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April 20, 2013

SHOCK - Mother Of Dead Boston Bomber Says He Was Controlled by FBI For 5 Years (VIDEO)

The suspected Boston Marathon bomber, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, was finally taken into custody late on Friday night in Watertown, Massachusetts. Some might say case closed, but there are too many unanswered questions in this story that need answering. Firstly, why were there suspicious men with backpacks at the site of the bombing and the mainstream media in the US totally ignored this, but it was only featured on alternative news site? Secondly, why is an alleged bomb drill being denied by the FBI? Was there anyone else who was arrested and/or questioned about the bombing and why doesn't the public know of these people? Why did the FBI order the public to ignore all other pictures and concentrate only on these two suspects? And interestingly, who is the Saudi man that was taken in for questioning but then allowed to leave the country? And finally why is the mother of the two boys claiming that the Feds have known about the actions of her eldest son for three to five years now?

Zubeidat K. Tsarnaeva, the mother of Boston bombing suspects Dzhokar and Tamerlan Tsarnaev, said Friday that her eldest son Tamerlan was under the control of the FBI for three to five years! In a televised interview the mother, Zubeidat Tsarnaeva, from Makhachkala in Russia’s Republic of Dagestan in the North Caucasus region said her sons were set up.
    “What I can say is I am really sure, I am like 100-percent sure that this is a set-up,” the woman said.
    “My two sons are really innocent, and I know that neither of them never, never have talked about whatever they’re saying about now, and what I want to say is … my youngest one was raised actually … from 8 years, he was raised in America, and my oldest son, he is like really, really proper raised in our house, never, nobody talked about terrorism.”
The suspects in the bombing on April 15 that reportedly killed three people and wounded 183 others are 19-year-old Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, who remains at large, and his brother, 26-year-old Tamerlan Tsarnaev, who was killed after a police car chase.
Their family originates from Russia’s North Caucasus, but settled in the United States more than a decade ago.
    “My son, Tamerlan, really got involved in … religious politics five years ago,” the woman continued.
    “So he started following his own [religion], and he never, never told me that he would be, like, on the side of jihad; and whatever they are talking, [whoever] is talking about, him being a loser, [they] are the losers.”
In fact, it was the suspects’ uncle, Ruslan Tsarni, who used the term “losers” in an interview in which he speculated his nephews may have been motivated by “hatred” because they were unable to “settle themselves” in America.

He begged the young men to turn themselves in and later insisted he wasn’t talking about his nephews as the “losers,” but only “those who are able to make this atrocity.”

“My son would never do this. It is a set-up,” the woman continued in her interview with RT.
    “He was controlled by FBI for like, three, five years. They knew what my son was doing. They knew what actions and what sites on the Internet he was going. He used to come home, they used to come and talk to me. They used to tell me that, you know, that they are controlling his – they were telling me that he’s really a serious leader and they’re afraid of him.
    "They said, they told me that whatever he is, whatever country decides, whatever is there, whatever information he’s getting, they are controlling him, so how could this happen? How could they – they were controlling every step of him, and they’re telling today that this is a terrorist act. Never, ever! This is not true. My two sons are innocent.”
The RT reporter speaking with her asked how she might explain the violent chase the young men were involved in, firing at police and throwing explosives from their vehicle.
    “I never believe into it, I never believe into it,” she said. “I know my sons never talk about those things. I am a mother, I raised them. They were highly intelligent.
    "The FBI were scared of my oldest son; they always told me that he was a leader. They were afraid of him because they think that he’s a leader. He talks about Islam a lot, and that they told me what they were talking to my son, and they called me officially, and they told me that my son is an excellent boy and they have no problem with that. …
    "At the same time they were telling that he’s like a, he’s getting the information in a really, extremic [sp] site. So that’s why I think that it’s a set-up.”
The reporter pressed, asking her if she saw any chance her boys were hiding “a side” of themselves from her.
     “It’s impossible,” she said. “Impossible for both of them to do such things, so I’m really, really, really telling that this is a set-up. My son would tell me; my son never would keep it in secret, so I would know. … If there was anyone who would be knowing, it would be me. Mother. He would never hide it from me. He would tell me that, but never, never even a word.”
What message might she have for her son still on the loose, the reporter asked.
     “I would say, save your life and tell them the truth, that you haven’t done anything, that this is a set-up,” she replied.
Meanwhile a report on infowars said that the FBI is notorious for recruiting and framing terrorist patsies. Quoting a report compiled by Mother Jones and the Investigative Reporting Program at the University of California-Berkley it revealed that of the 158 prosecutions carried out on terrorism charges since 9/11, 49 defendants participated in plots that were arranged by FBI agent provocateurs.
“They’re creating crimes to solve crimes so they can claim a victory in the war on terror,” explained Martin Stolar, a lawyer who represented a suspect involved in a New York City bombing plot contrived by FBI agents.
According to Business Insider, the FBI will soon make public its relationship with Tsarnaeva. A spokesperson would not confirm or deny that the agency had any previous contact.

On Friday afternoon, however, Mother Jones reported the FBI has already admitted they interviewed Tsarnaev two years ago, according to CBS News. The agency conducted the interview at the request of a so-far unnamed foreign government, CBS says, to see if the elder Tsarnaev had any extremist ties — but their search turned up none,” writes Hannah Levintova.

Earlier this week, Infowars.com posted images of what they referred to as Navy SEALs in civilian field gear lurking at the finish line of the Boston Marathon where two bombs killed three innocent people and injured hundreds. It turns out these men were Blackwater-like private military contractors from Craft International, according to investigative journalist Anthony Gucciardi of StoryLeak.com. READ THAT STORY AND VIEW THE PHOTOS BY CLICKING HERE

A couple of days later on Land Destroyer we read that what appear to be private contractors, wearing unmarked, matching uniforms and operating an unmarked SUV affixed with communication equipment near the finish line of the Boston Marathon shortly after the bomb blasts - can be seen beforehand, standing and waiting just meters away from where the first bomb was detonated. The contractor-types had moved away from the bomb's location before it detonated, and could be seen just across the street using communication equipment and waiting for similar dressed and equipped individuals to show up after the blasts. CLICK HERE TO READ THAT STORY

Finally a report prepared for Russian President Vladimir Putin by the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) on the April 15 Boston Marathon Bombing states that Saudi Arabia has claimed to the United States that an Israeli secret service MOSSAD “hit squad” is responsible for this massacre and is being protected by “certain elements” within the American intelligence community.


