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... GLPBAL NEWS ... NEWS bureau will have to be zealous in its confis- Mark Thatcher. An extract from the book MORE DIRTY TRICKS cation of property. follows: "It was Robert Gates himself who tele- Finally, Clinton's Health Security Bill As [Carlos] Cardoen sat behind his phoned Nachum Admoni, the Mossad chief forbids doctors from withholding informa- desk and [Mark] Thatcher and | [Ben- [Israeli intelligence], early in February tion about their patients from the govern- Menashe] sat on the other side, we 1989, and told him that the US was not ment; medical privacy will no longer be moved on to politics. Thatcher spoke of happy about the trouble the Israelis were honoured. Doctors can be fined up to how much he admired Pinochet as a__ stirring up in Chile." US$10,000 per violation, without trial. leader. He glanced up at the president's As part of the Israeli operations against This information, according to the health _ portrait as he spoke. Cardoen, Ben-Menashe had leaked stories act, can be used for any “lawful purpose", "| don't understand why the Americans to The Financial Times (11 Nov 1988) and : and the National Health Board is autho- knock Pinochet for human rights abuses. other newspapers, exposing Cardoen's sales rised to get other information about indi- Why do they do that? | haven't seen or of chemical weapons to Iraq. Gates was viduals from any other government agency, heard of any atrocities." unhappy, and Admoni's response was cool. including the IRS. Why does a health | asked him about the Falklands war. "Admoni quoted a Hebrew saying ‘that board need such powers? "Chile was a great friend to Britain during translates, "The hat on the thief's head is The abridgement of freedom and rights that war," he said. ‘buming." He meant, more or less, that the in this Health Security Act is too high a | was well aware that Pinochet had Americans had a guilty conscience. price to pay for universal health care. allowed the British landing rights in "Gates replied that the Chileans—mean- Congress apparently agrees. Senate Bill Chile, which was crucial to the British ing the faction led by Gen. Matthei—were 1227 exempts members of Congress and all war effort. After the war, President _ listening too much to Israel and would have federal employees from any national health Pinochet and Prime Minister Thatcher to be taught a lesson. care plan. If they don't want it, why should had struck up quite a friendship—and "The threatened lesson came shortly, we? Thatcher's son, not coincidentally, had when three grapes, out of the whole (Source: Compiled by Jule Klotter for sold 48 Chicftan tanks to Chile. Chilean fruit harvest exported to the US, , November It was obvious Mark Thatcher did not worth $850 million to $900 million annual- 1994, from The Financial Privacy Report, like my line of questioning. He stood up. ly, were found to be laced with cyanide. Box 1277, Burnsville MN 55337, USA) "| hope you'll excuse me," he said. “! Three tiny grapes out of millions upon mil- have to go." Turning to Cardoen, he said, lions. It was an astonishing example of MARK THATCHER SCRUTINISED = "We'll meet again this evening." diligence by the US Food and Drug Senior Labour and Liberal Democrat He bade me goodbye and left. Administration. MPs in the UK have called for a public Cardoen, now standing, smiled at me. “The FDA announced that all Chilean inquiry into detailed allegations that Mark He lifted his hands and let them drop. food imports into the United States— Thatcher received a commission of £12 "Sec?" he said. potentially lethal foodstuffs—would be million on the huge Al Yamamah arms | had seen what he wanted me to see— banned. Shops and supermarkets across contract with Saudi Arabia, signed by his that Mark Thatcher and his mother were _ the nation withdrew Chilean foods. Empty mother, Margaret Thatcher, when she was__ on his side. Nothing else whatsoever had __ shelves carried explanations that because of prime minister. taken place at this meeting." the danger of contamination of Chilean It appears that Mark has been the subject (Source: The Guardian Weekly, 16 October imports, certain articles had been removed of much speculation as to the source of his 1994; Profits of War, © 1992 by Ari Ben- for customers' safety. wealth. NEXUS is puzzled that the usually Menashe. Reprinted with permission of the "The impact was catastrophic for Chile's diligent British media snoops have not publisher, Sheridan Square Press, NY, USA) economy. I was still in Chile when the uncovered the published accounts of Mark BEE Sian ——— Thatcher's cozy connections and business Be deals with arms dealers in Chile and South Africa during the mid- to late-'80s. Ke Mark Thatcher rates several mentions in the book, Profits of War, by Ari Ben- Menashe (first published in Australia in LL 1992), Author Ben-Menashe, formerly of - Israeli intelligence, became the scapegoat f> Fe for an operation that upset US interests dur- a! (> f ing its execution, Upset at his abandon- Vi Q) ment by Israel, Ben-Menashe determined %, —_! Z to publish the story of his life, resulting in ZEEE this hard-to-get book. ~ ZZ Part of his story includes his organisation of the Isracli intelligence operations against $ Cardoen Industries in Chile, a major con- Uy, ; duit for arms, explosives and chemical Yj, weapons to Iraq. In the course of events, Carlos Cardoen introduces Ben-Menashe to bureau will have to be zealous in its confis- cation of property. Finally, Clinton's Health Security Bill forbids doctors from withholding informa- tion about their patients from the govern- ment; medical privacy will no longer be honoured. Doctors can be fined up to US$10,000 per violation, without trial. This information, according to the health act, can be used for any “lawful purpose", and the National Health Board is autho- rised to get other information about indi- viduals from any other government agency, including the IRS. Why does a health board need such powers? The abridgement of freedom and rights in this Health Security Act is too high a price to pay for universal health care. Congress apparently agrees. Scnate Bill 1227 exempts members of Congress and all federal employees from any national health care plan. If they don't want it, why should we? (Source: Compiled by Jule Klotter for , November 1994, from Box 1277, Burnsville MN 55337, ATT Di pastes DB ZZ. NEXUS © 7 DECEMBER 1994 - JANUARY 1995