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Politics : Don't Blame Me, I Voted For Kerry -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: microhoogle! who wrote (58901)	3/10/2005 12:07:55 PM
From: lorne	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 81568

yahoogle!....."You right wingers will NEVER learn on how to deal with real issues. From time immemorial I have been hollering that Pakistani ISI and AQ Khan is a problem but NOOOOO you guys don't wanna listen. Here is your own little Frankestein paid for and supported by right wing administrations of the past. AQ Khan gave the centrifuges to Iran."..... .....The Export-Import Bank of the United States (Ex-Im), an independent federal agency that finances exports, has granted a preliminary commitment for the largest deal in it is history: $5 billion in loans and loan guarantees to the China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) to build nuclear power plants. According to U.S. government reports, CNNC has been tied to at least three instances of nuclear weapons proliferation involving Pakistan and Iran. Yet, the Chinese-government agency is still eligible for Ex-Im financing because of a Clinton-Administration decision--made at the behest of U.S. businesses--not to punish CNNC for its actions. In May 1996 the State Department announced the U.S. would not sanction China and Pakistan. The Congressional Research Service reports, "Clinton Administration officials said China … reaffirmed its commitment to nuclear nonproliferation." That fall, the Washington Times disclosed a CIA report that the China Nuclear Energy Industry Corp. (CNEIC), a wholly owned subsidiary of CNNC, had sold Pakistan high-temperature furnaces, which can be used in weaponizing uranium or plutonium. This deal happened in September, according to the Times, after the PRC's "commitment" to the Clinton Administration. Pakistan tested a nuclear weapon for the first time in May 1998...... freerepublic.com