According to this report, Saudi Arabia’s General Intelligence Presidency (GIP) (equivalent to US CIA) discovered the existence of this MOSSAD “hit squad” in late December 2012 operating within its borders and the United States and comprising individuals coming from at least 3 different nationalities including Saudi Arabian, Chechen and Yemeni.  CLICK HERE TO READ THAT STORY


Infowars says that unlike Oaklahoma City the FBI cannot confiscate all of the surveillance, cell phone, and thousands of cameras that were at the finish line of Boston Marathon. 4Chan posted dozens of photos showing Navy Seal or Private Security personnel carrying the same black back packs which are the same style backpacks showed in FBI photos. It's becoming crystal clear. Get these articles and this video out to everyone you know. 



THIS IS A MUST WATCH

References
http://www.infowars.com/boston-bombing-suspect-arrested/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=ARE9rclZCqw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lgKAqqYvSUg
http://www.wnd.com/2013/04/bombing-suspects-mother-this-is-a-set-up/
http://www.infowars.com/boston-bomber-was-controlled-by-fbi/


April 19, 2013

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Obama - Greece & US Have Always Stood "Side-By-Side"

US President Barack Obama on Thursday night hosted the annual White House reception in honor of Greek Independence Day, which was also addressed by Greek Orthodox Archbishop Demetrios of America, and Vice-President Joe Biden, while the Greek government was represented by the country's Ambassador in Washington Christos Panagopoulos.

Addressing his 350 guests at the annual White House reception in honor of the 192nd anniversary of the March 25 Greek national Independence Day, which marks the start of the Greek revolution against Ottoman rule on March 25, 1821, Obama noted that the United States and Greece have always stood side-by-side, and stressed the US' solidarity wit Greece for the restructuring of its economy.

Speaking warmly of Greece and the Greek heritage, he said that each year America celebrates Greek Independence Day and the enhancement of the ties between the birthplace e of democracy and the oldest democracy in the world, adding that "we reflect on the ancient Greek principles that inspired our nation's founders to consolidate the authorities of the government in the hands of the people".

He said that the people of the US and Greece have learned the democracy flourishes "when we respect our differences, insist on the principles that unite us, and proceed with a common purpose".

IN his own greeting to the event, Vice-President Biden noted Greece and liberty are identical meanings", and noted the achievements of the Greek-American community, lauding the contribution of the Greeks of the US to the enhancement of Greek-US relations.

Archbishop Demetrios, in turn, noted that "we are at the side of those who fight to strengthen freedom. And we pray that we will all one day see the prevalence of peace, justice and the power of love".

The event was also attended by members of Congress and other government officials of Greek descent, and prominent members of the Greek-American community. (AMNA)

STAR GAZERS GET READY - Yearly Lyrid Meteor Shower At Pre-Dawn

Are you a star gazer? If yes then you are in for a real treat this weekend. Beginning tonight, people in the northern hemisphere, including Greece, are going to be treated to a spectacular celestial show, as the annual Lyrid meteor shower is  set to peak on Sunday, April 21 as well as Monday, April 22, (which is also Earth Day). The greatest visibility, according to news reports, is expected to be between Friday night and just before dawn Sunday and Monday.

The Lyrids take their name from the constellation Lyra, where the radiant of the meteor shower appears to be located. They are a strong meteor shower that occur annually, or between mid-to-late April.

The source of the meteor shower that we will witness this weekend is actually the periodic Comet C/1861 Thatcher. (Strange !!!) It is the oldest meteor shower recorded by humans, with the first recorded observation being in 687 BC by a Chinese man who wrote of "stars falling like rain". The 'shooting stars' are in actuality the dusty trail of the comet Thatcher.

Particles the size of grains of sand shed by the comet shoot through the sky at over 100,000 miles per hour that "light up" when the reach the earth's atmosphere.

But be warned, the Lyrids cosmic bonanza show is expected to be a wee bit overshadowed by a nearly full moon. Reports quoting astronomers claim that a fool moon expected on the night of April 25 and a partial solar eclipse that same day as the moon aligns with the sun with the earth between them, might just reduce visibility in the sky.

Nonetheless, it is a spectacular site and should not be missed by anyone. So if you live in Europe, Africa, Asia and Australia be advised that the partial lunar eclipse will be visible in large areas. For Greece in particular, the partial eclipse is expected to begin at 11:21 p.m., and peak at 1:11 a.m. on Tuesday, April 26.

Happy star-gazing folks!


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Conspiracy Or Truth - Saudis Say MOSSAD “Hit Squad” Responsible For Boston Massacre

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A new report prepared for President Vladimir Putin by the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) on the April 15 Boston Marathon Bombing states that Saudi Arabia has claimed to the United States that an Israeli secret service MOSSAD “hit squad” is responsible for this massacre and is being protected by “certain elements” within the American intelligence community.

According to this report, Saudi Arabia’s General Intelligence Presidency (GIP) (equivalent to US CIA) discovered the existence of this MOSSAD “hit squad” in late December 2012 operating within its borders and the United States and comprising individuals coming from at least 3 different nationalities including Saudi Arabian, Chechen and Yemeni.

Upon the discovery of these MOSSAD agents, this report continues, Prince Mohammed bin Naif bin Abdulaziz, Saudi Arabian Minister of Interior, on January 14 met secretly with President Obama in Washington D.C. to advise the US of its existence.

Curiously, this report says, two days after Prince Abdulaziz’s secret meeting with Obama, US Homeland Security Director Janet Napolitano, on January 16, signed an “arrangement” with him bestowing “Trusted Traveler” status on Saudi student visitors, shortcutting normal American security screening procedures for foreign nationals entering the United States.

