitions thereafter, a policy ISG attributes to Baghdad’s desire to see sanctions lifted, or rendered ineffectual, or its fear of force against it should WMD be discovered. The scale of the Iraqi conventional munitions stockpile, among other factors, precluded an examination of the entire stockpile; however, ISG inspected sites judged most likely associated with possible storage or deployment of chemical weapons. Iraq’sCW program was crippled by the Gulf war and the legitimate chemical industry, which suffered under sanctions, only began to recover in the mid-1990s. Subsequent changes in the management of key military and civilian organizations, followed by an influx of funding and resources, provided Iraq with the ability to reinvigorate its industrial base. Poor policies and management in the early 1990s left the Military Industrial Commission (MIC) financially unsound and in a state of almost complete disarray. Saddam implemented a number of changes to the Regime’s organizational and programmatic structures after the departure of Husayn Kamil. Iraq’s acceptance of the Oil-for-Food (OFF) program was the foundation of Iraq’s economic recovery and sparked a flow of illicitly diverted funds that could be applied to projects for Iraq’s chemical industry. The way Iraq organized its chemical industry after the mid-1990s allowed it to conserve the knowledge-base needed to restart a CW program, conduct a modest amount of dual-use research, and partially recover from the decline of its production capability caused by the effects of the Gulf war and UN-sponsored destruction and sanctions. Iraq implemented a rigorous and formalized system of nationwide research and production of chemicals, but ISG will not be able to resolve whether Iraq intended the system to underpin any CW-related efforts. The Regime employed a cadre of trained and experienced researchers, production managers, and weaponization experts from the former CW program. Iraq began implementing a range of indigenous chemical production projects in 1995 and 1996. Many of these projects, while not weapons-related, were designed to improve Iraq’s infrastructure, which would have enhanced Iraq’s ability to produce CW agents if the scaled-up production processes were implemented. Iraq had an effective system for the procurement of items that Iraq was not allowed to acquire due to sanctions. ISG found no evidence that this system was used to acquire precursor chemicals in bulk; however documents indicate that dual-use laboratory equipment and chemicals were acquired through this system. Iraq constructed a number of new plants starting in the mid-1990s that enhanced its chemical infrastructure, although its overall industry had not fully recovered from the effects of sanctions, and had not regained pre-1991 technical sophistication or production capabilities prior to Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). ISG did not discover chemical process or production units configured to produce key precursors or CW agents. However, site visits and debriefs revealed that Iraq maintained its ability for reconfiguring and ‘making-do’ with available equipment as substitutes for sanctioned items. ISG judges, based on available chemicals, infrastructure, and scientist debriefings, that Iraq at OIF probably had a capability to produce large quantities of sulfur mustard within three to six months. A former nerve agent expert indicated that Iraq retained the capability to produce nerve agent in significant quantities within two years, given the import of required phosphorous precursors. However, we have no credible indications that Iraq acquired or attempted to acquire large quantities of these chemicals through its existing procurement networks for sanctioned items. In addition to new investment in its industry, Iraq was able to monitor the location and use of all existing dual-use process equipment. This provided Iraq the ability to rapidly reallocate key equipment for proscribed activities, if required by the Regime. One effect of UN monitoring was to implement a national level control system for important dual-use process plants. Iraq’s historical ability to implement simple solutions to weaponization challenges allowed Iraq to retain the capability to weaponize CW agent when the need arose. Because of the risk of discovery and consequences for ending UN sanctions, Iraq would have significantly jeopardized its chances of having sanctions lifted or no longer enforced if the UN or foreign entity had discovered that Iraq had undertaken any weaponization activities. ISG has uncovered hardware at a few military depots, which suggests that Iraq may have prototyped experimental CW rounds. The available evidence is insufficient to determine the nature of the effort or the timeframe of activities. Iraq could indigenously produce a range of conventional munitions, throughout the 1990s, many of which had previously been adapted for filling with CW agent. However, ISG has found ambiguous evidence of weaponization activities. Saddam’s Leadership Defense Plan consisted of a tactical doctrine taught to all Iraqi officers and included the concept of a “red-line” or last line of defense. However, ISG has no information that the plan ever included a trigger for CW use. Despite reported high-level discussions about the use of chemical weapons in the defense of Iraq, information acquired after OIF does not confirm the inclusion of CW in Iraq’s tactical planning for OIF. We believe these were mostly theoretical discussions and do not imply the existence of undiscovered CW munitions. Discussions concerning WMD, particularly leading up to OIF, would have been highly compartmentalized within the Regime. ISG found no credible evidence that any field elements knew about plans for CW use during Operation Iraqi Freedom. Uday—head of the Fedayeen Saddam—attempted to obtain chemical weapons for use during OIF, according to reporting, but ISG found no evidence that Iraq ever came into possession of any CW weapons. ISG uncovered information that the Iraqi Intelligence Service (IIS) maintained throughout 1991 to 2003 a set of undeclared covert laboratories to research and test various chemicals and poisons, primarily for intelligence operations. The network of laboratories could have provided an ideal, compartmented platform from which to continue CW agent R&D or small-scale production efforts, but we have no indications this was planned. (See Annex A.) ISG has no evidence that IIS Directorate of Criminology (M16) scientists were producing CW or BW agents in these laboratories. However, sources indicate that M16 was planning to produce several CW agents including sulfur mustard, nitrogen mustard, and Sarin. Exploitations of IIS laboratories, safe houses, and disposal sites revealed no evidence of CW-related research or production, however many of these sites were either sanitized by the Regime or looted prior to OIF. Interviews with key IIS officials within and outside of M16 yielded very little information about the IIS’ activities in this area. The existence, function, and purpose of the laboratories were never declared to the UN. The IIS program included the use of human subjects for testing purposes. ISG investigated a series of key pre-OIF indicators involving the possible movement and storage of chemical weapons, focusing on 11 major depots assessed to have possible links to CW. A review of documents, interviews, available reporting, and site exploitations revealed alternate, plausible explanations for activities noted prior to OIF which, at the time, were believed to be CW-related. ISG investigated pre-OIF activities at Musayyib Ammunition Storage Depot—the storage site that was judged to have the strongest link to CW. An extensive investigation of the facility revealed that there was no CW activity, unlike previously assessed." Laatst gewijzigd door grievous : 2 februari 2010 om 14:13. |
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/2/h...as/8476395.stm Ach, j�*, Cuba: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/oct/18/cuban-oil Laatst gewijzigd door filosoof : 2 februari 2010 om 14:20. |
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#329 | |
Eur. Commissievoorzitter
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De VS is nu aan het proberen om via Colombia daar een voet aan de grond te hebben.
