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User: "pedro martori"
Date: 26 Oct 2004 07:42:49 AM
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CASTRO bans US dollar transactions
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Many Cubans rely on dollar remittances from relatives in the =
US=20
Cuba says it is to ban commercial transactions in dollars from 8 =
November in response to tighter US sanctions.=20
Dollars were made legal tender in 1993 following an economic =
crisis sparked by the collapse of the Soviet Union.=20
But dollars will no longer be accepted in shops and other =
businesses, and tourists and Cubans exchanging dollars will have to pay =
a 10% commission.=20
Cuban leader Fidel Castro appeared on TV to endorse the measure, =
despite suffering a bad fall last Wednesday.=20
"The empire is determined to create more difficulties for us," he =
said, referring to the US.=20
In May, the US announced it was tightening its embargo on Cuba, =
with measures including capping the remittances sent to the island by =
Cubans in the US.=20
In response, said the Cuban central bank in a statement, dollars =
would no longer be accepted in shops and businesses.=20
I recommend you all take care descending the stairs=20
Fidel Castro, joking about his accident last week =20
They will have to be exchanged for "convertible pesos" - a local =
currency that can be used in special shops on the island but has no =
value internationally - for a 10% charge.=20
Following the economic crash of the 1990s, and the legalisation of =
the dollar, many Cubans have become dependant on dollars for many goods, =
including some basic necessities.=20
The Cuban government closed down so-called dollar stores in =
immediate response to the US measures in May, but most reopened two =
weeks later.=20
Remittances hit=20
Mr Castro said the measure did not signal the outlawing of the =
dollar. Cubans will still be allowed to hold an unlimited amount of =
dollars, and they will be able to exchange them without charge until the =
new law comes into effect in two weeks.=20
But it will mean an additional burden on Cubans abroad who send =
remittances in dollars - pumping up to $1bn into the Cuban economy each =
year.=20
In his message, Mr Castro urged Cubans to tell relatives to send =
money in other currencies, such as euros, British pounds or Swiss =
francs.=20
Our correspondent in Havana, Steven Gibb, says this measure will =
enable it to receive and control far more of the hundreds of millions of =
dollars that tourists and Cubans living abroad bring or send here every =
year.=20
It was Mr Castro's first public appearance since last Wednesday's =
fall, when he fractured his knee and right arm.=20
Mr Castro, sporting a royal blue sling, joked about the fall in =
his TV appearance to back the new measure.=20
"I recommend you all take care descending the stairs," he said at =
the end of the broadcast.
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"CubaLibre" <sierramaestra@wanadoo.fr> wrote in message =
news:cll726$et8$1@feed.asynchrone.net...

TORONTO.- L'hiver arrive. Une saison qui est aussi celle de la grippe. =

Elle frappera fort selon les experts. On nous pousse au=20

Canada =E0 nous vacciner contre la grippe. Notre syst=E8me de sant=E9 =

nous offre le vaccin gratuit. Nous haussons les =E9paules. Ce sont les=20

al=E9as de la saison.
=20
Aux =C9tats-Unis, des probl=E8mes dans la maison m=E8re Chiron en =

Angleterre provoquent l'insuffisance des vaccins pour la population. Les =

=E9conomistes craignent que la p=E9nurie du produit co=FBte =E0 =

l'=E9conomie de cette nation quelque 20 milliards de dollars pour les =
heures=20

de travail perdues =E0 cause de la grippe. Un rude coup pour une =

nation d=E9j=E0 affaiblie par l'invasion de l'Irak et les gaspillages de =

la Maison-Blanche.
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Des files immenses se forment dans les cliniques de tout le pays, =

surtout compos=E9es de personnes =E2g=E9es qui esp=E8rent =EAtre =
vaccin=E9es.=20