Russian intelligence analysts contributing to this report note that the US granting of Trusted Traveler status to Saudi Arabia could very well have been designed to trap these MOSSAD agents in complacency in order to track their international travels and destinations.

Unfortunately, this report says, and as reported on in a April 17 report “Conspiracy Or Truth - Is Obama True Target Of Boston Massacre?” these believed to be MOSSAD elements were able to enter the United States through Saudi Arabia to join existing elements in the US, and exactly like the 1993 World Trade Center Bombing terrorists who were able to detonate their FBI-supplied explosives.

Important to note about 1993 World Trade Center Bombing, this report says, was that in the course of the trial it was revealed that the FBI had an informant, a former Egyptian army officer named Emad Salem. Salem claims to have informed the FBI of the plot to bomb the towers as early as February 5, 1992. Salem's role as informant allowed the FBI to quickly pinpoint the conspirators out of hundreds of possible suspects.

Salem, initially believing that this was to be a sting operation, claimed that the FBI's original plan was for Salem to supply the conspirators with a harmless powder instead of actual explosive to build their bomb, but that the FBI chose to use him for other purposes instead. He secretly recorded hundreds of hours of telephone conversations with his FBI handlers.



Immediately after the April 15 Boston Marathon Bombing, this report continues, US Navy Seals on the scene captured Saudi national Abdulrahman Ali Alharbi near the Boston marathon finish line with two other Saudis who were tackled after fleeing the scene of one of the bombings.

Prince Saud Al-Faisal, Minister of Foreign Affairs for Saudi Arabia, this report says, immediately flew to the United States after Alharbi’s capture and secretly met with US Secretary of State John Kerry on April 16, and then met, again secretly, with President Obama the following day.

From these two meetings, this report continues, US intelligence agencies were able to ascertain the “grave threat” they were facing as many Russian security experts have long suspected MOSSAD’s involvement with Israeli controlled Chechnya “hit squads” the Kremlin still believes were responsible for the January 24, 2011 Domodedovo Airport Bombing in Moscow that killed 37 and wounded 173.

New reports coming from the United States are, apparently, confirming the Chechnya connection to the Boston Marathon Bombing naming Chechnya citizens Dzhokhar A. Tsarnaev, and his unnamed brother, as being involved in a massive shootout with American police in the Boston area with one them now dead and the other yet to be captured.


To how fearful US authorities are, FSB analysts in this report say, was evidenced in Boston this past week where the highly secretive group of private military operatives known as “The Craft” were seen taking control of the bombing site. Also, and in what the US alternative news site Natural News says is “quickly becoming the biggest media cover-up in history,” pictures were taken and posted on the Internet of one of “The Crafts” classified communications vehicle.

Most curious of all, this report says, is why the United States didn’t apprehend this MOSSAD linked terror cell immediately after the warning they received from the Saudis in January, especially as Russian intelligence officials had previously given to both the CIA and FBI detailed files on all Chechnya peoples residing in America, including the two brothers believed to be responsible for the Boston Marathon Bombing.

Most dangerous to note about these Chechnya terrorists (who operate in cells of 10), the FSB says, is that they don’t fear targeting children, and was horrifically evidenced by the September 2004 Beslan School Hostage Crisis where they massacred 380 people, the majority of them being children.

To if it can be conclusively proved MOSSAD’s, or Israel’s, complicity in the Boston Marathon Bombing as the Saudis claim, FSB analysts in this report say, the consequences could, indeed, be dire; especially due to the fact of the still highly suspicious links between Israel and the 11 September 2001 terror attacks on the US, and as we can read as reported by the Philadelphia Times Herald:
    “A memorandum sent to the 9/11 Commission, and Senate and House intelligence committees in September 2004, suggests that young Israelis who canvassed dozens of U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) offices in 2000 and 2001 trying to sell paintings to federal workers, may have been spying not only on the DEA, but also on Arab extremists in the United States – including the Sept. 11 hijackers who were living in Florida and New Jersey.”
Sorcha Faal
WhatDoesItMean.Com

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Samaras Helps To Save 1,000 Jobs At Elefsina Shipyards

Prime Minister Antonis Samaras has undertaken an initiative to save at least 1,000 jobs at the Elefsina shipyards. According to reports, the government passed an amendment in Parliament on Wednesday that will allow the continued operation of the shipyards, with workers giving assurances that efforts are going to be made by all to make the shipyards a growth driver for Greece. 

Meanwhile, Defence Minister Panos Panayiotopoulos presented a draft agreement between the Defence ministry and the Elefsina Shipyards. He said that the following points will be achieved by via the relevant draft agreement:
  • - The Elefsina Shipyards will not close and will operate immediately.
  • - The 1,000 employees will continue working as normal, and not lose their jobs.
  • - Greek Navy missile boats are to be delivered on a new timetable. Management has been committed to deliver the ships on specific dates, with the missile boat Ritso being the first of the three.
  • - There is to be no increase in value, in spite of what the management is asking for.
(Combined Reports)
 

April 18, 2013

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SYRIZA IN FOR A WILD RIDE - Tsipras Dilemma As Anti-Euro Feeling Splits The Left

A week is a very long time in Greek politics

Over the last 24 hours, senior media and lobbying sources in Athens have suggested that the decision of SYRIZA leader Alexis Tsipras to accept the Euro as "a given" in Greek mainstream politics is about to backfire badly.

Unofficial polling data suggests that SYRIZA’s support among young activists has taken a further dive since the wobble revealed by voter research earlier in the week when SYRIZA growth was shown to have stalled, and Samaras was still strongly preferred to Tsipras as Prime Minister material.
    "Alexis (Tsipras) is already seen by the young Left as compromised,” said a well-placed political PR source, “and it looks like SYRIZA support is beginning to tail off”.
There is now much talk in Athenian political circles about leakage away from Tsipras towards other Leftist schisms - especially the newly launched Plan B Party.

Two weeks ago today, Alekos Alavanos, former head of the major opposition party Coalition of the Radical Left (SYRIZA) launched "Plan B" with a platform calling for Greece to exit the Eurozone (and return to the drachma).

