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To: patron_anejo_por_favor who wrote (156644)	3/21/2002 7:29:56 PM
From: Haim R. Branisteanu	Respond to of 436258

Biden joins 'Axis of Evil' -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Posted: March 21, 2002 1:00 a.m. Eastern © 2002 WorldNetDaily.com Sen. Joe Biden, D-Del., is thinking about running for president in 2004. Should he get the Democratic Party nomination, there certainly will be a stark contrast between his Middle East views and those of President Bush. Bush calls Iran part of the "Axis of Evil" – nations that actively support terror at home and abroad. Biden is telling big-dollar apologists for the Iranian terror regime that he seeks closer and warmer relations with the mad mullahs of Tehran. Last month, Biden held a campaign fund-raiser at the posh estate of Sadegh Namazikhah, an unofficial – or, at least, unregistered – pro-Iran lobbyist. The fund-raiser brought in $30,000, according to investigative reporter Kenneth Timmerman, the man who recently wrote the best-selling book "Shakedown," about Jesse Jackson. According to Timmerman's report in Insight magazine, Biden delivered a sweeping condemnation of Bush's "Axis of Evil" formula. Why would Biden court Iranian-Americans partial to the repressive, terror-supporting, totalitarian regime? The answer appears to be as simple as a dollar sign. Biden is hardly alone. Just last week, the American-Iranian Council, a group backed by Conoco and other U.S. oil companies, feted Sen. Chuck Hagel, R-Neb., the only Republican official to criticize Bush's "Axis of Evil" speech. Biden was invited, along with Sen. Robert Torricelli, D-N.J. For the last six months, Americans have stood behind President Bush as he conducts the war on terrorism. But, increasingly, cracks appear to be emerging in the solid support he initially received from members of the Congress. Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle, another potential Democratic presidential aspirant, floated a political trial balloon when he questioned the conduct of the war. Now Biden, albeit more discreetly, is doing the same. Americans have short memories. It's been only six months since those planes crashed in New York, Washington and Pennsylvania, and already U.S. politicians are ready to go back to business as usual – political backstabbing, holding out their hands to foreign, terrorist-supporting tyrants and saying whatever is politically expedient to whatever audience they happen to be addressing at the moment. It's enough to make you sick. I don't like long, drawn-out, foreign military entanglements any more than the next guy, but are we serious about defeating the international terrorist network? Guess where it is headquartered? Tehran. The idea that members of the U.S. Senate would consider accepting money from people tied to that regime is mind-boggling. The idea that one can get away with acceptance of such contributions is sad. This is borderline treason. Iran has been hostile to the United States since the current regime came to power in 1979. Does anyone remember the hostage crisis at the U.S. Embassy? The U.S. has remained, in the view of Tehran, "the Great Satan" ever since Ayatollah Khomeini proclaimed it so. What kind of moral framework, if any, does someone like Biden operate under? What is he thinking about? Is filthy lucre so important to him that he would compromise his own political and ethical integrity? Or is integrity defined by Biden by a political pricetag? Americans must have a zero-tolerance for politicians who provide such aid and comfort to our enemy in this terror war. That is the bottom line. We cannot allow any politician to cozy up to Tehran or Syria or North Korea any more than we could allow them to cozy up to Adolph Hitler or Osama bin Laden. In other words, Biden has not just disqualified himself as a legitimate presidential candidate for 2004, but for re-election to the U.S. Senate later this year – along with Torricelli and Hagel. A successful war on terrorism requires unity of purpose. It requires commitment. It requires solidarity. It requires putting our nation's vital interests above one's own personal or political agenda. Joe Biden has made it clear he will sell out America for some quick campaign cash. Haven't we had enough recent leaders with those kinds of values?

To: patron_anejo_por_favor who wrote (156644)	3/21/2002 7:56:56 PM
From: Sully-	Respond to of 436258

Didn't Argentina have the potential to default on the largest amount of loans EVER? Argentine stocks end down, peso near record lows ........... The Central Bank continued to intervene in the foreign exchange market in its bid to try to prop up the sharply weakening peso.................. The peso has now lost about 60 percent of its value against the dollar since January's currency devaluation........ _____________________________________________________________ IMF: No Quick Fix for Argentina There is no "quick fix" to Argentina's economic crisis, the International Monetary Fund's director said Thursday, adding that it was too early to say whether the IMF would offer any of the $25 billion in bailout funds the country was seeking.......... Asked whether the IMF would provide bailout funds, Kohler said: "We are working with Argentina very hard, and I hope we have an outcome. It is absolutely premature to comment on this today."............ Last week, IMF officials wrapped up a 10-day review of the country's finances, and they have given no indication as to whether more financial assistance was planned.............. _____________________________________________________________ Argentina court rulings seen hurting bank reserves A number of recent court orders in Argentina, that have forced cash-strapped banks to release about $50 million daily from frozen deposit accounts, risk collapsing the country's financial system, government officials and analysts said on Thursday. ``We consider it paramount that the Supreme Court rule quickly since a lot of funds are seeping out of the banking curbs because of these (lower) court rulings,'' said a government official who asked not to be identified. ``This could trigger the collapse of the financial system.''........... Some 160,000 depositors have filed lawsuits against bank withdrawal restrictions imposed in December. The suits threaten to drain up to $5 billion from the banking system if approved by the courts, he said. ``The banks' greatest problem is not only these lawsuits but how badly the government has managed this situation and the loss of confidence this has caused among the public and it is bleeding banks dry,'' said Aldo Abram of Exante consultancy..................... ``What's certain is there's only enough for 10 percent of the people, so this is crazy. We hope they find a legal recourse to stop this because it is intrinsically unfair, there is not enough cash for everyone,'' said Eduardo Blasco, president of the Maxinver consultancy.................... Now one peso is worth about 39 U.S. cents and the government has forcibly converted most savings into pesos................ Traders consider the peso Argentina's barometer of economic and political stability since the country defaulted on part of its $141 billion public debt, after riots and looting killed 27 and ousted the elected government late last year.``If this atmosphere of uncertainty does not calm down and cash continues being removed at this rate and there are no deposits, this cannot go on for long. You could be without funds in months,'' said Rafael Ber, an analyst with Argentine Research consultancy. biz.yahoo.com biz.yahoo.com biz.yahoo.com