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Al wie geintresseerd is in een doe-het-zelf 9mm machinepistool. Oftewel waarom vuurwapenwetten nooit gaan werken. Enkel voor educatieve doeleinden ![]() Stalin: "The only real power comes out of a long rifle." En hij verbood prompt alle particulier wapenbezit. Stalin was immers niet zo geïnteresseerd in democratie (waar het volk de macht bezit). Laatst gewijzigd door Fallen Angel : 2 februari 2010 om 14:21. |
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#330 | |
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Niets gratis dus. ![]() Een arrangement dat de oliemaatschappijen niet graag hebben.Ze zijn liever zelf volledig eigenaar van minstens een deel van die olie.Brengt meer op. Laatst gewijzigd door grievous : 2 februari 2010 om 14:27. |
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#331 |
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![]() Vooral comfortabel om een ander land en zijn inwoners te vernielen.
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#332 |
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![]() Ook bijzonder dom want buitenlands kapitaal is een goede zaak.
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Laatst gewijzigd door filosoof : 2 februari 2010 om 14:52. |
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Ach, j�*, Cuba: The government announced there may be more than 20bn barrels of recoverable oil in offshore fields in Cuba's share of the Gulf of Mexico, more than twice the previous estimate. If confirmed, it puts Cuba's reserves on par with those of the US and into the world's top 20. Drilling is expected to start next year by Cuba's state oil company Cubapetroleo, or Cupet. "It would change their whole equation. The government would have more money and no longer be dependent on foreign oil," said Kirby Jones, founder of the Washington-based US-Cuba Trade Association. "It could join the club of oil exporting nations." http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/oct/18/cuban-oil D�*n is 't ook plots de moeite waard, troepen naar Haïti te sturen. Laatst gewijzigd door filosoof : 2 februari 2010 om 14:50. |
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Aan wie slimmeke? De man in de straat?
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Al wie geintresseerd is in een doe-het-zelf 9mm machinepistool. Oftewel waarom vuurwapenwetten nooit gaan werken. Enkel voor educatieve doeleinden ![]() Stalin: "The only real power comes out of a long rifle." En hij verbood prompt alle particulier wapenbezit. Stalin was immers niet zo geïnteresseerd in democratie (waar het volk de macht bezit). Laatst gewijzigd door Fallen Angel : 2 februari 2010 om 14:59. |
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De VS doet hier niets buiten wapens verkopen wat bv Belgie ook doet. Voor de rest bepaald Taiwan zelf waar ze bij willen horen, dit is geen zaak van China of van Belgie of van de VS. Hun politiek hun wetten. Heeft niets met de VS te maken. CHina heeft zich hier niet te moeien.
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Ik zie de VS op een agressievere manier reageren indien Cuba raketten zou plaatsen die VS steden zouden kunnen raken. Cuba is ook een onafhankelijk land erkent door heel de wereld itt Taiwan. Laatst gewijzigd door Johan Bollen : 2 februari 2010 om 15:01. |
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![]() De doden op Saddam zijn kerfstok spraken niet tegen hem.
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Maar laten we voor de goede vrede de kerfstok van de VS vergeten he. ![]() Kunnen we verder lekker hypocriet met het vingertje wijzen naar de anderen.
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Al wie geintresseerd is in een doe-het-zelf 9mm machinepistool. Oftewel waarom vuurwapenwetten nooit gaan werken. Enkel voor educatieve doeleinden ![]() Stalin: "The only real power comes out of a long rifle." En hij verbood prompt alle particulier wapenbezit. Stalin was immers niet zo geïnteresseerd in democratie (waar het volk de macht bezit). Laatst gewijzigd door Fallen Angel : 2 februari 2010 om 15:04. |
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