Although currently a clear majority of Greeks are against leaving the euro, another source this morning claimed, “the real nature of our debt and economic position here (in Greece) is going to become clear very quickly now. This will change everything ... very soon - such that by end of May latest, arguing to remain in the Euro will be political suicide".

We are approaching a sea-change.

Stay tuned.

The Slog

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BANANIA LAND - Papantoniou Simply Pays Bail After Testifying Over Wife's Assets, And Now He Is Free

Why are former PASOK MPs who have reportedly either admitted to taking bribes and/or kickbacks still free and wondering about Greece as if nothing is going on? Why have they not been charged? And for God's sake why were former PASOK minister Yannos Papantoniou and his wife Stavroula Kourakou released on bail on Wednesday after defending themselves before a magistrate on charges of failing to declare their assets in their annual derivation of wealth (“pothen esches”) forms?

Apparently this former Defence and Economy Minister, posted a mere 50,000 Euros in bail and his wife a further 20,000 Euros so that they can secure their release, while Greek citizens are being arrested for debts to the state of 5,000 Euros?

Papantoniou served as Socialist minister of finance and national economy between 1994 and 2003. He is facing a maximum sentence of five years in prison after authorities said he failed to declare money under his wife΄s name in an overseas bank account.

The 63-year-old Papantoniou says the money was moved to that account from other bank accounts covered by his tax declarations.

Only Banania Land can operate in such a way.

Papantoniou is not only accused of forgetting to notify tax authorities in 2008 about a 2.2-million-dollar bank account belonging to his wife, he is also accused of being part of very shady arms and defense deals.

Speaking to the Sunday edition of Real News and supporting his decision on the purchase of the TOR M1 systems, Akis Tsochatzopoulos decided to tell it like it is to the Sunday Edition of Real News two weeks ago. Akis is talking... Check out some of the names that he says are connected to these arms deals.
  • George Papandreou
  • Costas Simitis
  • Theodore Pangalos
  • Costas Laliotis
  • Yannos Papantoniou
  • Romaios
  • Papadopoulos
  • and other defence officials.

Read the relevant article by clicking here

And we once again ask, why is Papantoniou free?

Come to think of it why is Tsoukatos free (who admitted in taking bribes from Siemens and then depositing this money in PASOK's accounts).

And why are several other PASOK MPs free, who are facing similar charges?

Who the hell is running this country?

PASOK?



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Court Dismisses Appeal Against Gold Mine in Skouries

The Council of State apparently rejected an appeal by residents, farmers and various business owners in Halkidiki against mining activity in the Skouries region.

According to reports, locals had taken legal action in an attempt to stop Hellas Gold (part of Canadian El Dorado) from mining for gold in the area claiming that the mine would damage forest land in the area as well as cause widespread environmental damage.

Greece's highest administrative court rejected their appeal and ruled that the project was in line with all the required environmental demands.

Interesingtly the residents are not convinced, even though it is the third such ruling in favor of the project. In fact many blogs, and television channels, -that basically support SYRIZA- are trying to downplay the court ruling. In fact the ruling did not even make it to prime time news.
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2 Arrested Over Shooting Of Migrant Farm Workers in Nea Manolada

Police officials in Ilia arrested two suspects in connection with the shooting of more than 30 Bangladeshi workers in the Nea Manolada area of the Peloponnese during a dispute over back pay on Wednesday. A report in Kathimerini, which was later also announced on SKAI television stated that officials are now looking for two more suspects who are connected to the case.

According to Kathimerini, the incident occurred when some 200 workers allegedly demanded six months’ worth of unpaid wages from their employer in the region of Ilia.

An argument then erupted with three Greek supervisors, one of whom fired at the migrants with a shotgun.

Local reports said that as many as 30 workers were injured in the incident, with several of them said to be in a critical condition on Wednesday night.

The incident was condemned by all the political parties in Greece, including the Golden Dawn party. On its part, the government said it was an "unprecedented and devastating" incident.
    “The injuries suffered by protesting farm workers in Manolada are being condemned in the most absolute manner by the entirety of Greek society,” government spokesman Simos Kedikoglou said in a statement Thursday.
    “This unprecedented and devastating act is alien to Greek morals and the reaction of the authorities will be swift and proper,” he added.
On his part, Public Order Minister Nikos Dendias issued a separate statement condemning the attack.
    "Respect for the law is a fundamental obligation for all of us, but also a necessary condition for the country's economic revival," he added while criticizing cases of economic exploitation.
Meanwhile, activists (yes, of the George Soros sort) are exploiting the issue to the point of no return. They have already begun a campaign urging consumers to boycott Manolada strawberries. (They forget that this was an isolated incident, and cannot be used to punish all the other producers in the area).

Also, the Greek media has also exploited the incident. Isn't it strange that they turn a blind eye over the complaints from tens of thousands of Greeks in the private sector who are everyday exploited exactly in the same way from their employers, (or are not paid for months).

We condemn this act of violence here at HellasFrappe, but we also condemn closed minds. You cannot look at a situation from one side, you have to analyze it from every dimension. The real story here is not only the attack on the migrants, which SYRIZA and PASOK are baptizing as racial to create division between our society, the real story here is the employer who hired illegal workers from slave traders, or human traffickers, and who is just one example out of thousands of others that is never punished.

Instead of exploiting news stories on migrant attacks, and adding to the hate which is growing in our society -because the attacks on Greek nationals are never ever reported- it would be wise if the Greek media used some of that air time to also begin running stories on workers who have no rights in this country. And when we say workers, we mean ALL workers... Not just migrants.

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(Blackwater-like) Private Military Contractors Under Suspicion for Boston Bombing

Upper left is suspect at Boston bombing - Upper right is Craft hat for sale in their shop
Bottom is Craft founder and ex-Navy SEAL Chris Kyle (deseased) in the same hat (Credit Infowars.com
Earlier this week, Infowars.com posted images of what they referred to as Navy SEALs in civilian field gear lurking at the finish line of the Boston Marathon where two bombs killed three innocent people and injured hundreds. It turns out these men were Blackwater-like private military contractors from Craft International, according to investigative journalist Anthony Gucciardi of StoryLeak.com.