Une femme est morte en faisant la queue =E0 Los Angeles. La panique =

r=E8gne. Des enfants se ruent pour se faire vacciner apr=E8s la=20

publicit=E9 faite autour de la p=E9nurie. Rien n'est plus convoit=E9 =

qu'un fruit d=E9fendu. Dans un pays o=F9 les gens ne sont pas habitu=E9s =
=E0=20

s'entendre dire =ABil n'y en a pas=BB, il suffit d'une insinuation =

pour qu'ils r=E9clament le produit =E0 corps et =E0 cris m=EAme s'ils =
n'en=20

ont pas besoin.
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=C0 quelques jours des pr=E9sidentielles, John F. Kerry, candidat =

d'opposition, marque des points quand il accuse le pr=E9sident George W. =

Bush, son adversaire, de r=E9duire les d=E9penses de sant=E9, comme le =

d=E9montre la p=E9nurie de vaccins. Coup bas. Bush recule en se tenant=20

les entrailles. Il a la t=EAte qui tourne. Serait-ce la grippe? Sans =

perdre de temps, l'un des membres les plus d=E9gourdis de son=20

cabinet prend un grand crayon du bureau ovale et dessine au =

pr=E9sident une carte du Canada pour lui montrer le pays qui poss=E8de =
un=20

exc=E9dent de vaccins. Eur=E9ka! Peut-=EAtre pas assez pour satisfaire =

les demandes d'une population de 300 millions d'enrhum=E9s mais s'il=20

pouvait les obtenir, il pourrait remonter dans les sondages et fermer =

le bec =E0 Kerry. Ah! le vaccin comme arme de destruction=20

massive dans la campagne pr=E9sidentielle.
=20
Ce n'est pas surprenant. Bush et Kerry sont pratiquement au coude =E0 =

coude dans le sprint final. Mais tous les li=E8vres que la=20

baguette magique de Bush faisait sortir de son chapeau sont morts. =

Oussama ben Laden, le plus pr=E9cieux de tous, n'a jamais sorti sa=20

t=EAte, que Bush aimerait bien brandir pour obtenir sa deuxi=E8me =

victoire pr=E9sidentielle. Ben Laden n'a rien d'un idiot. S'il sortait=20

la t=EAte, le Mandrake de Washington la lui raccourcirait. Il restera =

dans sa tani=E8re jusqu'=E0 la fin de l'hiver. Sans broncher ni=20

=E9ternuer. Dans ces circonstances, le vaccin canadien est aussi =

pr=E9cieux pour Bush qu'Oussama lui-m=EAme. Le probl=E8me est que Bush =
et=20

le Canada ne se sont jamais bien entendus et comme le disait le grand =

philosophe Cantiflas (acteur mexicain) =ABVoil=E0 le probl=E8me=BB.=20

Comment s=E9duire le voisin pour qu'il vous remette le vaccin ?
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Ce n'est pas si difficile. Il y a deux petites choses en suspens. Le =

bois et la viande canadienne que Bush nous interdit d'exporter=20

aux =C9tats-Unis par peur de la concurrence. Le vaccin ne servirait =

=E0 rien =E0 un peuple menac=E9 de la grippe s'il passe l'hiver expos=E9 =

aux intemp=E9ries. Sans toit ni viande. Qu'il les laisse entrer et =

nous lui vendons le vaccin. En passant, nous lui facilitons la=20

route vers la Maison-Blanche. Un truc aussi grossier que le vol des =

derni=E8res =E9lections =E0 Miami.

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Mesquins? Pas tant que =E7a. Au d=E9but de cette ann=E9e, le =

commer=E7ant canadien Jim Sabzali a =E9t=E9 lib=E9r=E9 apr=E8s quatre =
ans de r=E9sidence=20

surveill=E9e et une =E9norme amende aux =C9tats-Unis, pour avoir vendu =

aux h=F4pitaux de Cuba des purificateurs d'eau pour une valeur de 225=20

100 dollars. Emprisonn=E9 =ABpour commerce avec l'ennemi=BB alors =

qu'il habitait =E0 Philadelphie. Le Canada a protest=E9 mais Bush n'a =
rien=20

voulu entendre. =C7a c'est mesquin.
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Don George a donn=E9 r=E9cemment un nouveau tour de vis.=E0 Cuba? Non! =

