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To: Gary H who wrote (674429)	3/8/2005 7:50:24 PM
From: Krowbar	Read Replies (5) \| Respond to of 769670

"According to confidential documents obtained by The Nation, Carlyle has sought to secure an extraordinary $1 billion investment from the Kuwaiti government, with Baker"s influence as debt envoy being used as a crucial lever. The secret deal involves a complex transaction to transfer ownership of as much as $57 billion in unpaid Iraqi debts. The debts, now owed to the government of Kuwait, would be assigned to a foundation created and controlled by a consortium in which the key players are the Carlyle Group and the Albright Group, which is headed by another former Secretary of State, Madeleine Albright. There are also several other well-connected firms involved." democracynow.org As you see, that story was from October 13th, 2004. They apparently get away with this stuff because the mainline media feels the need to inform the American people about the important stuff, Like Michael Jackson and Paris Hilton. It's disgusting. The same neocons that promoted the Iraqi invasion are profiting from it, while our soldiers die. Eisenhower warned about this very thing. Del