The two mercenaries were wearing typical field gear of khaki tactical pants, combat boots, black coats, and carrying suspicious backpacks. But what really gives them away as Craft International mercs is the hat with the Punisher-like symbol on it.

Gucciardi writes:
    There has been much discussion over the two individuals fitted with earpieces and military-esque gear spotted at the Boston Marathon, but as it turns out they may likely be employees of the Blackwater-style private military/security firm Craft International.
Craft International, modeled after Blackwater as an advanced private military training organization, was founded by the late ex-Navy SEAL Sniper Chris Kyle.

Either these serious-looking fellows are big fans of military contractors and want to emulate them, or they're the real deal. In either case, they seem very suspicious to be at the scene of the crime clearly dressed in civilian mission gear.

 
 


Craft describes the reasoning behind the skull symbol as their logo:
    The story behind the Craft Skull logo combines several meaningful pieces of Chris Kyle's life and service to this great nation but mainly honors his fallen teammates. As part of SEAL Team 3, Chris and his fellow teammates painted similar skulls on their gear in order to strike fear in the enemy. The crosshair symbolizes his time spent on a sniper rifle and is also in the form of a templar cross to symbolize his faith. Lastly, the crosshair is on the right eye to honor SO2 Ryan Job USN (SEAL), who was critically wounded when he was shot in the right eye while on deployment to Iraq in 2006.
    Following the successful rescue mission by Navy SEALs of freighter Captain Richard Phillips on Easter morning, 2009, Ryan Job was asked by a local reporter if he thought using Navy SEALs against Somali pirates was overkill. His response was, "despite what your mamma told you, violence does solve problems." Ryan Job died in September of that year following complications during reconstructive surgery.
    The Craft Skull is a daily reminder to us all the sacrifices brave warriors have made and what it takes to triumph over evil.
Additionally, a third figure dressed identically is seen crossing the threshold of the finish line holding what appears to be some kind of remote control. Will someone in the media have the courage to ask the authorities if these clearly suspicious characters are being considered as official suspects?

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SOROS STRIKES AGAIN - Skopje Irredentist Claims - Says 700,000 FYROManians Living in Greece

In the wake of a Commission report on the FYROM that underlines the country's "good" relations with its neighbors, the Foreign Ministry of FYROM removed information from its website that was seen as irredentist (and SCANDALOUS) by Bulgaria and Greece.

According to Bulgarian news reports, the FYROManian Foreign Ministry removed a document containing “estimates” on the number of “Macedonians” living in Bulgaria and Greece from its website. The information -which was suddenly removed- said "750,000 Macedonians live in Bulgaria and 700,000 in Greece."

These figures are obviously seen both in Sofia and in Athens as grounds for future territorial claims. In Bulgaria, the latest census in 2011 showed that 1,654 Bulgarian nationals identified themselves as FYROManians. No ethnic FYROManians were counted in Greece's last census.

The Bulgarian daily Trud, said that this information was removed from the FYROM Foreign Minister just a little while before the publication of the EU Commission report. However, the modified document can be found on the slav - FYROManian language version of the website, in the section "Diaspora", then down to “Повръзани документи”, and clickable on „Список за Броjност, Лекторати и Здружениjа”.

Meanwhile, the EU which continually turns a blind eye on matters that deal with FYROM, especially Enlargement Commissioner Stefan Fule, tabled a much-awaited report on the FYROM on April 16, commissioned by EU ministers last December to assess the state of relations of the candidate country with its neighbours, Greece and Bulgaria in particular.

The report underscores the on-going implementation of reforms and says the country is largely back on track, after the political crisis of January-February.
    "Relations with neighbours remained good and steps have been taken on the bilateral relations with Bulgaria and Greece. Formal talks on the name issue under the UN auspices took on new momentum during the reporting period. The UN Secretary-General's Special Representative tabled another proposal last week in talks in New York with the two negotiators and hope that this can lead to agreement,” the Commission statement says.
Diplomats on the other hand hold an entirely different opinion. In fact they told EurActiv that the assessment by Fule’s office was way too optimistic (and suspicious we would add).

And this is because Bulgaria has held four rounds of talks with the FYROM in an effort to agree on series of measures for improving bilateral relations and there has been no improvement. In fact Bulgaria is not satisfied with the results at all. As for Greece. Well we all know, have seen, and experienced (George Soros) backed propaganda against our country and especially the area of northern Greece. What does it take for policy makers to wake up? FYROM has raised a statue of Alexander the Great, it has constructed buildings in Skopje made to purposely resemble ancient Greek, they stole the Star of Vergina to decorate their national flag and they have published a plethora of maps showing FYROM and the area of Macedonia being one country. Isn't this more than enough evidence to convince even the biggest skeptic that this country has expansionist ideas and designs against our country? Obviously it is, so why are these politicians turning a blind eye?

(Are they being bought out? Hmmm.... Just a thought).

But if you really think about it what does it take for some hot heads in Brussels, or even in Washington, to realize that we are not sheeple and know very well what they are trying to do. Only big powers shift boarders and never once care about what repercussions this can have on the geopolitical position of nations, as well as the people living there.

The only person capable of such influence in our opinion is George Soros, who has funded many NGO's in this area of the Balkans in order to push towards this development. So is it therefore safe to assume that these politicians have sold their souls to Soros? (If it quacks like a duck, and walks like a duck, it must be a damned duck!)

Well next time you go to the polls, you know who to vote for Europe. (And just between us... We hope that Mr. (pro-FYROM) Fule has another profession... Because we believe that his days are numbered at the EU Commission.)


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Kasoulides on Al Jazeera: natural gas and UN talks in the aftermath of the economic crash

Good interview from Al Jazeera with Cyprus’ foreign minister Ioannis Kasoulides on the fallout from the economic crisis that is engulfing the island.