Aux amoureux du cigare cubain. Bush a d=E9cr=E9t=E9 que les citoyens qui =

ach=E8tent ou fument des cigares cubains =E0 l'int=E9rieur ou hors du =

pays seraient condamn=E9s =E0 des amendes de 250 000 dollars ou/et 10=20

ans de prison. Un crime monstrueux! Le communiqu=E9 du D=E9partement =

du Tr=E9sor justifie ainsi la d=E9cision: =ABLes r=E9glementations=20

interdisent que les personnes relevant de la juridiction des =

=C9tats-Unis ach=E8tent, transportent, importent, soient impliqu=E9es ou =

participent =E0 une transaction hors des =C9tats-Unis concernant =

n'importe quelle marchandis si celle-ci est d'origine cubaine, ou si=20

elle est ou a =E9t=E9 transport=E9e de Cuba ou =E0 travers Cuba, ou =

encore si elle a =E9t=E9 =E9labor=E9e totalement ou en partie avec un =
=E9l=E9ment=20

ayant =E9t=E9 produit ou fabriqu=E9 =E0 Cuba=BB. Rien n'est plus =

clair. Si cela est r=E9troactif, Bill Clinton et Monica ont besoin tout =
de=20

suite d'avocats.
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Mais ce qui est bon pour le cigare doit l'=EAtre pour les vaccins. =

Devant l'urgence de combattre la grippe aux =C9tats-Unis, il se peut=20

que le commerce des vaccins devienne une affaire retentissante de =

=ABcigares=BB canadiens. Nous risquons de voir la voracit=E9 =
am=E9ricaine=20

pour nos vaccins provoquer la p=E9nurie ici. C'est possible. Ils =

s'exporteraient clandestinement ou, pire encore, ils seraient vendus=20

aux ench=E8res sur Internet comme c'est d=E9j=E0 le cas des =

prescriptions m=E9dicales canadiennes. Elles ne co=FBtent ici qu'une =
fraction de=20

ce qu'elles rapportent aux pharmacies am=E9ricaines. Il faut d=E8s =

lors envisager une irr=E9sistible invasion de ce pays par de vieux=20

gringos en qu=EAte du miraculeux et avantageux vaccin.
=20
Il est alors logique que le Canada utilise le pr=E9c=E9dent =E9tabli =

par son voisin contre Cuba si celui-ci refuse de laisser entrer la=20

viande et le bois en guise de troc entre amis. D=E9clarer ill=E9gale =

l'utilisation, l'exportation ou la vente du vaccin canadien et=20

condamner l=E9gitimement =E0 une amende de quelque 250 000 dollars =

toute dame =E2g=E9e qui viendrait profiter de cette transaction =
ill=E9gale.=20

Affaire conclue. Irr=E9futable dans tout trait=E9 international de =

libre commerce am=E9ricain et avantageux pour l'=E9conomie canadienne.=20

Dans quelques jours, quand nous pourrons n=E9gocier avec quelqu'un de =

plus sens=E9, nous =E9tudierons cet =E9change de vaccins, de bois et=20

de viande avec le pr=E9sident Kerry. Sans =E9ternuer.
=20
Pastor Valle-Garay est professeur =E0 l'universit=E9 d'York
=20
http://www.granma.cu/frances/2004/octubre/lun25/44mezq.html
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User: "pedro martori"

