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Politics : Stop the War! -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Techplayer who wrote (8752)	4/6/2003 8:26:45 PM
From: matthew (Hijacked)	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 21614

Not only are you a racist but likewise an idiot. Do you believe in "innocent until proven guilty"? Show us the friggin WMDs.

To: Techplayer who wrote (8752)	4/6/2003 9:58:03 PM
From: Doug R	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 21614

The companies used the armed troops for security. They paid for and provided material support to the security forces. "That suit charged that U.S.-based ExxonMobil contracted with Indonesian military and militia forces to murder, torture and rape local residents who were interfering with the company's ability to profit there. Similar suits targeting oil companies for human rights abuses have been brought against Unocal by members of ethnic minorities in Burma (Myanmar), against Chevron-Texaco by other Nigerian groups, and against Texaco by Ecuadorean indigenous communities." "Shell not only transported, but even paid salary bonuses to soldiers taking part in the attacks on the Ogoni." "Shell had direct involvement in human rights violations against the Ogoni people," "In 1993, Shell called in a government hit squad (dubbed the "kill-and-go mob" by locals) against the Ogoni after claims that they had sabotaged Shell equipment. Shell's earlier requests for government help with Ogoni "troublemakers" had resulted in murders and massacres, and this instance differed only in scale: Security forces killed about 2,000 Ogoni and leveled 30 villages." "the recent ruling by U.S. Federal Court Judge Kimba Wood means that Shell can be held liable" You can try to be slippery about it but that's not possible. You try to defend this and condemn saddam at the same time. pitiful. I can condemn both...what allegiance prevents you from doing so?