Hellenic Antidote

Kasoulides expresses ‘bitterness and disappointment’ at the ECB/IMF/EC rescue for Cyprus, which he condemns as an ‘experiment’ designed to find out if such a remedy can be applied to future banking failures in the Eurozone. He dismisses German allegations that Cyprus was a centre for money laundering and illicit Russian money, and points out that most of the wealth held in Cypriot banks and that will now be confiscated belongs to Cypriot businesses and Cypriot savers. Kasoulides insists that the allegations against the Cypriot economic model were propaganda to prepare the ground for the bail-in experiment, but concedes that Cyprus’ economy was over-reliant on banking and should have diversified. The foreign minister rejects calls for Cyprus to abandon the euro but admits uncertainty as to whether the programme agreed with the troika will work and accepts that it is possible that a further bailout will be required.

Kasoulides insists that those Cypriot bankers and other officials who made, for example, the calamitous decision to invest in Greek bonds are now being investigated and, if suspected of criminality, will face justice. He goes on that Cyprus will continue to promote itself as an international business centre, boost its tourist product and develop its hydrocarbon reserves in the seas south of the island.

The foreign minister rejects Turkey’s calls for an immediate resumption of UN talks on finding a solution to Turkey’s occupation of 37 percent of Cyprus. Kasoulides says negotiations will be resumed only when the Cypriot government has dealt with the immediate economic crisis facing the country, and predicts this will be by the end of this year. He dismisses Turkey’s suggestion that money from hydrocarbon reserves be shared with the occupation regime and says the Turkish Cypriots can only expect to feel the full benefits of any gas bonanza in a united Cyprus. Kasoulides argues that if Turkey was sincere about achieving a Cyprus settlement it would stop putting forwards proposals that rather than facilitating the reunification of Cyprus aim at two separate states on the island. Kasoulides also makes clear that Cyprus will not use a pipeline to Turkey to export its gas – allowing Turkey effective control of Cyprus’ gas exports – and will more likely build an LNG plant for this purpose.


April 17, 2013

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Papandreou Refuses To Testify - AGAIN !

After being invited for a second time to clarify his role in how his government dealt with a scandalous list of more than 2,000 possible tax evaders with accounts in Switzerland's HSBC, former Prime Minister George Papandreou informed the parliamentary committee that is conducting a criminal investigation into the controversial Lagarde List that he simply cannot make it to Greece. In other words, he basically turned down a second opportunity to appear before the panel of MPs and instead chose to once again submit written comments.

The written deposition he sent the committee last week left some questions unanswered and he was summoned to testify in person, but as we reported a couple of days ago on HellasFrappe he has planned to go to Vegas instead!

Nonetheless, he sent a second note to the committee, saying that he had nothing to add to his previous deposition, which he added contains "fully and clearly everything that I have to present to the committee in relation to the matter under investigation.”

In the written deposition he sent the committee last week, he said he he had no knowledge of the contents of the controversial list but that he had instructed officials to crack down on tax evasion. Generalaties one would say, and they are that is why the committee voted unanimously to once again summon him to testify. In the same deposition Papandreou also said that he had been informed about the potential for acquiring data relating to the savings of Greeks abroad in mid-2010 by his Finance Minister Giorgos Papakonstantinou.

A request for Papandreou to be summoned for a third time from SYRIZA, as well as proposal that Papandreou be brought to the inquiry by force by the Golden Dawn party and the Independent Greeks party were rejected.

In our last article on HellasFrappe, we mentioned that a Financial Crimes Squad (SDOE) official had claimed that Papandreou's mother, Margarita, is involved with a fund that is the largest depositor on the list (or a whopping US 550 million).

On Tuesday this SDOE official, or Evangelos Karamanos, told the panel that it would be fairly straightforward for authorities to discover the people involved in this deposit in an Ireland-based mutual fund.

Of course, Papandreou’s mother, Margarita, has denied all claims that she is involved with the fund and last month she had even published a complaint letter in Eleftherotypia threatening that she was going to sue these allegations.

That should come as no surprise to anyone, the money is indeed a huge amount. But we wonder, is this why Papandreou is afraid of coming to Greece?

No one knows. Nonetheless an interesting story was published on Olympia on Wednesday talking about this specific deposit, and its ties to a "political figure".

HellasFrappe is following the story and we will present a follow-up in the days to come.

We just want to note something. Have you noticed how silent the foreign media is about this? Have you noticed that there are no reports whatsoever in the foreign press about Papandreou being summoned to explain himself in front of an investigative committee?On the contrary they invite him on their news programs and analyze the Greek financial crisis. Is that incredible?

Where is the justice in this world? If it wasn't for blogs we would have been wondering in total darkness. Certainly there is more than meets the eye here and certainly Papandreou is afraid of something.

Stay tuned Frappers, looks like another scandal is about to blow.

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Conspiracy Or Truth - SHOCK - Is Obama True Target Of Boston Massacre?

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A shocking Federal Security Forces (FSB) report on the April 15th deadly Boston Marathon Bombing says that this horrific terror event “most likely” has as its “main target” United States President Barack Obama, whom Russian intelligence experts warn could be targeted for assassination as early as tomorrow.

According to this report, and as one of the largest manhunts in American history is currently underway seeking the agents behind this terror attack, the main perpetrators who perpetrated this massacre are showing “all of the hallmarks” of being linked to a centuries old cabal that has caused many other such mass death events and assassinations of top political leaders in the US.

Important to note, this report says, are that events such as the Boston Marathon Bombing should always be “rigorously examined” for the telltale signs this “cabal of death” leaves behind foretelling of its happening, especially in fictional accounting and numerology.

As an example, this report says, was the March 17 airing of a popular American adult cartoon show named Family Guy wherein the main character detonated by cell phone 2 bombs in the Boston area, and in the same episode drove to the finish line of the Boston Marathon dismembering the bodies of runners who lay bloodied and limbless in a horrible scene recreated in real life less than a month later on April 15. 

One of the most famous examples of these types of “fictional pre-warnings” was the March 4, 2001 airing of the Lone Gunman television pilot wherein the World Trade Center buildings in New York City were targeted by remote controlled passenger jets, a fictional event that become all to real 6 months later on 11 September 2001.

The numerological aspect relating to this Family Guy “predictive warning,” this report continues, lies in it being the 15th episode of this program during its 11th season … which coincides with this attack occurring on the 15th, which is exactly 11 years since the Boston Marathon was run on the 15th of the month.

