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In 2007, the Wall Street Journal published an article titled, " To Check Syria, U.S. Explores Bond With Muslim Brothers " which stated:Â On a humid afternoon in late May, about 100 supporters of Syria’s largest exile opposition group, the National Salvation Front, gathered outside Damascus’s embassy here to protest Syrian President Bashar Assad’s rule.
In Montebourg Responds, Cites Normandy Landings and Barack Obama I asked readers for a translation of Montebourg’s reply to Taylor. Reader "NP" quickly stepped up to the plate and provided this translation. Sir, Your insulting and extremist words show a complete ignorance of France, its competitive advantages, as well as its worldwide acknowledged attractiveness and its links with the United States of America
France 24’s report " Is Qatar fuelling the crisis in north Mali? " provides a useful vignette of Saudi-Qatari terror sponsorship, stating: “The MNLA [secular Tuareg separatists], al Qaeda-linked Ansar Dine and MUJAO [movement for unity and Jihad in West Africa] have all received cash from Doha.â€A month later Sadou Diallo, the mayor of the north Malian city of Gao [which had fallen to the Islamists] told RTL radio: “The French government knows perfectly well who is supporting these terrorists. Qatar, for example, continues to send so-called aid and food every day to the airports of Gao and Timbuktu.†The report also stated: “Qatar has an established a network of institutions it funds in Mali, including madrassas, schools and charities that it has been funding from the 1980s,†he wrote, adding that Qatar would be expecting a return on this investment.“Mali has huge oil and gas potential and it needs help developing its infrastructure,†he said
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The original source of the data is a study Striking it Richer: The Evolution of Top Incomes in the United States by Emmanuel Saez. From 2009 to 2011, average real income per family grew modestly by 1.7% but the gains were very uneven. Top 1% incomes grew by 11.2% while bottom 99% incomes shrunk by 0.4%
Common Plans, Coordinated Lies, and G7 Currency Statements Inquiring minds are investigating an amusing set of lies from the G7. At the top of the list is Group of 7 Will Let Market Decide Currency Values . Seven major developed countries including the United States and Germany pledged on Tuesday to let foreign exchange markets determine the value of their currencies
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"Shocking" Contraction The GDP report was a shocker, coming in at an annual rate of negative 0.1%.