Title: There were 760,000 pounds at Al Qaqaa. 26 Oct 2004 08:01:02 AM
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A 1996 photograph of a bunker where high-density explosives were =
stored at Al Qaqaa, an Iraqi military facility south of Baghdad. =20
Dear friend:
This morning, The New York Times published a story that offers further =
proof of how the Bush administration's incompetence and arrogance has =
endangered the lives of our troops and the American people.
Despite the fact that they knew exactly where this facility was and =
what was there, they took no action to secure or protect the site. Due =
to the stunning incompetence of the Bush administration and their =
incomprehensible failure to plan, these explosives have disappeared.
Let me put this in perspective -- the bomb that took down Pan Am Flight =
103 over Scotland used less than one pound of this same explosive. There =
were 760,000 pounds at Al Qaqaa.
Read the article below or visit www.nytimes.com
Our troops are the best-trained and best-led forces in the world, and =
they have been doing their job honorably and bravely. The problem is the =
commander in chief has not being doing his. George Bush refuses to =
recognize his failures in Iraq, so he can't fix them and is doomed to =
repeat them.
So, let's have a beer with George, but go vote for John!
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Huge Cache of Explosives Vanished From Site in Iraq
his article was reported and written by James Glanz, William J. Broad =
and David E. Sanger.
BAGHDAD, Iraq, Oct. 24 - The Iraqi interim government has warned the =
United States and international nuclear inspectors that nearly 380 tons =
of powerful conventional explosives - used to demolish buildings, make =
missile warheads and detonate nuclear weapons - are missing from one of =
Iraq's most sensitive former military installations.
The huge facility, called Al Qaqaa, was supposed to be under American =
military control but is now a no man's land, still picked over by =
looters as recently as Sunday. United Nations weapons inspectors had =
monitored the explosives for many years, but White House and Pentagon =
officials acknowledge that the explosives vanished sometime after the =
American-led invasion last year.
The White House said President Bush's national security adviser, =
Condoleezza Rice, was informed within the past month that the explosives =
were missing. It is unclear whether President Bush was informed. =
American officials have never publicly announced the disappearance, but =
beginning last week they answered questions about it posed by The New =
York Times and the CBS News program "60 Minutes."
Administration officials said Sunday that the Iraq Survey Group, the =
C.I.A. task force that searched for unconventional weapons, has been =
ordered to investigate the disappearance of the explosives.=20
American weapons experts say their immediate concern is that the =
explosives could be used in major bombing attacks against American or =
Iraqi forces: the explosives, mainly HMX and RDX, could produce bombs =
strong enough to shatter airplanes or tear apart buildings.=20
The bomb that brought down Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, =
in 1988 used less than a pound of the same type of material, and larger =
amounts were apparently used in the bombing of a housing complex in =
November 2003 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, and the blasts in a Moscow =
apartment complex in September 1999 that killed nearly 300 people.
The explosives could also be used to trigger a nuclear weapon, which was =
why international nuclear inspectors had kept a watch on the material, =
and even sealed and locked some of it. The other components of an atom =
bomb - the design and the radioactive fuel - are more difficult to =
obtain.=20
"This is a high explosives risk, but not necessarily a proliferation =
risk," one senior Bush administration official said.=20
The International Atomic Energy Agency publicly warned about the danger =
of these explosives before the war, and after the invasion it =
specifically told United States officials about the need to keep the =
explosives secured, European diplomats said in interviews last week. =
Administration officials say they cannot explain why the explosives were =
not safeguarded, beyond the fact that the occupation force was =
overwhelmed by the amount of munitions they found throughout the =
country.
A Pentagon spokesman, Lawrence Di Rita, said Sunday evening that Saddam =
Hussein's government "stored weapons in mosques, schools, hospitals and =
countless other locations," and that the allied forces "have discovered =
and destroyed perhaps thousands of tons of ordnance of all types." A =
senior military official noted that HMX and RDX were "available around =
the world" and not on the nuclear nonproliferation list, even though =
they are used in the nuclear warheads of many nations.=20
The Qaqaa facility, about 30 miles south of Baghdad, was well known to =
American intelligence officials: Mr. Hussein made conventional warheads =
at the site, and the I.A.E.A. dismantled parts of his nuclear program =
there in the early 1990's after the Persian Gulf war in 1991. In the =
prelude to the 2003 invasion, Mr. Bush cited a number of other "dual =
use" items - including tubes that the administration contended could be =
converted to use for the nuclear program - as a justification for =
invading Iraq.=20
After the invasion, when widespread looting began in Iraq, the =
international weapons experts grew concerned that the Qaqaa stockpile =
could fall into unfriendly hands. In May, an internal I.A.E.A. =
memorandum warned that terrorists might be helping "themselves to the =
greatest explosives bonanza in history."
This is part 1 of 4.=20
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