Also to be noted, this report says, is the “blood symbology” of the Boston Marathon route being 26.2 miles from start to finish, which, coincidentally, matches the death toll of the 14 December 2012 Sandy Hook Massacre where 26 innocent victims were gunned down.

Not being understood by many Westerners, this report says, is this “cabal of deaths” association with ancient satanic rites; the one having the most meaning to this latest massacre being the 19 April-1 May “Blood Sacrifice To The Beast” which typically requires a “fire sacrifice” to occur on, or near the 19th of April.

As a “minor sabbath” of the satanic calendar for the 13-week Spring Equinox time period, this report continues, this 19 April-1 May time frame contains some of the most horrific and deadly events in all of American history and includes:
  • 1.) The failed Bay of Pigs invasion on 17 April 1961;
  • 2.) The Virginia Tech University Massacre on 16 April 2007;
  • 3.) The US government massacre of the Branch Dividians at their Waco Texas complex on 19 April 1993;
  • 4.) The  Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building bombing in Oklahoma City on 18 April 1995;
  • 5.) The explosion of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico on 20 April 2010;
  • 6.) The Columbine High School Massacre on 20 April 1999; and which now the Boston Marathon Massacre now joins.
One of the worst “Blood Sacrifice To The Beast” events to occur in modern times, this report notes, happened on April 19, 1943, when after trapping the last Jewish Resistance Fighters in a storm drain in Warsaw, and holding them for several days, Nazi Storm Troopers began to pour fire into each end of the storm drain, using flame-throwers. They continued pouring the fire into the drain until all fighters were dead. This “blood sacrifice” brought about by a fiery conflagration … exactly 50 years later, to the day, the US government incinerated 83 men, women and children using similar tactics during what is now known as the Waco Siege.

Russian intelligence analysts further note in this report that with the highly sophisticated bombs being used in the Boston Marathon Massacre, and their being timed to create “maximum carnage,” this attack may be a precursor to the “main attack” they say could target President Obama during his visit to the Boston area, and which the first attacks may have been designed for as the US President has always, since taking office, gone to massacre sites to comfort the victims.

The “main clue” to Obama being the “target,” this report says, was the bomb explosion at the John F. Kennedy Library located in Boston, and owned by the US National Archives, which American authorities are attempting to downplay, but which Paul Yazbeck, a JFK Library employee, said was “definitely an explosion” and occurred near simultaneously with the first Boston Marathon explosion, and which is “always” a “cabal of death” warning sign of an imminent assassination attempt.

With the liberal US online magazine Salon saying on Wednesday “Let’s hope Boston Marathon bomber is a white American,” and Boston officials reporting that the bombing was most likely carried out by a “domestic terrorist,” this report further notes that this terror attack cannot be ruled out as a “false flag” operation either, especially when seen in the light of many witnesses reporting that a “bomb drill” was in progress during the attack, but which police officials have since denied.

To how the United States would react should an attempt be made on Obama, and should this attack be conclusively linked to American “right wing” terrorists, this report concludes, the backlash could be “very grim” as both the Federal Government, and those citizens opposing it, are both “armed to the teeth” and are merely awaiting the “spark” that will very likely engulf that nation in a civil war.

Sorcha Faal
WhatDoesItMean.Com


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New Draft Legislation For Illegally Constructed Homes And Properties

The Environment Ministry announced a new draft legislation on Tuesday that offers greater incentives to owners of homes that were illegally constructed (or altered) before 2003 to declare the properties and be exempted from future hefty fines and/or even possible demolition.

The bill groups these properties into three categories. Firstly the homes that were illegally constructed (and/or altered) before 1975 can now become legal with a payment (fine) of 500 Euros. (The owners who have already paid a fine are to be reimbursed.)

Secondly, home owners must pay 15 percent of the applicable fine to avoid demolition for all properties that were illegally constructed and/or modified between the periods 1975 and 1982.  And lastly, newer homes that were built and/or altered between the period 1983-2003, are expected be charged at least 20 percent of the applicable fine.
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War is Good for Business: - Austerity for Americans, Billions for the Military

The U.S. government’s military spending excess — when compared with the rest of the world — is down somewhat due mostly to troop withdrawals from Iraq and Afghanistan but still accounts for 39 percent of the global total,  according to a new international study.

By Prof. Lawrence S. Wittner
Global Research

According to a report just released by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), world military expenditures in 2012 totaled $1.75 trillion. And, the report revealed that, as in all recent decades, the world’s biggest military spender by far was the U.S. government, whose expenditures for war and preparations for war amounted to $682 billion — 39 percent of the global total.

The United States spent more than four times as much on the military as China (the number two big spender) and more than seven times as much as Russia (which ranked third). Although the military expenditures of the United States dipped a bit in 2012, largely thanks to the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan, they remained 69 percent higher than in 2001.

A U.S. Army lieutenant patrols a new customs yard under construction near the Afghanistan-Pakistan border in the Spin Boldak district of Afghanistan’s Kandahar province, April 8, 2013. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Shane Hamann)

U.S. military supremacy is even more evident when the U.S. military alliance system is brought into the picture, for the United States and its allies accounted for the vast bulk of world military spending in 2012. NATO members, including the United States, spent $1 trillion dollars on the military.

Thus, although studies have found that the United States ranks 17th among nations in education, 26th in infant mortality, and 37th in life expectancy and overall health, there is no doubt that it ranks first when it comes to war.

This Number 1 status might not carry much weight among Americans scavenging for food in garbage dumpsters, among Americans unable to afford medical care, or among Americans shivering in poorly heated homes. Even many Americans in the more comfortable middle class might be more concerned with how they are going to afford the skyrocketing costs of a college education, how they can get by with fewer teachers, firefighters and police in their communities, and how their hospitals, parks, roads, bridges and other public facilities can be maintained.

Of course, there is a direct connection between the massive level of U.S. military spending and belt-tightening austerity at home: most federal discretionary spending goes for war.

