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To: skinowski who wrote (53288)	7/12/2006 10:38:43 AM
From: shades	Respond to of 116555

London Banker Found Dead In London Park - BBC -2- . Coulbeck, who had reportedly been questioned by the FBI about the NatWest Three case, disappeared from his home in Woodford Green, east London, last Thursday. The BBC said Coulbeck was head of financial markets for RBS in North America at the time of the case. The NatWest 3 will be extradited to the U.S. Thursday over alleged fraud offenses linked to bankrupt Enron. Under the Extradition Act 2003 the men - David Bermingham, Gary Mulgrew and Giles Darby - are to be extradited to Texas under a fast-track process, and tried there. The men - called the NatWest Three because they are former executives at Greenwich NatWest, a unit of RBS - are accused of bilking their former employer, National Westminster Bank, of GBP4 million. They each face seven counts of wire fraud. (END) Dow Jones Newswires

To: skinowski who wrote (53288)	7/12/2006 10:48:45 AM
From: regli	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 116555

"There is no doubt that things are vastly more complex than what can be explained by American "meddling". The horrible attack in India, with 200 dead and who knows how many injured, is but one example." Why would you associate this particular attack in India with the results of American interference abroad. If you paid any attention to India, you know that they have had domestic problems in Kashmir for decades far preceding 9/11 or Bin Laden. Just because the term terrorism is used does not mean that the issues and grievances are related. In fact, this is exactly the problem with an ambiguous term like "terrorism" in that it allows the bundling of unrelated events into convenient Orwellian packages that can then be presented to uninformed fools as threats to their well being, though in reality these threats are used to advance the aims of the few in power. Domestic upheaval and violence has existed since the beginning of time. Let's not forget that the British considered the "Sons Of Liberty" terrorists whereas many American colonialists considered them freedom fighters. Also, in an area that you seem familiar with, don't you believe that Chechnya was a problem before 9/11? If Chechnya weren't as resource rich and strategically located, it likely would be a separate state at this time and we very likely wouldn't be talking about Islamic terrorism from that area.