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The authors of the study “Gorilla Conservation & Guerilla Warfare”, while reviewing millions upon millions of missing USAID funds, pose a question; what is the Pentagon doing auditing the books of the Dian Fossey Foundation? I will add, how is this related to militias & genocide in Uganda, Rwanda and Congo? And of course there is much more:
Gorilla Conservation & Guerilla Warfare
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Relevant to this, Alain Denault, a world leading authority on multinational corporations and globalization, points out how mining corporations as partners in military conflicts in Congo is a means to an end; rebels and governments in desperate circumstance for cash to fight their wars, sell mining concessions at rock bottom prices, boosting the value of the buyer’s stock:
And at Of Blood and Gold:
“Barrick Gold and other mining companies are accused of making mining agreements in 2002 with two eastern DRC militias that had control of the mines. Both militias were also in the midst of murdering hundreds of civilians. In return for the gold mines, the militias were given housing and trucks, among other appeasements. Incredibly, as highlighted by independent journalist and Congo-expert Keith Harmon Snow, Barrick’s current and past advisors and directors include former US president George H.W. Bush, former Prime Minister of Canada Brian Mulroney, Vernon Jordan, a close friend to Bill Clinton, and one-time Tennessee senator Howard Baker. Snow says Barrick and one its partners, Anglo-Ashanti, even sent in lawyers to help represent leaders of the militias after some were apprehended by the DRC government”
As recently as a few months ago, when ‘rebels’ had overthrown the government of the Central African Republic, one of the first things mentioned had been the previous governments mining concessions made to China would be ‘reviewed.’ I’ll make an educated guess Barrick Gold & friends don’t appreciate the competition, in which case there are always USAID taxpayer funds to subsidize any necessary militia keeping the corporate bottom line (stock value) healthy and the shareholder happy. With former CIA Director George H.W. Bush (October-Surprise-to-Iran-Contra-to-Commander-in-Chief-to-American-Deep-State-Godfather) facilitating matters, that could explain some things. You think?
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