The Lockheed Martin Corp.’s new F-35 joint strike fighter plane provides a good example of the U.S. government’s warped priorities. It is estimated that this military weapons system will cost the U.S. government $1.5 trillion by the time of its completion. Does this Cold War-style warplane, designed for fighting enemies the U.S. government no longer faces, represent a good investment for Americans?

After 12 years of production, costing $396 billion, the F-35 has exhibited numerous design and engineering flaws, has been grounded twice, and has never been flown in combat. Given the immense military advantage the United States already has over all other nations in the world, is this most expensive weapons system in world history really necessary? And aren’t there other, better things that Americans could be doing with their money?

Of course, the same is true for other countries. Is there really any justification for the nations of Asia, Africa, the Middle East and Latin America to be increasing their level of military spending — as they did in 2012 — while millions of their people live in dire poverty? Projections indicate that, by 2015, about a billion people around the world will be living on an income of about $1.25 per day. When, in desperation, they riot for bread, will the government officials of these nations, echoing Marie Antoinette, suggest that they eat the new warplanes and missiles?

President Dwight Eisenhower put it well in an address before the American Society of Newspaper Editors 60 years ago:
    “Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies in the final sense a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed. . . .  This world in arms is not spending money alone; it is spending the sweat of its laborers, the genius of its scientists, the hopes of its children. . . . This is not a way of life at all in any true sense. Under the clouds of threatening war, it is humanity hanging from a cross of iron.”
That sentiment persists.  On April 15, people in 43 countries participated in a Global Day of Action on Military Spending, designed to call attention to the squandering of the world’s resources on war. Among these countries was the United States, where polls show that 58 percent of Americans favor major reductions in U.S. military spending. How long will it take the governments of the United States and of other nations to catch up with them?

Dr. Lawrence Wittner (http://lawrenceswittner.com) is Professor of History emeritus at SUNY/Albany and writes for PeaceVoice.  His latest book is “Working for Peace and Justice:  Memoirs of an Activist Intellectual.”


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Turkish Fighter Jets Violate Greek Airspace Again!

The number of violations in Greek airspace in 2013 from Turkish jets are indeed staggering. They frequently cross into Greek air space with the aim of baiting Greek pilots, who follow them until they leave.

On Tuesday four Turkish fighter jets violated Greek air space once again and conducted a low level over several small islets between Chios and Samos.

According to the Hellenic National Defense General Staff, a formation of four Turkish fighter jets, consisting of two F-4 and two F-16, entered the Athens FIR between Chios and Samos at 10:53, and then operated a flight above the island group of Fourni, at 11:06, at an altitude of 1000 and 3000 respectively.

The Turkish planes remained in the Aegean airspace for about 15 minutes before being intercepted by Greek fighter jets.
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Manitakis - This Is How The Public Service Sackings Will Happen (VIDEO)

Speaking to Skai TV on Tuesday night and specifically to Alexis Papachelas (on the show Neoi Fakeloi), Administrative Reform Minister Antonis Manitakis said that at least 4,000 civil servants will be laid off by the end of 2013 and a further 11,000 in 2014.

He also said that the firing of corrupt civil servants is just one of the pools from which the government will use as part of the agreement reached with the troika a few days ago.
   “We are committed to speeding up the process for these civil servants to face disciplinary panels so the situation can be cleared up as quickly as possible,” Manitakis told the New Files program on Tuesday night.
Manitakis also said that another pool would be from public organizations that are closed down or have merged.
    “We are determined to evaluate structures as quickly as possible so we can decide with the other ministers which organizations are not needed anymore,” he said.

At the same time he noted that up to 70,000 civil servants work at the organizations that are to be evaluated.

Asked about the role of the troika, Manitakis said Greece’s lenders had both a positive and negative impact.
    “There are some positives because they create some fear but their presence also causes some negatives because it gives the impression that all these changes are being imposed by foreigners,” he said. “It is up to us to show that most of what we are doing, we should have done ourselves.”
Article in Greek SKAI TV

Trial Over 2010 Deaths At Marfin Bank Begins

The trial of four officials from the Marfin Egnatia Bank branch (on Stadiou Street in central Athens) that is connected to the death of three employees (one of which was also pregnant) in a fire caused by protesters in May 2010 began on Wednesday with the testimony of a parent from one of the victims.

Constantinos Vassilakopoulos, the branch's head of security, Emmanouil Velonakis, branch manager Anna Vakalopoulou and assistant manager Anastasia Koukou are apparently facing charges of negligent homicide after three of the branch's employees - Angeliki Papathanasopoulou aged 32 and four months pregnant at the time, Paraskevi Zoulia, aged 34, and Epameinondas Tsakalis, 36 - died of suffocation after the building was firebombed by protesters during a violent anti-austerity protest in central Athens on May 5, 2010.

In his opening testimony to the court, Zacharias Papathanasopoulos questioned the adequacy of the bank's security and safety procedures.
    "The bank should have been secured. The front windows had been repeatedly smashed, yet they were never replaced with shatter-proof glass," Papathanasopoulos said.
At the same time he questioned why the branch had not been closed early on the day of the protest given that authorities had warned that they expected violence and that other businesses in central Athens, including several banks on Stadiou Street, had closed when the rally began.
    "Firebombs had been thrown at the branch before and the employees had to put the fires out themselves using whatever means were available to them," Papathanasopoulos said.
He said that he believes that what happened is because of the criminal indifference of the bank's officials!
    "I demand moral compensation," Papathanasopoulos added.
According to reports by firefighters who arrived at the scene and by experts who inspected it later, the three employees had been trying to reach the roof of the building when they became trapped and died of suffocation. And the building's only emergency exit was also found locked by investigators.
    "We are being told that [the tragedy] was an act of terrorism, but the other staff and my daughter would have been saved if there had been even one emergency exit that allowed them to get to the roof," Papathanasopoulos said.
Most of us even watched this tragedy on our television sets. We here at HellasFrappe believe that it was an act of terrorism. We all saw the photos and the videos and know that there were specific anarchist groups that set fire to the building on purpose, in a ploy to create chaos, and frighten protesters in general of ever massing together and protesting again. Nonetheless this does not excuse the bank officials who obviously should also be punished for their indifference.

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